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Diffstat (limited to 'trace.h')
-rw-r--r-- | trace.h | 189 |
1 files changed, 167 insertions, 22 deletions
@@ -4,6 +4,82 @@ #include "git-compat-util.h" #include "strbuf.h" +/** + * The trace API can be used to print debug messages to stderr or a file. Trace + * code is inactive unless explicitly enabled by setting `GIT_TRACE*` environment + * variables. + * + * The trace implementation automatically adds `timestamp file:line ... \n` to + * all trace messages. E.g.: + * + * ------------ + * 23:59:59.123456 git.c:312 trace: built-in: git 'foo' + * 00:00:00.000001 builtin/foo.c:99 foo: some message + * ------------ + * + * Bugs & Caveats + * -------------- + * + * GIT_TRACE_* environment variables can be used to tell Git to show + * trace output to its standard error stream. Git can often spawn a pager + * internally to run its subcommand and send its standard output and + * standard error to it. + * + * Because GIT_TRACE_PERFORMANCE trace is generated only at the very end + * of the program with atexit(), which happens after the pager exits, it + * would not work well if you send its log to the standard error output + * and let Git spawn the pager at the same time. + * + * As a work around, you can for example use '--no-pager', or set + * GIT_TRACE_PERFORMANCE to another file descriptor which is redirected + * to stderr, or set GIT_TRACE_PERFORMANCE to a file specified by its + * absolute path. + * + * For example instead of the following command which by default may not + * print any performance information: + * + * ------------ + * GIT_TRACE_PERFORMANCE=2 git log -1 + * ------------ + * + * you may want to use: + * + * ------------ + * GIT_TRACE_PERFORMANCE=2 git --no-pager log -1 + * ------------ + * + * or: + * + * ------------ + * GIT_TRACE_PERFORMANCE=3 3>&2 git log -1 + * ------------ + * + * or: + * + * ------------ + * GIT_TRACE_PERFORMANCE=/path/to/log/file git log -1 + * ------------ + * + */ + +/** + * Defines a trace key (or category). The default (for API functions that + * don't take a key) is `GIT_TRACE`. + * + * E.g. to define a trace key controlled by environment variable `GIT_TRACE_FOO`: + * + * ------------ + * static struct trace_key trace_foo = TRACE_KEY_INIT(FOO); + * + * static void trace_print_foo(const char *message) + * { + * trace_printf_key(&trace_foo, "%s", message); + * } + * ------------ + * + * Note: don't use `const` as the trace implementation stores internal state in + * the `trace_key` structure. + */ struct trace_key { const char * const key; int fd; @@ -15,34 +91,92 @@ extern struct trace_key trace_default_key; #define TRACE_KEY_INIT(name) { "GIT_TRACE_" #name, 0, 0, 0 } extern struct trace_key trace_perf_key; +extern struct trace_key trace_setup_key; -extern void trace_repo_setup(const char *prefix); -extern int trace_want(struct trace_key *key); -extern void trace_disable(struct trace_key *key); -extern uint64_t getnanotime(void); -extern void trace_command_performance(const char **argv); -extern void trace_verbatim(struct trace_key *key, const void *buf, unsigned len); +void trace_repo_setup(const char *prefix); + +/** + * Checks whether the trace key is enabled. Used to prevent expensive + * string formatting before calling one of the printing APIs. + */ +int trace_want(struct trace_key *key); + +/** + * Disables tracing for the specified key, even if the environment variable + * was set. + */ +void trace_disable(struct trace_key *key); + +/** + * Returns nanoseconds since the epoch (01/01/1970), typically used + * for performance measurements. + * Currently there are high precision timer implementations for Linux (using + * `clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC)`) and Windows (`QueryPerformanceCounter`). + * Other platforms use `gettimeofday` as time source. + */ +uint64_t getnanotime(void); + +void trace_command_performance(const char **argv); +void trace_verbatim(struct trace_key *key, const void *buf, unsigned len); +uint64_t trace_performance_enter(void); #ifndef HAVE_VARIADIC_MACROS +/** + * Prints a formatted message, similar to printf. + */ __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2))) -extern void trace_printf(const char *format, ...); +void trace_printf(const char *format, ...); __attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3))) -extern void trace_printf_key(struct trace_key *key, const char *format, ...); +void trace_printf_key(struct trace_key *key, const char *format, ...); +/** + * Prints a formatted message, followed by a quoted list of arguments. + */ __attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3))) -extern void trace_argv_printf(const char **argv, const char *format, ...); +void trace_argv_printf(const char **argv, const char *format, ...); -extern void trace_strbuf(struct trace_key *key, const struct strbuf *data); +/** + * Prints the strbuf, without additional formatting (i.e. doesn't + * choke on `%` or even `\0`). + */ +void trace_strbuf(struct trace_key *key, const struct strbuf *data); -/* Prints elapsed time (in nanoseconds) if GIT_TRACE_PERFORMANCE is enabled. */ +/** + * Prints elapsed time (in nanoseconds) if GIT_TRACE_PERFORMANCE is enabled. + * + * Example: + * ------------ + * uint64_t t = 0; + * for (;;) { + * // ignore + * t -= getnanotime(); + * // code section to measure + * t += getnanotime(); + * // ignore + * } + * trace_performance(t, "frotz"); + * ------------ + */ __attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3))) -extern void trace_performance(uint64_t nanos, const char *format, ...); +void trace_performance(uint64_t nanos, const char *format, ...); -/* Prints elapsed time since 'start' if GIT_TRACE_PERFORMANCE is enabled. */ +/** + * Prints elapsed time since 'start' if GIT_TRACE_PERFORMANCE is enabled. + * + * Example: + * ------------ + * uint64_t start = getnanotime(); + * // code section to measure + * trace_performance_since(start, "foobar"); + * ------------ + */ __attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3))) -extern void trace_performance_since(uint64_t start, const char *format, ...); +void trace_performance_since(uint64_t start, const char *format, ...); + +__attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2))) +void trace_performance_leave(const char *format, ...); #else @@ -117,18 +251,29 @@ extern void trace_performance_since(uint64_t start, const char *format, ...); __VA_ARGS__); \ } while (0) +#define trace_performance_leave(...) \ + do { \ + if (trace_pass_fl(&trace_perf_key)) \ + trace_performance_leave_fl(TRACE_CONTEXT, __LINE__, \ + getnanotime(), \ + __VA_ARGS__); \ + } while (0) + /* backend functions, use non-*fl macros instead */ __attribute__((format (printf, 4, 5))) -extern void trace_printf_key_fl(const char *file, int line, struct trace_key *key, - const char *format, ...); +void trace_printf_key_fl(const char *file, int line, struct trace_key *key, + const char *format, ...); +__attribute__((format (printf, 4, 5))) +void trace_argv_printf_fl(const char *file, int line, const char **argv, + const char *format, ...); +void trace_strbuf_fl(const char *file, int line, struct trace_key *key, + const struct strbuf *data); __attribute__((format (printf, 4, 5))) -extern void trace_argv_printf_fl(const char *file, int line, const char **argv, - const char *format, ...); -extern void trace_strbuf_fl(const char *file, int line, struct trace_key *key, - const struct strbuf *data); +void trace_performance_fl(const char *file, int line, + uint64_t nanos, const char *fmt, ...); __attribute__((format (printf, 4, 5))) -extern void trace_performance_fl(const char *file, int line, - uint64_t nanos, const char *fmt, ...); +void trace_performance_leave_fl(const char *file, int line, + uint64_t nanos, const char *fmt, ...); static inline int trace_pass_fl(struct trace_key *key) { return key->fd || !key->initialized; |