5 * The Trace2 API can be used to print debug, performance, and telemetry
6 * information to stderr or a file. The Trace2 feature is inactive unless
7 * explicitly enabled by enabling one or more Trace2 Targets.
9 * The Trace2 API is intended to replace the existing (Trace1)
10 * printf-style tracing provided by the existing `GIT_TRACE` and
11 * `GIT_TRACE_PERFORMANCE` facilities. During initial implementation,
12 * Trace2 and Trace1 may operate in parallel.
14 * The Trace2 API defines a set of high-level messages with known fields,
15 * such as (`start`: `argv`) and (`exit`: {`exit-code`, `elapsed-time`}).
17 * Trace2 instrumentation throughout the Git code base sends Trace2
18 * messages to the enabled Trace2 Targets. Targets transform these
19 * messages content into purpose-specific formats and write events to
20 * their data streams. In this manner, the Trace2 API can drive
21 * many different types of analysis.
23 * Targets are defined using a VTable allowing easy extension to other
24 * formats in the future. This might be used to define a binary format,
27 * Trace2 is controlled using `trace2.*` config values in the system and
28 * global config files and `GIT_TRACE2*` environment variables. Trace2 does
29 * not read from repo local or worktree config files or respect `-c`
30 * command line config settings.
32 * For more info about: trace2 targets, conventions for public functions and
33 * macros, trace2 target formats and examples on trace2 API usage refer to
34 * Documentation/technical/api-trace2.txt
43 * The public TRACE2 routines are grouped into the following groups:
45 * [] trace2_initialize -- initialization.
46 * [] trace2_cmd_* -- emit command/control messages.
47 * [] trace2_child* -- emit child start/stop messages.
48 * [] trace2_exec* -- emit exec start/stop messages.
49 * [] trace2_thread* -- emit thread start/stop messages.
50 * [] trace2_def* -- emit definition/parameter mesasges.
51 * [] trace2_region* -- emit region nesting messages.
52 * [] trace2_data* -- emit region/thread/repo data messages.
53 * [] trace2_printf* -- legacy trace[1] messages.
57 * Initialize the TRACE2 clock and do nothing else, in particular
58 * no mallocs, no system inspection, and no environment inspection.
60 * This should be called at the very top of main() to capture the
61 * process start time. This is intended to reduce chicken-n-egg
64 * It is safe to call this more than once. This allows capturing
65 * absolute startup costs on Windows which uses a little trickery
66 * to do setup work before common-main.c:main() is called.
68 * The main trace2_initialize_fl() may be called a little later
69 * after more infrastructure is established.
71 void trace2_initialize_clock(void);
74 * Initialize TRACE2 tracing facility if any of the builtin TRACE2
75 * targets are enabled in the system config or the environment.
76 * This includes setting up the Trace2 thread local storage (TLS).
77 * Emits a 'version' message containing the version of git
78 * and the Trace2 protocol.
80 * This function should be called from `main()` as early as possible in
81 * the life of the process after essential process initialization.
83 * Cleanup/Termination is handled automatically by a registered
86 void trace2_initialize_fl(const char *file
, int line
);
88 #define trace2_initialize() trace2_initialize_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__)
91 * Return 1 if trace2 is enabled (at least one target is active).
93 int trace2_is_enabled(void);
96 * Emit a 'start' event with the original (unmodified) argv.
98 void trace2_cmd_start_fl(const char *file
, int line
, const char **argv
);
100 #define trace2_cmd_start(argv) trace2_cmd_start_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, (argv))
103 * Emit an 'exit' event.
105 * Write the exit-code that will be passed to exit() or returned
108 * Use this prior to actually calling exit().
109 * See "#define exit()" in git-compat-util.h
111 int trace2_cmd_exit_fl(const char *file
, int line
, int code
);
113 #define trace2_cmd_exit(code) (trace2_cmd_exit_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, (code)))
116 * Emit an 'error' event.
118 * Write an error message to the TRACE2 targets.
120 void trace2_cmd_error_va_fl(const char *file
, int line
, const char *fmt
,
123 #define trace2_cmd_error_va(fmt, ap) \
124 trace2_cmd_error_va_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, (fmt), (ap))
127 * Emit a 'pathname' event with the canonical pathname of the current process
128 * This gives post-processors a simple field to identify the command without
129 * having to parse the argv. For example, to distinguish invocations from
130 * installed versus debug executables.
132 void trace2_cmd_path_fl(const char *file
, int line
, const char *pathname
);
134 #define trace2_cmd_path(p) trace2_cmd_path_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, (p))
137 * Emit a 'cmd_name' event with the canonical name of the command.
138 * This gives post-processors a simple field to identify the command
139 * without having to parse the argv.
141 void trace2_cmd_name_fl(const char *file
, int line
, const char *name
);
143 #define trace2_cmd_name(v) trace2_cmd_name_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, (v))
146 * Emit a 'cmd_mode' event to further describe the command being run.
147 * For example, "checkout" can checkout a single file or can checkout a
148 * different branch. This gives post-processors a simple field to compare
149 * equivalent commands without having to parse the argv.
151 void trace2_cmd_mode_fl(const char *file
, int line
, const char *mode
);
153 #define trace2_cmd_mode(sv) trace2_cmd_mode_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, (sv))
156 * Emits an "alias" message containing the alias used and the argument
159 void trace2_cmd_alias_fl(const char *file
, int line
, const char *alias
,
162 #define trace2_cmd_alias(alias, argv) \
163 trace2_cmd_alias_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, (alias), (argv))
166 * Emit one or more 'def_param' events for "important" configuration
169 * Use the TR2_SYSENV_CFG_PARAM setting to register a comma-separated
170 * list of patterns configured important. For example:
171 * git config --system trace2.configParams 'core.*,remote.*.url'
173 * GIT_TRACE2_CONFIG_PARAMS=core.*,remote.*.url"
175 * Note: this routine does a read-only iteration on the config data
176 * (using read_early_config()), so it must not be called until enough
177 * of the process environment has been established. This includes the
178 * location of the git and worktree directories, expansion of any "-c"
179 * and "-C" command line options, and etc.
181 void trace2_cmd_list_config_fl(const char *file
, int line
);
183 #define trace2_cmd_list_config() trace2_cmd_list_config_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__)
186 * Emit one or more 'def_param' events for "important" environment variables.
188 * Use the TR2_SYSENV_ENV_VARS setting to register a comma-separated list of
189 * environment variables considered important. For example:
190 * git config --system trace2.envVars 'GIT_HTTP_USER_AGENT,GIT_CONFIG'
192 * GIT_TRACE2_ENV_VARS="GIT_HTTP_USER_AGENT,GIT_CONFIG"
194 void trace2_cmd_list_env_vars_fl(const char *file
, int line
);
196 #define trace2_cmd_list_env_vars() trace2_cmd_list_env_vars_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__)
199 * Emit a "def_param" event for the given config key/value pair IF
200 * we consider the key to be "important".
202 * Use this for new/updated config settings created/updated after
203 * trace2_cmd_list_config() is called.
205 void trace2_cmd_set_config_fl(const char *file
, int line
, const char *key
,
208 #define trace2_cmd_set_config(k, v) \
209 trace2_cmd_set_config_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, (k), (v))
212 * Emits a "child_start" message containing the "child-id",
213 * "child-argv", and "child-classification".
215 * Before calling optionally set "cmd->trace2_child_class" to a string
216 * describing the type of the child process. For example, "editor" or
219 * This function assigns a unique "child-id" to `cmd->trace2_child_id`.
220 * This field is used later during the "child_exit" message to associate
221 * it with the "child_start" message.
223 * This function should be called before spawning the child process.
225 void trace2_child_start_fl(const char *file
, int line
,
226 struct child_process
*cmd
);
228 #define trace2_child_start(cmd) trace2_child_start_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, (cmd))
231 * Emits a "child_exit" message containing the "child-id",
232 * the child's elapsed time and exit-code.
234 * The reported elapsed time includes the process creation overhead and
235 * time spend waiting for it to exit, so it may be slightly longer than
236 * the time reported by the child itself.
238 * This function should be called after reaping the child process.
240 void trace2_child_exit_fl(const char *file
, int line
, struct child_process
*cmd
,
241 int child_exit_code
);
243 #define trace2_child_exit(cmd, code) \
244 trace2_child_exit_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, (cmd), (code))
247 * Emit an 'exec' event prior to calling one of exec(), execv(),
248 * execvp(), and etc. On Unix-derived systems, this will be the
249 * last event emitted for the current process, unless the exec
250 * fails. On Windows, exec() behaves like 'child_start' and a
251 * waitpid(), so additional events may be emitted.
253 * Returns a unique "exec-id". This value is used later
254 * if the exec() fails and a "exec-result" message is necessary.
256 int trace2_exec_fl(const char *file
, int line
, const char *exe
,
259 #define trace2_exec(exe, argv) trace2_exec_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, (exe), (argv))
262 * Emit an 'exec_result' when possible. On Unix-derived systems,
263 * this should be called after exec() returns (which only happens
264 * when there is an error starting the new process). On Windows,
265 * this should be called after the waitpid().
267 * The "exec_id" should be the value returned from trace2_exec().
269 void trace2_exec_result_fl(const char *file
, int line
, int exec_id
, int code
);
271 #define trace2_exec_result(id, code) \
272 trace2_exec_result_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, (id), (code))
275 * Emit a 'thread_start' event. This must be called from inside the
276 * thread-proc to set up the trace2 TLS data for the thread.
278 * Thread names should be descriptive, like "preload_index".
279 * Thread names will be decorated with an instance number automatically.
281 void trace2_thread_start_fl(const char *file
, int line
,
282 const char *thread_name
);
284 #define trace2_thread_start(thread_name) \
285 trace2_thread_start_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, (thread_name))
288 * Emit a 'thread_exit' event. This must be called from inside the
289 * thread-proc to report thread-specific data and cleanup TLS data
292 void trace2_thread_exit_fl(const char *file
, int line
);
294 #define trace2_thread_exit() trace2_thread_exit_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__)
297 * Emits a "def_param" message containing a key/value pair.
299 * This message is intended to report some global aspect of the current
300 * command, such as a configuration setting or command line switch that
301 * significantly affects program performance or behavior, such as
302 * `core.abbrev`, `status.showUntrackedFiles`, or `--no-ahead-behind`.
304 void trace2_def_param_fl(const char *file
, int line
, const char *param
,
307 #define trace2_def_param(param, value) \
308 trace2_def_param_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, (param), (value))
311 * Tell trace2 about a newly instantiated repo object and assign
312 * a trace2-repo-id to be used in subsequent activity events.
314 * Emits a 'worktree' event for this repo instance.
316 * Region and data messages may refer to this repo-id.
318 * The main/top-level repository will have repo-id value 1 (aka "r1").
320 * The repo-id field is in anticipation of future in-proc submodule
323 void trace2_def_repo_fl(const char *file
, int line
, struct repository
*repo
);
325 #define trace2_def_repo(repo) trace2_def_repo_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, repo)
328 * Emit a 'region_enter' event for <category>.<label> with optional
329 * repo-id and printf message.
331 * This function pushes a new region nesting stack level on the current
332 * thread and starts a clock for the new stack frame.
334 * The `category` field is an arbitrary category name used to classify
335 * regions by feature area, such as "status" or "index". At this time
336 * it is only just printed along with the rest of the message. It may
337 * be used in the future to filter messages.
339 * The `label` field is an arbitrary label used to describe the activity
340 * being started, such as "read_recursive" or "do_read_index".
342 * The `repo` field, if set, will be used to get the "repo-id", so that
343 * recursive oerations can be attributed to the correct repository.
345 void trace2_region_enter_fl(const char *file
, int line
, const char *category
,
346 const char *label
, const struct repository
*repo
, ...);
348 #define trace2_region_enter(category, label, repo) \
349 trace2_region_enter_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, (category), (label), (repo))
351 void trace2_region_enter_printf_va_fl(const char *file
, int line
,
352 const char *category
, const char *label
,
353 const struct repository
*repo
,
354 const char *fmt
, va_list ap
);
356 #define trace2_region_enter_printf_va(category, label, repo, fmt, ap) \
357 trace2_region_enter_printf_va_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, (category), \
358 (label), (repo), (fmt), (ap))
360 void trace2_region_enter_printf_fl(const char *file
, int line
,
361 const char *category
, const char *label
,
362 const struct repository
*repo
,
363 const char *fmt
, ...);
365 #ifdef HAVE_VARIADIC_MACROS
366 #define trace2_region_enter_printf(category, label, repo, ...) \
367 trace2_region_enter_printf_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, (category), (label), \
370 /* clang-format off */
371 __attribute__((format (region_enter_printf
, 4, 5)))
372 void trace2_region_enter_printf(const char *category
, const char *label
,
373 const struct repository
*repo
, const char *fmt
,
375 /* clang-format on */
379 * Emit a 'region_leave' event for <category>.<label> with optional
380 * repo-id and printf message.
382 * Leave current nesting level and report the elapsed time spent
383 * in this nesting level.
385 * The `category`, `label`, and `repo` fields are the same as
386 * trace2_region_enter_fl. The `category` and `label` do not
387 * need to match the corresponding "region_enter" message,
388 * but it makes the data stream easier to understand.
390 void trace2_region_leave_fl(const char *file
, int line
, const char *category
,
391 const char *label
, const struct repository
*repo
, ...);
393 #define trace2_region_leave(category, label, repo) \
394 trace2_region_leave_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, (category), (label), (repo))
396 void trace2_region_leave_printf_va_fl(const char *file
, int line
,
397 const char *category
, const char *label
,
398 const struct repository
*repo
,
399 const char *fmt
, va_list ap
);
401 #define trace2_region_leave_printf_va(category, label, repo, fmt, ap) \
402 trace2_region_leave_printf_va_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, (category), \
403 (label), (repo), (fmt), (ap))
405 void trace2_region_leave_printf_fl(const char *file
, int line
,
406 const char *category
, const char *label
,
407 const struct repository
*repo
,
408 const char *fmt
, ...);
410 #ifdef HAVE_VARIADIC_MACROS
411 #define trace2_region_leave_printf(category, label, repo, ...) \
412 trace2_region_leave_printf_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, (category), (label), \
415 /* clang-format off */
416 __attribute__((format (region_leave_printf
, 4, 5)))
417 void trace2_region_leave_printf(const char *category
, const char *label
,
418 const struct repository
*repo
, const char *fmt
,
420 /* clang-format on */
424 * Emit a key-value pair 'data' event of the form <category>.<key> = <value>.
425 * This event implicitly contains information about thread, nesting region,
426 * and optional repo-id.
427 * This could be used to print the number of files in a directory during
428 * a multi-threaded recursive tree walk.
430 * On event-based TRACE2 targets, this generates a 'data' event suitable
431 * for post-processing. On printf-based TRACE2 targets, this is converted
432 * into a fixed-format printf message.
434 void trace2_data_string_fl(const char *file
, int line
, const char *category
,
435 const struct repository
*repo
, const char *key
,
438 #define trace2_data_string(category, repo, key, value) \
439 trace2_data_string_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, (category), (repo), (key), \
442 void trace2_data_intmax_fl(const char *file
, int line
, const char *category
,
443 const struct repository
*repo
, const char *key
,
446 #define trace2_data_intmax(category, repo, key, value) \
447 trace2_data_intmax_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, (category), (repo), (key), \
450 void trace2_data_json_fl(const char *file
, int line
, const char *category
,
451 const struct repository
*repo
, const char *key
,
452 const struct json_writer
*jw
);
454 #define trace2_data_json(category, repo, key, value) \
455 trace2_data_json_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, (category), (repo), (key), \
459 * Emit a 'printf' event.
461 * Write an arbitrary formatted message to the TRACE2 targets. These
462 * text messages should be considered as human-readable strings without
463 * any formatting guidelines. Post-processors may choose to ignore
466 void trace2_printf_va_fl(const char *file
, int line
, const char *fmt
,
469 #define trace2_printf_va(fmt, ap) \
470 trace2_printf_va_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, (fmt), (ap))
472 void trace2_printf_fl(const char *file
, int line
, const char *fmt
, ...);
474 #ifdef HAVE_VARIADIC_MACROS
475 #define trace2_printf(...) trace2_printf_fl(__FILE__, __LINE__, __VA_ARGS__)
477 /* clang-format off */
478 __attribute__((format (printf
, 1, 2)))
479 void trace2_printf(const char *fmt
, ...);
480 /* clang-format on */
484 * Optional platform-specific code to dump information about the
485 * current and any parent process(es). This is intended to allow
486 * post-processors to know who spawned this git instance and anything
487 * else that the platform may be able to tell us about the current process.
490 enum trace2_process_info_reason
{
491 TRACE2_PROCESS_INFO_STARTUP
,
492 TRACE2_PROCESS_INFO_EXIT
,
495 #if defined(GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE)
496 void trace2_collect_process_info(enum trace2_process_info_reason reason
);
498 #define trace2_collect_process_info(reason) \
503 const char *trace2_session_id(void);
505 #endif /* TRACE2_H */