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author | Graham Christensen <graham@grahamc.com> | 2019-04-12 12:31:33 -0400 |
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committer | Graham Christensen <graham@grahamc.com> | 2019-08-14 16:09:35 -0400 |
commit | ee9c988a1b2e3c511b8613e698a0f9632ab1538f (patch) | |
tree | ee8d8dcbe6215e57113d481767a270ddfaeaf20a /doc/manual | |
parent | 1eeaf99cf89630f84b4a1b6882a0f98019725d9e (diff) |
Track function start and ends for flame graphs
With this patch, and this file I called `log.py`:
#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
#!nix-shell -i python3 -p python3 --pure
import sys
from pprint import pprint
stack = []
timestack = []
for line in open(sys.argv[1]):
components = line.strip().split(" ", 2)
if components[0] != "function-trace":
continue
direction = components[1]
components = components[2].rsplit(" ", 2)
loc = components[0]
_at = components[1]
time = int(components[2])
if direction == "entered":
stack.append(loc)
timestack.append(time)
elif direction == "exited":
dur = time - timestack.pop()
vst = ";".join(stack)
print(f"{vst} {dur}")
stack.pop()
and:
nix-instantiate --trace-function-calls -vvvv ../nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/release.nix -A unstable > log.matthewbauer 2>&1
./log.py ./log.matthewbauer > log.matthewbauer.folded
flamegraph.pl --title matthewbauer-post-pr log.matthewbauer.folded > log.matthewbauer.folded.svg
I can make flame graphs like: http://gsc.io/log.matthewbauer.folded.svg
---
Includes test cases around function call failures and tryEval. Uses
RAII so the finish is always called at the end of the function.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/manual')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml | 28 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml index c7b540892..407e5d10b 100644 --- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml +++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml @@ -973,6 +973,34 @@ requiredSystemFeatures = [ "kvm" ]; </varlistentry> + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-trace-function-calls"><term><literal>trace-function-calls</literal></term> + + <listitem> + + <para>Default: <literal>false</literal>.</para> + + <para>If set to <literal>true</literal>, the Nix evaluator will + trace every function call. Nix will print a log message at the + "vomit" level for every function entrance and function exit.</para> + + <informalexample><screen> +function-trace entered undefined position at 1565795816999559622 +function-trace exited undefined position at 1565795816999581277 +function-trace entered /nix/store/.../example.nix:226:41 at 1565795253249935150 +function-trace exited /nix/store/.../example.nix:226:41 at 1565795253249941684 +</screen></informalexample> + + <para>The <literal>undefined position</literal> means the function + call is a builtin.</para> + + <para>Use the <literal>contrib/stack-collapse.py</literal> script + distributed with the Nix source code to convert the trace logs + in to a format suitable for <command>flamegraph.pl</command>.</para> + + </listitem> + + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry xml:id="conf-trusted-public-keys"><term><literal>trusted-public-keys</literal></term> <listitem><para>A whitespace-separated list of public keys. When |