[Crash-utility] [PATCH v2] add log -T option to display the message text with human readable timestamp

Dave Anderson anderson at redhat.com
Tue Apr 21 18:43:30 UTC 2020



----- Original Message -----
> Sometimes, we need to know the accurate time of the log, which
> helps us analyze the problem.
> 
> add -T option(like dmesg -T command) for log command to display
> the message text with human readable timestamp.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wang Long <w at laoqinren.net>

Hi Wang, 

This is a nice feature.  Note that I did add a stanza for backwards-compatibility 
with Linux 3.4 and earlier kernels that didn't have variable length records:

@@ -4962,6 +4974,8 @@ dump_log(int msg_flags)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (msg_flags & SHOW_LOG_CTIME)
+		option_not_supported('T');
 	if (msg_flags & SHOW_LOG_DICT)
 		option_not_supported('d');
 	if ((msg_flags & SHOW_LOG_TEXT) && STREQ(pc->curcmd, "log"))

Queued for crash-7.2.9:

  https://github.com/crash-utility/crash/commit/c86250bce29f17610647772f838e1bb9d622ea8c

Thanks,
  Dave











> ---
>  defs.h   |  2 ++
>  help.c   | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  kernel.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
>  3 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/defs.h b/defs.h
> index d8eda5e..4e57a56 100644
> --- a/defs.h
> +++ b/defs.h
> @@ -763,6 +763,7 @@ struct kernel_table {                   /* kernel data */
>  	} vmcoreinfo;
>  	ulonglong flags2;
>  	char *source_tree;
> +	struct timespec boot_date;
>  };
>  
>  /*
> @@ -5577,6 +5578,7 @@ void dump_log(int);
>  #define SHOW_LOG_DICT  (0x2)
>  #define SHOW_LOG_TEXT  (0x4)
>  #define SHOW_LOG_AUDIT (0x8)
> +#define SHOW_LOG_CTIME (0x10)
>  void set_cpu(int);
>  void clear_machdep_cache(void);
>  struct stack_hook *gather_text_list(struct bt_info *);
> diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
> index c443cad..1ee70f7 100644
> --- a/help.c
> +++ b/help.c
> @@ -3892,12 +3892,13 @@ NULL
>  char *help_log[] = {
>  "log",
>  "dump system message buffer",
> -"[-tdma]",
> +"[-Ttdma]",
>  "  This command dumps the kernel log_buf contents in chronological order.
>  The",
>  "  command supports the older log_buf formats, which may or may not contain
>  a",
>  "  timestamp inserted prior to each message, as well as the newer
>  variable-length",
>  "  record format, where the timestamp is contained in each log entry's
>  header.",
>  "  ",
> +"    -T  Display the message text with human readable timestamp.",
>  "    -t  Display the message text without the timestamp; only applicable to
>  the",
>  "        variable-length record format.",
>  "    -d  Display the dictionary of key/value pair properties that are
>  optionally",
> @@ -4031,6 +4032,31 @@ char *help_log[] = {
>  "    type=1307 audit(1489384479.809:4346):  cwd=\"/proc\"",
>  "    ...",
>  " ",
> +"  Display the message text with human readable timestamp.\n"
> +"    %s> log -T",
> +"    [Sat Apr  4 07:41:09 2020] BIOS-e820: [mem
> 0x0000000000000000-0x000000000009fbff] usable",
> +"    [Sat Apr  4 07:41:09 2020] BIOS-e820: [mem
> 0x000000000009fc00-0x000000000009ffff] reserved",
> +"    [Sat Apr  4 07:41:09 2020] BIOS-e820: [mem
> 0x00000000000f0000-0x00000000000fffff] reserved",
> +"    [Sat Apr  4 07:41:09 2020] BIOS-e820: [mem
> 0x0000000000100000-0x00000000dffeffff] usable",
> +"    [Sat Apr  4 07:41:09 2020] BIOS-e820: [mem
> 0x00000000dfff0000-0x00000000dfffffff] ACPI data",
> +"    [Sat Apr  4 07:41:09 2020] BIOS-e820: [mem
> 0x00000000fec00000-0x00000000fec00fff] reserved",
> +"    [Sat Apr  4 07:41:09 2020] BIOS-e820: [mem
> 0x00000000fee00000-0x00000000fee00fff] reserved",
> +"    [Sat Apr  4 07:41:09 2020] BIOS-e820: [mem
> 0x00000000fffc0000-0x00000000ffffffff] reserved",
> +"    [Sat Apr  4 07:41:09 2020] BIOS-e820: [mem
> 0x0000000100000000-0x000000011fffffff] usable",
> +"    [Sat Apr  4 07:41:09 2020] NX (Execute Disable) protection: active",
> +"    [Sat Apr  4 07:41:09 2020] SMBIOS 2.5 present.",
> +"    [Sat Apr  4 07:41:09 2020] DMI: innotek GmbH VirtualBox/VirtualBox,
> BIOS VirtualBox 12/01/2006",
> +"    [Sat Apr  4 07:41:09 2020] Hypervisor detected: KVM",
> +"    [Sat Apr  4 07:41:09 2020] kvm-clock: Using msrs 4b564d01 and
> 4b564d00",
> +"    [Sat Apr  4 07:41:09 2020] kvm-clock: cpu 0, msr 6de01001, primary cpu
> clock",
> +"    [Sat Apr  4 07:41:09 2020] kvm-clock: using sched offset of 11838753697
> cycles",
> +"    [Sat Apr  4 07:41:09 2020] clocksource: kvm-clock: mask:
> 0xffffffffffffffff max_cycles: 0x1cd42e4dffb, max_idle_ns: 881590591483 ns",
> +"    [Sat Apr  4 07:41:09 2020] e820: update [mem 0x00000000-0x00000fff]
> usable ==> reserved",
> +"    [Sat Apr  4 07:41:09 2020] e820: remove [mem 0x000a0000-0x000fffff]
> usable",
> +"    [Sat Apr  4 07:41:09 2020] last_pfn = 0x120000 max_arch_pfn =
> 0x400000000",
> +"    [Sat Apr  4 07:41:09 2020] MTRR default type: uncachable",
> +"    [Sat Apr  4 07:41:09 2020] MTRR variable ranges disabled:",
> +"    ...",
>  NULL
>  };
>  
> diff --git a/kernel.c b/kernel.c
> index 7604fac..7e68e6d 100644
> --- a/kernel.c
> +++ b/kernel.c
> @@ -4912,9 +4912,12 @@ cmd_log(void)
>  
>  	msg_flags = 0;
>  
> -        while ((c = getopt(argcnt, args, "tdma")) != EOF) {
> +        while ((c = getopt(argcnt, args, "Ttdma")) != EOF) {
>                  switch(c)
>                  {
> +		case 'T':
> +			msg_flags |= SHOW_LOG_CTIME;
> +			break;
>  		case 't':
>  			msg_flags |= SHOW_LOG_TEXT;
>  			break;
> @@ -4936,6 +4939,15 @@ cmd_log(void)
>          if (argerrs)
>                  cmd_usage(pc->curcmd, SYNOPSIS);
>  
> +	if (kt->boot_date.tv_sec == 0) {
> +		ulonglong uptime_jiffies;
> +		ulong  uptime_sec;
> +		get_uptime(NULL, &uptime_jiffies);
> +		uptime_sec = (uptime_jiffies)/(ulonglong)machdep->hz;
> +		kt->boot_date.tv_sec = kt->date.tv_sec - uptime_sec;
> +		kt->boot_date.tv_nsec = 0;
> +	}
> +
>  	if (msg_flags & SHOW_LOG_AUDIT) {
>  		dump_audit();
>  		return;
> @@ -5154,7 +5166,12 @@ dump_log_entry(char *logptr, int msg_flags)
>  	if ((msg_flags & SHOW_LOG_TEXT) == 0) {
>  		nanos = (ulonglong)ts_nsec / (ulonglong)1000000000;
>  		rem = (ulonglong)ts_nsec % (ulonglong)1000000000;
> -		sprintf(buf, "[%5lld.%06ld] ", nanos, rem/1000);
> +		if (msg_flags & SHOW_LOG_CTIME) {
> +			time_t t = kt->boot_date.tv_sec + nanos;
> +			sprintf(buf, "[%s] ", strip_linefeeds(ctime(&t)));
> +		}
> +		else
> +			sprintf(buf, "[%5lld.%06ld] ", nanos, rem/1000);
>  		ilen = strlen(buf);
>  		fprintf(fp, "%s", buf);
>  	}
> @@ -6018,6 +6035,8 @@ dump_kernel_table(int verbose)
>  		get_xtime(&kt->date);
>          fprintf(fp, "          date: %s\n",
>                  strip_linefeeds(ctime(&kt->date.tv_sec)));
> +        fprintf(fp, "    boot_ date: %s\n",
> +                strip_linefeeds(ctime(&kt->boot_date.tv_sec)));
>          fprintf(fp, "  proc_version: %s\n",
>          strip_linefeeds(kt->proc_version));
>          fprintf(fp, "   new_utsname: \n");
>          fprintf(fp, "      .sysname: %s\n", uts->sysname);
> --
> 1.8.3.1
> 
> 
> 
> 




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