Existing simple trace can log upto 6 args per trace event and does not support strings in trace record format. Introducing new trace format as discussed earlier on list to support variable number/size of arguments. (Ref: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2011-11/msg03426.html)
Basic testing of this patch is successful. Stress testing not yet done. Apply patches, then run: make distclean ./configure with --enable-trace-backend=simple make sudo make install TODO: Add suppport for other backends in tracetool.py Harsh Prateek Bora (4): Converting tracetool.sh to tracetool.py Makefile and configure changes for tracetool.py simpletrace-v2: Handle variable number/size of elements per trace record. simpletrace.py: updated log reader script to handle new log format Makefile.objs | 4 +- configure | 4 +- monitor.c | 2 +- scripts/simpletrace.py | 110 ++++++++++++++++-- scripts/tracetool.py | 299 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ trace/simple.c | 178 ++++++++++------------------ trace/simple.h | 31 ++++- 7 files changed, 490 insertions(+), 138 deletions(-) create mode 100755 scripts/tracetool.py
