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//===-- TraceCursor.h -------------------------------------------*- C++ -*-===//
//
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// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
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#ifndef LLDB_TARGET_TRACE_CURSOR_H
#define LLDB_TARGET_TRACE_CURSOR_H
#include "lldb/lldb-private.h"
#include "lldb/Target/ExecutionContext.h"
namespace lldb_private {
/// Class used for iterating over the instructions of a thread's trace, among
/// other kinds of information.
///
/// This class attempts to be a generic interface for accessing the instructions
/// of the trace so that each Trace plug-in can reconstruct, represent and store
/// the instruction data in an flexible way that is efficient for the given
/// technology.
///
/// Live processes:
/// In the case of a live process trace, an instance of a \a TraceCursor
/// should point to the trace at the moment it was collected. If the process
/// is later resumed and new trace data is collected, then it's up to each
/// trace plug-in to decide whether to leave the old cursor unaffected or not.
///
/// Cursor items:
/// A \a TraceCursor can point at one of the following items:
///
/// Errors:
/// As there could be errors when reconstructing the instructions of a
/// trace, these errors are represented as failed instructions, and the
/// cursor can point at them.
///
/// Events:
/// The cursor can also point at events in the trace, which aren't errors
/// nor instructions. An example of an event could be a context switch in
/// between two instructions.
///
/// Instruction:
/// An actual instruction with a memory address.
///
/// Defaults:
/// By default, the cursor points at the most recent item in the trace and is
/// set up to iterate backwards. See the \a TraceCursor::Next() method for
/// more documentation.
///
/// Sample usage:
///
/// TraceCursorSP cursor = trace.GetTrace(thread);
///
/// for (; cursor->HasValue(); cursor->Next()) {
/// TraceItemKind kind = cursor->GetItemKind();
/// switch (cursor->GetItemKind()):
/// case eTraceItemKindError:
/// cout << "error found: " << cursor->GetError() << endl;
/// break;
/// case eTraceItemKindEvent:
/// cout << "event found: " << cursor->GetEventTypeAsString() << endl;
/// break;
/// case eTraceItemKindInstruction:
/// std::cout << "instructions found at " << cursor->GetLoadAddress() <<
/// std::endl; break;
/// }
/// }
///
/// As the trace might be empty or the cursor might have reached the end of the
/// trace, you should always invoke \a HasValue() to make sure you don't access
/// invalid memory.
///
/// Random accesses:
///
/// The Trace Cursor offer random acesses in the trace via two APIs:
///
/// TraceCursor::Seek():
/// Unlike the \a TraceCursor::Next() API, which moves instruction by
/// instruction, the \a TraceCursor::Seek() method can be used to
/// reposition the cursor to an offset of the end, beginning, or current
/// position of the trace.
///
/// TraceCursor::GetId() / TraceCursor::SetId(id):
/// Each item (error or instruction) in the trace has a numeric identifier
/// which is defined by the trace plug-in. It's possible to access the id
/// of the current item using GetId(), and to reposition the cursor to a
/// given id using SetId(id).
///
/// You can read more in the documentation of these methods.
class TraceCursor {
public:
/// Create a cursor that initially points to the end of the trace, i.e. the
/// most recent item.
TraceCursor(lldb::ThreadSP thread_sp);
virtual ~TraceCursor() = default;
/// Set the direction to use in the \a TraceCursor::Next() method.
///
/// \param[in] forwards
/// If \b true, then the traversal will be forwards, otherwise backwards.
void SetForwards(bool forwards);
/// Check if the direction to use in the \a TraceCursor::Next() method is
/// forwards.
///
/// \return
/// \b true if the current direction is forwards, \b false if backwards.
bool IsForwards() const;
/// Move the cursor to the next item (instruction or error).
///
/// Direction:
/// The traversal is done following the current direction of the trace. If
/// it is forwards, the instructions are visited forwards
/// chronologically. Otherwise, the traversal is done in
/// the opposite direction. By default, a cursor moves backwards unless
/// changed with \a TraceCursor::SetForwards().
virtual void Next() = 0;
/// \return
/// \b true if the cursor is pointing to a valid item. \b false if the
/// cursor has reached the end of the trace.
virtual bool HasValue() const = 0;
/// Instruction identifiers:
///
/// When building complex higher level tools, fast random accesses in the
/// trace might be needed, for which each instruction requires a unique
/// identifier within its thread trace. For example, a tool might want to
/// repeatedly inspect random consecutive portions of a trace. This means that
/// it will need to first move quickly to the beginning of each section and
/// then start its iteration. Given that the number of instructions can be in
/// the order of hundreds of millions, fast random access is necessary.
///
/// An example of such a tool could be an inspector of the call graph of a
/// trace, where each call is represented with its start and end instructions.
/// Inspecting all the instructions of a call requires moving to its first
/// instruction and then iterating until the last instruction, which following
/// the pattern explained above.
///
/// Instead of using 0-based indices as identifiers, each Trace plug-in can
/// decide the nature of these identifiers and thus no assumptions can be made
/// regarding their ordering and sequentiality. The reason is that an
/// instruction might be encoded by the plug-in in a way that hides its actual
/// 0-based index in the trace, but it's still possible to efficiently find
/// it.
///
/// Requirements:
/// - For a given thread, no two instructions have the same id.
/// - In terms of efficiency, moving the cursor to a given id should be as
/// fast as possible, but not necessarily O(1). That's why the recommended
/// way to traverse sequential instructions is to use the \a
/// TraceCursor::Next() method and only use \a TraceCursor::GoToId(id)
/// sparingly.
/// Make the cursor point to the item whose identifier is \p id.
///
/// \return
/// \b true if the given identifier exists and the cursor effectively
/// moved to it. Otherwise, \b false is returned and the cursor now points
/// to an invalid item, i.e. calling \a HasValue() will return \b false.
virtual bool GoToId(lldb::user_id_t id) = 0;
/// \return
/// \b true if and only if there's an instruction item with the given \p
/// id.
virtual bool HasId(lldb::user_id_t id) const = 0;
/// \return
/// A unique identifier for the instruction or error this cursor is
/// pointing to.
virtual lldb::user_id_t GetId() const = 0;
/// \}
/// Make the cursor point to an item in the trace based on an origin point and
/// an offset.
///
/// The resulting position of the trace is
/// origin + offset
///
/// If this resulting position would be out of bounds, the trace then points
/// to an invalid item, i.e. calling \a HasValue() returns \b false.
///
/// \param[in] offset
/// How many items to move forwards (if positive) or backwards (if
/// negative) from the given origin point. For example, if origin is \b
/// End, then a negative offset would move backward in the trace, but a
/// positive offset would move past the trace to an invalid item.
///
/// \param[in] origin
/// The reference point to use when moving the cursor.
///
/// \return
/// \b true if and only if the cursor ends up pointing to a valid item.
virtual bool Seek(int64_t offset, lldb::TraceCursorSeekType origin) = 0;
/// \return
/// The \a ExecutionContextRef of the backing thread from the creation time
/// of this cursor.
ExecutionContextRef &GetExecutionContextRef();
/// Trace item information (instructions, errors and events)
/// \{
/// \return
/// The kind of item the cursor is pointing at.
virtual lldb::TraceItemKind GetItemKind() const = 0;
/// \return
/// Whether the cursor points to an error or not.
bool IsError() const;
/// \return
/// The error message the cursor is pointing at.
virtual const char *GetError() const = 0;
/// \return
/// Whether the cursor points to an event or not.
bool IsEvent() const;
/// \return
/// The specific kind of event the cursor is pointing at.
virtual lldb::TraceEvent GetEventType() const = 0;
/// \return
/// A human-readable description of the event this cursor is pointing at.
const char *GetEventTypeAsString() const;
/// \return
/// A human-readable description of the given event.
static const char *EventKindToString(lldb::TraceEvent event_kind);
/// \return
/// Whether the cursor points to an instruction.
bool IsInstruction() const;
/// \return
/// The load address of the instruction the cursor is pointing at.
virtual lldb::addr_t GetLoadAddress() const = 0;
/// Get the CPU associated with the current trace item.
///
/// This call might not be O(1), so it's suggested to invoke this method
/// whenever an eTraceEventCPUChanged event is fired.
///
/// \return
/// The requested CPU id, or LLDB_INVALID_CPU_ID if this information is
/// not available for the current item.
virtual lldb::cpu_id_t GetCPU() const = 0;
/// Get the last hardware clock value that was emitted before the current
/// trace item.
///
/// This call might not be O(1), so it's suggested to invoke this method
/// whenever an eTraceEventHWClockTick event is fired.
///
/// \return
/// The requested HW clock value, or \a llvm::None if this information is
/// not available for the current item.
virtual llvm::Optional<uint64_t> GetHWClock() const = 0;
/// Get the approximate wall clock time in nanoseconds at which the current
/// trace item was executed. Each trace plug-in has a different definition for
/// what time 0 means.
///
/// \return
/// The approximate wall clock time for the trace item, or \a llvm::None
/// if not available.
virtual llvm::Optional<double> GetWallClockTime() const = 0;
/// Get some metadata associated with a synchronization point event. As
/// different trace technologies might have different values for this,
/// we return a string for flexibility.
///
/// \return
/// A string representing some metadata associated with a
/// \a eTraceEventSyncPoint event. \b None if no metadata is available.
virtual llvm::Optional<std::string> GetSyncPointMetadata() const = 0;
/// \}
protected:
ExecutionContextRef m_exe_ctx_ref;
bool m_forwards = false;
};
} // namespace lldb_private
#endif // LLDB_TARGET_TRACE_CURSOR_H