On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 03:34:08PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> From: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>
> 
> By doing:
> 
>  # trace-cmd sqlhist -e -n futex_wait select TIMESTAMP_DELTA_USECS as lat 
> from sys_enter_futex as start join sys_exit_futex as end on start.common_pid 
> = end.common_pid
> 
> and
> 
>  # trace-cmd start -e futex_wait -f 'lat > 100' -e page_pool_state_release -f 
> 'pfn == 1'
> 
> The output of the show_event_trigger and show_event_filter files are well
> aligned because of the inconsistent 'tab' spacing:
> 
>  ~# cat /sys/kernel/tracing/show_event_triggers
> syscalls:sys_exit_futex       
> hist:keys=common_pid:vals=hitcount:__lat_12046_2=common_timestamp.usecs-$__arg_12046_1:sort=hitcount:size=2048:clock=global:onmatch(syscalls.sys_enter_futex).trace(futex_wait,$__lat_12046_2)
>  [active]
> syscalls:sys_enter_futex      
> hist:keys=common_pid:vals=hitcount:__arg_12046_1=common_timestamp.usecs:sort=hitcount:size=2048:clock=global
>  [active]
> 
>  ~# cat /sys/kernel/tracing/show_event_filters
> synthetic:futex_wait  (lat > 100)
> page_pool:page_pool_state_release     (pfn == 1)
> 
> This makes it not so easy to read. Instead, force the spacing to be at
> least 32 bytes from the beginning (one space if the system:event is longer
> than 30 bytes):
> 
>  ~# cat /sys/kernel/tracing/show_event_triggers
> syscalls:sys_exit_futex          
> hist:keys=common_pid:vals=hitcount:__lat_8125_2=common_timestamp.usecs-$__arg_8125_1:sort=hitcount:size=2048:clock=global:onmatch(syscalls.sys_enter_futex).trace(futex_wait,$__lat_8125_2)
>  [active]
> syscalls:sys_enter_futex         
> hist:keys=common_pid:vals=hitcount:__arg_8125_1=common_timestamp.usecs:sort=hitcount:size=2048:clock=global
>  [active]
> 
>  ~# cat /sys/kernel/tracing/show_event_filters
> synthetic:futex_wait             (lat > 100)
> page_pool:page_pool_state_release (pfn == 1)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <[email protected]>
> ---
> [
>   This is based on top of these patches:
>     
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/[email protected]/
> ]
>  kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> index 36936697fa2a..f372a6374164 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> @@ -1662,6 +1662,18 @@ static void t_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
>       mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
>  }
>  
> +static int get_call_len(struct trace_event_call *call)
> +{
> +     int len;
> +
> +     /* Get the length of "<system>:<event>" */
> +     len = strlen(call->class->system) + 1;
> +     len += strlen(trace_event_name(call));
> +
> +     /* Set the index to 32 bytes to separate event from data */
> +     return len >= 32 ? 1 : 32 - len;
> +}
> +
>  /**
>   * t_show_filters - seq_file callback to display active event filters
>   * @m: The seq_file interface for formatted output
> @@ -1676,14 +1688,17 @@ static int t_show_filters(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
>       struct trace_event_file *file = v;
>       struct trace_event_call *call = file->event_call;
>       struct event_filter *filter;
> +     int len;
>  
>       guard(rcu)();
>       filter = rcu_dereference(file->filter);
>       if (!filter || !filter->filter_string)
>               return 0;
>  
> -     seq_printf(m, "%s:%s\t%s\n", call->class->system,
> -                trace_event_name(call), filter->filter_string);
> +     len = get_call_len(call);
> +
> +     seq_printf(m, "%s:%s%*.s%s\n", call->class->system,
> +                trace_event_name(call), len, "", filter->filter_string);
>  
>       return 0;
>  }
> @@ -1702,6 +1717,7 @@ static int t_show_triggers(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
>       struct trace_event_file *file = v;
>       struct trace_event_call *call = file->event_call;
>       struct event_trigger_data *data;
> +     int len;
>  
>       /*
>        * The event_mutex is held by t_start(), protecting the
> @@ -1710,9 +1726,11 @@ static int t_show_triggers(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
>       if (list_empty(&file->triggers))
>               return 0;
>  
> +     len = get_call_len(call);
> +
>       list_for_each_entry_rcu(data, &file->triggers, list) {
> -             seq_printf(m, "%s:%s\t", call->class->system,
> -                        trace_event_name(call));
> +             seq_printf(m, "%s:%s%*.s", call->class->system,
> +                        trace_event_name(call), len, "");
>  
>               data->cmd_ops->print(m, data);
>       }
> -- 
> 2.51.0
> 

Nice!

Reviewed-by: Aaron Tomlin <[email protected]>

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