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+// Copyright 2018 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package trace
+
+import (
+ "context"
+ "fmt"
+ "sync/atomic"
+ _ "unsafe"
+)
+
+type traceContextKey struct{}
+
+// NewTask creates a task instance with the type taskType and returns
+// it along with a Context that carries the task.
+// If the input context contains a task, the new task is its subtask.
+//
+// The taskType is used to classify task instances. Analysis tools
+// like the Go execution tracer may assume there are only a bounded
+// number of unique task types in the system.
+//
+// The returned end function is used to mark the task's end.
+// The trace tool measures task latency as the time between task creation
+// and when the end function is called, and provides the latency
+// distribution per task type.
+// If the end function is called multiple times, only the first
+// call is used in the latency measurement.
+//
+// ctx, task := trace.NewTask(ctx, "awesomeTask")
+// trace.WithRegion(ctx, "preparation", prepWork)
+// // preparation of the task
+// go func() { // continue processing the task in a separate goroutine.
+// defer task.End()
+// trace.WithRegion(ctx, "remainingWork", remainingWork)
+// }()
+func NewTask(pctx context.Context, taskType string) (ctx context.Context, task *Task) {
+ pid := fromContext(pctx).id
+ id := newID()
+ userTaskCreate(id, pid, taskType)
+ s := &Task{id: id}
+ return context.WithValue(pctx, traceContextKey{}, s), s
+
+ // We allocate a new task and the end function even when
+ // the tracing is disabled because the context and the detach
+ // function can be used across trace enable/disable boundaries,
+ // which complicates the problem.
+ //
+ // For example, consider the following scenario:
+ // - trace is enabled.
+ // - trace.WithRegion is called, so a new context ctx
+ // with a new region is created.
+ // - trace is disabled.
+ // - trace is enabled again.
+ // - trace APIs with the ctx is called. Is the ID in the task
+ // a valid one to use?
+ //
+ // TODO(hyangah): reduce the overhead at least when
+ // tracing is disabled. Maybe the id can embed a tracing
+ // round number and ignore ids generated from previous
+ // tracing round.
+}
+
+func fromContext(ctx context.Context) *Task {
+ if s, ok := ctx.Value(traceContextKey{}).(*Task); ok {
+ return s
+ }
+ return &bgTask
+}
+
+// Task is a data type for tracing a user-defined, logical operation.
+type Task struct {
+ id uint64
+ // TODO(hyangah): record parent id?
+}
+
+// End marks the end of the operation represented by the Task.
+func (t *Task) End() {
+ userTaskEnd(t.id)
+}
+
+var lastTaskID uint64 = 0 // task id issued last time
+
+func newID() uint64 {
+ // TODO(hyangah): use per-P cache
+ return atomic.AddUint64(&lastTaskID, 1)
+}
+
+var bgTask = Task{id: uint64(0)}
+
+// Log emits a one-off event with the given category and message.
+// Category can be empty and the API assumes there are only a handful of
+// unique categories in the system.
+func Log(ctx context.Context, category, message string) {
+ id := fromContext(ctx).id
+ userLog(id, category, message)
+}
+
+// Logf is like Log, but the value is formatted using the specified format spec.
+func Logf(ctx context.Context, category, format string, args ...interface{}) {
+ if IsEnabled() {
+ // Ideally this should be just Log, but that will
+ // add one more frame in the stack trace.
+ id := fromContext(ctx).id
+ userLog(id, category, fmt.Sprintf(format, args...))
+ }
+}
+
+const (
+ regionStartCode = uint64(0)
+ regionEndCode = uint64(1)
+)
+
+// WithRegion starts a region associated with its calling goroutine, runs fn,
+// and then ends the region. If the context carries a task, the region is
+// associated with the task. Otherwise, the region is attached to the background
+// task.
+//
+// The regionType is used to classify regions, so there should be only a
+// handful of unique region types.
+func WithRegion(ctx context.Context, regionType string, fn func()) {
+ // NOTE:
+ // WithRegion helps avoiding misuse of the API but in practice,
+ // this is very restrictive:
+ // - Use of WithRegion makes the stack traces captured from
+ // region start and end are identical.
+ // - Refactoring the existing code to use WithRegion is sometimes
+ // hard and makes the code less readable.
+ // e.g. code block nested deep in the loop with various
+ // exit point with return values
+ // - Refactoring the code to use this API with closure can
+ // cause different GC behavior such as retaining some parameters
+ // longer.
+ // This causes more churns in code than I hoped, and sometimes
+ // makes the code less readable.
+
+ id := fromContext(ctx).id
+ userRegion(id, regionStartCode, regionType)
+ defer userRegion(id, regionEndCode, regionType)
+ fn()
+}
+
+// StartRegion starts a region and returns a function for marking the
+// end of the region. The returned Region's End function must be called
+// from the same goroutine where the region was started.
+// Within each goroutine, regions must nest. That is, regions started
+// after this region must be ended before this region can be ended.
+// Recommended usage is
+//
+// defer trace.StartRegion(ctx, "myTracedRegion").End()
+//
+func StartRegion(ctx context.Context, regionType string) *Region {
+ if !IsEnabled() {
+ return noopRegion
+ }
+ id := fromContext(ctx).id
+ userRegion(id, regionStartCode, regionType)
+ return &Region{id, regionType}
+}
+
+// Region is a region of code whose execution time interval is traced.
+type Region struct {
+ id uint64
+ regionType string
+}
+
+var noopRegion = &Region{}
+
+// End marks the end of the traced code region.
+func (r *Region) End() {
+ if r == noopRegion {
+ return
+ }
+ userRegion(r.id, regionEndCode, r.regionType)
+}
+
+// IsEnabled reports whether tracing is enabled.
+// The information is advisory only. The tracing status
+// may have changed by the time this function returns.
+func IsEnabled() bool {
+ enabled := atomic.LoadInt32(&tracing.enabled)
+ return enabled == 1
+}
+
+//
+// Function bodies are defined in runtime/trace.go
+//
+
+// emits UserTaskCreate event.
+func userTaskCreate(id, parentID uint64, taskType string)
+
+// emits UserTaskEnd event.
+func userTaskEnd(id uint64)
+
+// emits UserRegion event.
+func userRegion(id, mode uint64, regionType string)
+
+// emits UserLog event.
+func userLog(id uint64, category, message string)