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1# -*- Mode: Python -*-
2# vim: filetype=python
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4# Copyright (c) 2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
5#
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7# See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
8#
9# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
10
11##
12# = Statistics
13##
14
15##
16# @StatsType:
17#
18# Enumeration of statistics types
19#
20# @cumulative: stat is cumulative; value can only increase.
21# @instant: stat is instantaneous; value can increase or decrease.
22# @peak: stat is the peak value; value can only increase.
23# @linear-histogram: stat is a linear histogram.
24# @log2-histogram: stat is a logarithmic histogram, with one bucket
25#                  for each power of two.
26#
27# Since: 7.1
28##
29{ 'enum' : 'StatsType',
30  'data' : [ 'cumulative', 'instant', 'peak', 'linear-histogram',
31             'log2-histogram' ] }
32
33##
34# @StatsUnit:
35#
36# Enumeration of unit of measurement for statistics
37#
38# @bytes: stat reported in bytes.
39# @seconds: stat reported in seconds.
40# @cycles: stat reported in clock cycles.
41# @boolean: stat is a boolean value.
42#
43# Since: 7.1
44##
45{ 'enum' : 'StatsUnit',
46  'data' : [ 'bytes', 'seconds', 'cycles', 'boolean' ] }
47
48##
49# @StatsProvider:
50#
51# Enumeration of statistics providers.
52#
53# Since: 7.1
54##
55{ 'enum': 'StatsProvider',
56  'data': [ 'kvm' ] }
57
58##
59# @StatsTarget:
60#
61# The kinds of objects on which one can request statistics.
62#
63# @vm: statistics that apply to the entire virtual machine or
64#      the entire QEMU process.
65#
66# @vcpu: statistics that apply to a single virtual CPU.
67#
68# Since: 7.1
69##
70{ 'enum': 'StatsTarget',
71  'data': [ 'vm', 'vcpu' ] }
72
73##
74# @StatsRequest:
75#
76# Indicates a set of statistics that should be returned by query-stats.
77#
78# @provider: provider for which to return statistics.
79
80# @names: statistics to be returned (all if omitted).
81#
82# Since: 7.1
83##
84{ 'struct': 'StatsRequest',
85  'data': { 'provider': 'StatsProvider',
86            '*names': [ 'str' ] } }
87
88##
89# @StatsVCPUFilter:
90#
91# @vcpus: list of QOM paths for the desired vCPU objects.
92#
93# Since: 7.1
94##
95{ 'struct': 'StatsVCPUFilter',
96  'data': { '*vcpus': [ 'str' ] } }
97
98##
99# @StatsFilter:
100#
101# The arguments to the query-stats command; specifies a target for which to
102# request statistics and optionally the required subset of information for
103# that target:
104# - which vCPUs to request statistics for
105# - which providers to request statistics from
106# - which named values to return within each provider
107#
108# Since: 7.1
109##
110{ 'union': 'StatsFilter',
111  'base': {
112      'target': 'StatsTarget',
113      '*providers': [ 'StatsRequest' ] },
114  'discriminator': 'target',
115  'data': { 'vcpu': 'StatsVCPUFilter' } }
116
117##
118# @StatsValue:
119#
120# @scalar: single unsigned 64-bit integers.
121# @list: list of unsigned 64-bit integers (used for histograms).
122#
123# Since: 7.1
124##
125{ 'alternate': 'StatsValue',
126  'data': { 'scalar': 'uint64',
127            'boolean': 'bool',
128            'list': [ 'uint64' ] } }
129
130##
131# @Stats:
132#
133# @name: name of stat.
134# @value: stat value.
135#
136# Since: 7.1
137##
138{ 'struct': 'Stats',
139  'data': { 'name': 'str',
140            'value' : 'StatsValue' } }
141
142##
143# @StatsResult:
144#
145# @provider: provider for this set of statistics.
146#
147# @qom-path: Path to the object for which the statistics are returned,
148#            if the object is exposed in the QOM tree
149#
150# @stats: list of statistics.
151#
152# Since: 7.1
153##
154{ 'struct': 'StatsResult',
155  'data': { 'provider': 'StatsProvider',
156            '*qom-path': 'str',
157            'stats': [ 'Stats' ] } }
158
159##
160# @query-stats:
161#
162# Return runtime-collected statistics for objects such as the
163# VM or its vCPUs.
164#
165# The arguments are a StatsFilter and specify the provider and objects
166# to return statistics about.
167#
168# Returns: a list of StatsResult, one for each provider and object
169#          (e.g., for each vCPU).
170#
171# Since: 7.1
172##
173{ 'command': 'query-stats',
174  'data': 'StatsFilter',
175  'boxed': true,
176  'returns': [ 'StatsResult' ] }
177
178##
179# @StatsSchemaValue:
180#
181# Schema for a single statistic.
182#
183# @name: name of the statistic; each element of the schema is uniquely
184#        identified by a target, a provider (both available in @StatsSchema)
185#        and the name.
186#
187# @type: kind of statistic.
188#
189# @unit: basic unit of measure for the statistic; if missing, the statistic
190#        is a simple number or counter.
191#
192# @base: base for the multiple of @unit in which the statistic is measured.
193#        Only present if @exponent is non-zero; @base and @exponent together
194#        form a SI prefix (e.g., _nano-_ for ``base=10`` and ``exponent=-9``)
195#        or IEC binary prefix (e.g. _kibi-_ for ``base=2`` and ``exponent=10``)
196#
197# @exponent: exponent for the multiple of @unit in which the statistic is
198#            expressed, or 0 for the basic unit
199#
200# @bucket-size: Present when @type is "linear-histogram", contains the width
201#               of each bucket of the histogram.
202#
203# Since: 7.1
204##
205{ 'struct': 'StatsSchemaValue',
206  'data': { 'name': 'str',
207            'type': 'StatsType',
208            '*unit': 'StatsUnit',
209            '*base': 'int8',
210            'exponent': 'int16',
211            '*bucket-size': 'uint32' } }
212
213##
214# @StatsSchema:
215#
216# Schema for all available statistics for a provider and target.
217#
218# @provider: provider for this set of statistics.
219#
220# @target: the kind of object that can be queried through the provider.
221#
222# @stats: list of statistics.
223#
224# Since: 7.1
225##
226{ 'struct': 'StatsSchema',
227  'data': { 'provider': 'StatsProvider',
228            'target': 'StatsTarget',
229            'stats': [ 'StatsSchemaValue' ] } }
230
231##
232# @query-stats-schemas:
233#
234# Return the schema for all available runtime-collected statistics.
235#
236# Note: runtime-collected statistics and their names fall outside QEMU's usual
237#       deprecation policies.  QEMU will try to keep the set of available data
238#       stable, together with their names, but will not guarantee stability
239#       at all costs; the same is true of providers that source statistics
240#       externally, e.g. from Linux.  For example, if the same value is being
241#       tracked with different names on different architectures or by different
242#       providers, one of them might be renamed.  A statistic might go away if
243#       an algorithm is changed or some code is removed; changing a default
244#       might cause previously useful statistics to always report 0.  Such
245#       changes, however, are expected to be rare.
246#
247# Since: 7.1
248##
249{ 'command': 'query-stats-schemas',
250  'data': { '*provider': 'StatsProvider' },
251  'returns': [ 'StatsSchema' ] }
252