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[v4,2/3] scripts/qapi/commands: gen_commands(): add add_trace_events arg

Message ID 20220121162234.2707906-3-vsementsov@virtuozzo.com
State New
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Series trace qmp commands | expand

Commit Message

Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy Jan. 21, 2022, 4:22 p.m. UTC
We are going to generate trace events for qmp commands. We should
generate both trace_*() function calls and trace-events files listing
events for trace generator.

Now implement that possibility in gen_commands() function.

The functionality will be used in the following commit, and now comment
in _begin_user_module() about c_name() is a bit premature.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@virtuozzo.com>
---
 scripts/qapi/commands.py | 101 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 scripts/qapi/main.py     |   2 +-
 2 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

Comments

Markus Armbruster Jan. 25, 2022, 10:02 a.m. UTC | #1
Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@virtuozzo.com> writes:

> We are going to generate trace events for qmp commands. We should
> generate both trace_*() function calls and trace-events files listing
> events for trace generator.
>
> Now implement that possibility in gen_commands() function.
>
> The functionality will be used in the following commit, and now comment
> in _begin_user_module() about c_name() is a bit premature.

Neglects to explain why it needs to be optional.

Suggest

  qapi/commands: Optionally generate trace for QMP commands

  Add trace generation disabled.  The next commit will enable it for
  qapi/, but not for qga/ and tests/.  Making it work for the latter two
  would involve some Meson hackery to ensure we generate the
  trace-events files before trace-tool uses them.  Since we don't
  actually support tracing there, we'll bypass that problem.

>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@virtuozzo.com>
> ---
>  scripts/qapi/commands.py | 101 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  scripts/qapi/main.py     |   2 +-
>  2 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/qapi/commands.py b/scripts/qapi/commands.py
> index 21001bbd6b..166bf5dcbc 100644
> --- a/scripts/qapi/commands.py
> +++ b/scripts/qapi/commands.py
> @@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ def gen_command_decl(name: str,
>  def gen_call(name: str,
>               arg_type: Optional[QAPISchemaObjectType],
>               boxed: bool,
> -             ret_type: Optional[QAPISchemaType]) -> str:
> +             ret_type: Optional[QAPISchemaType],
> +             add_trace_events: bool) -> str:
>      ret = ''
>  
>      argstr = ''
> @@ -71,21 +72,67 @@ def gen_call(name: str,
>      if ret_type:
>          lhs = 'retval = '
>  
> -    ret = mcgen('''
> +    name = c_name(name)
> +    upper = name.upper()
>  
> -    %(lhs)sqmp_%(c_name)s(%(args)s&err);
> -    error_propagate(errp, err);
> -''',
> -                c_name=c_name(name), args=argstr, lhs=lhs)
> -    if ret_type:
> +    if add_trace_events:
>          ret += mcgen('''
> +
> +    if (trace_event_get_state_backends(TRACE_QMP_ENTER_%(upper)s)) {
> +        g_autoptr(GString) req_json = qobject_to_json(QOBJECT(args));
> +
> +        trace_qmp_enter_%(name)s(req_json->str);
> +    }
> +    ''',
> +                     upper=upper, name=name)
> +
> +    ret += mcgen('''
> +
> +    %(lhs)sqmp_%(name)s(%(args)s&err);
> +''',
> +                 name=name, args=argstr, lhs=lhs)
> +
> +    ret += mcgen('''
>      if (err) {
> +''')
> +
> +    if add_trace_events:
> +        ret += mcgen('''
> +        trace_qmp_exit_%(name)s(error_get_pretty(err), false);
> +''',
> +                     name=name)
> +
> +    ret += mcgen('''
> +        error_propagate(errp, err);
>          goto out;
>      }
> +''')

Before the patch, we generate

    error_propagate(errp, err);

and if there's any code between here and out:

    if (err) {
        goto out;
    }

After the patch, we always generate

    if (err) {
        error_propagate(errp, err);
        goto out;
    }

But with trace generation enabled (next patch), it changes to

    if (err) {
        trace_qmp_exit_FOO(error_get_pretty(err), false);
        error_propagate(errp, err);
        goto out;
    }

    trace_qmp_exit_FOO("{}", true);

Okay.

> +
> +    if ret_type:
> +        ret += mcgen('''
>  
>      qmp_marshal_output_%(c_name)s(retval, ret, errp);
>  ''',
>                       c_name=ret_type.c_name())
> +
> +    if add_trace_events:
> +        if ret_type:
> +            ret += mcgen('''
> +
> +    if (trace_event_get_state_backends(TRACE_QMP_EXIT_%(upper)s)) {
> +        g_autoptr(GString) ret_json = qobject_to_json(*ret);
> +
> +        trace_qmp_exit_%(name)s(ret_json->str, true);
> +    }
> +    ''',
> +                         upper=upper, name=name)
> +        else:
> +            ret += mcgen('''
> +
> +    trace_qmp_exit_%(name)s("{}", true);
> +    ''',
> +                         name=name)
> +
>      return ret
>  
>  
> @@ -122,10 +169,19 @@ def gen_marshal_decl(name: str) -> str:
>                   proto=build_marshal_proto(name))
>  
>  
> +def gen_trace(name: str) -> str:
> +    return mcgen('''
> +qmp_enter_%(name)s(const char *json) "%%s"
> +qmp_exit_%(name)s(const char *result, bool succeeded) "%%s %%d"
> +''',
> +                 name=c_name(name))
> +
> +
>  def gen_marshal(name: str,
>                  arg_type: Optional[QAPISchemaObjectType],
>                  boxed: bool,
> -                ret_type: Optional[QAPISchemaType]) -> str:
> +                ret_type: Optional[QAPISchemaType],
> +                add_trace_events: bool) -> str:
>      have_args = boxed or (arg_type and not arg_type.is_empty())
>      if have_args:
>          assert arg_type is not None
> @@ -180,7 +236,7 @@ def gen_marshal(name: str,
>      }
>  ''')
>  
> -    ret += gen_call(name, arg_type, boxed, ret_type)
> +    ret += gen_call(name, arg_type, boxed, ret_type, add_trace_events)
>  
>      ret += mcgen('''
>  
> @@ -238,11 +294,13 @@ def gen_register_command(name: str,
>  
>  
>  class QAPISchemaGenCommandVisitor(QAPISchemaModularCVisitor):
> -    def __init__(self, prefix: str):
> +    def __init__(self, prefix: str, add_trace_events: bool):
>          super().__init__(
>              prefix, 'qapi-commands',
> -            ' * Schema-defined QAPI/QMP commands', None, __doc__)
> +            ' * Schema-defined QAPI/QMP commands', None, __doc__,
> +            add_trace_events=add_trace_events)
>          self._visited_ret_types: Dict[QAPIGenC, Set[QAPISchemaType]] = {}
> +        self.add_trace_events = add_trace_events
>  
>      def _begin_user_module(self, name: str) -> None:
>          self._visited_ret_types[self._genc] = set()
> @@ -261,6 +319,17 @@ def _begin_user_module(self, name: str) -> None:
>  
>  ''',
>                               commands=commands, visit=visit))
> +
> +        if self.add_trace_events and commands != 'qapi-commands':
> +            self._genc.add(mcgen('''
> +#include "trace/trace-qapi.h"
> +#include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
> +#include "trace/trace-%(nm)s_trace_events.h"
> +''',
> +                                 nm=c_name(commands, protect=False)))
> +            # We use c_name(commands, protect=False) to turn '-' into '_', to
> +            # match .underscorify() in trace/meson.build
> +
>          self._genh.add(mcgen('''
>  #include "%(types)s.h"
>  
> @@ -322,7 +391,10 @@ def visit_command(self,
>          with ifcontext(ifcond, self._genh, self._genc):
>              self._genh.add(gen_command_decl(name, arg_type, boxed, ret_type))
>              self._genh.add(gen_marshal_decl(name))
> -            self._genc.add(gen_marshal(name, arg_type, boxed, ret_type))
> +            self._genc.add(gen_marshal(name, arg_type, boxed, ret_type,
> +                                       self.add_trace_events))
> +            if self.add_trace_events:
> +                self._gent.add(gen_trace(name))
>          with self._temp_module('./init'):
>              with ifcontext(ifcond, self._genh, self._genc):
>                  self._genc.add(gen_register_command(
> @@ -332,7 +404,8 @@ def visit_command(self,
>  
>  def gen_commands(schema: QAPISchema,
>                   output_dir: str,
> -                 prefix: str) -> None:
> -    vis = QAPISchemaGenCommandVisitor(prefix)
> +                 prefix: str,
> +                 add_trace_events: bool) -> None:
> +    vis = QAPISchemaGenCommandVisitor(prefix, add_trace_events)
>      schema.visit(vis)
>      vis.write(output_dir)
> diff --git a/scripts/qapi/main.py b/scripts/qapi/main.py
> index f2ea6e0ce4..2e61409f04 100644
> --- a/scripts/qapi/main.py
> +++ b/scripts/qapi/main.py
> @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def generate(schema_file: str,
>      schema = QAPISchema(schema_file)
>      gen_types(schema, output_dir, prefix, builtins)
>      gen_visit(schema, output_dir, prefix, builtins)
> -    gen_commands(schema, output_dir, prefix)
> +    gen_commands(schema, output_dir, prefix, False)
>      gen_events(schema, output_dir, prefix)
>      gen_introspect(schema, output_dir, prefix, unmask)

Missing:

diff --git a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst
index a3b5473089..feafed79b5 100644
--- a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst
@@ -1690,8 +1690,8 @@ Example::
         }
 
         retval = qmp_my_command(arg.arg1, &err);
-        error_propagate(errp, err);
         if (err) {
+            error_propagate(errp, err);
             goto out;
         }
Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy Jan. 25, 2022, 10:20 a.m. UTC | #2
25.01.2022 13:02, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@virtuozzo.com> writes:
> 
>> We are going to generate trace events for qmp commands. We should
>> generate both trace_*() function calls and trace-events files listing
>> events for trace generator.
>>
>> Now implement that possibility in gen_commands() function.
>>
>> The functionality will be used in the following commit, and now comment
>> in _begin_user_module() about c_name() is a bit premature.
> 
> Neglects to explain why it needs to be optional.
> 
> Suggest
> 
>    qapi/commands: Optionally generate trace for QMP commands
> 
>    Add trace generation disabled.  The next commit will enable it for
>    qapi/, but not for qga/ and tests/.  Making it work for the latter two
>    would involve some Meson hackery to ensure we generate the
>    trace-events files before trace-tool uses them.  Since we don't
>    actually support tracing there, we'll bypass that problem.
> 

Thanks, sounds good.

>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@virtuozzo.com>
>> ---
>>   scripts/qapi/commands.py | 101 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>>   scripts/qapi/main.py     |   2 +-
>>   2 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/scripts/qapi/commands.py b/scripts/qapi/commands.py
>> index 21001bbd6b..166bf5dcbc 100644
>> --- a/scripts/qapi/commands.py
>> +++ b/scripts/qapi/commands.py
>> @@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ def gen_command_decl(name: str,
>>   def gen_call(name: str,
>>                arg_type: Optional[QAPISchemaObjectType],
>>                boxed: bool,
>> -             ret_type: Optional[QAPISchemaType]) -> str:
>> +             ret_type: Optional[QAPISchemaType],
>> +             add_trace_events: bool) -> str:
>>       ret = ''
>>   
>>       argstr = ''
>> @@ -71,21 +72,67 @@ def gen_call(name: str,
>>       if ret_type:
>>           lhs = 'retval = '
>>   
>> -    ret = mcgen('''
>> +    name = c_name(name)
>> +    upper = name.upper()
>>   
>> -    %(lhs)sqmp_%(c_name)s(%(args)s&err);
>> -    error_propagate(errp, err);
>> -''',
>> -                c_name=c_name(name), args=argstr, lhs=lhs)
>> -    if ret_type:
>> +    if add_trace_events:
>>           ret += mcgen('''
>> +
>> +    if (trace_event_get_state_backends(TRACE_QMP_ENTER_%(upper)s)) {
>> +        g_autoptr(GString) req_json = qobject_to_json(QOBJECT(args));
>> +
>> +        trace_qmp_enter_%(name)s(req_json->str);
>> +    }
>> +    ''',
>> +                     upper=upper, name=name)
>> +
>> +    ret += mcgen('''
>> +
>> +    %(lhs)sqmp_%(name)s(%(args)s&err);
>> +''',
>> +                 name=name, args=argstr, lhs=lhs)
>> +
>> +    ret += mcgen('''
>>       if (err) {
>> +''')
>> +
>> +    if add_trace_events:
>> +        ret += mcgen('''
>> +        trace_qmp_exit_%(name)s(error_get_pretty(err), false);
>> +''',
>> +                     name=name)
>> +
>> +    ret += mcgen('''
>> +        error_propagate(errp, err);
>>           goto out;
>>       }
>> +''')
> 
> Before the patch, we generate
> 
>      error_propagate(errp, err);
> 
> and if there's any code between here and out:
> 
>      if (err) {
>          goto out;
>      }
> 
> After the patch, we always generate
> 
>      if (err) {
>          error_propagate(errp, err);
>          goto out;
>      }
> 
> But with trace generation enabled (next patch), it changes to
> 
>      if (err) {
>          trace_qmp_exit_FOO(error_get_pretty(err), false);
>          error_propagate(errp, err);
>          goto out;
>      }
> 
>      trace_qmp_exit_FOO("{}", true);
> 
> Okay.
> 
>> +
>> +    if ret_type:
>> +        ret += mcgen('''
>>   
>>       qmp_marshal_output_%(c_name)s(retval, ret, errp);
>>   ''',
>>                        c_name=ret_type.c_name())
>> +
>> +    if add_trace_events:
>> +        if ret_type:
>> +            ret += mcgen('''
>> +
>> +    if (trace_event_get_state_backends(TRACE_QMP_EXIT_%(upper)s)) {
>> +        g_autoptr(GString) ret_json = qobject_to_json(*ret);
>> +
>> +        trace_qmp_exit_%(name)s(ret_json->str, true);
>> +    }
>> +    ''',
>> +                         upper=upper, name=name)
>> +        else:
>> +            ret += mcgen('''
>> +
>> +    trace_qmp_exit_%(name)s("{}", true);
>> +    ''',
>> +                         name=name)
>> +
>>       return ret
>>   
>>   
>> @@ -122,10 +169,19 @@ def gen_marshal_decl(name: str) -> str:
>>                    proto=build_marshal_proto(name))
>>   
>>   
>> +def gen_trace(name: str) -> str:
>> +    return mcgen('''
>> +qmp_enter_%(name)s(const char *json) "%%s"
>> +qmp_exit_%(name)s(const char *result, bool succeeded) "%%s %%d"
>> +''',
>> +                 name=c_name(name))
>> +
>> +
>>   def gen_marshal(name: str,
>>                   arg_type: Optional[QAPISchemaObjectType],
>>                   boxed: bool,
>> -                ret_type: Optional[QAPISchemaType]) -> str:
>> +                ret_type: Optional[QAPISchemaType],
>> +                add_trace_events: bool) -> str:
>>       have_args = boxed or (arg_type and not arg_type.is_empty())
>>       if have_args:
>>           assert arg_type is not None
>> @@ -180,7 +236,7 @@ def gen_marshal(name: str,
>>       }
>>   ''')
>>   
>> -    ret += gen_call(name, arg_type, boxed, ret_type)
>> +    ret += gen_call(name, arg_type, boxed, ret_type, add_trace_events)
>>   
>>       ret += mcgen('''
>>   
>> @@ -238,11 +294,13 @@ def gen_register_command(name: str,
>>   
>>   
>>   class QAPISchemaGenCommandVisitor(QAPISchemaModularCVisitor):
>> -    def __init__(self, prefix: str):
>> +    def __init__(self, prefix: str, add_trace_events: bool):
>>           super().__init__(
>>               prefix, 'qapi-commands',
>> -            ' * Schema-defined QAPI/QMP commands', None, __doc__)
>> +            ' * Schema-defined QAPI/QMP commands', None, __doc__,
>> +            add_trace_events=add_trace_events)
>>           self._visited_ret_types: Dict[QAPIGenC, Set[QAPISchemaType]] = {}
>> +        self.add_trace_events = add_trace_events
>>   
>>       def _begin_user_module(self, name: str) -> None:
>>           self._visited_ret_types[self._genc] = set()
>> @@ -261,6 +319,17 @@ def _begin_user_module(self, name: str) -> None:
>>   
>>   ''',
>>                                commands=commands, visit=visit))
>> +
>> +        if self.add_trace_events and commands != 'qapi-commands':
>> +            self._genc.add(mcgen('''
>> +#include "trace/trace-qapi.h"
>> +#include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
>> +#include "trace/trace-%(nm)s_trace_events.h"
>> +''',
>> +                                 nm=c_name(commands, protect=False)))
>> +            # We use c_name(commands, protect=False) to turn '-' into '_', to
>> +            # match .underscorify() in trace/meson.build
>> +
>>           self._genh.add(mcgen('''
>>   #include "%(types)s.h"
>>   
>> @@ -322,7 +391,10 @@ def visit_command(self,
>>           with ifcontext(ifcond, self._genh, self._genc):
>>               self._genh.add(gen_command_decl(name, arg_type, boxed, ret_type))
>>               self._genh.add(gen_marshal_decl(name))
>> -            self._genc.add(gen_marshal(name, arg_type, boxed, ret_type))
>> +            self._genc.add(gen_marshal(name, arg_type, boxed, ret_type,
>> +                                       self.add_trace_events))
>> +            if self.add_trace_events:
>> +                self._gent.add(gen_trace(name))
>>           with self._temp_module('./init'):
>>               with ifcontext(ifcond, self._genh, self._genc):
>>                   self._genc.add(gen_register_command(
>> @@ -332,7 +404,8 @@ def visit_command(self,
>>   
>>   def gen_commands(schema: QAPISchema,
>>                    output_dir: str,
>> -                 prefix: str) -> None:
>> -    vis = QAPISchemaGenCommandVisitor(prefix)
>> +                 prefix: str,
>> +                 add_trace_events: bool) -> None:
>> +    vis = QAPISchemaGenCommandVisitor(prefix, add_trace_events)
>>       schema.visit(vis)
>>       vis.write(output_dir)
>> diff --git a/scripts/qapi/main.py b/scripts/qapi/main.py
>> index f2ea6e0ce4..2e61409f04 100644
>> --- a/scripts/qapi/main.py
>> +++ b/scripts/qapi/main.py
>> @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def generate(schema_file: str,
>>       schema = QAPISchema(schema_file)
>>       gen_types(schema, output_dir, prefix, builtins)
>>       gen_visit(schema, output_dir, prefix, builtins)
>> -    gen_commands(schema, output_dir, prefix)
>> +    gen_commands(schema, output_dir, prefix, False)
>>       gen_events(schema, output_dir, prefix)
>>       gen_introspect(schema, output_dir, prefix, unmask)
> 
> Missing:
> 
> diff --git a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst
> index a3b5473089..feafed79b5 100644
> --- a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst
> +++ b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst
> @@ -1690,8 +1690,8 @@ Example::
>           }
>   
>           retval = qmp_my_command(arg.arg1, &err);
> -        error_propagate(errp, err);
>           if (err) {
> +            error_propagate(errp, err);
>               goto out;
>           }
>   
> 

Ah right. I fix doc in the next commit, but you are right, the behavior for disabled trace events is modified already in this commit.
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/scripts/qapi/commands.py b/scripts/qapi/commands.py
index 21001bbd6b..166bf5dcbc 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/commands.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/commands.py
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@  def gen_command_decl(name: str,
 def gen_call(name: str,
              arg_type: Optional[QAPISchemaObjectType],
              boxed: bool,
-             ret_type: Optional[QAPISchemaType]) -> str:
+             ret_type: Optional[QAPISchemaType],
+             add_trace_events: bool) -> str:
     ret = ''
 
     argstr = ''
@@ -71,21 +72,67 @@  def gen_call(name: str,
     if ret_type:
         lhs = 'retval = '
 
-    ret = mcgen('''
+    name = c_name(name)
+    upper = name.upper()
 
-    %(lhs)sqmp_%(c_name)s(%(args)s&err);
-    error_propagate(errp, err);
-''',
-                c_name=c_name(name), args=argstr, lhs=lhs)
-    if ret_type:
+    if add_trace_events:
         ret += mcgen('''
+
+    if (trace_event_get_state_backends(TRACE_QMP_ENTER_%(upper)s)) {
+        g_autoptr(GString) req_json = qobject_to_json(QOBJECT(args));
+
+        trace_qmp_enter_%(name)s(req_json->str);
+    }
+    ''',
+                     upper=upper, name=name)
+
+    ret += mcgen('''
+
+    %(lhs)sqmp_%(name)s(%(args)s&err);
+''',
+                 name=name, args=argstr, lhs=lhs)
+
+    ret += mcgen('''
     if (err) {
+''')
+
+    if add_trace_events:
+        ret += mcgen('''
+        trace_qmp_exit_%(name)s(error_get_pretty(err), false);
+''',
+                     name=name)
+
+    ret += mcgen('''
+        error_propagate(errp, err);
         goto out;
     }
+''')
+
+    if ret_type:
+        ret += mcgen('''
 
     qmp_marshal_output_%(c_name)s(retval, ret, errp);
 ''',
                      c_name=ret_type.c_name())
+
+    if add_trace_events:
+        if ret_type:
+            ret += mcgen('''
+
+    if (trace_event_get_state_backends(TRACE_QMP_EXIT_%(upper)s)) {
+        g_autoptr(GString) ret_json = qobject_to_json(*ret);
+
+        trace_qmp_exit_%(name)s(ret_json->str, true);
+    }
+    ''',
+                         upper=upper, name=name)
+        else:
+            ret += mcgen('''
+
+    trace_qmp_exit_%(name)s("{}", true);
+    ''',
+                         name=name)
+
     return ret
 
 
@@ -122,10 +169,19 @@  def gen_marshal_decl(name: str) -> str:
                  proto=build_marshal_proto(name))
 
 
+def gen_trace(name: str) -> str:
+    return mcgen('''
+qmp_enter_%(name)s(const char *json) "%%s"
+qmp_exit_%(name)s(const char *result, bool succeeded) "%%s %%d"
+''',
+                 name=c_name(name))
+
+
 def gen_marshal(name: str,
                 arg_type: Optional[QAPISchemaObjectType],
                 boxed: bool,
-                ret_type: Optional[QAPISchemaType]) -> str:
+                ret_type: Optional[QAPISchemaType],
+                add_trace_events: bool) -> str:
     have_args = boxed or (arg_type and not arg_type.is_empty())
     if have_args:
         assert arg_type is not None
@@ -180,7 +236,7 @@  def gen_marshal(name: str,
     }
 ''')
 
-    ret += gen_call(name, arg_type, boxed, ret_type)
+    ret += gen_call(name, arg_type, boxed, ret_type, add_trace_events)
 
     ret += mcgen('''
 
@@ -238,11 +294,13 @@  def gen_register_command(name: str,
 
 
 class QAPISchemaGenCommandVisitor(QAPISchemaModularCVisitor):
-    def __init__(self, prefix: str):
+    def __init__(self, prefix: str, add_trace_events: bool):
         super().__init__(
             prefix, 'qapi-commands',
-            ' * Schema-defined QAPI/QMP commands', None, __doc__)
+            ' * Schema-defined QAPI/QMP commands', None, __doc__,
+            add_trace_events=add_trace_events)
         self._visited_ret_types: Dict[QAPIGenC, Set[QAPISchemaType]] = {}
+        self.add_trace_events = add_trace_events
 
     def _begin_user_module(self, name: str) -> None:
         self._visited_ret_types[self._genc] = set()
@@ -261,6 +319,17 @@  def _begin_user_module(self, name: str) -> None:
 
 ''',
                              commands=commands, visit=visit))
+
+        if self.add_trace_events and commands != 'qapi-commands':
+            self._genc.add(mcgen('''
+#include "trace/trace-qapi.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
+#include "trace/trace-%(nm)s_trace_events.h"
+''',
+                                 nm=c_name(commands, protect=False)))
+            # We use c_name(commands, protect=False) to turn '-' into '_', to
+            # match .underscorify() in trace/meson.build
+
         self._genh.add(mcgen('''
 #include "%(types)s.h"
 
@@ -322,7 +391,10 @@  def visit_command(self,
         with ifcontext(ifcond, self._genh, self._genc):
             self._genh.add(gen_command_decl(name, arg_type, boxed, ret_type))
             self._genh.add(gen_marshal_decl(name))
-            self._genc.add(gen_marshal(name, arg_type, boxed, ret_type))
+            self._genc.add(gen_marshal(name, arg_type, boxed, ret_type,
+                                       self.add_trace_events))
+            if self.add_trace_events:
+                self._gent.add(gen_trace(name))
         with self._temp_module('./init'):
             with ifcontext(ifcond, self._genh, self._genc):
                 self._genc.add(gen_register_command(
@@ -332,7 +404,8 @@  def visit_command(self,
 
 def gen_commands(schema: QAPISchema,
                  output_dir: str,
-                 prefix: str) -> None:
-    vis = QAPISchemaGenCommandVisitor(prefix)
+                 prefix: str,
+                 add_trace_events: bool) -> None:
+    vis = QAPISchemaGenCommandVisitor(prefix, add_trace_events)
     schema.visit(vis)
     vis.write(output_dir)
diff --git a/scripts/qapi/main.py b/scripts/qapi/main.py
index f2ea6e0ce4..2e61409f04 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/main.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/main.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@  def generate(schema_file: str,
     schema = QAPISchema(schema_file)
     gen_types(schema, output_dir, prefix, builtins)
     gen_visit(schema, output_dir, prefix, builtins)
-    gen_commands(schema, output_dir, prefix)
+    gen_commands(schema, output_dir, prefix, False)
     gen_events(schema, output_dir, prefix)
     gen_introspect(schema, output_dir, prefix, unmask)