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[RFC,v2,2/3] plugins: cache: Enabled parameterization and added trace printing

Message ID 20210530063712.6832-3-ma.mandourr@gmail.com
State New
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Series Cache modelling TCG plugin | expand

Commit Message

Mahmoud Abumandour May 30, 2021, 6:37 a.m. UTC
Made both icache and dcache configurable through plugin arguments
and added memory trace printing in a separate file.

Signed-off-by: Mahmoud Mandour <ma.mandourr@gmail.com>
---
 contrib/plugins/cache.c | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Alex Bennée June 1, 2021, 11:18 a.m. UTC | #1
(Stefan CC'ed for tracing discussion)

Mahmoud Mandour <ma.mandourr@gmail.com> writes:

> Made both icache and dcache configurable through plugin arguments
> and added memory trace printing in a separate file.

Please keep the commits discreet and single topic. The memory trace is
an extra feature so should be in it's own commit.

>
> Signed-off-by: Mahmoud Mandour <ma.mandourr@gmail.com>
> ---
>  contrib/plugins/cache.c | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/contrib/plugins/cache.c b/contrib/plugins/cache.c
> index 8c9d1dd538..fa0bf1dd40 100644
> --- a/contrib/plugins/cache.c
> +++ b/contrib/plugins/cache.c
> @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static GRand *rng;
>  static GHashTable *dmiss_ht;
>  static GHashTable *imiss_ht;
>  
> -static GMutex dmtx, imtx;
> +static GMutex dmtx, imtx, fmtx;
>  
>  static int limit;
>  static bool sys;
> @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ static uint64_t dmisses;
>  static uint64_t imem_accesses;
>  static uint64_t imisses;
>  
> +FILE *tracefile;
> +
>  static enum qemu_plugin_mem_rw rw = QEMU_PLUGIN_MEM_RW;
>  
>  enum AccessResult {
> @@ -205,6 +207,16 @@ static void vcpu_mem_access(unsigned int cpu_index, qemu_plugin_meminfo_t info,
>      insn_addr = ((struct InsnData *) userdata)->addr;
>      effective_addr = hwaddr ? qemu_plugin_hwaddr_phys_addr(hwaddr) : vaddr;
>  
> +    if (tracefile) {
> +        g_mutex_lock(&fmtx);
> +        g_autoptr(GString) rep = g_string_new("");
> +        bool is_store = qemu_plugin_mem_is_store(info);
> +        g_string_append_printf(rep, "%c: 0x%" PRIx64,
> +                is_store ? 'S' : 'L', effective_addr);
> +        fprintf(tracefile, "%s\n", rep->str);
> +        g_mutex_unlock(&fmtx);
> +    }

I can see this would be useful for debugging but I'm wary of adding
ad-hoc tracing formats when QEMU already has support for a wide range of
tracing formats. We discussed this a bit in:

  Subject: trace_FOO_tcg bit-rotted?
  Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2021 17:00:20 +0100
  Message-ID: <87eefnwd0l.fsf@linaro.org>

However I don't know how easy it would be to leverage the existing
tracing infrastructure from inside a plugin. As I understand it QEMU
currently builds a static list of trace points during the build so maybe
we would need additional infrastructure for a plugin to register a trace
point and for the final output to be use-able. For example the binary
trace output I think still needs to reference the source trace-events
file?

So that's not a NACK but maybe we could spend a little time working out
if we can come up with a cleaner solution?

Stefan, any thoughts?

>      if (access_cache(dcache, effective_addr) == MISS) {
>          struct InsnData *insn = get_or_create(dmiss_ht, userdata, insn_addr);
>          insn->misses++;
> @@ -221,11 +233,20 @@ static void vcpu_insn_exec(unsigned int vcpu_index, void *userdata)
>      g_mutex_lock(&imtx);
>      addr = ((struct InsnData *) userdata)->addr;
>  
> +    if (tracefile) {
> +        g_mutex_lock(&fmtx);
> +        g_autoptr(GString) rep = g_string_new("");
> +        g_string_append_printf(rep, "I: 0x%" PRIx64, addr);
> +        fprintf(tracefile, "%s\n", rep->str);
> +        g_mutex_unlock(&fmtx);
> +    }
> +
>      if (access_cache(icache, addr) == MISS) {
>          struct InsnData *insn = get_or_create(imiss_ht, userdata, addr);
>          insn->misses++;
>          imisses++;
>      }
> +
>      imem_accesses++;
>      g_mutex_unlock(&imtx);
>  }
> @@ -352,6 +373,15 @@ static void plugin_exit()
>  
>      g_mutex_unlock(&dmtx);
>      g_mutex_unlock(&imtx);
> +
> +    if (tracefile) {
> +        fclose(tracefile);
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +static bool bad_cache_params(int blksize, int assoc, int cachesize)
> +{
> +    return (cachesize % blksize) != 0 || (cachesize % (blksize * assoc) != 0);
>  }
>  
>  QEMU_PLUGIN_EXPORT
> @@ -377,14 +407,48 @@ int qemu_plugin_install(qemu_plugin_id_t id, const qemu_info_t *info,
>  
>      for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
>          char *opt = argv[i];
> -        if (g_str_has_prefix(opt, "limit=")) {
> +        if (g_str_has_prefix(opt, "I=")) {
> +            gchar **toks = g_strsplit(opt + 2, " ", -1);
> +            if (g_strv_length(toks) != 3) {
> +                fprintf(stderr, "option parsing failed: %s\n", opt);
> +                return -1;
> +            }
> +            icachesize = g_ascii_strtoull(toks[0], NULL, 10);
> +            iassoc = g_ascii_strtoull(toks[1], NULL, 10);
> +            iblksize = g_ascii_strtoull(toks[2], NULL, 10);
> +        } else if (g_str_has_prefix(opt, "D=")) {
> +            gchar **toks = g_strsplit(opt + 2, " ", -1);
> +            if (g_strv_length(toks) != 3) {
> +                fprintf(stderr, "option parsing failed: %s\n", opt);
> +                return -1;
> +            }
> +            dcachesize = g_ascii_strtoull(toks[0], NULL, 10);
> +            dassoc = g_ascii_strtoull(toks[1], NULL, 10);
> +            dblksize = g_ascii_strtoull(toks[2], NULL, 10);
> +        } else if (g_str_has_prefix(opt, "limit=")) {
>              limit = g_ascii_strtoull(opt + 6, NULL, 10);
> +        } else if (g_str_has_prefix(opt, "tracefile=")) {
> +            char *file_name = opt + 10;
> +            tracefile = fopen(file_name, "w");
> +            if (!tracefile) {
> +                fprintf(stderr, "could not open: %s for writing\n", file_name);
> +            }
>          } else {
>              fprintf(stderr, "option parsing failed: %s\n", opt);
>              return -1;
>          }
>      }
>  
> +    if (bad_cache_params(iblksize, iassoc, icachesize)) {
> +        fprintf(stderr, "icache cannot be constructed from given parameters\n");
> +        return -1;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (bad_cache_params(dblksize, dassoc, dcachesize)) {
> +        fprintf(stderr, "dcache cannot be constructed from given parameters\n");
> +        return -1;
> +    }
> +

Perhaps roll bad_cache_params into cache_init and return NULL if it
fails, so:

  dcache = cache_init(dblksize, dassoc, dcachesize);
  if (!dcache) {
    fprintf(stderr, "dcache cannot be constructed from given parameters\n");
    return -1;
  }

>      dcache = cache_init(dblksize, dassoc, dcachesize);
>      icache = cache_init(iblksize, iassoc, icachesize);
Mahmoud Abumandour June 2, 2021, 3:15 a.m. UTC | #2
CC'ing Emilio

On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 8:37 AM Mahmoud Mandour <ma.mandourr@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Made both icache and dcache configurable through plugin arguments
> and added memory trace printing in a separate file.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mahmoud Mandour <ma.mandourr@gmail.com>
> ---
>  contrib/plugins/cache.c | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/contrib/plugins/cache.c b/contrib/plugins/cache.c
> index 8c9d1dd538..fa0bf1dd40 100644
> --- a/contrib/plugins/cache.c
> +++ b/contrib/plugins/cache.c
> @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static GRand *rng;
>  static GHashTable *dmiss_ht;
>  static GHashTable *imiss_ht;
>
> -static GMutex dmtx, imtx;
> +static GMutex dmtx, imtx, fmtx;
>
>  static int limit;
>  static bool sys;
> @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ static uint64_t dmisses;
>  static uint64_t imem_accesses;
>  static uint64_t imisses;
>
> +FILE *tracefile;
> +
>  static enum qemu_plugin_mem_rw rw = QEMU_PLUGIN_MEM_RW;
>
>  enum AccessResult {
> @@ -205,6 +207,16 @@ static void vcpu_mem_access(unsigned int cpu_index,
> qemu_plugin_meminfo_t info,
>      insn_addr = ((struct InsnData *) userdata)->addr;
>      effective_addr = hwaddr ? qemu_plugin_hwaddr_phys_addr(hwaddr) :
> vaddr;
>
> +    if (tracefile) {
> +        g_mutex_lock(&fmtx);
> +        g_autoptr(GString) rep = g_string_new("");
> +        bool is_store = qemu_plugin_mem_is_store(info);
> +        g_string_append_printf(rep, "%c: 0x%" PRIx64,
> +                is_store ? 'S' : 'L', effective_addr);
> +        fprintf(tracefile, "%s\n", rep->str);
> +        g_mutex_unlock(&fmtx);
> +    }
> +
>      if (access_cache(dcache, effective_addr) == MISS) {
>          struct InsnData *insn = get_or_create(dmiss_ht, userdata,
> insn_addr);
>          insn->misses++;
> @@ -221,11 +233,20 @@ static void vcpu_insn_exec(unsigned int vcpu_index,
> void *userdata)
>      g_mutex_lock(&imtx);
>      addr = ((struct InsnData *) userdata)->addr;
>
> +    if (tracefile) {
> +        g_mutex_lock(&fmtx);
> +        g_autoptr(GString) rep = g_string_new("");
> +        g_string_append_printf(rep, "I: 0x%" PRIx64, addr);
> +        fprintf(tracefile, "%s\n", rep->str);
> +        g_mutex_unlock(&fmtx);
> +    }
> +
>      if (access_cache(icache, addr) == MISS) {
>          struct InsnData *insn = get_or_create(imiss_ht, userdata, addr);
>          insn->misses++;
>          imisses++;
>      }
> +
>      imem_accesses++;
>      g_mutex_unlock(&imtx);
>  }
> @@ -352,6 +373,15 @@ static void plugin_exit()
>
>      g_mutex_unlock(&dmtx);
>      g_mutex_unlock(&imtx);
> +
> +    if (tracefile) {
> +        fclose(tracefile);
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +static bool bad_cache_params(int blksize, int assoc, int cachesize)
> +{
> +    return (cachesize % blksize) != 0 || (cachesize % (blksize * assoc)
> != 0);
>  }
>
>  QEMU_PLUGIN_EXPORT
> @@ -377,14 +407,48 @@ int qemu_plugin_install(qemu_plugin_id_t id, const
> qemu_info_t *info,
>
>      for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
>          char *opt = argv[i];
> -        if (g_str_has_prefix(opt, "limit=")) {
> +        if (g_str_has_prefix(opt, "I=")) {
> +            gchar **toks = g_strsplit(opt + 2, " ", -1);
> +            if (g_strv_length(toks) != 3) {
> +                fprintf(stderr, "option parsing failed: %s\n", opt);
> +                return -1;
> +            }
> +            icachesize = g_ascii_strtoull(toks[0], NULL, 10);
> +            iassoc = g_ascii_strtoull(toks[1], NULL, 10);
> +            iblksize = g_ascii_strtoull(toks[2], NULL, 10);
> +        } else if (g_str_has_prefix(opt, "D=")) {
> +            gchar **toks = g_strsplit(opt + 2, " ", -1);
> +            if (g_strv_length(toks) != 3) {
> +                fprintf(stderr, "option parsing failed: %s\n", opt);
> +                return -1;
> +            }
> +            dcachesize = g_ascii_strtoull(toks[0], NULL, 10);
> +            dassoc = g_ascii_strtoull(toks[1], NULL, 10);
> +            dblksize = g_ascii_strtoull(toks[2], NULL, 10);
> +        } else if (g_str_has_prefix(opt, "limit=")) {
>              limit = g_ascii_strtoull(opt + 6, NULL, 10);
> +        } else if (g_str_has_prefix(opt, "tracefile=")) {
> +            char *file_name = opt + 10;
> +            tracefile = fopen(file_name, "w");
> +            if (!tracefile) {
> +                fprintf(stderr, "could not open: %s for writing\n",
> file_name);
> +            }
>          } else {
>              fprintf(stderr, "option parsing failed: %s\n", opt);
>              return -1;
>          }
>      }
>
> +    if (bad_cache_params(iblksize, iassoc, icachesize)) {
> +        fprintf(stderr, "icache cannot be constructed from given
> parameters\n");
> +        return -1;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (bad_cache_params(dblksize, dassoc, dcachesize)) {
> +        fprintf(stderr, "dcache cannot be constructed from given
> parameters\n");
> +        return -1;
> +    }
> +
>      dcache = cache_init(dblksize, dassoc, dcachesize);
>      icache = cache_init(iblksize, iassoc, icachesize);
>
> --
> 2.25.1
>
>
Mahmoud Abumandour June 2, 2021, 4:29 a.m. UTC | #3
On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 1:29 PM Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> wrote:

>
> (Stefan CC'ed for tracing discussion)
>
> Mahmoud Mandour <ma.mandourr@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Made both icache and dcache configurable through plugin arguments
> > and added memory trace printing in a separate file.
>
> Please keep the commits discreet and single topic. The memory trace is
> an extra feature so should be in it's own commit.
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mahmoud Mandour <ma.mandourr@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  contrib/plugins/cache.c | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/contrib/plugins/cache.c b/contrib/plugins/cache.c
> > index 8c9d1dd538..fa0bf1dd40 100644
> > --- a/contrib/plugins/cache.c
> > +++ b/contrib/plugins/cache.c
> > @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static GRand *rng;
> >  static GHashTable *dmiss_ht;
> >  static GHashTable *imiss_ht;
> >
> > -static GMutex dmtx, imtx;
> > +static GMutex dmtx, imtx, fmtx;
> >
> >  static int limit;
> >  static bool sys;
> > @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ static uint64_t dmisses;
> >  static uint64_t imem_accesses;
> >  static uint64_t imisses;
> >
> > +FILE *tracefile;
> > +
> >  static enum qemu_plugin_mem_rw rw = QEMU_PLUGIN_MEM_RW;
> >
> >  enum AccessResult {
> > @@ -205,6 +207,16 @@ static void vcpu_mem_access(unsigned int cpu_index,
> qemu_plugin_meminfo_t info,
> >      insn_addr = ((struct InsnData *) userdata)->addr;
> >      effective_addr = hwaddr ? qemu_plugin_hwaddr_phys_addr(hwaddr) :
> vaddr;
> >
> > +    if (tracefile) {
> > +        g_mutex_lock(&fmtx);
> > +        g_autoptr(GString) rep = g_string_new("");
> > +        bool is_store = qemu_plugin_mem_is_store(info);
> > +        g_string_append_printf(rep, "%c: 0x%" PRIx64,
> > +                is_store ? 'S' : 'L', effective_addr);
> > +        fprintf(tracefile, "%s\n", rep->str);
> > +        g_mutex_unlock(&fmtx);
> > +    }
>
> I can see this would be useful for debugging but I'm wary of adding
> ad-hoc tracing formats when QEMU already has support for a wide range of
> tracing formats. We discussed this a bit in:
>
>   Subject: trace_FOO_tcg bit-rotted?
>   Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2021 17:00:20 +0100
>   Message-ID: <87eefnwd0l.fsf@linaro.org>
>
> However I don't know how easy it would be to leverage the existing
> tracing infrastructure from inside a plugin. As I understand it QEMU
> currently builds a static list of trace points during the build so maybe
> we would need additional infrastructure for a plugin to register a trace
> point and for the final output to be use-able. For example the binary
> trace output I think still needs to reference the source trace-events
> file?
>
> So that's not a NACK but maybe we could spend a little time working out
> if we can come up with a cleaner solution?

Alright then, I will have it removed for now and maybe add it if there's a
better
solution for it.

>


> Stefan, any thoughts?
>
> >      if (access_cache(dcache, effective_addr) == MISS) {
> >          struct InsnData *insn = get_or_create(dmiss_ht, userdata,
> insn_addr);
> >          insn->misses++;
> > @@ -221,11 +233,20 @@ static void vcpu_insn_exec(unsigned int
> vcpu_index, void *userdata)
> >      g_mutex_lock(&imtx);
> >      addr = ((struct InsnData *) userdata)->addr;
> >
> > +    if (tracefile) {
> > +        g_mutex_lock(&fmtx);
> > +        g_autoptr(GString) rep = g_string_new("");
> > +        g_string_append_printf(rep, "I: 0x%" PRIx64, addr);
> > +        fprintf(tracefile, "%s\n", rep->str);
> > +        g_mutex_unlock(&fmtx);
> > +    }
> > +
> >      if (access_cache(icache, addr) == MISS) {
> >          struct InsnData *insn = get_or_create(imiss_ht, userdata, addr);
> >          insn->misses++;
> >          imisses++;
> >      }
> > +
> >      imem_accesses++;
> >      g_mutex_unlock(&imtx);
> >  }
> > @@ -352,6 +373,15 @@ static void plugin_exit()
> >
> >      g_mutex_unlock(&dmtx);
> >      g_mutex_unlock(&imtx);
> > +
> > +    if (tracefile) {
> > +        fclose(tracefile);
> > +    }
> > +}
> > +
> > +static bool bad_cache_params(int blksize, int assoc, int cachesize)
> > +{
> > +    return (cachesize % blksize) != 0 || (cachesize % (blksize * assoc)
> != 0);
> >  }
> >
> >  QEMU_PLUGIN_EXPORT
> > @@ -377,14 +407,48 @@ int qemu_plugin_install(qemu_plugin_id_t id, const
> qemu_info_t *info,
> >
> >      for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
> >          char *opt = argv[i];
> > -        if (g_str_has_prefix(opt, "limit=")) {
> > +        if (g_str_has_prefix(opt, "I=")) {
> > +            gchar **toks = g_strsplit(opt + 2, " ", -1);
> > +            if (g_strv_length(toks) != 3) {
> > +                fprintf(stderr, "option parsing failed: %s\n", opt);
> > +                return -1;
> > +            }
> > +            icachesize = g_ascii_strtoull(toks[0], NULL, 10);
> > +            iassoc = g_ascii_strtoull(toks[1], NULL, 10);
> > +            iblksize = g_ascii_strtoull(toks[2], NULL, 10);
> > +        } else if (g_str_has_prefix(opt, "D=")) {
> > +            gchar **toks = g_strsplit(opt + 2, " ", -1);
> > +            if (g_strv_length(toks) != 3) {
> > +                fprintf(stderr, "option parsing failed: %s\n", opt);
> > +                return -1;
> > +            }
> > +            dcachesize = g_ascii_strtoull(toks[0], NULL, 10);
> > +            dassoc = g_ascii_strtoull(toks[1], NULL, 10);
> > +            dblksize = g_ascii_strtoull(toks[2], NULL, 10);
> > +        } else if (g_str_has_prefix(opt, "limit=")) {
> >              limit = g_ascii_strtoull(opt + 6, NULL, 10);
> > +        } else if (g_str_has_prefix(opt, "tracefile=")) {
> > +            char *file_name = opt + 10;
> > +            tracefile = fopen(file_name, "w");
> > +            if (!tracefile) {
> > +                fprintf(stderr, "could not open: %s for writing\n",
> file_name);
> > +            }
> >          } else {
> >              fprintf(stderr, "option parsing failed: %s\n", opt);
> >              return -1;
> >          }
> >      }
> >
> > +    if (bad_cache_params(iblksize, iassoc, icachesize)) {
> > +        fprintf(stderr, "icache cannot be constructed from given
> parameters\n");
> > +        return -1;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    if (bad_cache_params(dblksize, dassoc, dcachesize)) {
> > +        fprintf(stderr, "dcache cannot be constructed from given
> parameters\n");
> > +        return -1;
> > +    }
> > +
>
> Perhaps roll bad_cache_params into cache_init and return NULL if it
> fails, so:
>
>   dcache = cache_init(dblksize, dassoc, dcachesize);
>   if (!dcache) {
>     fprintf(stderr, "dcache cannot be constructed from given
> parameters\n");
>     return -1;
>   }

Applied, thanks

>
> >      dcache = cache_init(dblksize, dassoc, dcachesize);
> >      icache = cache_init(iblksize, iassoc, icachesize);
>
>
> --
> Alex Bennée
>
Stefan Hajnoczi June 3, 2021, 9:39 a.m. UTC | #4
On Tue, Jun 01, 2021 at 12:18:58PM +0100, Alex Bennée wrote:
> > +    if (tracefile) {
> > +        g_mutex_lock(&fmtx);
> > +        g_autoptr(GString) rep = g_string_new("");
> > +        bool is_store = qemu_plugin_mem_is_store(info);
> > +        g_string_append_printf(rep, "%c: 0x%" PRIx64,
> > +                is_store ? 'S' : 'L', effective_addr);
> > +        fprintf(tracefile, "%s\n", rep->str);
> > +        g_mutex_unlock(&fmtx);
> > +    }
> 
> I can see this would be useful for debugging but I'm wary of adding
> ad-hoc tracing formats when QEMU already has support for a wide range of
> tracing formats. We discussed this a bit in:
> 
>   Subject: trace_FOO_tcg bit-rotted?
>   Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2021 17:00:20 +0100
>   Message-ID: <87eefnwd0l.fsf@linaro.org>
> 
> However I don't know how easy it would be to leverage the existing
> tracing infrastructure from inside a plugin. As I understand it QEMU
> currently builds a static list of trace points during the build so maybe
> we would need additional infrastructure for a plugin to register a trace
> point and for the final output to be use-able. For example the binary
> trace output I think still needs to reference the source trace-events
> file?
> 
> So that's not a NACK but maybe we could spend a little time working out
> if we can come up with a cleaner solution?
> 
> Stefan, any thoughts?

QEMU's tracing system requires knowledge of all trace events at QEMU
compilation time. If the plugins are built together with QEMU then it
should be possible to give them their own trace-events files.

If not then I'm afraid it would be tricky to integrate into QEMU's
tracing system.

Stefan
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Patch

diff --git a/contrib/plugins/cache.c b/contrib/plugins/cache.c
index 8c9d1dd538..fa0bf1dd40 100644
--- a/contrib/plugins/cache.c
+++ b/contrib/plugins/cache.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@  static GRand *rng;
 static GHashTable *dmiss_ht;
 static GHashTable *imiss_ht;
 
-static GMutex dmtx, imtx;
+static GMutex dmtx, imtx, fmtx;
 
 static int limit;
 static bool sys;
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@  static uint64_t dmisses;
 static uint64_t imem_accesses;
 static uint64_t imisses;
 
+FILE *tracefile;
+
 static enum qemu_plugin_mem_rw rw = QEMU_PLUGIN_MEM_RW;
 
 enum AccessResult {
@@ -205,6 +207,16 @@  static void vcpu_mem_access(unsigned int cpu_index, qemu_plugin_meminfo_t info,
     insn_addr = ((struct InsnData *) userdata)->addr;
     effective_addr = hwaddr ? qemu_plugin_hwaddr_phys_addr(hwaddr) : vaddr;
 
+    if (tracefile) {
+        g_mutex_lock(&fmtx);
+        g_autoptr(GString) rep = g_string_new("");
+        bool is_store = qemu_plugin_mem_is_store(info);
+        g_string_append_printf(rep, "%c: 0x%" PRIx64,
+                is_store ? 'S' : 'L', effective_addr);
+        fprintf(tracefile, "%s\n", rep->str);
+        g_mutex_unlock(&fmtx);
+    }
+
     if (access_cache(dcache, effective_addr) == MISS) {
         struct InsnData *insn = get_or_create(dmiss_ht, userdata, insn_addr);
         insn->misses++;
@@ -221,11 +233,20 @@  static void vcpu_insn_exec(unsigned int vcpu_index, void *userdata)
     g_mutex_lock(&imtx);
     addr = ((struct InsnData *) userdata)->addr;
 
+    if (tracefile) {
+        g_mutex_lock(&fmtx);
+        g_autoptr(GString) rep = g_string_new("");
+        g_string_append_printf(rep, "I: 0x%" PRIx64, addr);
+        fprintf(tracefile, "%s\n", rep->str);
+        g_mutex_unlock(&fmtx);
+    }
+
     if (access_cache(icache, addr) == MISS) {
         struct InsnData *insn = get_or_create(imiss_ht, userdata, addr);
         insn->misses++;
         imisses++;
     }
+
     imem_accesses++;
     g_mutex_unlock(&imtx);
 }
@@ -352,6 +373,15 @@  static void plugin_exit()
 
     g_mutex_unlock(&dmtx);
     g_mutex_unlock(&imtx);
+
+    if (tracefile) {
+        fclose(tracefile);
+    }
+}
+
+static bool bad_cache_params(int blksize, int assoc, int cachesize)
+{
+    return (cachesize % blksize) != 0 || (cachesize % (blksize * assoc) != 0);
 }
 
 QEMU_PLUGIN_EXPORT
@@ -377,14 +407,48 @@  int qemu_plugin_install(qemu_plugin_id_t id, const qemu_info_t *info,
 
     for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
         char *opt = argv[i];
-        if (g_str_has_prefix(opt, "limit=")) {
+        if (g_str_has_prefix(opt, "I=")) {
+            gchar **toks = g_strsplit(opt + 2, " ", -1);
+            if (g_strv_length(toks) != 3) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "option parsing failed: %s\n", opt);
+                return -1;
+            }
+            icachesize = g_ascii_strtoull(toks[0], NULL, 10);
+            iassoc = g_ascii_strtoull(toks[1], NULL, 10);
+            iblksize = g_ascii_strtoull(toks[2], NULL, 10);
+        } else if (g_str_has_prefix(opt, "D=")) {
+            gchar **toks = g_strsplit(opt + 2, " ", -1);
+            if (g_strv_length(toks) != 3) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "option parsing failed: %s\n", opt);
+                return -1;
+            }
+            dcachesize = g_ascii_strtoull(toks[0], NULL, 10);
+            dassoc = g_ascii_strtoull(toks[1], NULL, 10);
+            dblksize = g_ascii_strtoull(toks[2], NULL, 10);
+        } else if (g_str_has_prefix(opt, "limit=")) {
             limit = g_ascii_strtoull(opt + 6, NULL, 10);
+        } else if (g_str_has_prefix(opt, "tracefile=")) {
+            char *file_name = opt + 10;
+            tracefile = fopen(file_name, "w");
+            if (!tracefile) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "could not open: %s for writing\n", file_name);
+            }
         } else {
             fprintf(stderr, "option parsing failed: %s\n", opt);
             return -1;
         }
     }
 
+    if (bad_cache_params(iblksize, iassoc, icachesize)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "icache cannot be constructed from given parameters\n");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (bad_cache_params(dblksize, dassoc, dcachesize)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "dcache cannot be constructed from given parameters\n");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
     dcache = cache_init(dblksize, dassoc, dcachesize);
     icache = cache_init(iblksize, iassoc, icachesize);