platform_system_core/bootstat
Mark Salyzyn 293cb3b217 bootstat: handle a bad bit error rate issue with pstore
Create a private rfind that allows a fuzzy match based on a bit error
rate (BER) of 1 every 8 bits.  last kmsg is affected by pstore ramoops
backing that suffers from data corruption.  Add some additional
validation based on possible data corruption scenarios, as a noisy
match means higher chance of noisy data.

Noisy data notably can affect the battery level detection, but do not
typically result in false positives.  Battery level, or failure, is
the responsibility of the BatteryStats service, providing a positive
signal and strong device-independent algorithm.  The checking done in
bootstat is likely to be deprecated in favour of an API request to
BatteryStats once their algorithms deal with surprise outages due to
aging.

The kernel logging heuristic and BER fixup handily deals with a
prevalent issue where some bootloaders failure to properly notify us
of panics.  This is where the gains are noticed with this improvement.

Test: system/core/bootstat/boot_reason_test.sh
Bug: 63736262
Change-Id: I93b4210f12fb47c5c036f4d6eb4cafeee4896d35
2017-10-26 14:17:14 -07:00
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.clang-format bootstat: Set up clang-format-2 for bootstat. 2017-05-24 10:19:25 -07:00
Android.bp bootstat: test: inject ro.boot.bootreason values 2017-10-11 13:48:33 -07:00
AndroidTest.xml Add test config to bootstat_tests 2017-04-05 14:49:47 +00:00
boot_event_record_store.cpp bootstat: clang-format rebase 2017-09-20 11:27:56 -07:00
boot_event_record_store.h bootstat: clang-format rebase 2017-09-20 11:27:56 -07:00
boot_event_record_store_test.cpp bootstat: clang-format rebase 2017-09-20 11:27:56 -07:00
boot_reason_test.sh bootstat: test: fix Its_Just_So_Hard_reboot 2017-10-26 14:10:31 -07:00
bootstat-debug.rc bootstat: test: inject ro.boot.bootreason values 2017-10-11 13:48:33 -07:00
bootstat.cpp bootstat: handle a bad bit error rate issue with pstore 2017-10-26 14:17:14 -07:00
bootstat.rc bootstat: reduce overall boot time 2017-09-19 07:36:34 -07:00
README.md bootstat: Record the time since factory reset on init. 2016-02-24 11:01:03 -08:00
testrunner.cpp bootstat: Fix the base includes to be AOSP-friendly. 2016-01-20 01:28:48 +00:00

bootstat

The bootstat command records boot events (e.g., firmware_loaded, boot_complete) and the relative time at which these events occurred. The command also aggregates boot event metrics locally and logs the metrics for analysis.

Usage: bootstat [options]
options include:
  -h, --help            Show this help
  -l, --log             Log all metrics to logstorage
  -p, --print           Dump the boot event records to the console
  -r, --record          Record the timestamp of a named boot event
  --record_boot_reason  Record the reason why the device booted
  --record_time_since_factory_reset Record the time since the device was reset

Relative time

The timestamp recorded by bootstat is the uptime of the system, i.e., the number of seconds since the system booted.

Recording boot events

To record the relative time of an event during the boot phase, call bootstat with the -r option and the name of the boot event.

$ bootstat -r boot_complete

The relative time at which the command runs is recorded along with the name of the boot event to be persisted.

Logging boot events

To log the persisted boot events, call bootstat with the -l option.

$ bootstat -l

bootstat logs all boot events recorded using the -r option to the EventLog using the Tron histogram. These logs may be uploaded by interested parties for aggregation and analysis of boot time across different devices and versions.

Printing boot events

To print the set of persisted boot events, call bootstat with the -p option.

$ bootstat -p
Boot events:
------------
boot_complete   71