device: 0.708 files: 0.698 socket: 0.491 network: 0.428 PID: 0.419 performance: 0.326 graphic: 0.238 boot: 0.231 vnc: 0.228 semantic: 0.185 debug: 0.122 permissions: 0.119 KVM: 0.109 other: 0.106 trace: dynamic width format syntax not validated The dtrace via stap backend cannot support the dynamic '*' width format. Eric noted in https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-09/msg04720.html: https://sourceware.org/systemtap/langref.pdf section 9.2 printf, states: "The printf formatting directives are similar to those of C, except that they are fully checked for type by the translator." and does NOT list handling for '*' under precision or width. Some trace events have been merged without checking this: $ git ls-files|fgrep trace-event|xargs git grep '*\("\|x\)' hw/block/trace-events:11:pflash_io_read(uint64_t offset, int width, int fmt_width, uint32_t value, uint8_t cmd, uint8_t wcycle) "offset:0x%04"PRIx64" width:%d value:0x%0*x cmd:0x%02x wcycle:%u" hw/block/trace-events:12:pflash_io_write(uint64_t offset, int width, int fmt_width, uint32_t value, uint8_t wcycle) "offset:0x%04"PRIx64" width:%d value:0x%0*x wcycle:%u" hw/block/trace-events:13:pflash_data_read(uint64_t offset, int width, uint32_t value) "data offset:0x%04"PRIx64" value:0x%0*x" hw/block/trace-events:14:pflash_data_write(uint64_t offset, int width, uint32_t value, uint64_t counter) "data offset:0x%04"PRIx64" value:0x%0*x counter:0x%016"PRIx64 hw/mips/trace-events:2:gt64120_read(const char *regname, int width, uint64_t value) "gt64120 read %s value:0x%0*" PRIx64 hw/mips/trace-events:3:gt64120_write(const char *regname, int width, uint64_t value) "gt64120 write %s value:0x%0*" PRIx64 Fixed in v4.2.0 (commits abc7cf3655 & 10f9f1fbed).