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2013-01-29tracing/fgraph: Adjust fgraph depth before calling trace return callbackSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
While debugging the virtual cputime with the function graph tracer with a max_depth of 1 (most common use of the max_depth so far), I found that I was missing kernel execution because of a race condition. The code for the return side of the function has a slight race: ftrace_pop_return_trace(&trace, &ret, frame_pointer); trace.rettime = trace_clock_local(); ftrace_graph_return(&trace); barrier(); current->curr_ret_stack--; The ftrace_pop_return_trace() initializes the trace structure for the callback. The ftrace_graph_return() uses the trace structure for its own use as that structure is on the stack and is local to this function. Then the curr_ret_stack is decremented which is what the trace.depth is set to. If an interrupt comes in after the ftrace_graph_return() but before the curr_ret_stack, then the called function will get a depth of 2. If max_depth is set to 1 this function will be ignored. The problem is that the trace has already been called, and the timestamp for that trace will not reflect the time the function was about to re-enter userspace. Calls to the interrupt will not be traced because the max_depth has prevented this. To solve this issue, the ftrace_graph_return() can safely be moved after the current->curr_ret_stack has been updated. This way the timestamp for the return callback will reflect the actual time. If an interrupt comes in after the curr_ret_stack update and ftrace_graph_return(), it will be traced. It may look a little confusing to see it within the other function, but at least it will not be lost. Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-01-21tracing/fgraph: Add max_graph_depth to limit function_graph depthSteven Rostedt
Add the file max_graph_depth to the debug tracing directory that lets the user define the depth of the function graph. A very useful operation is to set the depth to 1. Then it traces only the first function that is called when entering the kernel. This can be used to determine what system operations interrupt a process. For example, to work on NOHZ processes (single tasks running without a timer tick), if any interrupt goes off and preempts that task, this code will show it happening. # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing # echo 1 > max_graph_depth # echo function_graph > current_tracer # cat per_cpu/cpu/<cpu-of-process>/trace Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2012-10-31tracing: Cache comms only after an event occurredSteven Rostedt
Whenever an event is registered, the comm of tasks are saved at every task switch instead of saving them at every event. But if an event isn't executed much, the comm cache will be filled up by tasks that did not record the event and you lose out on the comms that did. Here's an example, if you enable the following events: echo 1 > /debug/tracing/events/kvm/kvm_cr/enable echo 1 > /debug/tracing/events/net/net_dev_xmit/enable Note, there's no kvm running on this machine so the first event will never be triggered, but because it is enabled, the storing of comms will continue. If we now disable the network event: echo 0 > /debug/tracing/events/net/net_dev_xmit/enable and look at the trace: cat /debug/tracing/trace sshd-2672 [001] ..s2 375.731616: net_dev_xmit: dev=eth0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 sshd-2672 [001] ..s1 375.731617: net_dev_xmit: dev=br0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 sshd-2672 [001] ..s2 375.859356: net_dev_xmit: dev=eth0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 sshd-2672 [001] ..s1 375.859357: net_dev_xmit: dev=br0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 sshd-2672 [001] ..s2 375.947351: net_dev_xmit: dev=eth0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 sshd-2672 [001] ..s1 375.947352: net_dev_xmit: dev=br0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 sshd-2672 [001] ..s2 376.035383: net_dev_xmit: dev=eth0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 sshd-2672 [001] ..s1 376.035383: net_dev_xmit: dev=br0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 sshd-2672 [001] ..s2 377.563806: net_dev_xmit: dev=eth0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=226 rc=0 sshd-2672 [001] ..s1 377.563807: net_dev_xmit: dev=br0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=226 rc=0 sshd-2672 [001] ..s2 377.563834: net_dev_xmit: dev=eth0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6be0 len=114 rc=0 sshd-2672 [001] ..s1 377.563842: net_dev_xmit: dev=br0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6be0 len=114 rc=0 We see that process 2672 which triggered the events has the comm "sshd". But if we run hackbench for a bit and look again: cat /debug/tracing/trace <...>-2672 [001] ..s2 375.731616: net_dev_xmit: dev=eth0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 <...>-2672 [001] ..s1 375.731617: net_dev_xmit: dev=br0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 <...>-2672 [001] ..s2 375.859356: net_dev_xmit: dev=eth0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 <...>-2672 [001] ..s1 375.859357: net_dev_xmit: dev=br0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 <...>-2672 [001] ..s2 375.947351: net_dev_xmit: dev=eth0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 <...>-2672 [001] ..s1 375.947352: net_dev_xmit: dev=br0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 <...>-2672 [001] ..s2 376.035383: net_dev_xmit: dev=eth0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 <...>-2672 [001] ..s1 376.035383: net_dev_xmit: dev=br0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 <...>-2672 [001] ..s2 377.563806: net_dev_xmit: dev=eth0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=226 rc=0 <...>-2672 [001] ..s1 377.563807: net_dev_xmit: dev=br0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=226 rc=0 <...>-2672 [001] ..s2 377.563834: net_dev_xmit: dev=eth0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6be0 len=114 rc=0 <...>-2672 [001] ..s1 377.563842: net_dev_xmit: dev=br0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6be0 len=114 rc=0 The stored "sshd" comm has been flushed out and we get a useless "<...>". But by only storing comms after a trace event occurred, we can run hackbench all day and still get the same output. Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2012-10-31tracing: Allow tracers to start at core initcallSteven Rostedt
There's times during debugging that it is helpful to see traces of early boot functions. But the tracers are initialized at device_initcall() which is quite late during the boot process. Setting the kernel command line parameter ftrace=function will not show anything until the function tracer is initialized. This prevents being able to trace functions before device_initcall(). There's no reason that the tracers need to be initialized so late in the boot process. Move them up to core_initcall() as they still need to come after early_initcall() which initializes the tracing buffers. Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2012-08-23ftrace: Do not test frame pointers if -mfentry is usedSteven Rostedt
The function graph has a test to check if the frame pointer is corrupted, which can happen with various options of gcc with mcount. But this is not an issue with -mfentry as -mfentry does not need nor use frame pointers for function graph tracing. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120807194059.773895870@goodmis.org Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2012-06-28tracing: Remove NR_CPUS array from trace_iteratorSteven Rostedt
Replace the NR_CPUS array of buffer_iter from the trace_iterator with an allocated array. This will just create an array of possible CPUS instead of the max number specified. The use of NR_CPUS in that array caused allocation failures for machines that were tight on memory. This did not cause any failures to the system itself (no crashes), but caused unnecessary failures for reading the trace files. Added a helper function called 'trace_buffer_iter()' that returns the buffer_iter item or NULL if it is not defined or the array was not allocated. Some routines do not require the array (tracing_open_pipe() for one). Reported-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2011-07-07tracing: Still trace filtered irq functions when irq trace is disabledSteven Rostedt
If a function is set to be traced by the set_graph_function, but the option funcgraph-irqs is zero, and the traced function happens to be called from a interrupt, it will not be traced. The point of funcgraph-irqs is to not trace interrupts when we are preempted by an irq, not to not trace functions we want to trace that happen to be *in* a irq. Luckily the current->trace_recursion element is perfect to add a flag to help us be able to trace functions within an interrupt even when we are not tracing interrupts that preempt the trace. Reported-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Tested-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2011-06-14tracing, function_graph: Add context-info support for function_graph tracerJiri Olsa
The function_graph tracer does not follow global context-info option. Adding TRACE_ITER_CONTEXT_INFO trace_flags check to enable it. With following commands: # echo function_graph > ./current_tracer # echo 0 > options/context-info # cat trace This is what it looked like before: # tracer: function_graph # # TIME CPU DURATION FUNCTION CALLS # | | | | | | | | 1) 0.079 us | } /* __vma_link_rb */ 1) 0.056 us | copy_page_range(); 1) | security_vm_enough_memory() { ... This is what it looks like now: # tracer: function_graph # } /* update_ts_time_stats */ timekeeping_max_deferment(); ... Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1307113131-10045-6-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2011-06-14tracing, function_graph: Remove lock-depth from latency traceJiri Olsa
The lock_depth was removed in commit e6e1e25 tracing: Remove lock_depth from event entry Removing the lock_depth info from function_graph latency header. With following commands: # echo function_graph > ./current_tracer # echo 1 > options/latency-format # cat trace This is what it looked like before: # tracer: function_graph # # function_graph latency trace v1.1.5 on 3.0.0-rc1-tip+ # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # latency: 0 us, #59756/311298, CPU#0 | (M:preempt VP:0, KP:0, SP:0 HP:0 #P:2) # ----------------- # | task: -0 (uid:0 nice:0 policy:0 rt_prio:0) # ----------------- # # _-----=> irqs-off # / _----=> need-resched # | / _---=> hardirq/softirq # || / _--=> preempt-depth # ||| / _-=> lock-depth # |||| / # CPU||||| DURATION FUNCTION CALLS # | ||||| | | | | | | 0) .... 0.068 us | } /* __rcu_read_unlock */ ... This is what it looks like now: # tracer: function_graph # # function_graph latency trace v1.1.5 on 3.0.0-rc1-tip+ # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # latency: 0 us, #59747/1744610, CPU#0 | (M:preempt VP:0, KP:0, SP:0 HP:0 #P:2) # ----------------- # | task: -0 (uid:0 nice:0 policy:0 rt_prio:0) # ----------------- # # _-----=> irqs-off # / _----=> need-resched # | / _---=> hardirq/softirq # || / _--=> preempt-depth # ||| / # CPU|||| DURATION FUNCTION CALLS # | |||| | | | | | | 0) ..s. 1.641 us | } /* __rcu_process_callbacks */ ... Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1307113131-10045-5-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2011-06-14tracing, function_graph: Merge overhead and duration display functionsJiri Olsa
Functions print_graph_overhead() and print_graph_duration() displays data for one field - DURATION. I merged them into single function print_graph_duration(), and added a way to display the empty parts of the field. This way the print_graph_irq() function can use this column to display the IRQ signs if needed and the DURATION field details stays inside the print_graph_duration() function. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1307113131-10045-3-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2011-06-14tracing, function_graph: Remove dependency of abstime and duration fields on ↵Jiri Olsa
latency The display of absolute time and duration fields is based on the latency field. This was added during the irqsoff/wakeup tracers graph support changes. It's causing confusion in what fields will be displayed for the function_graph tracer itself. So I'm removing this depency, and adding absolute time and duration fields to the preemptirqsoff preemptoff irqsoff wakeup tracers. With following commands: # echo function_graph > ./current_tracer # cat trace This is what it looked like before: # tracer: function_graph # # TIME CPU DURATION FUNCTION CALLS # | | | | | | | | 0) 0.068 us | } /* page_add_file_rmap */ 0) | _raw_spin_unlock() { ... This is what it looks like now: # tracer: function_graph # # CPU DURATION FUNCTION CALLS # | | | | | | | 0) 0.068 us | } /* add_preempt_count */ 0) 0.993 us | } /* vfsmount_lock_local_lock */ ... For preemptirqsoff preemptoff irqsoff wakeup tracers, this is what it looked like before: SNIP # _-----=> irqs-off # / _----=> need-resched # | / _---=> hardirq/softirq # || / _--=> preempt-depth # ||| / _-=> lock-depth # |||| / # CPU TASK/PID ||||| DURATION FUNCTION CALLS # | | | ||||| | | | | | | 1) <idle>-0 | d..1 0.000 us | acpi_idle_enter_simple(); ... This is what it looks like now: SNIP # # _-----=> irqs-off # / _----=> need-resched # | / _---=> hardirq/softirq # || / _--=> preempt-depth # ||| / # TIME CPU TASK/PID |||| DURATION FUNCTION CALLS # | | | | |||| | | | | | | 19.847735 | 1) <idle>-0 | d..1 0.000 us | acpi_idle_enter_simple(); ... Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1307113131-10045-2-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2011-03-31Fix common misspellingsLucas De Marchi
Fixes generated by 'codespell' and manually reviewed. Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi>
2010-10-18tracing: Remove parent recording in latency tracer graph optionsSteven Rostedt
Even though the parent is recorded with the normal function tracing of the latency tracers (irqsoff and wakeup), the function graph recording is bogus. This is due to the function graph messing with the return stack. The latency tracers pass in as the parent CALLER_ADDR0, which works fine for plain function tracing. But this causes bogus output with the graph tracer: 3) <idle>-0 | d.s3. 0.000 us | return_to_handler(); 3) <idle>-0 | d.s3. 0.000 us | _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(); 3) <idle>-0 | d.s3. 0.000 us | return_to_handler(); 3) <idle>-0 | d.s3. 0.000 us | trace_hardirqs_on(); The "return_to_handle()" call is the trampoline of the function graph tracer, and is meaningless in this context. Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2010-10-18tracing: Make graph related irqs/preemptsoff functions globalJiri Olsa
Move trace_graph_function() and print_graph_headers_flags() functions to the trace_function_graph.c to be globaly available. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <1285243253-7372-3-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2010-10-18tracing: Add proper check for irq_depth routinesJiri Olsa
The check_irq_entry and check_irq_return could be called from graph event context. In such case there's no graph private data allocated. Adding checks to handle this case. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <20100924154102.GB1818@jolsa.brq.redhat.com> [ Fixed some grammar in the comments ] Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2010-10-13tracing: Fix function-graph build warning on 32-bitBorislav Petkov
Fix kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c: In function ‘trace_print_graph_duration’: kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c:652: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast when building 36-rc6 on a 32-bit due to the strict type check failing in the min() macro. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@canonical.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> LKML-Reference: <20100929080823.GA13595@liondog.tnic> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
2010-09-14tracing: Do not trace in irq when funcgraph-irq option is zeroSteven Rostedt
When the function graph tracer funcgraph-irq option is zero, disable tracing in IRQs. This makes the option have two effects. 1) When reading the trace file, do not display the functions that happen in interrupt context (when detected) 2) [*new*] When recording a trace, skip those that are detected to be in interrupt by the 'in_irq()' function Note, in_irq() is updated at irq_enter() and irq_exit(). There are still functions that are recorded by the function graph tracer that is in interrupt context but outside the irq_enter/exit() routines. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2010-09-14tracing: Add funcgraph-irq option for function graph tracer.Jiri Olsa
It's handy to be able to disable the irq related output and not to have to jump over each irq related code, when you have no interrest in it. The option is by default enabled, so there's no change to current behaviour. It affects only the final output, so all the irq related data stay in the ring buffer. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <20100907145344.GC1912@jolsa.brq.redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2010-08-19Merge branch 'tip/perf/urgent' of ↵Ingo Molnar
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace into perf/core
2010-08-19perf, tracing: add missing __percpu markupsNamhyung Kim
ftrace_event_call->perf_events, perf_trace_buf, fgraph_data->cpu_data and some local variables are percpu pointers missing __percpu markups. Add them. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> LKML-Reference: <1281498479-28551-1-git-send-email-namhyung@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
2010-08-16Merge branch 'tip/perf/urgent-3' of ↵Steven Rostedt
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace into trace/tip/perf/urgent-4 Conflicts: kernel/trace/trace_events.c Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2010-08-06tracing: Fix an unallocated memory access in function_graphShaohua Li
With CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, I observed an unallocated memory access in function_graph trace. It appears we find a small size entry in ring buffer, but we access it as a big size entry. The access overflows the page size and touches an unallocated page. Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> LKML-Reference: <1280217994.32400.76.camel@sli10-desk.sh.intel.com> [ Added a comment to explain the problem - SDR ] Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2010-06-28tracing/function-graph: Use correct string size for snprintfChase Douglas
The nsecs_str string is a local variable defined as: char nsecs_str[5]; It is possible for the snprintf call to use a size value larger than the size of the string. This should not cause a buffer overrun as it is written now due to the value for the string format "%03lu" can not be larger than 1000. However, this change makes it correct. By making the size correct we guard against potential future changes that could actually cause a buffer overrun. Signed-off-by: Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@canonical.com> LKML-Reference: <1276619355-18116-1-git-send-email-chase.douglas@canonical.com> [ added 'UL' to number 8 to fix gcc warning comparing it to sizeof() ] Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2010-05-14tracing: Allow events to share their print functionsSteven Rostedt
Multiple events may use the same method to print their data. Instead of having all events have a pointer to their print funtions, the trace_event structure now points to a trace_event_functions structure that will hold the way to print ouf the event. The event itself is now passed to the print function to let the print function know what kind of event it should print. This opens the door to consolidating the way several events print their output. text data bss dec hex filename 4913961 1088356 861512 6863829 68bbd5 vmlinux.orig 4900382 1048964 861512 6810858 67ecea vmlinux.init 4900446 1049028 861512 6810986 67ed6a vmlinux.preprint This change slightly increases the size but is needed for the next change. v3: Fix the branch tracer events to handle this change. v2: Fix the new function graph tracer event calls to handle this change. Acked-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com> Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2010-04-27tracing: Add graph output support for irqsoff tracerJiri Olsa
Add function graph output to irqsoff tracer. The graph output is enabled by setting new 'display-graph' trace option. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <1270227683-14631-4-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2010-04-26tracing: Have graph flags passed in to ouput functionsJiri Olsa
Let the function graph tracer have custom flags passed to its output functions. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <1270227683-14631-3-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2010-04-26tracing: Add ftrace events for graph tracerJiri Olsa
Add ftrace events for graph tracer, so the graph output could be shared with other tracers. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <1270227683-14631-2-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2010-04-08Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/coreIngo Molnar
Conflicts: include/linux/module.h kernel/module.c Semantic conflict: include/trace/events/module.h Merge reason: Resolve the conflict with upstream commit 5fbfb18 ("Fix up possibly racy module refcounting") Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-03-31ring-buffer: Add place holder recording of dropped eventsSteven Rostedt
Currently, when the ring buffer drops events, it does not record the fact that it did so. It does inform the writer that the event was dropped by returning a NULL event, but it does not put in any place holder where the event was dropped. This is not a trivial thing to add because the ring buffer mostly runs in overwrite (flight recorder) mode. That is, when the ring buffer is full, new data will overwrite old data. In a produce/consumer mode, where new data is simply dropped when the ring buffer is full, it is trivial to add the placeholder for dropped events. When there's more room to write new data, then a special event can be added to notify the reader about the dropped events. But in overwrite mode, any new write can overwrite events. A place holder can not be inserted into the ring buffer since there never may be room. A reader could also come in at anytime and miss the placeholder. Luckily, the way the ring buffer works, the read side can find out if events were lost or not, and how many events. Everytime a write takes place, if it overwrites the header page (the next read) it updates a "overrun" variable that keeps track of the number of lost events. When a reader swaps out a page from the ring buffer, it can record this number, perfom the swap, and then check to see if the number changed, and take the diff if it has, which would be the number of events dropped. This can be stored by the reader and returned to callers of the reader. Since the reader page swap will fail if the writer moved the head page since the time the reader page set up the swap, this gives room to record the overruns without worrying about races. If the reader sets up the pages, records the overrun, than performs the swap, if the swap succeeds, then the overrun variable has not been updated since the setup before the swap. For binary readers of the ring buffer, a flag is set in the header of each sub page (sub buffer) of the ring buffer. This flag is embedded in the size field of the data on the sub buffer, in the 31st bit (the size can be 32 or 64 bits depending on the architecture), but only 27 bits needs to be used for the actual size (less actually). We could add a new field in the sub buffer header to also record the number of events dropped since the last read, but this will change the format of the binary ring buffer a bit too much. Perhaps this change can be made if the information on the number of events dropped is considered important enough. Note, the notification of dropped events is only used by consuming reads or peeking at the ring buffer. Iterating over the ring buffer does not keep this information because the necessary data is only available when a page swap is made, and the iterator does not swap out pages. Cc: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: "Luis Claudio R. Goncalves" <lclaudio@uudg.org> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2010-03-30include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking ↵Tejun Heo
implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h percpu.h is included by sched.h and module.h and thus ends up being included when building most .c files. percpu.h includes slab.h which in turn includes gfp.h making everything defined by the two files universally available and complicating inclusion dependencies. percpu.h -> slab.h dependency is about to be removed. Prepare for this change by updating users of gfp and slab facilities include those headers directly instead of assuming availability. As this conversion needs to touch large number of source files, the following script is used as the basis of conversion. http://userweb.kernel.org/~tj/misc/slabh-sweep.py The script does the followings. * Scan files for gfp and slab usages and update includes such that only the necessary includes are there. ie. if only gfp is used, gfp.h, if slab is used, slab.h. * When the script inserts a new include, it looks at the include blocks and try to put the new include such that its order conforms to its surrounding. It's put in the include block which contains core kernel includes, in the same order that the rest are ordered - alphabetical, Christmas tree, rev-Xmas-tree or at the end if there doesn't seem to be any matching order. * If the script can't find a place to put a new include (mostly because the file doesn't have fitting include block), it prints out an error message indicating which .h file needs to be added to the file. The conversion was done in the following steps. 1. The initial automatic conversion of all .c files updated slightly over 4000 files, deleting around 700 includes and adding ~480 gfp.h and ~3000 slab.h inclusions. The script emitted errors for ~400 files. 2. Each error was manually checked. Some didn't need the inclusion, some needed manual addition while adding it to implementation .h or embedding .c file was more appropriate for others. This step added inclusions to around 150 files. 3. The script was run again and the output was compared to the edits from #2 to make sure no file was left behind. 4. Several build tests were done and a couple of problems were fixed. e.g. lib/decompress_*.c used malloc/free() wrappers around slab APIs requiring slab.h to be added manually. 5. The script was run on all .h files but without automatically editing them as sprinkling gfp.h and slab.h inclusions around .h files could easily lead to inclusion dependency hell. Most gfp.h inclusion directives were ignored as stuff from gfp.h was usually wildly available and often used in preprocessor macros. Each slab.h inclusion directive was examined and added manually as necessary. 6. percpu.h was updated not to include slab.h. 7. Build test were done on the following configurations and failures were fixed. CONFIG_GCOV_KERNEL was turned off for all tests (as my distributed build env didn't work with gcov compiles) and a few more options had to be turned off depending on archs to make things build (like ipr on powerpc/64 which failed due to missing writeq). * x86 and x86_64 UP and SMP allmodconfig and a custom test config. * powerpc and powerpc64 SMP allmodconfig * sparc and sparc64 SMP allmodconfig * ia64 SMP allmodconfig * s390 SMP allmodconfig * alpha SMP allmodconfig * um on x86_64 SMP allmodconfig 8. percpu.h modifications were reverted so that it could be applied as a separate patch and serve as bisection point. Given the fact that I had only a couple of failures from tests on step 6, I'm fairly confident about the coverage of this conversion patch. If there is a breakage, it's likely to be something in one of the arch headers which should be easily discoverable easily on most builds of the specific arch. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Guess-its-ok-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@hp.com>
2010-03-13Merge branch 'tracing-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'tracing-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: tracing: Do not record user stack trace from NMI context tracing: Disable buffer switching when starting or stopping trace tracing: Use same local variable when resetting the ring buffer function-graph: Init curr_ret_stack with ret_stack ring-buffer: Move disabled check into preempt disable section function-graph: Add tracing_thresh support to function_graph tracer tracing: Update the comm field in the right variable in update_max_tr function-graph: Use comment notation for func names of dangling '}' function-graph: Fix unused reference to ftrace_set_func() tracing: Fix warning in s_next of trace file ops tracing: Include irqflags headers from trace clock
2010-03-05function-graph: Add tracing_thresh support to function_graph tracerTim Bird
Add support for tracing_thresh to the function_graph tracer. This version of this feature isolates the checks into new entry and return functions, to avoid adding more conditional code into the main function_graph paths. When the tracing_thresh is set and the function graph tracer is enabled, only the functions that took longer than the time in microseconds that was set in tracing_thresh are recorded. To do this efficiently, only the function exits are recorded: [tracing]# echo 100 > tracing_thresh [tracing]# echo function_graph > current_tracer [tracing]# cat trace # tracer: function_graph # # CPU DURATION FUNCTION CALLS # | | | | | | | 1) ! 119.214 us | } /* smp_apic_timer_interrupt */ 1) <========== | 0) ! 101.527 us | } /* __rcu_process_callbacks */ 0) ! 126.461 us | } /* rcu_process_callbacks */ 0) ! 145.111 us | } /* __do_softirq */ 0) ! 149.667 us | } /* do_softirq */ 0) ! 168.817 us | } /* irq_exit */ 0) ! 248.254 us | } /* smp_apic_timer_interrupt */ Also, add support for specifying tracing_thresh on the kernel command line. When used like so: "tracing_thresh=200 ftrace=function_graph" this can be used to analyse system startup. It is important to disable tracing soon after boot, in order to avoid losing the trace data. Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com> LKML-Reference: <4B87098B.4040308@am.sony.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2010-03-05function-graph: Use comment notation for func names of dangling '}'Steven Rostedt
When a '}' does not have a matching function start, the name is printed within parenthesis. But this makes it confusing between ending '}' and function starts. This patch makes the function name appear in C comment notation. Old view: 3) 1.281 us | } (might_fault) 3) 3.620 us | } (filldir) 3) 5.251 us | } (call_filldir) 3) | call_filldir() { 3) | filldir() { New view: 3) 1.281 us | } /* might_fault */ 3) 3.620 us | } /* filldir */ 3) 5.251 us | } /* call_filldir */ 3) | call_filldir() { 3) | filldir() { Requested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2010-03-03Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu: percpu: add __percpu sparse annotations to what's left percpu: add __percpu sparse annotations to fs percpu: add __percpu sparse annotations to core kernel subsystems local_t: Remove leftover local.h this_cpu: Remove pageset_notifier this_cpu: Page allocator conversion percpu, x86: Generic inc / dec percpu instructions local_t: Move local.h include to ringbuffer.c and ring_buffer_benchmark.c module: Use this_cpu_xx to dynamically allocate counters local_t: Remove cpu_local_xx macros percpu: refactor the code in pcpu_[de]populate_chunk() percpu: remove compile warnings caused by __verify_pcpu_ptr() percpu: make accessors check for percpu pointer in sparse percpu: add __percpu for sparse. percpu: make access macros universal percpu: remove per_cpu__ prefix.
2010-02-26ftrace: Add function names to dangling } in function graph tracerSteven Rostedt
The function graph tracer is currently the most invasive tracer in the ftrace family. It can easily overflow the buffer even with 10megs per CPU. This means that events can often be lost. On start up, or after events are lost, if the function return is recorded but the function enter was lost, all we get to see is the exiting '}'. Here is how a typical trace output starts: [tracing] cat trace # tracer: function_graph # # CPU DURATION FUNCTION CALLS # | | | | | | | 0) + 91.897 us | } 0) ! 567.961 us | } 0) <========== | 0) ! 579.083 us | _raw_spin_lock_irqsave(); 0) 4.694 us | _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(); 0) ! 594.862 us | } 0) ! 603.361 us | } 0) ! 613.574 us | } 0) ! 623.554 us | } 0) 3.653 us | fget_light(); 0) | sock_poll() { There are a series of '}' with no matching "func() {". There's no information to what functions these ending brackets belong to. This patch adds a stack on the per cpu structure used in outputting the function graph tracer to keep track of what function was outputted. Then on a function exit event, it checks the depth to see if the function exit has a matching entry event. If it does, then it only prints the '}', otherwise it adds the function name after the '}'. This allows function exit events to show what function they belong to at trace output startup, when the entry was lost due to ring buffer overflow, or even after a new task is scheduled in. Here is what the above trace will look like after this patch: [tracing] cat trace # tracer: function_graph # # CPU DURATION FUNCTION CALLS # | | | | | | | 0) + 91.897 us | } (irq_exit) 0) ! 567.961 us | } (smp_apic_timer_interrupt) 0) <========== | 0) ! 579.083 us | _raw_spin_lock_irqsave(); 0) 4.694 us | _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(); 0) ! 594.862 us | } (add_wait_queue) 0) ! 603.361 us | } (__pollwait) 0) ! 613.574 us | } (tcp_poll) 0) ! 623.554 us | } (sock_poll) 0) 3.653 us | fget_light(); 0) | sock_poll() { Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2010-02-25tracing: Remove unnecessary variable in print_graph_returnWenji Huang
The "cpu" variable is declared at the start of the function and also within a branch, with the exact same initialization. Remove the local variable of the same name in the branch. Signed-off-by: Wenji Huang <wenji.huang@oracle.com> LKML-Reference: <1266997226-6833-3-git-send-email-wenji.huang@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2010-01-29tracing: Simplify test for function_graph tracing start pointLai Jiangshan
In the function graph tracer, a calling function is to be traced only when it is enabled through the set_graph_function file, or when it is nested in an enabled function. Current code uses TSK_TRACE_FL_GRAPH to test whether it is nested or not. Looking at the code, we can get this: (trace->depth > 0) <==> (TSK_TRACE_FL_GRAPH is set) trace->depth is more explicit to tell that it is nested. So we use trace->depth directly and simplify the code. No functionality is changed. TSK_TRACE_FL_GRAPH is not removed yet, it is left for future usage. Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> LKML-Reference: <4B4DB0B6.7040607@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
2010-01-17tracing: Drop the tr check from the graph tracing pathFrederic Weisbecker
Each time we save a function entry from the function graph tracer, we check if the trace array is set, which is wasteful because it is set anyway before we start the tracer. All we need is to ensure we have good read and write orderings. When we set the trace array, we just need to guarantee it to be visible before starting tracing. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> LKML-Reference: <1263453795-7496-1-git-send-regression-fweisbec@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-01-05Merge branch 'master' into percpuTejun Heo
Conflicts: arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall.S include/linux/percpu.h
2009-12-14Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu: (34 commits) m68k: rename global variable vmalloc_end to m68k_vmalloc_end percpu: add missing per_cpu_ptr_to_phys() definition for UP percpu: Fix kdump failure if booted with percpu_alloc=page percpu: make misc percpu symbols unique percpu: make percpu symbols in ia64 unique percpu: make percpu symbols in powerpc unique percpu: make percpu symbols in x86 unique percpu: make percpu symbols in xen unique percpu: make percpu symbols in cpufreq unique percpu: make percpu symbols in oprofile unique percpu: make percpu symbols in tracer unique percpu: make percpu symbols under kernel/ and mm/ unique percpu: remove some sparse warnings percpu: make alloc_percpu() handle array types vmalloc: fix use of non-existent percpu variable in put_cpu_var() this_cpu: Use this_cpu_xx in trace_functions_graph.c this_cpu: Use this_cpu_xx for ftrace this_cpu: Use this_cpu_xx in nmi handling this_cpu: Use this_cpu operations in RCU this_cpu: Use this_cpu ops for VM statistics ... Fix up trivial (famous last words) global per-cpu naming conflicts in arch/x86/kvm/svm.c mm/slab.c
2009-12-09tracing: Fix function graph trace_pipe to properly display failed entriesJiri Olsa
There is a case where the graph tracer might get confused and omits displaying of a single record. This applies mostly with the trace_pipe since it is unlikely that the trace_seq buffer will overflow with the trace file. As the function_graph tracer goes through the trace entries keeping a pointer to the current record: current -> func1 ENTRY func2 ENTRY func2 RETURN func1 RETURN When an function ENTRY is encountered, it moves the pointer to the next entry to check if the function is a nested or leaf function. func1 ENTRY current -> func2 ENTRY func2 RETURN func1 RETURN If the rest of the writing of the function fills the trace_seq buffer, then the trace_pipe read will ignore this entry. The next read will Now start at the current location, but the first entry (func1) will be discarded. This patch keeps a copy of the current entry in the iterator private storage and will keep track of when the trace_seq buffer fills. When the trace_seq buffer fills, it will reuse the copy of the entry in the next iteration. [ This patch has been largely modified by Steven Rostedt in order to clean it up and simplify it. The original idea and concept was from Jirka and for that, this patch will go under his name to give him the credit he deserves. But because this was modify by Steven Rostedt anything wrong with the patch should be blamed on Steven. ] Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <1259067458-27143-1-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-10-29percpu: remove per_cpu__ prefix.Rusty Russell
Now that the return from alloc_percpu is compatible with the address of per-cpu vars, it makes sense to hand around the address of per-cpu variables. To make this sane, we remove the per_cpu__ prefix we used created to stop people accidentally using these vars directly. Now we have sparse, we can use that (next patch). tj: * Updated to convert stuff which were missed by or added after the original patch. * Kill per_cpu_var() macro. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
2009-10-13this_cpu: Use this_cpu_xx in trace_functions_graph.cTejun Heo
ftrace_cpu_disabled usage in trace_functions_graph.c were left out during this_cpu_xx conversion in commit 9288f99a causing compile failure. Convert them. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
2009-09-17tracing: switch function prints from %pf to %psSteven Rostedt
For direct function pointers (like what mcount provides) PowerPC64 requires the use of %ps, otherwise nothing is printed. This patch converts all prints of functions retrieved through mcount to use the %ps format from the %pf. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-09-11tracing: consolidate code between trace_output.c and trace_function_graph.cSteven Rostedt
Both trace_output.c and trace_function_graph.c do basically the same thing to handle the printing of the latency-format. This patch moves the code into one function that both can use. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-09-11tracing: add lock depth to entriesSteven Rostedt
This patch adds the lock depth of the big kernel lock to the generic entry header. This way we can see the depth of the lock and help in removing the BKL. Example: # _------=> CPU# # / _-----=> irqs-off # | / _----=> need-resched # || / _---=> hardirq/softirq # ||| / _--=> preempt-depth # |||| /_--=> lock-depth # |||||/ delay # cmd pid |||||| time | caller # \ / |||||| \ | / <idle>-0 2.N..3 5902255250us+: lock_acquire: read rcu_read_lock <idle>-0 2.N..3 5902255253us+: lock_release: rcu_read_lock <idle>-0 2dN..3 5902255257us+: lock_acquire: xtime_lock <idle>-0 2dN..4 5902255259us : lock_acquire: clocksource_lock <idle>-0 2dN..4 5902255261us+: lock_release: clocksource_lock Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-09-11tracing: add latency format to function_graph tracerSteven Rostedt
While debugging something with the function_graph tracer, I found the need to see the preempt count of the traces. Unfortunately, since the function graph tracer has its own output formatting, it does not honor the latency-format option. This patch makes the function_graph tracer honor the latency-format option, but still keeps control of the output. But now we have the same details that the latency-format supplies. # tracer: function_graph # # _-----=> irqs-off # / _----=> need-resched # | / _---=> hardirq/softirq # || / _--=> preempt-depth # ||| / # |||| # CPU|||| DURATION FUNCTION CALLS # | |||| | | | | | | 3) d..1 1.333 us | idle_cpu(); 3) d.h1 | tick_check_idle() { 3) d.h1 0.550 us | tick_check_oneshot_broadcast(); 3) d.h1 | tick_nohz_stop_idle() { 3) d.h1 | ktime_get() { 3) d.h1 | ktime_get_ts() { Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-09-04tracing: pass around ring buffer instead of tracerSteven Rostedt
The latency tracers (irqsoff and wakeup) can swap trace buffers on the fly. If an event is happening and has reserved data on one of the buffers, and the latency tracer swaps the global buffer with the max buffer, the result is that the event may commit the data to the wrong buffer. This patch changes the API to the trace recording to be recieve the buffer that was used to reserve a commit. Then this buffer can be passed in to the commit. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-08-11Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/coreIngo Molnar
Conflicts: kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c We use the tracing/core version. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-08-06tracing/function-graph-tracer: Move graph event insertion helpers in the ↵Frederic Weisbecker
graph tracer file The function graph events helpers which insert the function entry and return events into the ring buffer currently reside in trace.c But this file is quite overloaded and the right place for these helpers is in the function graph tracer file. Then move them to trace_functions_graph.c Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>