Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] perf_events: fix event scheduling issues introduced by transactional API (take 2) | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Date | Tue, 25 May 2010 17:58:06 +0200 |
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On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 17:32 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > Because you always call cancel_txn() even when commit() > > succeeds. I don't really understand why. I think it could be > > avoided by clearing the group_flag in commit_txn() if it > > succeeds. It would also make the logical flow more natural. Why > > cancel something that has succeeded. You cancel when you fail/abort. > > Gah, I forgot about that. I think I suggested to Lin to do that and > then > promptly forgot. > > Let me add that and at least push this patch fwd, we can try and clean > up that detail later on.
How about something like the below?
--- Subject: perf: Cleanup {start,commit,cancel}_txn details From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Date: Tue May 25 17:49:05 CEST 2010
Clarify some of the transactional group scheduling API details and change it so that a successfull ->commit_txn also closes the transaction.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> --- arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c | 7 ++++--- arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c | 7 ++++--- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c | 14 +++++--------- include/linux/perf_event.h | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++----- kernel/perf_event.c | 8 +------- 5 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c +++ linux-2.6/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c @@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ static int power_pmu_enable(struct perf_ * skip the schedulability test here, it will be peformed * at commit time(->commit_txn) as a whole */ - if (cpuhw->group_flag & PERF_EVENT_TXN_STARTED) + if (cpuhw->group_flag & PERF_EVENT_TXN) goto nocheck; if (check_excludes(cpuhw->event, cpuhw->flags, n0, 1)) @@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ void power_pmu_start_txn(const struct pm { struct cpu_hw_events *cpuhw = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events); - cpuhw->group_flag |= PERF_EVENT_TXN_STARTED; + cpuhw->group_flag |= PERF_EVENT_TXN; cpuhw->n_txn_start = cpuhw->n_events; } @@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ void power_pmu_cancel_txn(const struct p { struct cpu_hw_events *cpuhw = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events); - cpuhw->group_flag &= ~PERF_EVENT_TXN_STARTED; + cpuhw->group_flag &= ~PERF_EVENT_TXN; } /* @@ -897,6 +897,7 @@ int power_pmu_commit_txn(const struct pm for (i = cpuhw->n_txn_start; i < n; ++i) cpuhw->event[i]->hw.config = cpuhw->events[i]; + cpuhw->group_flag &= ~PERF_EVENT_TXN; return 0; } Index: linux-2.6/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c +++ linux-2.6/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c @@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ static int sparc_pmu_enable(struct perf_ * skip the schedulability test here, it will be peformed * at commit time(->commit_txn) as a whole */ - if (cpuc->group_flag & PERF_EVENT_TXN_STARTED) + if (cpuc->group_flag & PERF_EVENT_TXN) goto nocheck; if (check_excludes(cpuc->event, n0, 1)) @@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ static void sparc_pmu_start_txn(const st { struct cpu_hw_events *cpuhw = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events); - cpuhw->group_flag |= PERF_EVENT_TXN_STARTED; + cpuhw->group_flag |= PERF_EVENT_TXN; } /* @@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ static void sparc_pmu_cancel_txn(const s { struct cpu_hw_events *cpuhw = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events); - cpuhw->group_flag &= ~PERF_EVENT_TXN_STARTED; + cpuhw->group_flag &= ~PERF_EVENT_TXN; } /* @@ -1137,6 +1137,7 @@ static int sparc_pmu_commit_txn(const st if (sparc_check_constraints(cpuc->event, cpuc->events, n)) return -EAGAIN; + cpuhw->group_flag &= ~PERF_EVENT_TXN; return 0; } Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c @@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ static int x86_pmu_enable(struct perf_ev * skip the schedulability test here, it will be peformed * at commit time(->commit_txn) as a whole */ - if (cpuc->group_flag & PERF_EVENT_TXN_STARTED) + if (cpuc->group_flag & PERF_EVENT_TXN) goto out; ret = x86_pmu.schedule_events(cpuc, n, assign); @@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ static void x86_pmu_disable(struct perf_ * The events never got scheduled and ->cancel_txn will truncate * the event_list. */ - if (cpuc->group_flags & PERF_EVENT_TXN_STARTED) + if (cpuc->group_flags & PERF_EVENT_TXN) return; x86_pmu_stop(event); @@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@ static void x86_pmu_start_txn(const stru { struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events); - cpuc->group_flag |= PERF_EVENT_TXN_STARTED; + cpuc->group_flag |= PERF_EVENT_TXN; cpuc->n_txn = 0; } @@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ static void x86_pmu_cancel_txn(const str { struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events); - cpuc->group_flag &= ~PERF_EVENT_TXN_STARTED; + cpuc->group_flag &= ~PERF_EVENT_TXN; /* * Truncate the collected events. */ @@ -1435,11 +1435,7 @@ static int x86_pmu_commit_txn(const stru */ memcpy(cpuc->assign, assign, n*sizeof(int)); - /* - * Clear out the txn count so that ->cancel_txn() which gets - * run after ->commit_txn() doesn't undo things. - */ - cpuc->n_txn = 0; + cpuc->group_flag &= ~PERF_EVENT_TXN; return 0; } Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/perf_event.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/perf_event.h +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/perf_event.h @@ -549,7 +549,10 @@ struct hw_perf_event { struct perf_event; -#define PERF_EVENT_TXN_STARTED 1 +/* + * Common implementation detail of pmu::{start,commit,cancel}_txn + */ +#define PERF_EVENT_TXN 0x1 /** * struct pmu - generic performance monitoring unit @@ -563,14 +566,28 @@ struct pmu { void (*unthrottle) (struct perf_event *event); /* - * group events scheduling is treated as a transaction, - * add group events as a whole and perform one schedulability test. - * If test fails, roll back the whole group + * Group events scheduling is treated as a transaction, add group + * events as a whole and perform one schedulability test. If the test + * fails, roll back the whole group */ + /* + * Start the transaction, after this ->enable() doesn't need + * to do schedulability tests. + */ void (*start_txn) (const struct pmu *pmu); - void (*cancel_txn) (const struct pmu *pmu); + /* + * If ->start_txn() disabled the ->enable() schedulability test + * then ->commit_txn() is required to perform one. On success + * the transaction is closed. On error the transaction is kept + * open until ->cancel_txn() is called. + */ int (*commit_txn) (const struct pmu *pmu); + /* + * Will cancel the transaction, assumes ->disable() is called for + * each successfull ->enable() during the transaction. + */ + void (*cancel_txn) (const struct pmu *pmu); }; /** Index: linux-2.6/kernel/perf_event.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/perf_event.c +++ linux-2.6/kernel/perf_event.c @@ -668,15 +668,9 @@ group_sched_in(struct perf_event *group_ } } - if (!txn) + if (!txn || !pmu->commit_txn(pmu)) return 0; - ret = pmu->commit_txn(pmu); - if (!ret) { - pmu->cancel_txn(pmu); - return 0; - } - group_error: /* * Groups can be scheduled in as one unit only, so undo any
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