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Subject[tip:perf/core] perf/core: Fix time tracking bug with multiplexing
Commit-ID:  8fdc65391c6ad16461526a685f03262b3b01bfde
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/8fdc65391c6ad16461526a685f03262b3b01bfde
Author: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
AuthorDate: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 09:26:44 +0200
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
CommitDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 09:54:06 +0200

perf/core: Fix time tracking bug with multiplexing

Stephane reported that commit:

3cbaa5906967 ("perf: Fix ctx time tracking by introducing EVENT_TIME")

introduced a regression wrt. time tracking, as easily observed by:

> This patch introduce a bug in the time tracking of events when
> multiplexing is used.
>
> The issue is easily reproducible with the following perf run:
>
> $ perf stat -a -C 0 -e branches,branches,branches,branches,branches,branches -I 1000
> 1.000730239 652,394 branches (66.41%)
> 1.000730239 597,809 branches (66.41%)
> 1.000730239 593,870 branches (66.63%)
> 1.000730239 651,440 branches (67.03%)
> 1.000730239 656,725 branches (66.96%)
> 1.000730239 <not counted> branches
>
> One branches event is shown as not having run. Yet, with
> multiplexing, all events should run especially with a 1s (-I 1000)
> interval. The delta for time_running comes out to 0. Yet, the event
> has run because the kernel is actually multiplexing the events. The
> problem is that the time tracking is the kernel and especially in
> ctx_sched_out() is wrong now.
>
> The problem is that in case that the kernel enters ctx_sched_out() with the
> following state:
> ctx->is_active=0x7 event_type=0x1
> Call Trace:
> [<ffffffff813ddd41>] dump_stack+0x63/0x82
> [<ffffffff81182bdc>] ctx_sched_out+0x2bc/0x2d0
> [<ffffffff81183896>] perf_mux_hrtimer_handler+0xf6/0x2c0
> [<ffffffff811837a0>] ? __perf_install_in_context+0x130/0x130
> [<ffffffff810f5818>] __hrtimer_run_queues+0xf8/0x2f0
> [<ffffffff810f6097>] hrtimer_interrupt+0xb7/0x1d0
> [<ffffffff810509a8>] local_apic_timer_interrupt+0x38/0x60
> [<ffffffff8175ca9d>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x3d/0x50
> [<ffffffff8175ac7c>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x8c/0xa0
>
> In that case, the test:
> if (is_active & EVENT_TIME)
>
> will be false and the time will not be updated. Time must always be updated on
> sched out.

Fix this by always updating time if EVENT_TIME was set, as opposed to
only updating time when EVENT_TIME changed.

Reported-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Tested-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Cc: kan.liang@intel.com
Cc: namhyung@kernel.org
Fixes: 3cbaa5906967 ("perf: Fix ctx time tracking by introducing EVENT_TIME")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160329072644.GB3408@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
---
kernel/events/core.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index de24fbc..8c11388 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -2417,14 +2417,24 @@ static void ctx_sched_out(struct perf_event_context *ctx,
cpuctx->task_ctx = NULL;
}

- is_active ^= ctx->is_active; /* changed bits */
-
+ /*
+ * Always update time if it was set; not only when it changes.
+ * Otherwise we can 'forget' to update time for any but the last
+ * context we sched out. For example:
+ *
+ * ctx_sched_out(.event_type = EVENT_FLEXIBLE)
+ * ctx_sched_out(.event_type = EVENT_PINNED)
+ *
+ * would only update time for the pinned events.
+ */
if (is_active & EVENT_TIME) {
/* update (and stop) ctx time */
update_context_time(ctx);
update_cgrp_time_from_cpuctx(cpuctx);
}

+ is_active ^= ctx->is_active; /* changed bits */
+
if (!ctx->nr_active || !(is_active & EVENT_ALL))
return;

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