Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | KOSAKI Motohiro <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ftrace: Don't use tracing_record_cmdline() in workqueue tracer | Date | Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:57:02 +0900 (JST) |
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> > * KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> wrote: > > > Currently, /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_stat/workqueues can > > display wrong and strang thread name. > > > > Why? > > > > Currently, ftrace has > > tracing_record_cmdline()/trace_find_cmdline() convinience > > function. they implement task->comm string cache. it can avoid > > unnecessary memcpy overhead. and workqueue tracer use it. > > > > However, in general, any trace stastics feature shouldn't use > > tracing_record_cmdline(). A trace stastics can display very > > old process. then comm cache can return wrong string because > > recent process override the cache. > > > > Fortunately, workqueue trace gerantee to live displayed > > process. Then, we can search comm string from pid at display > > time. > > Applied, thanks! > > We might need to improve the comm-cache - i've seen frequent > artifacts due to it. Displaying <...> is _far_ better than an > outright misleading string displayed. > > I.e. the cache should be improved to be properly coherent with > reality. > > Ingo
Doh! My last mail's cc list didn't include lkml. that's unintensional silly my mistake. very sorry.
and Yes, memcpy(buf, task->comm, 16) mean two movq instruction. that is worthless for caching. I think we can remove this cache completely.
and, I find my last patch has one race window. fixing below.
================================ Subject: [PATCH] tracing: Don't use tracing_record_cmdline() in workqueue tracer fix
last "Don't use tracing_record_cmdline() in workqueue tracer" patch have a race window.
find_task_by_vpid() require task_list_lock(). but the patch doesn't.
fixing here.
Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> --- kernel/trace/trace_workqueue.c | 20 ++++++++++++++------ 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_workqueue.c b/kernel/trace/trace_workqueue.c index 46c8dc8..e6c4d00 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_workqueue.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_workqueue.c @@ -193,12 +193,20 @@ static int workqueue_stat_show(struct seq_file *s, void *p) struct cpu_workqueue_stats *cws = p; unsigned long flags; int cpu = cws->cpu; - struct task_struct *tsk = find_task_by_vpid(cws->pid); - - seq_printf(s, "%3d %6d %6u %s\n", cws->cpu, - atomic_read(&cws->inserted), - cws->executed, - tsk ? tsk->comm : "<...>"); + struct pid *pid; + struct task_struct *tsk; + + pid = find_get_pid(cws->pid); + if (pid) { + tsk = get_pid_task(pid, PIDTYPE_PID); + if (tsk) { + seq_printf(s, "%3d %6d %6u %s\n", cws->cpu, + atomic_read(&cws->inserted), cws->executed, + tsk->comm); + put_task_struct(tsk); + } + put_pid(pid); + } spin_lock_irqsave(&workqueue_cpu_stat(cpu)->lock, flags); if (&cws->list == workqueue_cpu_stat(cpu)->list.next) -- 1.6.1.2
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