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Subject[PATCH v3 2/3] tracing, function_graph: add additional marks to signal very large function execution time
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From: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com>

Currently, function graph tracer prints "!" or "+" just before
function execution time to signal a function overhead, depending
on the time. Even it is usually enough to do that, we sometimes
need to be signaled for bigger execution time than 100 micro seconds.

For example, I used function graph tracer to detect if there is
any case that exit_mm() takes too much time. I did following steps
in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing. It was easier to detect very big
excution time with patched kernel than with original kernel.

$ echo exit_mm > set_graph_function
$ echo function_graph > current_tracer
$ echo > trace
$ cat trace_pipe > $LOGFILE
... (do something and terminate logging)
$ grep "\\$" $LOGFILE
3) $ 22082032 us | } /* kernel_map_pages */
3) $ 22082040 us | } /* free_pages_prepare */
3) $ 22082113 us | } /* free_hot_cold_page */
3) $ 22083455 us | } /* free_hot_cold_page_list */
3) $ 22083895 us | } /* release_pages */
3) $ 22177873 us | } /* free_pages_and_swap_cache */
3) $ 22178929 us | } /* unmap_single_vma */
3) $ 22198885 us | } /* unmap_vmas */
3) $ 22206949 us | } /* exit_mmap */
3) $ 22207659 us | } /* mmput */
3) $ 22207793 us | } /* exit_mm */

And then, it was easy to find out that a schedule-out occured by
sub_preempt_count() within kernel_map_pages().

To detect very large function exection time caused by either problematic
function implementation or scheduling issues, this patch can be useful.

Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com>
---
Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt | 2 ++
kernel/trace/trace.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c | 20 ++++++++++++++------
3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
index 4da4261..f827e2f 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt
@@ -1951,6 +1951,8 @@ want, depending on your needs.

+ means that the function exceeded 10 usecs.
! means that the function exceeded 100 usecs.
+ # means that the function exceeded 1000 usecs.
+ $ means that the function exceeded 1 sec.


- The task/pid field displays the thread cmdline and pid which
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 385391f..d89868a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -331,6 +331,25 @@ struct tracer_flags {
/* Makes more easy to define a tracer opt */
#define TRACER_OPT(s, b) .name = #s, .bit = b

+/* trace overhead mark */
+struct trace_mark {
+ unsigned long long val; /* unit: nsec */
+ char sym;
+};
+
+#define MARK(v, s) {.val = v, .sym = s}
+
+static inline char trace_duration_mark(unsigned long long d,
+ const struct trace_mark m[],
+ int size)
+{
+ int idx = size;
+
+ if (size <= 0) return ' ';
+ while (d <= m[--idx].val && idx > 0);
+
+ return m[idx].sym;
+}

/**
* struct tracer - a specific tracer and its callbacks to interact with debugfs
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c b/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
index cb33f46..d9ac09f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
@@ -797,6 +797,19 @@ trace_print_graph_duration(unsigned long long duration, struct trace_seq *s)
return TRACE_TYPE_HANDLED;
}

+static const struct trace_mark mark[] = {
+ MARK(0ULL , ' '), /* 0 usecs */
+ MARK(10000ULL , '+'), /* 10 usecs */
+ MARK(100000ULL , '!'), /* 100 usecs */
+ MARK(1000000ULL , '#'), /* 1000 usecs */
+ MARK(1000000000ULL , '$'), /* 1 sec */
+};
+
+static inline char find_trace_mark(unsigned long long d)
+{
+ return trace_duration_mark(d, mark, ARRAY_SIZE(mark));
+}
+
static enum print_line_t
print_graph_duration(unsigned long long duration, struct trace_seq *s,
u32 flags)
@@ -822,12 +835,7 @@ print_graph_duration(unsigned long long duration, struct trace_seq *s,

/* Signal a overhead of time execution to the output */
if (flags & TRACE_GRAPH_PRINT_OVERHEAD) {
- /* Duration exceeded 100 usecs */
- if (duration > 100000ULL)
- ret = trace_seq_puts(s, "! ");
- /* Duration exceeded 10 usecs */
- else if (duration > 10000ULL)
- ret = trace_seq_puts(s, "+ ");
+ ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "%c ", find_trace_mark(duration));
}

/*
--
1.7.9.5


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