From 7317d7b87edb41a9135e30be1ec3f7ef817c53dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Piggin Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:50:27 +1000 Subject: sched: improve preempt debugging This patch helped me out with a problem I recently had.... Basically, when the kernel lock is held, then preempt_count underflow does not get detected until it is released which may be a long time (and arbitrarily, eg at different points it may be rescheduled). If the bkl is released at schedule, the resulting output is actually fairly cryptic... With any other lock that elevates preempt_count, it is illegal to schedule under it (which would get found pretty quickly). bkl allows scheduling with preempt_count elevated, which makes underflows hard to debug. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/sched.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'kernel/sched.c') diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c index 98890807375b..ec3bd1f398b3 100644 --- a/kernel/sched.c +++ b/kernel/sched.c @@ -4305,7 +4305,7 @@ void __kprobes sub_preempt_count(int val) /* * Underflow? */ - if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(val > preempt_count())) + if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(val > preempt_count() - (!!kernel_locked()))) return; /* * Is the spinlock portion underflowing? -- cgit v1.2.1 From 7e066fb870fcd1025ec3ba7bbde5d541094f4ce1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mathieu Desnoyers Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:47:47 -0500 Subject: tracepoints: add DECLARE_TRACE() and DEFINE_TRACE() Impact: API *CHANGE*. Must update all tracepoint users. Add DEFINE_TRACE() to tracepoints to let them declare the tracepoint structure in a single spot for all the kernel. It helps reducing memory consumption, especially when declaring a lot of tracepoints, e.g. for kmalloc tracing. *API CHANGE WARNING*: now, DECLARE_TRACE() must be used in headers for tracepoint declarations rather than DEFINE_TRACE(). This is the sane way to do it. The name previously used was misleading. Updates scheduler instrumentation to follow this API change. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/sched.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'kernel/sched.c') diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c index 50a21f964679..327f91c63c99 100644 --- a/kernel/sched.c +++ b/kernel/sched.c @@ -118,6 +118,12 @@ */ #define RUNTIME_INF ((u64)~0ULL) +DEFINE_TRACE(sched_wait_task); +DEFINE_TRACE(sched_wakeup); +DEFINE_TRACE(sched_wakeup_new); +DEFINE_TRACE(sched_switch); +DEFINE_TRACE(sched_migrate_task); + #ifdef CONFIG_SMP /* * Divide a load by a sched group cpu_power : (load / sg->__cpu_power) -- cgit v1.2.1 From 74fcd524e808975dd546dac847119f1995a7c622 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oleg Nesterov Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:39:52 +0100 Subject: account_steal_time: kill the unneeded account_group_system_time() Impact: remove unnecessary accounting call I don't actually understand account_steal_time() and I failed to find the commit which added account_group_system_time(), but this looks bogus. In any case rq->idle must be single-threaded, so it can't have ->totals. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/sched.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'kernel/sched.c') diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c index c94baf2969e7..b388c9b243e9 100644 --- a/kernel/sched.c +++ b/kernel/sched.c @@ -4202,7 +4202,6 @@ void account_steal_time(struct task_struct *p, cputime_t steal) if (p == rq->idle) { p->stime = cputime_add(p->stime, steal); - account_group_system_time(p, steal); if (atomic_read(&rq->nr_iowait) > 0) cpustat->iowait = cputime64_add(cpustat->iowait, tmp); else -- cgit v1.2.1 From f201ae2356c74bcae130b2177b3dca903ea98071 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frederic Weisbecker Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:22:56 +0100 Subject: tracing/function-return-tracer: store return stack into task_struct and allocate it dynamically Impact: use deeper function tracing depth safely Some tests showed that function return tracing needed a more deeper depth of function calls. But it could be unsafe to store these return addresses to the stack. So these arrays will now be allocated dynamically into task_struct of current only when the tracer is activated. Typical scheme when tracer is activated: - allocate a return stack for each task in global list. - fork: allocate the return stack for the newly created task - exit: free return stack of current - idle init: same as fork I chose a default depth of 50. I don't have overruns anymore. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/sched.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'kernel/sched.c') diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c index 4de56108c86f..fb17205950de 100644 --- a/kernel/sched.c +++ b/kernel/sched.c @@ -5901,6 +5901,9 @@ void __cpuinit init_idle(struct task_struct *idle, int cpu) * The idle tasks have their own, simple scheduling class: */ idle->sched_class = &idle_sched_class; +#ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_RET_TRACER + ftrace_retfunc_init_task(idle); +#endif } /* -- cgit v1.2.1 From 82f60f0bc854aada696f27d863c03bef91f1509d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ingo Molnar Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:18:56 +0100 Subject: tracing/function-return-tracer: clean up task start/exit callbacks Impact: cleanup Eliminate #ifdefs in core code by using empty inline functions. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/sched.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'kernel/sched.c') diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c index fb17205950de..388d9db044ab 100644 --- a/kernel/sched.c +++ b/kernel/sched.c @@ -5901,9 +5901,7 @@ void __cpuinit init_idle(struct task_struct *idle, int cpu) * The idle tasks have their own, simple scheduling class: */ idle->sched_class = &idle_sched_class; -#ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_RET_TRACER ftrace_retfunc_init_task(idle); -#endif } /* -- cgit v1.2.1