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Message-Id: <20090307235209.5A84.A69D9226@jp.fujitsu.com> Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 23:53:40 +0900 (JST) From: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com> To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Cc: kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com Subject: [PATCH for tip] ftrace: remove latency_trace document Subject: [PATCH] remove latency_trace document Currently, there aren't "Latency tracer" and latency_trace file. Then, its documentation is removed too. Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com> --- Documentation/ftrace.txt | 550 +-------------------------------------------- 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 537 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/ftrace.txt b/Documentation/ftrace.txt index 22614be..d124e6a 100644 --- a/Documentation/ftrace.txt +++ b/Documentation/ftrace.txt @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ means that the list of tracers can always grow). The File System --------------- - +1 Ftrace uses the debugfs file system to hold the control files as well as the files to display output. @@ -73,26 +73,19 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files: This file holds the output of the trace in a human readable format (described below). - latency_trace: - - This file shows the same trace but the information - is organized more to display possible latencies - in the system (described below). - trace_pipe: The output is the same as the "trace" file but this file is meant to be streamed with live tracing. Reads from this file will block until new data - is retrieved. Unlike the "trace" and "latency_trace" - files, this file is a consumer. This means reading - from this file causes sequential reads to display - more current data. Once data is read from this - file, it is consumed, and will not be read - again with a sequential read. The "trace" and - "latency_trace" files are static, and if the - tracer is not adding more data, they will display - the same information every time they are read. + is retrieved. Unlike the "trace" file, this file + is a consumer. This means reading from this file + causes sequential reads to display more current data. + Once data is read from this file, it is consumed, + and will not be read again with a sequential read. + The "trace" files is static, and if the tracer is not + adding more data, they will display the same information + every time they are read. trace_options: @@ -105,10 +98,10 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files: Some of the tracers record the max latency. For example, the time interrupts are disabled. This time is saved in this file. The max trace - will also be stored, and displayed by either - "trace" or "latency_trace". A new max trace will - only be recorded if the latency is greater than - the value in this file. (in microseconds) + will also be stored, and displayed by "trace". + A new max trace will only be recorded if the + latency is greater than the value in this file. + (in microseconds) buffer_size_kb: @@ -192,25 +185,6 @@ Here is the list of current tracers that may be configured. Traces the context switches and wakeups between tasks. - "irqsoff" - - Traces the areas that disable interrupts and saves - the trace with the longest max latency. - See tracing_max_latency. When a new max is recorded, - it replaces the old trace. It is best to view this - trace via the latency_trace file. - - "preemptoff" - - Similar to irqsoff but traces and records the amount of - time for which preemption is disabled. - - "preemptirqsoff" - - Similar to irqsoff and preemptoff, but traces and - records the largest time for which irqs and/or preemption - is disabled. - "wakeup" Traces and records the max latency that it takes for @@ -292,97 +266,6 @@ nice 19. The prio "140" is reserved for the idle task which is the lowest priority thread (pid 0). -Latency trace format --------------------- - -For traces that display latency times, the latency_trace file -gives somewhat more information to see why a latency happened. -Here is a typical trace. - -# tracer: irqsoff -# -irqsoff latency trace v1.1.5 on 2.6.26-rc8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- - latency: 97 us, #3/3, CPU#0 | (M:preempt VP:0, KP:0, SP:0 HP:0 #P:2) - ----------------- - | task: swapper-0 (uid:0 nice:0 policy:0 rt_prio:0) - ----------------- - => started at: apic_timer_interrupt - => ended at: do_softirq - -# _------=> CPU# -# / _-----=> irqs-off -# | / _----=> need-resched -# || / _---=> hardirq/softirq -# ||| / _--=> preempt-depth -# |||| / -# ||||| delay -# cmd pid ||||| time | caller -# \ / ||||| \ | / - <idle>-0 0d..1 0us+: trace_hardirqs_off_thunk (apic_timer_interrupt) - <idle>-0 0d.s. 97us : __do_softirq (do_softirq) - <idle>-0 0d.s1 98us : trace_hardirqs_on (do_softirq) - - -This shows that the current tracer is "irqsoff" tracing the time -for which interrupts were disabled. It gives the trace version -and the version of the kernel upon which this was executed on -(2.6.26-rc8). Then it displays the max latency in microsecs (97 -us). The number of trace entries displayed and the total number -recorded (both are three: #3/3). The type of preemption that was -used (PREEMPT). VP, KP, SP, and HP are always zero and are -reserved for later use. #P is the number of online CPUS (#P:2). - -The task is the process that was running when the latency -occurred. (swapper pid: 0). - -The start and stop (the functions in which the interrupts were -disabled and enabled respectively) that caused the latencies: - - apic_timer_interrupt is where the interrupts were disabled. - do_softirq is where they were enabled again. - -The next lines after the header are the trace itself. The header -explains which is which. - - cmd: The name of the process in the trace. - - pid: The PID of that process. - - CPU#: The CPU which the process was running on. - - irqs-off: 'd' interrupts are disabled. '.' otherwise. - Note: If the architecture does not support a way to - read the irq flags variable, an 'X' will always - be printed here. - - need-resched: 'N' task need_resched is set, '.' otherwise. - - hardirq/softirq: - 'H' - hard irq occurred inside a softirq. - 'h' - hard irq is running - 's' - soft irq is running - '.' - normal context. - - preempt-depth: The level of preempt_disabled - -The above is mostly meaningful for kernel developers. - - time: This differs from the trace file output. The trace file output - includes an absolute timestamp. The timestamp used by the - latency_trace file is relative to the start of the trace. - - delay: This is just to help catch your eye a bit better. And - needs to be fixed to be only relative to the same CPU. - The marks are determined by the difference between this - current trace and the next trace. - '!' - greater than preempt_mark_thresh (default 100) - '+' - greater than 1 microsecond - ' ' - less than or equal to 1 microsecond. - - The rest is the same as the 'trace' file. - - trace_options ------------- @@ -556,413 +439,6 @@ functions that are within the trace. The descriptions of the tracers will also show an example with ftrace enabled. -irqsoff -------- - -When interrupts are disabled, the CPU can not react to any other -external event (besides NMIs and SMIs). This prevents the timer -interrupt from triggering or the mouse interrupt from letting -the kernel know of a new mouse event. The result is a latency -with the reaction time. - -The irqsoff tracer tracks the time for which interrupts are -disabled. When a new maximum latency is hit, the tracer saves -the trace leading up to that latency point so that every time a -new maximum is reached, the old saved trace is discarded and the -new trace is saved. - -To reset the maximum, echo 0 into tracing_max_latency. Here is -an example: - - # echo irqsoff > /debug/tracing/current_tracer - # echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency - # echo 1 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled - # ls -ltr - [...] - # echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled - # cat /debug/tracing/latency_trace -# tracer: irqsoff -# -irqsoff latency trace v1.1.5 on 2.6.26 --------------------------------------------------------------------- - latency: 12 us, #3/3, CPU#1 | (M:preempt VP:0, KP:0, SP:0 HP:0 #P:2) - ----------------- - | task: bash-3730 (uid:0 nice:0 policy:0 rt_prio:0) - ----------------- - => started at: sys_setpgid - => ended at: sys_setpgid - -# _------=> CPU# -# / _-----=> irqs-off -# | / _----=> need-resched -# || / _---=> hardirq/softirq -# ||| / _--=> preempt-depth -# |||| / -# ||||| delay -# cmd pid ||||| time | caller -# \ / ||||| \ | / - bash-3730 1d... 0us : _write_lock_irq (sys_setpgid) - bash-3730 1d..1 1us+: _write_unlock_irq (sys_setpgid) - bash-3730 1d..2 14us : trace_hardirqs_on (sys_setpgid) - - -Here we see that that we had a latency of 12 microsecs (which is -very good). The _write_lock_irq in sys_setpgid disabled -interrupts. The difference between the 12 and the displayed -timestamp 14us occurred because the clock was incremented -between the time of recording the max latency and the time of -recording the function that had that latency. - -Note the above example had ftrace_enabled not set. If we set the -ftrace_enabled, we get a much larger output: - -# tracer: irqsoff -# -irqsoff latency trace v1.1.5 on 2.6.26-rc8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- - latency: 50 us, #101/101, CPU#0 | (M:preempt VP:0, KP:0, SP:0 HP:0 #P:2) - ----------------- - | task: ls-4339 (uid:0 nice:0 policy:0 rt_prio:0) - ----------------- - => started at: __alloc_pages_internal - => ended at: __alloc_pages_internal - -# _------=> CPU# -# / _-----=> irqs-off -# | / _----=> need-resched -# || / _---=> hardirq/softirq -# ||| / _--=> preempt-depth -# |||| / -# ||||| delay -# cmd pid ||||| time | caller -# \ / ||||| \ | / - ls-4339 0...1 0us+: get_page_from_freelist (__alloc_pages_internal) - ls-4339 0d..1 3us : rmqueue_bulk (get_page_from_freelist) - ls-4339 0d..1 3us : _spin_lock (rmqueue_bulk) - ls-4339 0d..1 4us : add_preempt_count (_spin_lock) - ls-4339 0d..2 4us : __rmqueue (rmqueue_bulk) - ls-4339 0d..2 5us : __rmqueue_smallest (__rmqueue) - ls-4339 0d..2 5us : __mod_zone_page_state (__rmqueue_smallest) - ls-4339 0d..2 6us : __rmqueue (rmqueue_bulk) - ls-4339 0d..2 6us : __rmqueue_smallest (__rmqueue) - ls-4339 0d..2 7us : __mod_zone_page_state (__rmqueue_smallest) - ls-4339 0d..2 7us : __rmqueue (rmqueue_bulk) - ls-4339 0d..2 8us : __rmqueue_smallest (__rmqueue) -[...] - ls-4339 0d..2 46us : __rmqueue_smallest (__rmqueue) - ls-4339 0d..2 47us : __mod_zone_page_state (__rmqueue_smallest) - ls-4339 0d..2 47us : __rmqueue (rmqueue_bulk) - ls-4339 0d..2 48us : __rmqueue_smallest (__rmqueue) - ls-4339 0d..2 48us : __mod_zone_page_state (__rmqueue_smallest) - ls-4339 0d..2 49us : _spin_unlock (rmqueue_bulk) - ls-4339 0d..2 49us : sub_preempt_count (_spin_unlock) - ls-4339 0d..1 50us : get_page_from_freelist (__alloc_pages_internal) - ls-4339 0d..2 51us : trace_hardirqs_on (__alloc_pages_internal) - - - -Here we traced a 50 microsecond latency. But we also see all the -functions that were called during that time. Note that by -enabling function tracing, we incur an added overhead. This -overhead may extend the latency times. But nevertheless, this -trace has provided some very helpful debugging information. - - -preemptoff ----------- - -When preemption is disabled, we may be able to receive -interrupts but the task cannot be preempted and a higher -priority task must wait for preemption to be enabled again -before it can preempt a lower priority task. - -The preemptoff tracer traces the places that disable preemption. -Like the irqsoff tracer, it records the maximum latency for -which preemption was disabled. The control of preemptoff tracer -is much like the irqsoff tracer. - - # echo preemptoff > /debug/tracing/current_tracer - # echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency - # echo 1 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled - # ls -ltr - [...] - # echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled - # cat /debug/tracing/latency_trace -# tracer: preemptoff -# -preemptoff latency trace v1.1.5 on 2.6.26-rc8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- - latency: 29 us, #3/3, CPU#0 | (M:preempt VP:0, KP:0, SP:0 HP:0 #P:2) - ----------------- - | task: sshd-4261 (uid:0 nice:0 policy:0 rt_prio:0) - ----------------- - => started at: do_IRQ - => ended at: __do_softirq - -# _------=> CPU# -# / _-----=> irqs-off -# | / _----=> need-resched -# || / _---=> hardirq/softirq -# ||| / _--=> preempt-depth -# |||| / -# ||||| delay -# cmd pid ||||| time | caller -# \ / ||||| \ | / - sshd-4261 0d.h. 0us+: irq_enter (do_IRQ) - sshd-4261 0d.s. 29us : _local_bh_enable (__do_softirq) - sshd-4261 0d.s1 30us : trace_preempt_on (__do_softirq) - - -This has some more changes. Preemption was disabled when an -interrupt came in (notice the 'h'), and was enabled while doing -a softirq. (notice the 's'). But we also see that interrupts -have been disabled when entering the preempt off section and -leaving it (the 'd'). We do not know if interrupts were enabled -in the mean time. - -# tracer: preemptoff -# -preemptoff latency trace v1.1.5 on 2.6.26-rc8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- - latency: 63 us, #87/87, CPU#0 | (M:preempt VP:0, KP:0, SP:0 HP:0 #P:2) - ----------------- - | task: sshd-4261 (uid:0 nice:0 policy:0 rt_prio:0) - ----------------- - => started at: remove_wait_queue - => ended at: __do_softirq - -# _------=> CPU# -# / _-----=> irqs-off -# | / _----=> need-resched -# || / _---=> hardirq/softirq -# ||| / _--=> preempt-depth -# |||| / -# ||||| delay -# cmd pid ||||| time | caller -# \ / ||||| \ | / - sshd-4261 0d..1 0us : _spin_lock_irqsave (remove_wait_queue) - sshd-4261 0d..1 1us : _spin_unlock_irqrestore (remove_wait_queue) - sshd-4261 0d..1 2us : do_IRQ (common_interrupt) - sshd-4261 0d..1 2us : irq_enter (do_IRQ) - sshd-4261 0d..1 2us : idle_cpu (irq_enter) - sshd-4261 0d..1 3us : add_preempt_count (irq_enter) - sshd-4261 0d.h1 3us : idle_cpu (irq_enter) - sshd-4261 0d.h. 4us : handle_fasteoi_irq (do_IRQ) -[...] - sshd-4261 0d.h. 12us : add_preempt_count (_spin_lock) - sshd-4261 0d.h1 12us : ack_ioapic_quirk_irq (handle_fasteoi_irq) - sshd-4261 0d.h1 13us : move_native_irq (ack_ioapic_quirk_irq) - sshd-4261 0d.h1 13us : _spin_unlock (handle_fasteoi_irq) - sshd-4261 0d.h1 14us : sub_preempt_count (_spin_unlock) - sshd-4261 0d.h1 14us : irq_exit (do_IRQ) - sshd-4261 0d.h1 15us : sub_preempt_count (irq_exit) - sshd-4261 0d..2 15us : do_softirq (irq_exit) - sshd-4261 0d... 15us : __do_softirq (do_softirq) - sshd-4261 0d... 16us : __local_bh_disable (__do_softirq) - sshd-4261 0d... 16us+: add_preempt_count (__local_bh_disable) - sshd-4261 0d.s4 20us : add_preempt_count (__local_bh_disable) - sshd-4261 0d.s4 21us : sub_preempt_count (local_bh_enable) - sshd-4261 0d.s5 21us : sub_preempt_count (local_bh_enable) -[...] - sshd-4261 0d.s6 41us : add_preempt_count (__local_bh_disable) - sshd-4261 0d.s6 42us : sub_preempt_count (local_bh_enable) - sshd-4261 0d.s7 42us : sub_preempt_count (local_bh_enable) - sshd-4261 0d.s5 43us : add_preempt_count (__local_bh_disable) - sshd-4261 0d.s5 43us : sub_preempt_count (local_bh_enable_ip) - sshd-4261 0d.s6 44us : sub_preempt_count (local_bh_enable_ip) - sshd-4261 0d.s5 44us : add_preempt_count (__local_bh_disable) - sshd-4261 0d.s5 45us : sub_preempt_count (local_bh_enable) -[...] - sshd-4261 0d.s. 63us : _local_bh_enable (__do_softirq) - sshd-4261 0d.s1 64us : trace_preempt_on (__do_softirq) - - -The above is an example of the preemptoff trace with -ftrace_enabled set. Here we see that interrupts were disabled -the entire time. The irq_enter code lets us know that we entered -an interrupt 'h'. Before that, the functions being traced still -show that it is not in an interrupt, but we can see from the -functions themselves that this is not the case. - -Notice that __do_softirq when called does not have a -preempt_count. It may seem that we missed a preempt enabling. -What really happened is that the preempt count is held on the -thread's stack and we switched to the softirq stack (4K stacks -in effect). The code does not copy the preempt count, but -because interrupts are disabled, we do not need to worry about -it. Having a tracer like this is good for letting people know -what really happens inside the kernel. - - -preemptirqsoff --------------- - -Knowing the locations that have interrupts disabled or -preemption disabled for the longest times is helpful. But -sometimes we would like to know when either preemption and/or -interrupts are disabled. - -Consider the following code: - - local_irq_disable(); - call_function_with_irqs_off(); - preempt_disable(); - call_function_with_irqs_and_preemption_off(); - local_irq_enable(); - call_function_with_preemption_off(); - preempt_enable(); - -The irqsoff tracer will record the total length of -call_function_with_irqs_off() and -call_function_with_irqs_and_preemption_off(). - -The preemptoff tracer will record the total length of -call_function_with_irqs_and_preemption_off() and -call_function_with_preemption_off(). - -But neither will trace the time that interrupts and/or -preemption is disabled. This total time is the time that we can -not schedule. To record this time, use the preemptirqsoff -tracer. - -Again, using this trace is much like the irqsoff and preemptoff -tracers. - - # echo preemptirqsoff > /debug/tracing/current_tracer - # echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_max_latency - # echo 1 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled - # ls -ltr - [...] - # echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_enabled - # cat /debug/tracing/latency_trace -# tracer: preemptirqsoff -# -preemptirqsoff latency trace v1.1.5 on 2.6.26-rc8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- - latency: 293 us, #3/3, CPU#0 | (M:preempt VP:0, KP:0, SP:0 HP:0 #P:2) - ----------------- - | task: ls-4860 (uid:0 nice:0 policy:0 rt_prio:0) - ----------------- - => started at: apic_timer_interrupt - => ended at: __do_softirq - -# _------=> CPU# -# / _-----=> irqs-off -# | / _----=> need-resched -# || / _---=> hardirq/softirq -# ||| / _--=> preempt-depth -# |||| / -# ||||| delay -# cmd pid ||||| time | caller -# \ / ||||| \ | / - ls-4860 0d... 0us!: trace_hardirqs_off_thunk (apic_timer_interrupt) - ls-4860 0d.s. 294us : _local_bh_enable (__do_softirq) - ls-4860 0d.s1 294us : trace_preempt_on (__do_softirq) - - - -The trace_hardirqs_off_thunk is called from assembly on x86 when -interrupts are disabled in the assembly code. Without the -function tracing, we do not know if interrupts were enabled -within the preemption points. We do see that it started with -preemption enabled. - -Here is a trace with ftrace_enabled set: - - -# tracer: preemptirqsoff -# -preemptirqsoff latency trace v1.1.5 on 2.6.26-rc8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- - latency: 105 us, #183/183, CPU#0 | (M:preempt VP:0, KP:0, SP:0 HP:0 #P:2) - ----------------- - | task: sshd-4261 (uid:0 nice:0 policy:0 rt_prio:0) - ----------------- - => started at: write_chan - => ended at: __do_softirq - -# _------=> CPU# -# / _-----=> irqs-off -# | / _----=> need-resched -# || / _---=> hardirq/softirq -# ||| / _--=> preempt-depth -# |||| / -# ||||| delay -# cmd pid ||||| time | caller -# \ / ||||| \ | / - ls-4473 0.N.. 0us : preempt_schedule (write_chan) - ls-4473 0dN.1 1us : _spin_lock (schedule) - ls-4473 0dN.1 2us : add_preempt_count (_spin_lock) - ls-4473 0d..2 2us : put_prev_task_fair (schedule) -[...] - ls-4473 0d..2 13us : set_normalized_timespec (ktime_get_ts) - ls-4473 0d..2 13us : __switch_to (schedule) - sshd-4261 0d..2 14us : finish_task_switch (schedule) - sshd-4261 0d..2 14us : _spin_unlock_irq (finish_task_switch) - sshd-4261 0d..1 15us : add_preempt_count (_spin_lock_irqsave) - sshd-4261 0d..2 16us : _spin_unlock_irqrestore (hrtick_set) - sshd-4261 0d..2 16us : do_IRQ (common_interrupt) - sshd-4261 0d..2 17us : irq_enter (do_IRQ) - sshd-4261 0d..2 17us : idle_cpu (irq_enter) - sshd-4261 0d..2 18us : add_preempt_count (irq_enter) - sshd-4261 0d.h2 18us : idle_cpu (irq_enter) - sshd-4261 0d.h. 18us : handle_fasteoi_irq (do_IRQ) - sshd-4261 0d.h. 19us : _spin_lock (handle_fasteoi_irq) - sshd-4261 0d.h. 19us : add_preempt_count (_spin_lock) - sshd-4261 0d.h1 20us : _spin_unlock (handle_fasteoi_irq) - sshd-4261 0d.h1 20us : sub_preempt_count (_spin_unlock) -[...] - sshd-4261 0d.h1 28us : _spin_unlock (handle_fasteoi_irq) - sshd-4261 0d.h1 29us : sub_preempt_count (_spin_unlock) - sshd-4261 0d.h2 29us : irq_exit (do_IRQ) - sshd-4261 0d.h2 29us : sub_preempt_count (irq_exit) - sshd-4261 0d..3 30us : do_softirq (irq_exit) - sshd-4261 0d... 30us : __do_softirq (do_softirq) - sshd-4261 0d... 31us : __local_bh_disable (__do_softirq) - sshd-4261 0d... 31us+: add_preempt_count (__local_bh_disable) - sshd-4261 0d.s4 34us : add_preempt_count (__local_bh_disable) -[...] - sshd-4261 0d.s3 43us : sub_preempt_count (local_bh_enable_ip) - sshd-4261 0d.s4 44us : sub_preempt_count (local_bh_enable_ip) - sshd-4261 0d.s3 44us : smp_apic_timer_interrupt (apic_timer_interrupt) - sshd-4261 0d.s3 45us : irq_enter (smp_apic_timer_interrupt) - sshd-4261 0d.s3 45us : idle_cpu (irq_enter) - sshd-4261 0d.s3 46us : add_preempt_count (irq_enter) - sshd-4261 0d.H3 46us : idle_cpu (irq_enter) - sshd-4261 0d.H3 47us : hrtimer_interrupt (smp_apic_timer_interrupt) - sshd-4261 0d.H3 47us : ktime_get (hrtimer_interrupt) -[...] - sshd-4261 0d.H3 81us : tick_program_event (hrtimer_interrupt) - sshd-4261 0d.H3 82us : ktime_get (tick_program_event) - sshd-4261 0d.H3 82us : ktime_get_ts (ktime_get) - sshd-4261 0d.H3 83us : getnstimeofday (ktime_get_ts) - sshd-4261 0d.H3 83us : set_normalized_timespec (ktime_get_ts) - sshd-4261 0d.H3 84us : clockevents_program_event (tick_program_event) - sshd-4261 0d.H3 84us : lapic_next_event (clockevents_program_event) - sshd-4261 0d.H3 85us : irq_exit (smp_apic_timer_interrupt) - sshd-4261 0d.H3 85us : sub_preempt_count (irq_exit) - sshd-4261 0d.s4 86us : sub_preempt_count (irq_exit) - sshd-4261 0d.s3 86us : add_preempt_count (__local_bh_disable) -[...] - sshd-4261 0d.s1 98us : sub_preempt_count (net_rx_action) - sshd-4261 0d.s. 99us : add_preempt_count (_spin_lock_irq) - sshd-4261 0d.s1 99us+: _spin_unlock_irq (run_timer_softirq) - sshd-4261 0d.s. 104us : _local_bh_enable (__do_softirq) - sshd-4261 0d.s. 104us : sub_preempt_count (_local_bh_enable) - sshd-4261 0d.s. 105us : _local_bh_enable (__do_softirq) - sshd-4261 0d.s1 105us : trace_preempt_on (__do_softirq) - - -This is a very interesting trace. It started with the preemption -of the ls task. We see that the task had the "need_resched" bit -set via the 'N' in the trace. Interrupts were disabled before -the spin_lock at the beginning of the trace. We see that a -schedule took place to run sshd. When the interrupts were -enabled, we took an interrupt. On return from the interrupt -handler, the softirq ran. We took another interrupt while -running the softirq as we see from the capital 'H'. - - wakeup ------ -- 1.6.0.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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