linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] ftrace: add tracepoint for xtime

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:39:17 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Zhaolei <zhaolei@...fujitsu.com>
cc:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] ftrace: add tracepoint for xtime


Thomas,

This patch touches time keeping work. Can I get your ACK on it, or if it 
belongs to someone else, could you tell me who I need.

Thanks,

-- Steve


On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Zhaolei wrote:

> From: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...fujitsu.com>
> 
> This patch can trace current xtime and wall_to_monotonic. Then user can
> use ctime() to convert them to wall time which is easier to be understood,
> especially for flight-recorder which need to get trace event from a kernel
> dump file.
> 
> Example of ftrace output:
>           <idle>-0     [000] 20118.489849: gtod_update_xtime: xtime=1243265589.999999824 wall_to_monotonic=3051713268.744158739
>            <...>-4020  [001] 20118.489855: sys_open(filename: bf9e66e0, flags: 98800, mode: bf9e66e0)
>            <...>-4020  [001] 20118.489873: sys_open -> 0xffffffec
> 
> ctime(1243265590) = date:Mon May 25 11:33:10 2009
> So we can realize the task with pid 4020 open a file at
> Mon May 25 11:33:10 2009
> 
> Changelog:
> v1->v2: Rebased by Zhao Lei <zhaolei@...fujitsu.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhao Lei <zhaolei@...fujitsu.com>
> Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...fujitsu.com>
> ---
>  include/trace/events/xtime.h |   38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  kernel/time/ntp.c            |    4 ++++
>  kernel/time/timekeeping.c    |    6 ++++++
>  3 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 include/trace/events/xtime.h
> 
> diff --git a/include/trace/events/xtime.h b/include/trace/events/xtime.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..398e679
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/trace/events/xtime.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
> +#undef TRACE_SYSTEM
> +#define TRACE_SYSTEM xtime
> +
> +#if !defined(_TRACE_XTIME_H) || defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ)
> +#define _TRACE_XTIME_H
> +
> +#include <linux/time.h>
> +#include <linux/tracepoint.h>
> +
> +TRACE_EVENT(gtod_update_xtime,
> +
> +	TP_PROTO(struct timespec *xtime, struct timespec *wall_to_monotonic),
> +
> +	TP_ARGS(xtime, wall_to_monotonic),
> +
> +	TP_STRUCT__entry(
> +		__field(	long,	xtime_sec		)
> +		__field(	long,	xtime_nsec		)
> +		__field(	long,	wall_to_monotonic_sec	)
> +		__field(	long,	wall_to_monotonic_nsec	)
> +	),
> +
> +	TP_fast_assign(
> +		__entry->xtime_sec		= xtime->tv_sec;
> +		__entry->xtime_nsec		= xtime->tv_nsec;
> +		__entry->wall_to_monotonic_sec	= wall_to_monotonic->tv_sec;
> +		__entry->wall_to_monotonic_nsec	= wall_to_monotonic->tv_nsec;
> +	),
> +
> +	TP_printk("xtime=%ld.%09ld wall_to_monotonic=%ld.%09ld",
> +		  __entry->xtime_sec, __entry->xtime_nsec,
> +		  __entry->wall_to_monotonic_sec, __entry->wall_to_monotonic_nsec)
> +);
> +
> +#endif /* _TRACE_XTIME_H */
> +
> +/* This part must be outside protection */
> +#include <trace/define_trace.h>
> diff --git a/kernel/time/ntp.c b/kernel/time/ntp.c
> index 4800f93..fc2f13a 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/ntp.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/ntp.c
> @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
>  #include <linux/time.h>
>  #include <linux/mm.h>
>  
> +#include <trace/events/xtime.h>
> +
>  /*
>   * NTP timekeeping variables:
>   */
> @@ -218,6 +220,8 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart ntp_leap_second(struct hrtimer *timer)
>  		break;
>  	}
>  
> +	trace_gtod_update_xtime(&xtime, &wall_to_monotonic);
> +
>  	write_sequnlock(&xtime_lock);
>  
>  	return res;
> diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
> index 03cbeb3..2e57a87 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
> @@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
>  #include <linux/tick.h>
>  #include <linux/stop_machine.h>
>  
> +#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
> +#include <trace/events/xtime.h>
> +
>  /* Structure holding internal timekeeping values. */
>  struct timekeeper {
>  	/* Current clocksource used for timekeeping. */
> @@ -338,6 +341,8 @@ int do_settimeofday(struct timespec *tv)
>  
>  	update_vsyscall(&xtime, timekeeper.clock);
>  
> +	trace_gtod_update_xtime(&xtime, &wall_to_monotonic);
> +
>  	write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&xtime_lock, flags);
>  
>  	/* signal hrtimers about time change */
> @@ -811,6 +816,7 @@ void update_wall_time(void)
>  
>  	/* check to see if there is a new clocksource to use */
>  	update_vsyscall(&xtime, timekeeper.clock);
> +	trace_gtod_update_xtime(&xtime, &wall_to_monotonic);
>  }
>  
>  /**
> -- 
> 1.5.5.3
> 
> 
--
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/