From: Steven Rostedt Using context bit recursion checking, we can help increase the performance of the ring buffer. Before this patch: # echo function > /debug/tracing/current_tracer # for i in `seq 10`; do ./hackbench 50; done Time: 10.285 Time: 10.407 Time: 10.243 Time: 10.372 Time: 10.380 Time: 10.198 Time: 10.272 Time: 10.354 Time: 10.248 Time: 10.253 (average: 10.3012) Now we have: # echo function > /debug/tracing/current_tracer # for i in `seq 10`; do ./hackbench 50; done Time: 9.712 Time: 9.824 Time: 9.861 Time: 9.827 Time: 9.962 Time: 9.905 Time: 9.886 Time: 10.088 Time: 9.861 Time: 9.834 (average: 9.876) a 4% savings! Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- kernel/trace/trace.h | 13 +++---- 2 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c index 3c7834c..e91877c 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c @@ -2430,41 +2430,76 @@ rb_reserve_next_event(struct ring_buffer *buffer, #ifdef CONFIG_TRACING -#define TRACE_RECURSIVE_DEPTH 16 +/* + * The lock and unlock are done within a preempt disable section. + * The current_context per_cpu variable can only be modified + * by the current task between lock and unlock. But it can + * be modified more than once via an interrupt. To pass this + * information from the lock to the unlock without having to + * access the 'in_interrupt()' functions again (which do show + * a bit of overhead in something as critical as function tracing, + * we use a bitmask trick. + * + * bit 0 = NMI context + * bit 1 = IRQ context + * bit 2 = SoftIRQ context + * bit 3 = normal context. + * + * This works because this is the order of contexts that can + * preempt other contexts. A SoftIRQ never preempts an IRQ + * context. + * + * When the context is determined, the corresponding bit is + * checked and set (if it was set, then a recursion of that context + * happened). + * + * On unlock, we need to clear this bit. To do so, just subtract + * 1 from the current_context and AND it to itself. + * + * (binary) + * 101 - 1 = 100 + * 101 & 100 = 100 (clearing bit zero) + * + * 1010 - 1 = 1001 + * 1010 & 1001 = 1000 (clearing bit 1) + * + * The least significant bit can be cleared this way, and it + * just so happens that it is the same bit corresponding to + * the current context. + */ +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, current_context); -/* Keep this code out of the fast path cache */ -static noinline void trace_recursive_fail(void) +static __always_inline int trace_recursive_lock(void) { - /* Disable all tracing before we do anything else */ - tracing_off_permanent(); - - printk_once(KERN_WARNING "Tracing recursion: depth[%ld]:" - "HC[%lu]:SC[%lu]:NMI[%lu]\n", - trace_recursion_buffer(), - hardirq_count() >> HARDIRQ_SHIFT, - softirq_count() >> SOFTIRQ_SHIFT, - in_nmi()); + unsigned int val = this_cpu_read(current_context); + int bit; - WARN_ON_ONCE(1); -} - -static inline int trace_recursive_lock(void) -{ - trace_recursion_inc(); + if (in_interrupt()) { + if (in_nmi()) + bit = 0; + else if (in_irq()) + bit = 1; + else + bit = 2; + } else + bit = 3; - if (likely(trace_recursion_buffer() < TRACE_RECURSIVE_DEPTH)) - return 0; + if (unlikely(val & (1 << bit))) + return 1; - trace_recursive_fail(); + val |= (1 << bit); + this_cpu_write(current_context, val); - return -1; + return 0; } -static inline void trace_recursive_unlock(void) +static __always_inline void trace_recursive_unlock(void) { - WARN_ON_ONCE(!trace_recursion_buffer()); + unsigned int val = this_cpu_read(current_context); - trace_recursion_dec(); + val--; + val &= this_cpu_read(current_context); + this_cpu_write(current_context, val); } #else diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h index e397f66..d0fe7fbc 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.h +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h @@ -291,11 +291,6 @@ struct tracer { /* Only current can touch trace_recursion */ -#define trace_recursion_inc() do { (current)->trace_recursion++; } while (0) -#define trace_recursion_dec() do { (current)->trace_recursion--; } while (0) - -/* Ring buffer has the 10 LSB bits to count */ -#define trace_recursion_buffer() ((current)->trace_recursion & 0x3ff) /* * For function tracing recursion: @@ -323,7 +318,13 @@ struct tracer { * caller, and we can skip the current check. */ enum { - TRACE_FTRACE_BIT = 11, + TRACE_BUFFER_BIT, + TRACE_BUFFER_NMI_BIT, + TRACE_BUFFER_IRQ_BIT, + TRACE_BUFFER_SIRQ_BIT, + + /* Start of function recursion bits */ + TRACE_FTRACE_BIT, TRACE_FTRACE_NMI_BIT, TRACE_FTRACE_IRQ_BIT, TRACE_FTRACE_SIRQ_BIT, -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/