linux-kernel - [PATCH 24/24] nohz: Add some tracing

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Date:	Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:33:11 +0100
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>,
	Gilad Ben Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>,
	Hakan Akkan <hakanakkan@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 24/24] nohz: Add some tracing

Not for merge, just for debugging.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc: Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>
Cc: Gilad Ben Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>
Cc: Hakan Akkan <hakanakkan@...il.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/time/tick-sched.c |   27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 4f4fa13..f75a85f 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ static void tick_sched_handle(struct tick_sched *ts, struct pt_regs *regs)
 			ts->idle_jiffies++;
 	}
 #endif
+	trace_printk("tick\n");
 	update_process_times(user_mode(regs));
 	profile_tick(CPU_PROFILING);
 }
@@ -589,17 +590,30 @@ void tick_nohz_idle_enter(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
 static bool can_stop_full_tick(int cpu)
 {
-	if (!sched_can_stop_tick())
+	if (!sched_can_stop_tick()) {
+		trace_printk("Can't stop: sched\n");
 		return false;
+	}
 
-	if (!rcu_is_nocb_cpu(cpu))
+	if (!rcu_is_nocb_cpu(cpu)) {
+		trace_printk("Can't stop: not RCU nocb\n");
 		return false;
+	}
 
-	if (rcu_pending(cpu))
+	/*
+	 * Keep the tick if we are asked to report a quiescent state.
+	 * This must be further optimized (avoid checks for local callbacks,
+	 * ignore RCU in userspace, etc...
+	 */
+	if (rcu_pending(cpu)) {
+		trace_printk("Can't stop: RCU pending\n");
 		return false;
+	}
 
-	if (posix_cpu_timers_running(current))
+	if (posix_cpu_timers_running(current)) {
+		trace_printk("Can't stop: posix CPU timers running\n");
 		return false;
+	}
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -613,12 +627,15 @@ static void tick_nohz_full_stop_tick(struct tick_sched *ts)
 	if (!tick_nohz_full_cpu(cpu) || is_idle_task(current))
 		return;
 
-	if (!ts->tick_stopped && ts->nohz_mode == NOHZ_MODE_INACTIVE)
+	if (!ts->tick_stopped && ts->nohz_mode == NOHZ_MODE_INACTIVE) {
+		trace_printk("Can't stop: NOHZ_MODE_INACTIVE\n");
 		return;
+	}
 
 	if (!can_stop_full_tick(cpu))
 		return;
 
+	trace_printk("Stop tick\n");
 	tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(ts, ktime_get(), cpu);
 #endif
 }
-- 
1.7.5.4

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