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Message-ID: <20141230083524.GA2143@x4>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 09:35:24 +0100
From: Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@...ppelsdorf.de>
To: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: "perf top -g" leaking ~300MB per second.
On 2014.12.30 at 14:38 +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> Hi David and Markus,
>
> On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 11:16:43AM -0700, David Ahern wrote:
> > On 12/13/14 8:26 AM, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > >The callchain code was done initially for 'report' and when I made 'top'
> > >reuse the hist_entry code allowing 'top' to collect callchains was too
> > >easy, but then we need to go thru the callchain/hists/hist_entry code to
> > >make sure that they don't leak, will try to do it...
> > >
> >
> > As I recall it is build up of the dead_threads list.
>
> Maybe. But I guess it's because of leak of callchains..
>
> Markus, could you please test below patch how much it affects?
Thanks Namhyung. It leaks an order of magnitude less memory now:
~30MB/sec on my machine.
Valgrind shows (last entries of the list):
...
==20512== 7,225,920 bytes in 17,370 blocks are possibly lost in loss record 295 of 301
==20512== at 0x402B000: calloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:623)
==20512== by 0x4A6996: zalloc (util.h:189)
==20512== by 0x4A6996: hist_entry__new (hist.c:309)
==20512== by 0x4A8249: add_hist_entry (hist.c:431)
==20512== by 0x4A8249: __hists__add_entry (hist.c:477)
==20512== by 0x4A8902: iter_add_single_cumulative_entry (hist.c:730)
==20512== by 0x4A8A64: hist_entry_iter__add (hist.c:876)
==20512== by 0x43787A: perf_event__process_sample (builtin-top.c:787)
==20512== by 0x43787A: perf_top__mmap_read_idx (builtin-top.c:854)
==20512== by 0x4395EE: perf_top__mmap_read (builtin-top.c:871)
==20512== by 0x4395EE: __cmd_top (builtin-top.c:974)
==20512== by 0x4395EE: cmd_top (builtin-top.c:1266)
==20512== by 0x41B702: run_builtin (perf.c:341)
==20512== by 0x41AE51: handle_internal_command (perf.c:400)
==20512== by 0x41AE51: run_argv (perf.c:444)
==20512== by 0x41AE51: main (perf.c:559)
==20512==
==20512== 8,922,480 bytes in 159,330 blocks are possibly lost in loss record 296 of 301
==20512== at 0x402B000: calloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:623)
==20512== by 0x4821FE: zalloc (util.h:189)
==20512== by 0x4821FE: fill_node (callchain.c:450)
==20512== by 0x4821FE: add_child (callchain.c:473)
==20512== by 0x4821FE: append_chain_children (callchain.c:596)
==20512== by 0x48514E: callchain_append (callchain.c:672)
==20512== by 0x4A8947: iter_add_single_cumulative_entry (hist.c:739)
==20512== by 0x4A8A64: hist_entry_iter__add (hist.c:876)
==20512== by 0x43787A: perf_event__process_sample (builtin-top.c:787)
==20512== by 0x43787A: perf_top__mmap_read_idx (builtin-top.c:854)
==20512== by 0x43967E: perf_top__mmap_read (builtin-top.c:871)
==20512== by 0x43967E: __cmd_top (builtin-top.c:996)
==20512== by 0x43967E: cmd_top (builtin-top.c:1266)
==20512== by 0x41B702: run_builtin (perf.c:341)
==20512== by 0x41AE51: handle_internal_command (perf.c:400)
==20512== by 0x41AE51: run_argv (perf.c:444)
==20512== by 0x41AE51: main (perf.c:559)
==20512==
==20512== 11,050,136 bytes in 1,663 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 297 of 301
==20512== at 0x402B000: calloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:623)
==20512== by 0x44F7BF: zalloc (util.h:189)
==20512== by 0x44F7BF: symbol__alloc_hist (annotate.c:455)
==20512== by 0x44F7BF: symbol__inc_addr_samples (annotate.c:507)
==20512== by 0x44F7BF: hist_entry__inc_addr_samples (annotate.c:521)
==20512== by 0x437A65: perf_top__record_precise_ip (builtin-top.c:195)
==20512== by 0x437A65: hist_iter__top_callback (builtin-top.c:688)
==20512== by 0x4A8AC8: hist_entry_iter__add (hist.c:892)
==20512== by 0x43787A: perf_event__process_sample (builtin-top.c:787)
==20512== by 0x43787A: perf_top__mmap_read_idx (builtin-top.c:854)
==20512== by 0x43967E: perf_top__mmap_read (builtin-top.c:871)
==20512== by 0x43967E: __cmd_top (builtin-top.c:996)
==20512== by 0x43967E: cmd_top (builtin-top.c:1266)
==20512== by 0x41B702: run_builtin (perf.c:341)
==20512== by 0x41AE51: handle_internal_command (perf.c:400)
==20512== by 0x41AE51: run_argv (perf.c:444)
==20512== by 0x41AE51: main (perf.c:559)
==20512==
==20512== 24,920,064 bytes in 59,904 blocks are possibly lost in loss record 298 of 301
==20512== at 0x402B000: calloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:623)
==20512== by 0x4A6996: zalloc (util.h:189)
==20512== by 0x4A6996: hist_entry__new (hist.c:309)
==20512== by 0x4A8249: add_hist_entry (hist.c:431)
==20512== by 0x4A8249: __hists__add_entry (hist.c:477)
==20512== by 0x4A8902: iter_add_single_cumulative_entry (hist.c:730)
==20512== by 0x4A8A64: hist_entry_iter__add (hist.c:876)
==20512== by 0x43787A: perf_event__process_sample (builtin-top.c:787)
==20512== by 0x43787A: perf_top__mmap_read_idx (builtin-top.c:854)
==20512== by 0x43967E: perf_top__mmap_read (builtin-top.c:871)
==20512== by 0x43967E: __cmd_top (builtin-top.c:996)
==20512== by 0x43967E: cmd_top (builtin-top.c:1266)
==20512== by 0x41B702: run_builtin (perf.c:341)
==20512== by 0x41AE51: handle_internal_command (perf.c:400)
==20512== by 0x41AE51: run_argv (perf.c:444)
==20512== by 0x41AE51: main (perf.c:559)
==20512==
==20512== 26,147,680 bytes in 62,855 blocks are possibly lost in loss record 299 of 301
==20512== at 0x402B000: calloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:623)
==20512== by 0x4A6996: zalloc (util.h:189)
==20512== by 0x4A6996: hist_entry__new (hist.c:309)
==20512== by 0x4A8249: add_hist_entry (hist.c:431)
==20512== by 0x4A8249: __hists__add_entry (hist.c:477)
==20512== by 0x4A8728: iter_add_next_cumulative_entry (hist.c:803)
==20512== by 0x4A8AA5: hist_entry_iter__add (hist.c:887)
==20512== by 0x43787A: perf_event__process_sample (builtin-top.c:787)
==20512== by 0x43787A: perf_top__mmap_read_idx (builtin-top.c:854)
==20512== by 0x43967E: perf_top__mmap_read (builtin-top.c:871)
==20512== by 0x43967E: __cmd_top (builtin-top.c:996)
==20512== by 0x43967E: cmd_top (builtin-top.c:1266)
==20512== by 0x41B702: run_builtin (perf.c:341)
==20512== by 0x41AE51: handle_internal_command (perf.c:400)
==20512== by 0x41AE51: run_argv (perf.c:444)
==20512== by 0x41AE51: main (perf.c:559)
==20512==
==20512== 44,939,792 bytes in 3,788 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 300 of 301
==20512== at 0x402B000: calloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:623)
==20512== by 0x44F7BF: zalloc (util.h:189)
==20512== by 0x44F7BF: symbol__alloc_hist (annotate.c:455)
==20512== by 0x44F7BF: symbol__inc_addr_samples (annotate.c:507)
==20512== by 0x44F7BF: hist_entry__inc_addr_samples (annotate.c:521)
==20512== by 0x437A65: perf_top__record_precise_ip (builtin-top.c:195)
==20512== by 0x437A65: hist_iter__top_callback (builtin-top.c:688)
==20512== by 0x4A8AC8: hist_entry_iter__add (hist.c:892)
==20512== by 0x43787A: perf_event__process_sample (builtin-top.c:787)
==20512== by 0x43787A: perf_top__mmap_read_idx (builtin-top.c:854)
==20512== by 0x4395EE: perf_top__mmap_read (builtin-top.c:871)
==20512== by 0x4395EE: __cmd_top (builtin-top.c:974)
==20512== by 0x4395EE: cmd_top (builtin-top.c:1266)
==20512== by 0x41B702: run_builtin (perf.c:341)
==20512== by 0x41AE51: handle_internal_command (perf.c:400)
==20512== by 0x41AE51: run_argv (perf.c:444)
==20512== by 0x41AE51: main (perf.c:559)
==20512==
==20512== 81,248,440 bytes in 1,450,865 blocks are possibly lost in loss record 301 of 301
==20512== at 0x402B000: calloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:623)
==20512== by 0x4821FE: zalloc (util.h:189)
==20512== by 0x4821FE: fill_node (callchain.c:450)
==20512== by 0x4821FE: add_child (callchain.c:473)
==20512== by 0x4821FE: append_chain_children (callchain.c:596)
==20512== by 0x48514E: callchain_append (callchain.c:672)
==20512== by 0x4A8768: iter_add_next_cumulative_entry (hist.c:812)
==20512== by 0x4A8AA5: hist_entry_iter__add (hist.c:887)
==20512== by 0x43787A: perf_event__process_sample (builtin-top.c:787)
==20512== by 0x43787A: perf_top__mmap_read_idx (builtin-top.c:854)
==20512== by 0x43967E: perf_top__mmap_read (builtin-top.c:871)
==20512== by 0x43967E: __cmd_top (builtin-top.c:996)
==20512== by 0x43967E: cmd_top (builtin-top.c:1266)
==20512== by 0x41B702: run_builtin (perf.c:341)
==20512== by 0x41AE51: handle_internal_command (perf.c:400)
==20512== by 0x41AE51: run_argv (perf.c:444)
==20512== by 0x41AE51: main (perf.c:559)
==20512==
==20512== LEAK SUMMARY:
==20512== definitely lost: 56,810,427 bytes in 5,479 blocks
==20512== indirectly lost: 4,000 bytes in 125 blocks
==20512== possibly lost: 210,493,048 bytes in 2,552,578 blocks
==20512== still reachable: 18,258 bytes in 242 blocks
==20512== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
--
Markus
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