linux-kernel - Re: [patch V2 21/29] tracing: Use percpu stack trace buffer more intelligently

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Date:   Thu, 18 Apr 2019 10:53:34 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [patch V2 21/29] tracing: Use percpu stack trace buffer more
 intelligently

On Thu, 18 Apr 2019 10:41:40 +0200
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:

> The per cpu stack trace buffer usage pattern is odd at best. The buffer has
> place for 512 stack trace entries on 64-bit and 1024 on 32-bit. When
> interrupts or exceptions nest after the per cpu buffer was acquired the
> stacktrace length is hardcoded to 8 entries. 512/1024 stack trace entries
> in kernel stacks are unrealistic so the buffer is a complete waste.
> 
> Split the buffer into chunks of 64 stack entries which is plenty. This
> allows nesting contexts (interrupts, exceptions) to utilize the cpu buffer
> for stack retrieval and avoids the fixed length allocation along with the
> conditional execution pathes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/trace.c |   77 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
>  1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
> 
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> @@ -2749,12 +2749,21 @@ trace_function(struct trace_array *tr,
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_STACKTRACE
>  
> -#define FTRACE_STACK_MAX_ENTRIES (PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(unsigned long))
> +/* 64 entries for kernel stacks are plenty */
> +#define FTRACE_KSTACK_ENTRIES	64
> +
>  struct ftrace_stack {
> -	unsigned long		calls[FTRACE_STACK_MAX_ENTRIES];
> +	unsigned long		calls[FTRACE_KSTACK_ENTRIES];
>  };
>  
> -static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct ftrace_stack, ftrace_stack);
> +/* This allows 8 level nesting which is plenty */

Can we make this 4 level nesting and increase the size? (I can see us
going more than 64 deep, kernel developers never cease to amaze me ;-)
That's all we need:

 Context: Normal, softirq, irq, NMI

Is there any other way to nest?

-- Steve

> +#define FTRACE_KSTACK_NESTING	(PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(struct ftrace_stack))
> +
> +struct ftrace_stacks {
> +	struct ftrace_stack	stacks[FTRACE_KSTACK_NESTING];
> +};
> +
> +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct ftrace_stacks, ftrace_stacks);
>  static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, ftrace_stack_reserve);
>  
>