linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 4/4] ftrace: Add an option for tracing console latencies

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Date:   Wed,  1 May 2019 22:36:50 +0200
From:   Viktor Rosendahl <viktor.rosendahl@...il.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Viktor Rosendahl <viktor.rosendahl@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/4] ftrace: Add an option for tracing console latencies

This new option CONFIG_TRACE_CONSOLE_LATENCY will enable the latency
tracers to trace the console latencies. Previously this has always been
implicitely disabled. I guess this is because they are considered
to be well known and unavoidable.

However, for some organizations it may nevertheless be desirable to
trace them. Basically, we want to be able to tell that there are
latencies in the system under test because someone has incorrectly
enabled the serial console.

Signed-off-by: Viktor Rosendahl <viktor.rosendahl@...il.com>
---
 include/linux/irqflags.h | 13 +++++++++++++
 kernel/printk/printk.c   |  5 +++--
 kernel/trace/Kconfig     | 11 +++++++++++
 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/irqflags.h b/include/linux/irqflags.h
index 21619c92c377..791bee718448 100644
--- a/include/linux/irqflags.h
+++ b/include/linux/irqflags.h
@@ -73,6 +73,19 @@ do {						\
 # define start_critical_timings() do { } while (0)
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_CONSOLE_LATENCY
+
+#define console_stop_critical_timings()  do {} while (0)
+#define console_start_critical_timings() do {} while (0)
+
+#else /* !CONFIG_TRACE_CONSOLE_LATENCY */
+
+/* don't trace print latency */
+#define console_stop_critical_timings()  stop_critical_timings()
+#define console_start_critical_timings() start_critical_timings()
+
+#endif /* !CONFIG_TRACE_CONSOLE_LATENCY */
+
 /*
  * Wrap the arch provided IRQ routines to provide appropriate checks.
  */
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 02ca827b8fac..710e87f61158 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -2448,9 +2448,10 @@ void console_unlock(void)
 		 */
 		console_lock_spinning_enable();
 
-		stop_critical_timings();	/* don't trace print latency */
+		/* don't trace print latency if it's disabled */
+		console_stop_critical_timings();
 		call_console_drivers(ext_text, ext_len, text, len);
-		start_critical_timings();
+		console_start_critical_timings();
 
 		if (console_lock_spinning_disable_and_check()) {
 			printk_safe_exit_irqrestore(flags);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index e5e8f2a0199e..f168d100d4fb 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -244,6 +244,17 @@ config PREEMPT_TRACER
 	  modification of /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace through the inotify
 	  interface.
 
+	config TRACE_CONSOLE_LATENCY
+	bool "Do not turn off latency tracing for the console"
+	default n
+	depends on IRQSOFF_TRACER || PREEMPT_TRACER
+	help
+	  Some of the console drivers will cause long unavoidable
+	  latencies because they are slow and need to print immediately
+	  in a serialized manner. Because of this their latencies are not
+	  traced by default. This option will change behavior so that
+	  they are traced.
+
 config SCHED_TRACER
 	bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer"
 	select GENERIC_TRACER
-- 
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