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Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 20:43:33 -0400
From: Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
To: "Viktor Rosendahl (BMW)" <viktor.rosendahl@...il.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/4] preemptirq_delay_test: Add the burst feature and
a sysfs trigger
On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 05:22:17PM +0200, Viktor Rosendahl (BMW) wrote:
> This burst feature enables the user to generate a burst of
> preempt/irqsoff latencies. This makes it possible to test whether we
> are able to detect latencies that systematically occur very close to
> each other.
>
> The maximum burst size is 10. We also create 10 identical test
> functions, so that we get 10 different backtraces; this is useful
> when we want to test whether we can detect all the latencies in a
> burst. Otherwise, there would be no easy way of differentiating
> between which latency in a burst was captured by the tracer.
>
> In addition, there is a sysfs trigger, so that it's not necessary to
> reload the module to repeat the test. The trigger will appear as
> /sys/kernel/preemptirq_delay_test/trigger in sysfs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Viktor Rosendahl (BMW) <viktor.rosendahl@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
thanks,
- Joel
> ---
> kernel/trace/Kconfig | 6 +-
> kernel/trace/preemptirq_delay_test.c | 144 +++++++++++++++++++++++----
> 2 files changed, 128 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
> index e08527f50d2a..2a58380ea310 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
> +++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
> @@ -752,9 +752,9 @@ config PREEMPTIRQ_DELAY_TEST
> configurable delay. The module busy waits for the duration of the
> critical section.
>
> - For example, the following invocation forces a one-time irq-disabled
> - critical section for 500us:
> - modprobe preemptirq_delay_test test_mode=irq delay=500000
> + For example, the following invocation generates a burst of three
> + irq-disabled critical sections for 500us:
> + modprobe preemptirq_delay_test test_mode=irq delay=500 burst_size=3
>
> If unsure, say N
>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/preemptirq_delay_test.c b/kernel/trace/preemptirq_delay_test.c
> index d8765c952fab..31c0fad4cb9e 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/preemptirq_delay_test.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/preemptirq_delay_test.c
> @@ -10,18 +10,25 @@
> #include <linux/interrupt.h>
> #include <linux/irq.h>
> #include <linux/kernel.h>
> +#include <linux/kobject.h>
> #include <linux/kthread.h>
> #include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/printk.h>
> #include <linux/string.h>
> +#include <linux/sysfs.h>
>
> static ulong delay = 100;
> -static char test_mode[10] = "irq";
> +static char test_mode[12] = "irq";
> +static uint burst_size = 1;
>
> -module_param_named(delay, delay, ulong, S_IRUGO);
> -module_param_string(test_mode, test_mode, 10, S_IRUGO);
> -MODULE_PARM_DESC(delay, "Period in microseconds (100 uS default)");
> -MODULE_PARM_DESC(test_mode, "Mode of the test such as preempt or irq (default irq)");
> +module_param_named(delay, delay, ulong, 0444);
> +module_param_string(test_mode, test_mode, 12, 0444);
> +module_param_named(burst_size, burst_size, uint, 0444);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(delay, "Period in microseconds (100 us default)");
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(test_mode, "Mode of the test such as preempt, irq, or alternate (default irq)");
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(burst_size, "The size of a burst (default 1)");
> +
> +#define MIN(x, y) ((x) < (y) ? (x) : (y))
>
> static void busy_wait(ulong time)
> {
> @@ -34,37 +41,136 @@ static void busy_wait(ulong time)
> } while ((end - start) < (time * 1000));
> }
>
> -static int preemptirq_delay_run(void *data)
> +static __always_inline void irqoff_test(void)
> {
> unsigned long flags;
> + local_irq_save(flags);
> + busy_wait(delay);
> + local_irq_restore(flags);
> +}
>
> - if (!strcmp(test_mode, "irq")) {
> - local_irq_save(flags);
> - busy_wait(delay);
> - local_irq_restore(flags);
> - } else if (!strcmp(test_mode, "preempt")) {
> - preempt_disable();
> - busy_wait(delay);
> - preempt_enable();
> +static __always_inline void preemptoff_test(void)
> +{
> + preempt_disable();
> + busy_wait(delay);
> + preempt_enable();
> +}
> +
> +static void execute_preemptirqtest(int idx)
> +{
> + if (!strcmp(test_mode, "irq"))
> + irqoff_test();
> + else if (!strcmp(test_mode, "preempt"))
> + preemptoff_test();
> + else if (!strcmp(test_mode, "alternate")) {
> + if (idx % 2 == 0)
> + irqoff_test();
> + else
> + preemptoff_test();
> }
> +}
> +
> +#define DECLARE_TESTFN(POSTFIX) \
> + static void preemptirqtest_##POSTFIX(int idx) \
> + { \
> + execute_preemptirqtest(idx); \
> + } \
>
> +/*
> + * We create 10 different functions, so that we can get 10 different
> + * backtraces.
> + */
> +DECLARE_TESTFN(0)
> +DECLARE_TESTFN(1)
> +DECLARE_TESTFN(2)
> +DECLARE_TESTFN(3)
> +DECLARE_TESTFN(4)
> +DECLARE_TESTFN(5)
> +DECLARE_TESTFN(6)
> +DECLARE_TESTFN(7)
> +DECLARE_TESTFN(8)
> +DECLARE_TESTFN(9)
> +
> +static void (*testfuncs[])(int) = {
> + preemptirqtest_0,
> + preemptirqtest_1,
> + preemptirqtest_2,
> + preemptirqtest_3,
> + preemptirqtest_4,
> + preemptirqtest_5,
> + preemptirqtest_6,
> + preemptirqtest_7,
> + preemptirqtest_8,
> + preemptirqtest_9,
> +};
> +
> +#define NR_TEST_FUNCS ARRAY_SIZE(testfuncs)
> +
> +static int preemptirq_delay_run(void *data)
> +{
> + int i;
> + int s = MIN(burst_size, NR_TEST_FUNCS);
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < s; i++)
> + (testfuncs[i])(i);
> return 0;
> }
>
> -static int __init preemptirq_delay_init(void)
> +static struct task_struct *preemptirq_start_test(void)
> {
> char task_name[50];
> - struct task_struct *test_task;
>
> snprintf(task_name, sizeof(task_name), "%s_test", test_mode);
> + return kthread_run(preemptirq_delay_run, NULL, task_name);
> +}
> +
> +
> +static ssize_t trigger_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
> + const char *buf, size_t count)
> +{
> + preemptirq_start_test();
> + return count;
> +}
> +
> +static struct kobj_attribute trigger_attribute =
> + __ATTR(trigger, 0200, NULL, trigger_store);
> +
> +static struct attribute *attrs[] = {
> + &trigger_attribute.attr,
> + NULL,
> +};
> +
> +static struct attribute_group attr_group = {
> + .attrs = attrs,
> +};
> +
> +static struct kobject *preemptirq_delay_kobj;
> +
> +static int __init preemptirq_delay_init(void)
> +{
> + struct task_struct *test_task;
> + int retval;
> +
> + test_task = preemptirq_start_test();
> + retval = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(test_task);
> + if (retval != 0)
> + return retval;
> +
> + preemptirq_delay_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("preemptirq_delay_test",
> + kernel_kobj);
> + if (!preemptirq_delay_kobj)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + retval = sysfs_create_group(preemptirq_delay_kobj, &attr_group);
> + if (retval)
> + kobject_put(preemptirq_delay_kobj);
>
> - test_task = kthread_run(preemptirq_delay_run, NULL, task_name);
> - return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(test_task);
> + return retval;
> }
>
> static void __exit preemptirq_delay_exit(void)
> {
> - return;
> + kobject_put(preemptirq_delay_kobj);
> }
>
> module_init(preemptirq_delay_init)
> --
> 2.17.1
>
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