linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] sched/debug: Use sched_debug_lock to serialize use of cgroup

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Date:   Mon, 5 Apr 2021 20:18:07 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>,
        Bharata B Rao <bharata@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Phil Auld <pauld@...hat.com>,
        Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] sched/debug: Use sched_debug_lock to serialize use
 of cgroup_path[] only

On Mon,  5 Apr 2021 19:42:03 -0400
Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com> wrote:

> +/*
> + * All the print_cpu() callers from sched_debug_show() will be allowed
> + * to contend for sched_debug_lock and use group_path[] as their SEQ_printf()
> + * calls will be much faster. However only one print_cpu() caller from
> + * sysrq_sched_debug_show() which outputs to the console will be allowed
> + * to use group_path[]. Another parallel console writer will have to use
> + * a shorter stack buffer instead. Since the console output will be garbled
> + * anyway, truncation of some cgroup paths shouldn't be a big issue.
> + */
> +#define SEQ_printf_task_group_path(m, tg, fmt...)			\
> +{									\
> +	unsigned long flags;						\
> +	int token = m ? TOKEN_NA					\
> +		      : xchg_acquire(&console_token, TOKEN_NONE);	\
> +									\
> +	if (token == TOKEN_NONE) {					\
> +		char buf[128];						\
> +		task_group_path(tg, buf, sizeof(buf));			\
> +		SEQ_printf(m, fmt, buf);				\
> +	} else {							\
> +		spin_lock_irqsave(&sched_debug_lock, flags);		\
> +		task_group_path(tg, group_path, sizeof(group_path));	\
> +		SEQ_printf(m, fmt, group_path);				\
> +		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sched_debug_lock, flags);	\
> +		if (token == TOKEN_ACQUIRED)				\
> +			smp_store_release(&console_token, token);	\
> +	}								\
>  }
>  #endif

And you said my suggestion was complex!

I'll let others review this.

-- Steve