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Date:   Wed, 12 May 2021 10:28:28 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: sched/core] delayacct: Add sysctl to enable at runtime

The following commit has been merged into the sched/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     0cd7c741f01de13dc1eecf22557593b3514639bb
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/0cd7c741f01de13dc1eecf22557593b3514639bb
Author:        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 10 May 2021 14:01:00 +02:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CommitterDate: Wed, 12 May 2021 11:43:25 +02:00

delayacct: Add sysctl to enable at runtime

Just like sched_schedstats, allow runtime enabling (and disabling) of
delayacct. This is useful if one forgot to add the delayacct boot time
option.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YJkhebGJAywaZowX@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
---
 Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.rst |  6 ++-
 include/linux/delayacct.h                     |  4 ++-
 kernel/delayacct.c                            | 36 +++++++++++++++++-
 kernel/sysctl.c                               | 12 ++++++-
 4 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.rst b/Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.rst
index f20b282..1b8b46d 100644
--- a/Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.rst
+++ b/Documentation/accounting/delay-accounting.rst
@@ -74,8 +74,10 @@ To enable, add::
 
    delayacct
 
-to the kernel boot options. The rest of the instructions
-below assume this has been done.
+to the kernel boot options. The rest of the instructions below assume this has
+been done. Alternatively, use sysctl kernel.task_delayacct to switch the state
+at runtime. Note however that only tasks started after enabling it will have
+delayacct information.
 
 After the system has booted up, use a utility
 similar to  getdelays.c to access the delays
diff --git a/include/linux/delayacct.h b/include/linux/delayacct.h
index 225c8e0..af7e6eb 100644
--- a/include/linux/delayacct.h
+++ b/include/linux/delayacct.h
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(delayacct_key);
 extern int delayacct_on;	/* Delay accounting turned on/off */
 extern struct kmem_cache *delayacct_cache;
 extern void delayacct_init(void);
+
+extern int sysctl_delayacct(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer,
+			    size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
+
 extern void __delayacct_tsk_init(struct task_struct *);
 extern void __delayacct_tsk_exit(struct task_struct *);
 extern void __delayacct_blkio_start(void);
diff --git a/kernel/delayacct.c b/kernel/delayacct.c
index 3f08690..51530d5 100644
--- a/kernel/delayacct.c
+++ b/kernel/delayacct.c
@@ -18,6 +18,17 @@ DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(delayacct_key);
 int delayacct_on __read_mostly;	/* Delay accounting turned on/off */
 struct kmem_cache *delayacct_cache;
 
+static void set_delayacct(bool enabled)
+{
+	if (enabled) {
+		static_branch_enable(&delayacct_key);
+		delayacct_on = 1;
+	} else {
+		delayacct_on = 0;
+		static_branch_disable(&delayacct_key);
+	}
+}
+
 static int __init delayacct_setup_enable(char *str)
 {
 	delayacct_on = 1;
@@ -29,9 +40,30 @@ void delayacct_init(void)
 {
 	delayacct_cache = KMEM_CACHE(task_delay_info, SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_ACCOUNT);
 	delayacct_tsk_init(&init_task);
-	if (delayacct_on)
-		static_branch_enable(&delayacct_key);
+	set_delayacct(delayacct_on);
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL
+int sysctl_delayacct(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer,
+		     size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	int state = delayacct_on;
+	struct ctl_table t;
+	int err;
+
+	if (write && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	t = *table;
+	t.data = &state;
+	err = proc_dointvec_minmax(&t, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
+	if (write)
+		set_delayacct(state);
+	return err;
 }
+#endif
 
 void __delayacct_tsk_init(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 14edf84..0afbfc8 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 #include <linux/coredump.h>
 #include <linux/latencytop.h>
 #include <linux/pid.h>
+#include <linux/delayacct.h>
 
 #include "../lib/kstrtox.h"
 
@@ -1727,6 +1728,17 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE,
 	},
 #endif /* CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS */
+#ifdef CONFIG_TASK_DELAY_ACCT
+	{
+		.procname	= "task_delayacct",
+		.data		= NULL,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= sysctl_delayacct,
+		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
+		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE,
+	},
+#endif /* CONFIG_TASK_DELAY_ACCT */
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
 	{
 		.procname	= "numa_balancing",

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