linux-kernel - [PATCH v3] uprobes: turn trace_uprobe's nhit counter to be per-CPU one

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Message-ID: <20240813203409.3985398-1-andrii@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:34:09 -0700
From: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>
To: linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	rostedt@...dmis.org,
	mhiramat@...nel.org
Cc: peterz@...radead.org,
	oleg@...hat.com,
	bpf@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jolsa@...nel.org,
	Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3] uprobes: turn trace_uprobe's nhit counter to be per-CPU one

trace_uprobe->nhit counter is not incremented atomically, so its value
is questionable in when uprobe is hit on multiple CPUs simultaneously.

Also, doing this shared counter increment across many CPUs causes heavy
cache line bouncing, limiting uprobe/uretprobe performance scaling with
number of CPUs.

Solve both problems by making this a per-CPU counter.

Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
index c98e3b3386ba..c3df411a2684 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/rculist.h>
 #include <linux/filter.h>
+#include <linux/percpu.h>
 
 #include "trace_dynevent.h"
 #include "trace_probe.h"
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ struct trace_uprobe {
 	char				*filename;
 	unsigned long			offset;
 	unsigned long			ref_ctr_offset;
-	unsigned long			nhit;
+	unsigned long __percpu		*nhits;
 	struct trace_probe		tp;
 };
 
@@ -337,6 +338,12 @@ alloc_trace_uprobe(const char *group, const char *event, int nargs, bool is_ret)
 	if (!tu)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+	tu->nhits = alloc_percpu(unsigned long);
+	if (!tu->nhits) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
 	ret = trace_probe_init(&tu->tp, event, group, true, nargs);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto error;
@@ -349,6 +356,7 @@ alloc_trace_uprobe(const char *group, const char *event, int nargs, bool is_ret)
 	return tu;
 
 error:
+	free_percpu(tu->nhits);
 	kfree(tu);
 
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
@@ -362,6 +370,7 @@ static void free_trace_uprobe(struct trace_uprobe *tu)
 	path_put(&tu->path);
 	trace_probe_cleanup(&tu->tp);
 	kfree(tu->filename);
+	free_percpu(tu->nhits);
 	kfree(tu);
 }
 
@@ -815,13 +824,21 @@ static int probes_profile_seq_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 {
 	struct dyn_event *ev = v;
 	struct trace_uprobe *tu;
+	unsigned long nhits;
+	int cpu;
 
 	if (!is_trace_uprobe(ev))
 		return 0;
 
 	tu = to_trace_uprobe(ev);
+
+	nhits = 0;
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+		nhits += per_cpu(*tu->nhits, cpu);
+	}
+
 	seq_printf(m, "  %s %-44s %15lu\n", tu->filename,
-			trace_probe_name(&tu->tp), tu->nhit);
+		   trace_probe_name(&tu->tp), nhits);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1512,7 +1529,8 @@ static int uprobe_dispatcher(struct uprobe_consumer *con, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	tu = container_of(con, struct trace_uprobe, consumer);
-	tu->nhit++;
+
+	this_cpu_inc(*tu->nhits);
 
 	udd.tu = tu;
 	udd.bp_addr = instruction_pointer(regs);
-- 
2.43.5