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Message-ID: <CAJpZYjUvaXfmvMH5FjpAUSj4EiEgbMd4CyOobPXKoDhpzknvJQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 11:20:18 -0800
From: Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@...gle.com>
To: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc: "open list:PERFORMANCE EVENTS SUBSYSTEM" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, 
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>, 
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, 
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, 
	Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>, 
	Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>, nick.forrington@....com, 
	"open list:PERFORMANCE EVENTS SUBSYSTEM" <linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org>, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 0/4] Tracing contention lock owner call stack

Thank you Athira!

On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 3:11 AM Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On 27 Feb 2025, at 5:58 AM, Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > For perf lock contention, the current owner tracking (-o option) only
> > works with per-thread mode (-t option). Enabling call stack mode for
> > owner can be useful for diagnosing why a system running slow in
> > lock contention.
> >
> > Example output:
> >  $ sudo ~/linux/tools/perf/perf lock con -abvo -Y mutex -E16 perf bench sched pipe
> >   ...
> >   contended   total wait     max wait     avg wait         type   caller
> >
> >         171      1.55 ms     20.26 us      9.06 us        mutex   pipe_read+0x57
> >                          0xffffffffac6318e7  pipe_read+0x57
> >                          0xffffffffac623862  vfs_read+0x332
> >                          0xffffffffac62434b  ksys_read+0xbb
> >                          0xfffffffface604b2  do_syscall_64+0x82
> >                          0xffffffffad00012f  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76
> >          36    193.71 us     15.27 us      5.38 us        mutex   pipe_write+0x50
> >                          0xffffffffac631ee0  pipe_write+0x50
> >                          0xffffffffac6241db  vfs_write+0x3bb
> >                          0xffffffffac6244ab  ksys_write+0xbb
> >                          0xfffffffface604b2  do_syscall_64+0x82
> >                          0xffffffffad00012f  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76
> >           4     51.22 us     16.47 us     12.80 us        mutex   do_epoll_wait+0x24d
> >                          0xffffffffac691f0d  do_epoll_wait+0x24d
> >                          0xffffffffac69249b  do_epoll_pwait.part.0+0xb
> >                          0xffffffffac693ba5  __x64_sys_epoll_pwait+0x95
> >                          0xfffffffface604b2  do_syscall_64+0x82
> >                          0xffffffffad00012f  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76
> >           2     20.88 us     11.95 us     10.44 us        mutex   do_epoll_wait+0x24d
> >                          0xffffffffac691f0d  do_epoll_wait+0x24d
> >                          0xffffffffac693943  __x64_sys_epoll_wait+0x73
> >                          0xfffffffface604b2  do_syscall_64+0x82
> >                          0xffffffffad00012f  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76
> >           1      7.33 us      7.33 us      7.33 us        mutex   do_epoll_ctl+0x6c1
> >                          0xffffffffac692e01  do_epoll_ctl+0x6c1
> >                          0xffffffffac6937e0  __x64_sys_epoll_ctl+0x70
> >                          0xfffffffface604b2  do_syscall_64+0x82
> >                          0xffffffffad00012f  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76
> >           1      6.64 us      6.64 us      6.64 us        mutex   do_epoll_ctl+0x3d4
> >                          0xffffffffac692b14  do_epoll_ctl+0x3d4
> >                          0xffffffffac6937e0  __x64_sys_epoll_ctl+0x70
> >                          0xfffffffface604b2  do_syscall_64+0x82
> >                          0xffffffffad00012f  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76
> >
> >  === owner stack trace ===
> >
> >           3     31.24 us     15.27 us     10.41 us        mutex   pipe_read+0x348
> >                          0xffffffffac631bd8  pipe_read+0x348
> >                          0xffffffffac623862  vfs_read+0x332
> >                          0xffffffffac62434b  ksys_read+0xbb
> >                          0xfffffffface604b2  do_syscall_64+0x82
> >                          0xffffffffad00012f  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76
> >  ...
> >
> > v8:
> >  Fix compilation error found by Athira Rajeev and Namhyung Kim.
>
> Tested with v8 and compiles fine, thanks for addressing the issue.
>
> Tested-by: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@...ux.ibm.com>
>
> >
> > v7: lore.kernel.org/20250224184742.4144931-1-ctshao@...gle.com
> >  Remove duplicate contention records.
> >
> > v6: lore.kernel.org/20250219214400.3317548-1-ctshao@...gle.com
> >  Free allocated memory in error patch.
> >  Add description in man page.
> >
> > v5: lore.kernel.org/20250212222859.2086080-1-ctshao@...gle.com
> >  Move duplicated code into function.
> >  Remove code to retrieve undesired callstack at the end of `contention_end()`.
> >  Other minor fix based on Namhyung's review.
> >
> > v4: lore.kernel.org/20250130052510.860318-1-ctshao@...gle.com
> >  Use `__sync_fetch_and_add()` to generate owner stackid automatically.
> >  Use `__sync_fetch_and_add(..., -1)` to workaround compiler error from
> >    `__sync_fetch_and_sub()`
> >  Remove unnecessary include headers.
> >  Dedicate on C-style comment.
> >  Other minor fix based on Namhyung's review.
> >
> > v3: lore.kernel.org/20250129001905.619859-1-ctshao@...gle.com
> >  Rename/shorten multiple variables.
> >  Implement owner stackid.
> >  Add description for lock function return code in `contention_end()`.
> >  Other minor fix based on Namhyung's review.
> >
> > v2: lore.kernel.org/20250113052220.2105645-1-ctshao@...gle.com
> >  Fix logic deficit in v1 patch 2/4.
> >
> > v1: lore.kernel.org/20250110051346.1507178-1-ctshao@...gle.com
> >
> > Chun-Tse Shao (4):
> >  perf lock: Add bpf maps for owner stack tracing
> >  perf lock: Retrieve owner callstack in bpf program
> >  perf lock: Make rb_tree helper functions generic
> >  perf lock: Report owner stack in usermode
> >
> > tools/perf/Documentation/perf-lock.txt        |   5 +-
> > tools/perf/builtin-lock.c                     |  56 +++-
> > tools/perf/util/bpf_lock_contention.c         |  85 +++++-
> > .../perf/util/bpf_skel/lock_contention.bpf.c  | 245 +++++++++++++++++-
> > tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/lock_data.h          |   7 +
> > tools/perf/util/lock-contention.h             |   7 +
> > 6 files changed, 372 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
> >
> > --
> > 2.48.1.658.g4767266eb4-goog
> >
> >
>

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