From: Tomas Glozar <tglozar@redhat.com>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>, Tomas Glozar <tglozar@redhat.com>
Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>,
Luis Goncalves <lgoncalv@redhat.com>,
Crystal Wood <crwood@redhat.com>,
Costa Shulyupin <costa.shul@redhat.com>,
Wander Lairson Costa <wander@redhat.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-trace-kernel <linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] rtla: Replace get_nprocs_conf() with sysfs possible cpus
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:55:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260814135511.2207190-2-tglozar@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260814135511.2207190-1-tglozar@redhat.com>
rtla uses get_nprocs_conf(), a standard libc routine, to retrieve the
total number of CPUs for the purpose of processing per-CPU data.
In some configurations, libc might return a different value than what is
seen by the kernel. To cover for this situation, replace the call to
get_nprocs_conf() with a newly added helper, get_possible_cpus().
get_possible_cpus() reads /sys/devices/system/cpu/possible and parses
the CPU list, identically to what libbpf_num_possible_cpus() does.
Additionally, it checks that the possible cpu list is zero-based and has
no holes by computing both the cpu count and the maximum cpu number.
Systems where /sys/.../cpu/possible is unreadable, is not zero-based,
or has holes, now report an error instead of crashing later due to unmet
assumptions.
Note that parse_cpu_set() cannot be used to parse
/sys/devices/system/cpu/possible, because it only supports CPU count of
1024 and lower. Higher CPU counts are not fully supported by rtla;
nr_cpus > 1024 is, though, so it has to be covered by the new
implementation in order to avoid a regression.
A new function, cpu_list_iterate(), is added to utils.c to contain the
cpu list parsing logic, which is now shared between the new function
get_possible_cpus() and the pre-existing parse_cpu_set().
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6
Signed-off-by: Tomas Glozar <tglozar@redhat.com>
---
tools/tracing/rtla/src/common.c | 16 +++-
tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.c | 165 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.h | 3 +
3 files changed, 156 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/common.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/common.c
index 8c7f5e75b2ec8..20fae1f19cacf 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/common.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/common.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
-#include <sys/sysinfo.h>
#include "common.h"
@@ -155,7 +154,20 @@ int run_tool(struct tool_ops *ops, int argc, char *argv[])
bool stopped;
int retval;
- nr_cpus = get_nprocs_conf();
+ nr_cpus = get_possible_cpus();
+ if (nr_cpus == -1) {
+ err_msg("Could not read number of possible cpus\n");
+ goto out_exit;
+ }
+ if (nr_cpus == -2) {
+ err_msg("Could not parse number of possible cpus\n");
+ goto out_exit;
+ }
+ if (nr_cpus == -3) {
+ err_msg("Unsupported non-contiguous or non-zero-based CPU topology\n");
+ goto out_exit;
+ }
+
params = ops->parse_args(argc, argv);
if (!params)
exit(1);
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.c
index cb187e7d48d1c..d65de511be9e1 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.c
@@ -108,57 +108,170 @@ void get_duration(time_t start_time, char *output, int output_size)
}
/*
- * parse_cpu_set - parse a cpu_list filling cpu_set_t argument
+ * cpu_list_iterate - parse a cpu list and call a function on each element
*
- * Receives a cpu list, like 1-3,5 (cpus 1, 2, 3, 5), and then set
- * filling cpu_set_t argument.
+ * If callback returns a non-zero value, the iteration is stopped.
*
- * Returns 0 on success, 1 otherwise.
+ * Returns the number of cpus in the list (including duplicates) on success,
+ * callback return value on break, and -1 on error.
*/
-int parse_cpu_set(char *cpu_list, cpu_set_t *set)
+int cpu_list_iterate(const char *cpu_list, int (*callback)(int, void *), void *data)
{
const char *p;
- int end_cpu;
- int cpu;
- int i;
-
- CPU_ZERO(set);
+ int i, cpu, end_cpu, count = 0, retval;
- for (p = cpu_list; *p; ) {
+ for (p = cpu_list; *p && *p != '\n'; ) {
cpu = atoi(p);
- if (cpu < 0 || (!cpu && *p != '0') || cpu >= nr_cpus)
- goto err;
+ if (cpu < 0 || (!cpu && *p != '0'))
+ return -1;
while (isdigit(*p))
p++;
if (*p == '-') {
p++;
end_cpu = atoi(p);
- if (end_cpu < cpu || (!end_cpu && *p != '0') || end_cpu >= nr_cpus)
- goto err;
+ if (end_cpu < cpu || (!end_cpu && *p != '0'))
+ return -1;
while (isdigit(*p))
p++;
} else
end_cpu = cpu;
- if (cpu == end_cpu) {
- debug_msg("cpu_set: adding cpu %d\n", cpu);
- CPU_SET(cpu, set);
- } else {
- for (i = cpu; i <= end_cpu; i++) {
- debug_msg("cpu_set: adding cpu %d\n", i);
- CPU_SET(i, set);
- }
+ for (i = cpu; i <= end_cpu; i++) {
+ retval = callback(i, data);
+ if (retval)
+ return retval;
+ ++count;
}
if (*p == ',')
p++;
}
+ return count;
+}
+
+static int max_cpu_callback(int i, void *data)
+{
+ int *max_cpu = data;
+
+ if (i > *max_cpu)
+ *max_cpu = i;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int tmp_cpu_set_callback(int i, void *data)
+{
+ bool *cpu_set = data;
+
+ cpu_set[i] = true;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * get_possible_cpus - get the number of possible CPUs from sysfs
+ *
+ * Parse /sys/devices/system/cpu/possible to determine the number of
+ * possible CPUs. Only contiguous zero-based CPUs lists are accepted.
+ *
+ * Returns the number of possible CPUs, or a negative value on error:
+ * - -1 if the file is unreadable,
+ * - -2 if parsing failed,
+ * - -3 if the cpu list is non-zero-based or non-contiguous.
+ */
+int get_possible_cpus(void)
+{
+ char *str = NULL;
+ size_t len = 0;
+ int nr_cpus = 0, max_cpu = -1, i;
+ FILE *fp;
+ bool *cpu_set;
+
+ fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/cpu/possible", "r");
+ if (!fp)
+ return -1;
+
+ if (getline(&str, &len, fp) < 1) {
+ /* cpu string should be at least 1 character */
+ if (str)
+ free(str);
+ fclose(fp);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ fclose(fp);
+
+ /* get maximum cpu number */
+ if (cpu_list_iterate(str, max_cpu_callback, &max_cpu) < 0) {
+ free(str);
+ return -2;
+ }
+
+ if (max_cpu < 0 || max_cpu == INT_MAX) {
+ /* empty or bogus cpu list */
+ free(str);
+ return -2;
+ }
+
+ /* get max cpu using dynamic array, as nr_cpus might be > 1024 */
+ cpu_set = calloc(max_cpu + 1, sizeof(bool));
+ if (!cpu_set) {
+ free(str);
+ return -2;
+ }
+ if (cpu_list_iterate(str, tmp_cpu_set_callback, cpu_set) < 0) {
+ free(str);
+ free(cpu_set);
+ return -2;
+ }
+ for (i = 0; i <= max_cpu; i++) {
+ if (cpu_set[i])
+ ++nr_cpus;
+ }
+ free(cpu_set);
+
+ free(str);
+
+ if (max_cpu >= nr_cpus)
+ /* rtla assumes cpu < nr_cpus for all cpus */
+ return -3;
+
+ return nr_cpus;
+}
+
+static int cpu_set_callback(int i, void *data)
+{
+ cpu_set_t *set = data;
+
+ if (i >= nr_cpus || i >= CPU_SETSIZE)
+ return -1;
+
+ debug_msg("cpu_set: adding cpu %d\n", i);
+ CPU_SET(i, set);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * parse_cpu_set - parse a cpu_list filling cpu_set_t argument
+ *
+ * Receives a cpu list, like 1-3,5 (cpus 1, 2, 3, 5), and then set
+ * filling cpu_set_t argument.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, 1 otherwise.
+ */
+int parse_cpu_set(char *cpu_list, cpu_set_t *set)
+{
+ CPU_ZERO(set);
+
+ if (cpu_list_iterate(cpu_list, cpu_set_callback, set) < 0) {
+ debug_msg("Error parsing the cpu set %s\n", cpu_list);
+ return 1;
+ }
+
return 0;
-err:
- debug_msg("Error parsing the cpu set %s\n", cpu_list);
- return 1;
}
/*
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.h b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.h
index 2ba3333669bb4..c26ba8827947a 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.h
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.h
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ void fatal(const char *fmt, ...);
long parse_seconds_duration(char *val);
void get_duration(time_t start_time, char *output, int output_size);
+int cpu_list_iterate(const char *cpu_list, int (*callback)(int, void *), void *data);
+int get_possible_cpus(void);
+
long long get_llong_from_str(char *start);
static inline void
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-14 13:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-14 13:55 [PATCH 0/5] rtla: Implement more robust nr_cpus handling Tomas Glozar
2026-08-14 13:55 ` Tomas Glozar [this message]
2026-08-14 13:55 ` [PATCH 2/5] rtla: Discard trace entries with cpu >= nr_cpus Tomas Glozar
2026-08-14 14:02 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-14 13:55 ` [PATCH 3/5] rtla: Abort on nr_cpus mismatch with tracer Tomas Glozar
2026-08-14 13:55 ` [PATCH 4/5] rtla/tests: Add unit test for cpu_list_iterate() Tomas Glozar
2026-08-14 13:55 ` [PATCH 5/5] rtla/tests: Add unit test for get_max_cpu_from_list() Tomas Glozar
2026-08-14 14:30 ` [PATCH 0/5] rtla: Implement more robust nr_cpus handling Steven Rostedt
2026-08-14 17:49 ` Tomas Glozar
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