From: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
uml-devel <user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] UML - Add stack usage monitoring
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:42:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070619184245.GA10567@c2.user-mode-linux.org> (raw)
Add a machanism to see how much of a kernel stack is used. This
allocates zeroed stacks and sees where the lowest non-zero byte is on
process exit. It keeps track of the lowest value and logs values as
they get lower.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com>
--
arch/um/Kconfig.debug | 9 +++++++++
arch/um/defconfig | 1 +
arch/um/kernel/process.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/asm-um/thread_info.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 55 insertions(+)
Index: linux-2.6.21-mm/arch/um/Kconfig.debug
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.21-mm.orig/arch/um/Kconfig.debug 2007-06-19 13:37:16.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.21-mm/arch/um/Kconfig.debug 2007-06-19 14:05:59.000000000 -0400
@@ -47,4 +47,13 @@ config GCOV
If you're involved in UML kernel development and want to use gcov,
say Y. If you're unsure, say N.
+config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
+ bool "Stack utilization instrumentation"
+ default N
+ help
+ Track the maximum kernel stack usage - this will look at each
+ kernel stack at process exit and log it if it's the deepest
+ stack seen so far.
+
+ This option will slow down process creation and destruction somewhat.
endmenu
Index: linux-2.6.21-mm/arch/um/kernel/process.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.21-mm.orig/arch/um/kernel/process.c 2007-06-19 13:37:16.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.21-mm/arch/um/kernel/process.c 2007-06-19 14:01:55.000000000 -0400
@@ -411,3 +411,32 @@ unsigned long arch_align_stack(unsigned
return sp & ~0xf;
}
#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
+
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(low_water_lock);
+static int lowest_to_date = THREAD_SIZE;
+
+void check_stack_usage(struct thread_info *s)
+{
+ unsigned int *stack, *p, *end;
+ int left;
+
+ stack = (unsigned int *) (s + 1);
+ end = (unsigned int *) ((unsigned long) s + THREAD_SIZE);
+ for(p = stack; p < end; p++){
+ if(*p != 0)
+ break;
+ }
+
+ left = (p - stack) * sizeof(*p);
+
+ spin_lock(&low_water_lock);
+ if(left < lowest_to_date){
+ printk("Greatest stack depth - %d bytes left\n", left);
+ lowest_to_date = left;
+ }
+ spin_unlock(&low_water_lock);
+}
+
+#endif
Index: linux-2.6.21-mm/include/asm-um/thread_info.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.21-mm.orig/include/asm-um/thread_info.h 2007-06-19 13:37:16.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.21-mm/include/asm-um/thread_info.h 2007-06-19 13:57:07.000000000 -0400
@@ -52,6 +52,20 @@ static inline struct thread_info *curren
return ti;
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
+
+extern void check_stack_usage(struct thread_info *stack);
+
+#define alloc_thread_info(tsk) \
+ ((struct thread_info *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, \
+ CONFIG_KERNEL_STACK_ORDER))
+
+#define free_thread_info(ti) ({ check_stack_usage(ti) ; \
+ free_pages((unsigned long)(ti), \
+ CONFIG_KERNEL_STACK_ORDER); })
+
+#else
+
/* thread information allocation */
#define alloc_thread_info(tsk) \
((struct thread_info *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, \
@@ -61,6 +75,8 @@ static inline struct thread_info *curren
#endif
+#endif
+
#define PREEMPT_ACTIVE 0x10000000
#define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE 0 /* syscall trace active */
Index: linux-2.6.21-mm/arch/um/defconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.21-mm.orig/arch/um/defconfig 2007-06-19 13:37:16.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.21-mm/arch/um/defconfig 2007-06-19 13:51:44.000000000 -0400
@@ -527,3 +527,4 @@ CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING=y
# CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST is not set
# CONFIG_GPROF is not set
# CONFIG_GCOV is not set
+# CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE is not set
next reply other threads:[~2007-06-19 18:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-06-19 18:42 Jeff Dike [this message]
2007-06-19 18:54 ` [PATCH 2/2] UML - Add stack usage monitoring Andrew Morton
2007-06-19 19:50 ` Jeff Dike
2007-06-19 19:57 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-06-20 15:37 ` Jeff Dike
2007-06-19 20:14 ` Andrew Morton
2007-06-20 14:06 ` [uml-devel] " Blaisorblade
2007-06-20 15:17 ` Jeff Dike
2007-06-20 20:20 ` Blaisorblade
2007-06-20 18:23 ` Jeff Dike
2007-06-20 14:18 ` [uml-devel] " Blaisorblade
2007-06-20 15:20 ` Jeff Dike
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