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* [PATCH 2/2] UML - Add stack usage monitoring
@ 2007-06-19 18:42 Jeff Dike
  2007-06-19 18:54 ` Andrew Morton
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread
From: Jeff Dike @ 2007-06-19 18:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: LKML, uml-devel

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

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2007-06-19 18:42 [PATCH 2/2] UML - Add stack usage monitoring Jeff Dike
2007-06-19 18:54 ` 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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