Re: [PATCH] new irq tracer

[Mathieu Desnoyers <compudj@krystal.dyndns.org>]

* Steven Rostedt (rostedt@goodmis.org) wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> 
> > * Jason Baron (jbaron@redhat.com) wrote:
> > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:48:28AM -0500, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> > > > KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> > > > >>  /**
> > > > >>   * handle_IRQ_event - irq action chain handler
> > > > >>   * @irq:	the interrupt number
> > > > >> @@ -354,7 +358,9 @@ irqreturn_t handle_IRQ_event(unsigned int irq, struct irqaction *action)
> > > > >>  		local_irq_enable_in_hardirq();
> > > > >>  
> > > > >>  	do {
> > > > >> +		trace_irq_entry(irq);
> > > > >>  		ret = action->handler(irq, action->dev_id);
> > > > >> +		trace_irq_exit(irq, ret);
> > > > >>  		if (ret == IRQ_HANDLED)
> > > > >>  			status |= action->flags;
> > > > >>  		retval |= ret;
> > > > > 
> > > > > Nobdy want unnecessary redundant tracepoint.
> > > > > Please discuss with mathieu, and merge his tracepoint.
> > > > 
> > > > Hmm, from the viewpoint of trouble shooting, the place of LTTng's tracepoint
> > > > is enough. However, from the same viewpoint, it should pass irq-number
> > > > to irq-exit event too, because we may lost some previous events by buffer-overflow
> > > > etc.
> > > > 
> > > >          trace_irq_entry(irq, NULL);
> > > >          ret = _handle_IRQ_event(irq, action);
> > > >          trace_irq_exit(irq, ret);
> > > >                         ^^^^
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > the lttng tracepoints wrap the calls to _handle_IRQ_event in 3
> > > different places. So the above suggested irq tracepoint provides the
> > > same information with 4 less tracepoints in the code. So I believe its
> > > simpler - plus we can understand which action handlers are handling the
> > > interrupt.
> > > 
> > 
> > The main thing I dislike about only tracing action->handler() calls is
> > that you are not tracing an IRQ per se, but rather the invocation of a
> > given handler within the interrupt. For instance, it would be difficult
> > to calculate the maximum interrupt latency for a given interrupt line,
> > because you don't have the "real" irq entry/exit events, just the
> > individual handler() calls.
> 
> Then use the function_graph tracer.
> 

Sadly, the function tracer cannot be enabled on production systems.
Therefore it's not a usable solution in the context where I need this.

Mathieu

>  # echo smp_apic_timer_interrupt > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter 
>  # echo __irqentry_text_start >> /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter
>  # echo function_graph > /debug/tracing/current_tracer 
>  # cat /debug/tracing/trace
> 
> # tracer: function_graph
> #
> # CPU  DURATION                  FUNCTION CALLS
> # |     |   |                     |   |   |   |
>  ------------------------------------------
>  1)  kblockd-4012  =>    <idle>-0   
>  ------------------------------------------
> 
>  1)   ==========> |
>  1) + 35.783 us   |  smp_apic_timer_interrupt();
>  ------------------------------------------
>  2)  kstop/2-4013  =>    <idle>-0   
>  ------------------------------------------
> 
>  2)   ==========> |
>  2) + 13.819 us   |  smp_apic_timer_interrupt();
>  ------------------------------------------
>  3)  kstop/3-4014  =>    <idle>-0   
>  ------------------------------------------
> 
>  3)   ==========> |
>  3) + 24.919 us   |  __irqentry_text_start();
>  ------------------------------------------
>  0)  kstop/0-4011  =>    <idle>-0   
>  ------------------------------------------
> 
>  0)   ==========> |
>  0) + 24.444 us   |  smp_apic_timer_interrupt();
>  ------------------------------------------
>  1)    <idle>-0    =>   bash-3899   
>  ------------------------------------------
> 
>  1)   ==========> |
>  1) + 13.642 us   |  smp_apic_timer_interrupt();
>  2)   ==========> |
>  2) + 15.014 us   |  smp_apic_timer_interrupt();
>  3)   ==========> |
>  3) + 31.004 us   |  smp_apic_timer_interrupt();
>  ------------------------------------------
>  0)    <idle>-0    =>   sshd-3892   
>  ------------------------------------------
> 
>  0)   ==========> |
>  0) + 15.655 us   |  __irqentry_text_start();
>  0)   ==========> |
>  0) + 37.722 us   |  __irqentry_text_start();
>  ------------------------------------------
>  0)   sshd-3892    =>    <idle>-0   
>  ------------------------------------------
> 
>  0)   ==========> |
>  0) + 26.139 us   |  __irqentry_text_start();
>  3)   ==========> |
>  3) + 27.240 us   |  __irqentry_text_start();
>  3)   ==========> |
>  3) + 21.987 us   |  __irqentry_text_start();
> 
> 
> And there you have your latencies ;-)
> 
> With Jasons added trace points, we could add the to the event tracer
> and those would show up as comments here.
> 
> -- Steve
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > But I agree that knowing which handler is called is important.
> > 
> > How about this compromise :
> > 
> > trace_irq_entry(irq, action)
> >   _handle_IRQ_event()
> >     for each action  {
> >       trace_irq_handler(action, ret);
> >       ret = action->handler(irq, action->dev_id);
> >       ...
> >     }
> > trace_irq_exit(action_ret);
> > 
> > Would that give you the information you need ?
> > 
> > Here trace_irq_handler would be passed the _current_ action invoked and
> > the _previous_ action return value. Note that we should initialize
> > irqreturn_t ret to some initial value if we do this. That should keep
> > the tracing overhead minimal.
> > 
> 

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Mathieu Desnoyers
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