Re: [PATCH] mm/zsmalloc: add trace events for zs_compact

Ganesh Mahendran
2016-06-08T06:39:25Z

Hi, Minchan:

2016-06-08 13:13 GMT+08:00 Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>:
> On Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 09:48:30AM +0800, Ganesh Mahendran wrote:
>> Hi, Minchan:
>>
>> 2016-06-08 8:16 GMT+08:00 Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>:
>> > Hello Ganesh,
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 04:56:44PM +0800, Ganesh Mahendran wrote:
>> >> Currently zsmalloc is widely used in android device.
>> >> Sometimes, we want to see how frequently zs_compact is
>> >> triggered or how may pages freed by zs_compact(), or which
>> >> zsmalloc pool is compacted.
>> >>
>> >> Most of the time, user can get the brief information from
>> >> trace_mm_shrink_slab_[start | end], but in some senario,
>> >> they do not use zsmalloc shrinker, but trigger compaction manually.
>> >> So add some trace events in zs_compact is convenient. Also we
>> >> can add some zsmalloc specific information(pool name, total compact
>> >> pages, etc) in zsmalloc trace.
>> >
>> > Sorry, I cannot understand what's the problem now and what you want to
>> > solve. Could you elaborate it a bit?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>>
>> We have backported the zs_compact() to our product(kernel 3.18).
>> It is usefull for a longtime running device.
>> But there is not a convenient way to get the detailed information
>> of zs_comapct() which is usefull for performance optimization.
>> Information about how much time zs_compact used, which pool is
>> compacted, how many page freed, etc.
>
> You can know how many pages are freed by object compaction via mm_stat
> each /sys/block/zram-id/mm_stat. And you can use function_graph to know
> how much time zs_compact used.

zsmalloc is not only used by zram, but also zswap. Maybe
others in the future.

I tried to use function_graph. It seems there are too much log
printed:
------
root@leo-test:/sys/kernel/debug/tracing# cat trace
# tracer: function_graph
#
# CPU DURATION FUNCTION CALLS
# | | | | | | |
2) | zs_compact [zsmalloc]() {
2) | /* zsmalloc_compact_start: pool zram0 */
2) 0.889 us | _raw_spin_lock();
2) 0.896 us | isolate_zspage [zsmalloc]();
2) 0.938 us | _raw_spin_lock();
2) 0.875 us | isolate_zspage [zsmalloc]();
2) 0.942 us | _raw_spin_lock();
2) 0.962 us | isolate_zspage [zsmalloc]();
...
2) 0.879 us | insert_zspage [zsmalloc]();
2) 4.520 us | }
2) 0.975 us | _raw_spin_lock();
2) 0.890 us | isolate_zspage [zsmalloc]();
2) 0.882 us | _raw_spin_lock();
2) 0.894 us | isolate_zspage [zsmalloc]();
2) | /* zsmalloc_compact_end: pool zram0: 0 pages
compacted(total 0) */
2) # 1351.241 us | }
------
=> 1351.241 us used

And it seems the overhead of function_graph is bigger than trace event.

bash-3682 [002] .... 1439.180646: zsmalloc_compact_start: pool zram0
bash-3682 [002] .... 1439.180659: zsmalloc_compact_end: pool zram0:
0 pages compacted(total 0)
=> 13 us > 1351.241 us

Thanks.

>
>
>> With these information, we will know what is going on in zs_comapct.
>> And draw the relation between free mem and zs_comapct.
>>
>> >
>> >>
>> >> This patch add two trace events for zs_compact(), below the trace log:
>> >> -----------------------------
>> >> root@land:/ # cat /d/tracing/trace
>> >> kswapd0-125 [007] ...1 174.176979: zsmalloc_compact_start: pool zram0
>> >> kswapd0-125 [007] ...1 174.181967: zsmalloc_compact_end: pool zram0: 608 pages compacted(total 1794)
>> >> kswapd0-125 [000] ...1 184.134475: zsmalloc_compact_start: pool zram0
>> >> kswapd0-125 [000] ...1 184.135010: zsmalloc_compact_end: pool zram0: 62 pages compacted(total 1856)
>> >> kswapd0-125 [003] ...1 226.927221: zsmalloc_compact_start: pool zram0
>> >> kswapd0-125 [003] ...1 226.928575: zsmalloc_compact_end: pool zram0: 250 pages compacted(total 2106)
>> >> -----------------------------
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Ganesh Mahendran <opensource.ganesh@gmail.com>
>> >> ---
>> >> include/trace/events/zsmalloc.h | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> >> mm/zsmalloc.c | 10 ++++++++
>> >> 2 files changed, 66 insertions(+)
>> >> create mode 100644 include/trace/events/zsmalloc.h
>> >>
>> >> diff --git a/include/trace/events/zsmalloc.h b/include/trace/events/zsmalloc.h
>> >> new file mode 100644
>> >> index 0000000..3b6f14e
>> >> --- /dev/null
>> >> +++ b/include/trace/events/zsmalloc.h
>> >> @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
>> >> +#undef TRACE_SYSTEM
>> >> +#define TRACE_SYSTEM zsmalloc
>> >> +
>> >> +#if !defined(_TRACE_ZSMALLOC_H) || defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ)
>> >> +#define _TRACE_ZSMALLOC_H
>> >> +
>> >> +#include <linux/types.h>
>> >> +#include <linux/tracepoint.h>
>> >> +
>> >> +TRACE_EVENT(zsmalloc_compact_start,
>> >> +
>> >> + TP_PROTO(const char *pool_name),
>> >> +
>> >> + TP_ARGS(pool_name),
>> >> +
>> >> + TP_STRUCT__entry(
>> >> + __field(const char *, pool_name)
>> >> + ),
>> >> +
>> >> + TP_fast_assign(
>> >> + __entry->pool_name = pool_name;
>> >> + ),
>> >> +
>> >> + TP_printk("pool %s",
>> >> + __entry->pool_name)
>> >> +);
>> >> +
>> >> +TRACE_EVENT(zsmalloc_compact_end,
>> >> +
>> >> + TP_PROTO(const char *pool_name, unsigned long pages_compacted,
>> >> + unsigned long pages_total_compacted),
>> >> +
>> >> + TP_ARGS(pool_name, pages_compacted, pages_total_compacted),
>> >> +
>> >> + TP_STRUCT__entry(
>> >> + __field(const char *, pool_name)
>> >> + __field(unsigned long, pages_compacted)
>> >> + __field(unsigned long, pages_total_compacted)
>> >> + ),
>> >> +
>> >> + TP_fast_assign(
>> >> + __entry->pool_name = pool_name;
>> >> + __entry->pages_compacted = pages_compacted;
>> >> + __entry->pages_total_compacted = pages_total_compacted;
>> >> + ),
>> >> +
>> >> + TP_printk("pool %s: %ld pages compacted(total %ld)",
>> >> + __entry->pool_name,
>> >> + __entry->pages_compacted,
>> >> + __entry->pages_total_compacted)
>> >> +);
>> >> +
>> >> +#endif /* _TRACE_ZSMALLOC_H */
>> >> +
>> >> +/* This part must be outside protection */
>> >> +#include <trace/define_trace.h>
>> >> diff --git a/mm/zsmalloc.c b/mm/zsmalloc.c
>> >> index 213d0e1..441b9f7 100644
>> >> --- a/mm/zsmalloc.c
>> >> +++ b/mm/zsmalloc.c
>> >> @@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
>> >>
>> >> #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
>> >>
>> >> +#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
>> >> +
>> >> #include <linux/module.h>
>> >> #include <linux/kernel.h>
>> >> #include <linux/sched.h>
>> >> @@ -52,6 +54,7 @@
>> >> #include <linux/mount.h>
>> >> #include <linux/compaction.h>
>> >> #include <linux/pagemap.h>
>> >> +#include <trace/events/zsmalloc.h>
>> >>
>> >> #define ZSPAGE_MAGIC 0x58
>> >>
>> >> @@ -2330,6 +2333,9 @@ unsigned long zs_compact(struct zs_pool *pool)
>> >> {
>> >> int i;
>> >> struct size_class *class;
>> >> + unsigned long pages_compacted_before = pool->stats.pages_compacted;
>> >> +
>> >> + trace_zsmalloc_compact_start(pool->name);
>> >>
>> >> for (i = zs_size_classes - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
>> >> class = pool->size_class[i];
>> >> @@ -2340,6 +2346,10 @@ unsigned long zs_compact(struct zs_pool *pool)
>> >> __zs_compact(pool, class);
>> >> }
>> >>
>> >> + trace_zsmalloc_compact_end(pool->name,
>> >> + pool->stats.pages_compacted - pages_compacted_before,
>> >> + pool->stats.pages_compacted);
>> >> +
>> >> return pool->stats.pages_compacted;
>> >> }
>> >> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(zs_compact);
>> >> --
>> >> 1.9.1
>> >>