[PATCH 1/3] ftrace: add tracepoint for timer

From: Xiao Guangrong
Date: Fri May 22 2009 - 05:52:57 EST


This patch is modify from Mathieu's patch base on ingo's suggestion, the original patch
can be found here:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123791201816247&w=2

This patch can trace timer's whole lifecycle as init/start/expire/cancel

Example ftrace output:
<...>-2998 [000] 63501.542376: timer_init: timer=e0b374e0
<...>-2998 [000] 63501.542424: timer_start: timer=e0b374e0 func=test_timerfuc expires=4294941565 cpu=0
<idle>-0 [000] 63514.508219: timer_expire: timer=e0b374e0 func=test_timerfuc
<idle>-0 [000] 63514.508222: timer_cancel: timer=e0b374e0 func=test_timerfuc

We already have debugobject in timer to init/activate/deactivate/free,
but it can't be covered function of there tracepoints, because:
1: We can't get timer's lifecycle information in userspace by debugobject,
it is necessary for system engineer to investigate system trouble caused
by using timer.
2: We can't get information of whole lifecycle of timer by debugobject,
for example, deactivation of a timer.
3: There are many different tracing code in many kernel subsystem as blktrace,
debugobject, and tracepoint is designed as generic way to unify these
tracing way.

Changelog:
1: modify the tracepoint name
2: move tracepoing to suitable position
3: use TRACE_EVENT instead of DEFINE_TRACE/DECLARE_TRACE

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/trace/events/timer.h | 94 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/timer.c | 9 ++++-
2 files changed, 102 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 include/trace/events/timer.h

diff --git a/include/trace/events/timer.h b/include/trace/events/timer.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2f60d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/trace/events/timer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#if !defined(_TRACE_TIMER_H) || defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ)
+#define _TRACE_TIMER_H
+
+#include <linux/tracepoint.h>
+#include <linux/timer.h>
+
+#undef TRACE_SYSTEM
+#define TRACE_SYSTEM timer
+
+TRACE_EVENT(timer_init,
+
+ TP_PROTO(struct timer_list *timer),
+
+ TP_ARGS(timer),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field( void *, timer )
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->timer = timer;
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("timer=%p", __entry->timer)
+);
+
+TRACE_EVENT(timer_start,
+
+ TP_PROTO(struct timer_list *timer, int cpu),
+
+ TP_ARGS(timer, cpu),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field( void *, timer )
+ __field( void *, function )
+ __field( unsigned long, expires )
+ __field( int, cpu )
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->timer = timer;
+ __entry->function = timer->function;
+ __entry->expires = timer->expires;
+ __entry->cpu = cpu;
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("timer=%p func=%pf expires=%lu cpu=%d", __entry->timer,
+ __entry->function, __entry->expires, __entry->cpu)
+);
+
+TRACE_EVENT(timer_expire,
+
+ TP_PROTO(struct timer_list *timer),
+
+ TP_ARGS(timer),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field( void *, timer )
+ __field( void *, function )
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->timer = timer;
+ __entry->function = timer->function;
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("timer=%p func=%pf", __entry->timer, __entry->function)
+);
+
+TRACE_EVENT(timer_cancel,
+
+ TP_PROTO(struct timer_list *timer),
+
+ TP_ARGS(timer),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field( void *, timer )
+ __field( void *, function )
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->timer = timer;
+ __entry->function = timer->function;
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("timer=%p func=%pf", __entry->timer, __entry->function)
+);
+
+#endif /* _TRACE_TIMER_H */
+
+/* This part must be outside protection */
+#include <trace/define_trace.h>
+
+
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 4149033..6cb40ba 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
#include <asm/timex.h>
#include <asm/io.h>

+#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
+#include <trace/events/timer.h>
+
u64 jiffies_64 __cacheline_aligned_in_smp = INITIAL_JIFFIES;

EXPORT_SYMBOL(jiffies_64);
@@ -547,6 +550,7 @@ void init_timer_key(struct timer_list *timer,
{
debug_timer_init(timer);
__init_timer(timer, name, key);
+ trace_timer_init(timer);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_timer_key);

@@ -565,6 +569,7 @@ static inline void detach_timer(struct timer_list *timer,
struct list_head *entry = &timer->entry;

debug_timer_deactivate(timer);
+ trace_timer_cancel(timer);

__list_del(entry->prev, entry->next);
if (clear_pending)
@@ -650,7 +655,7 @@ __mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires, bool pending_only)

timer->expires = expires;
internal_add_timer(base, timer);
-
+ trace_timer_start(timer, smp_processor_id());
out_unlock:
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&base->lock, flags);

@@ -746,6 +751,7 @@ void add_timer_on(struct timer_list *timer, int cpu)
timer_set_base(timer, base);
debug_timer_activate(timer);
internal_add_timer(base, timer);
+ trace_timer_start(timer, cpu);
/*
* Check whether the other CPU is idle and needs to be
* triggered to reevaluate the timer wheel when nohz is
@@ -914,6 +920,7 @@ static inline void __run_timers(struct tvec_base *base)
unsigned long data;

timer = list_first_entry(head, struct timer_list,entry);
+ trace_timer_expire(timer);
fn = timer->function;
data = timer->data;

--
1.6.1.2

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