[PATCH v0] bpf: BPF based latency tracing

From: Daniel Wagner
Date: Thu Jun 18 2015 - 07:40:19 EST


BPF offers another way to generate latency histograms. We attach
kprobes at trace_preempt_off and trace_preempt_on and calculate the
time it takes to from seeing the off/on transition.

The first array is used to store the start time stamp. The key is the
CPU id. The second array stores the log2(time diff). We need to use
static allocation here (array and not hash tables). The kprobes
hooking into trace_preempt_on|off should not calling any dynamic
memory allocation or free path. We need to avoid recursivly
getting called. Besides that, it reduces jitter in the measurement.

CPU 0
latency : count distribution
1 -> 1 : 0 | |
2 -> 3 : 0 | |
4 -> 7 : 0 | |
8 -> 15 : 0 | |
16 -> 31 : 0 | |
32 -> 63 : 0 | |
64 -> 127 : 0 | |
128 -> 255 : 0 | |
256 -> 511 : 0 | |
512 -> 1023 : 0 | |
1024 -> 2047 : 0 | |
2048 -> 4095 : 166723 |*************************************** |
4096 -> 8191 : 19870 |*** |
8192 -> 16383 : 6324 | |
16384 -> 32767 : 1098 | |
32768 -> 65535 : 190 | |
65536 -> 131071 : 179 | |
131072 -> 262143 : 18 | |
262144 -> 524287 : 4 | |
524288 -> 1048575 : 1363 | |
CPU 1
latency : count distribution
1 -> 1 : 0 | |
2 -> 3 : 0 | |
4 -> 7 : 0 | |
8 -> 15 : 0 | |
16 -> 31 : 0 | |
32 -> 63 : 0 | |
64 -> 127 : 0 | |
128 -> 255 : 0 | |
256 -> 511 : 0 | |
512 -> 1023 : 0 | |
1024 -> 2047 : 0 | |
2048 -> 4095 : 114042 |*************************************** |
4096 -> 8191 : 9587 |** |
8192 -> 16383 : 4140 | |
16384 -> 32767 : 673 | |
32768 -> 65535 : 179 | |
65536 -> 131071 : 29 | |
131072 -> 262143 : 4 | |
262144 -> 524287 : 1 | |
524288 -> 1048575 : 364 | |
CPU 2
latency : count distribution
1 -> 1 : 0 | |
2 -> 3 : 0 | |
4 -> 7 : 0 | |
8 -> 15 : 0 | |
16 -> 31 : 0 | |
32 -> 63 : 0 | |
64 -> 127 : 0 | |
128 -> 255 : 0 | |
256 -> 511 : 0 | |
512 -> 1023 : 0 | |
1024 -> 2047 : 0 | |
2048 -> 4095 : 40147 |*************************************** |
4096 -> 8191 : 2300 |* |
8192 -> 16383 : 828 | |
16384 -> 32767 : 178 | |
32768 -> 65535 : 59 | |
65536 -> 131071 : 2 | |
131072 -> 262143 : 0 | |
262144 -> 524287 : 1 | |
524288 -> 1048575 : 174 | |
CPU 3
latency : count distribution
1 -> 1 : 0 | |
2 -> 3 : 0 | |
4 -> 7 : 0 | |
8 -> 15 : 0 | |
16 -> 31 : 0 | |
32 -> 63 : 0 | |
64 -> 127 : 0 | |
128 -> 255 : 0 | |
256 -> 511 : 0 | |
512 -> 1023 : 0 | |
1024 -> 2047 : 0 | |
2048 -> 4095 : 29626 |*************************************** |
4096 -> 8191 : 2704 |** |
8192 -> 16383 : 1090 | |
16384 -> 32767 : 160 | |
32768 -> 65535 : 72 | |
65536 -> 131071 : 32 | |
131072 -> 262143 : 26 | |
262144 -> 524287 : 12 | |
524288 -> 1048575 : 298 | |

All this is based on the trace3 examples written by
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxxxx>.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Hi Alexei,

This version is working nicely for me. No hickups so far.
There are a couple of dependencies which are missing in my
tree but they are already on the way to mainline:

- rcu_is_watching fix
- bpf_get_smp_processor_id() export (including bpf_helpers.h)

I am not sure if it is really worth spending more time getting
the hash table working for the trace_preempt_[on|off] kprobes.
There are so many things which could go wrong, so going with
a static version seems for me the right choice.

cheers,
daniel

changes v0:
- renamed to lathist since there is no direct hw latency involved
- use arrays instead of hash tables

samples/bpf/Makefile | 4 ++
samples/bpf/lathist_kern.c | 99 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
samples/bpf/lathist_user.c | 103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 206 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 samples/bpf/lathist_kern.c
create mode 100644 samples/bpf/lathist_user.c

diff --git a/samples/bpf/Makefile b/samples/bpf/Makefile
index f4e0bb2..ba02b6f 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/samples/bpf/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ hostprogs-y += tracex1
hostprogs-y += tracex2
hostprogs-y += tracex3
hostprogs-y += tracex4
+hostprogs-y += lathist

test_verifier-objs := test_verifier.o libbpf.o
test_maps-objs := test_maps.o libbpf.o
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ tracex1-objs := bpf_load.o libbpf.o tracex1_user.o
tracex2-objs := bpf_load.o libbpf.o tracex2_user.o
tracex3-objs := bpf_load.o libbpf.o tracex3_user.o
tracex4-objs := bpf_load.o libbpf.o tracex4_user.o
+lathist-objs := bpf_load.o libbpf.o lathist_user.o

# Tell kbuild to always build the programs
always := $(hostprogs-y)
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ always += tracex2_kern.o
always += tracex3_kern.o
always += tracex4_kern.o
always += tcbpf1_kern.o
+always += lathist_kern.o

HOSTCFLAGS += -I$(objtree)/usr/include

@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ HOSTLOADLIBES_tracex1 += -lelf
HOSTLOADLIBES_tracex2 += -lelf
HOSTLOADLIBES_tracex3 += -lelf
HOSTLOADLIBES_tracex4 += -lelf -lrt
+HOSTLOADLIBES_lathist += -lelf

# point this to your LLVM backend with bpf support
LLC = /opt/llvm/bin/llc
diff --git a/samples/bpf/lathist_kern.c b/samples/bpf/lathist_kern.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18fa088
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/bpf/lathist_kern.c
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2013-2015 PLUMgrid, http://plumgrid.com
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 BMW Car IT GmbH
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+#include <linux/version.h>
+#include <linux/ptrace.h>
+#include <uapi/linux/bpf.h>
+#include "bpf_helpers.h"
+
+#define MAX_ENTRIES 20
+#define MAX_CPU 4
+
+/* We need to stick to static allocated memory (an array instead of
+ * hash table) because managing dynamic memory from the
+ * trace_preempt_[on|off] tracepoints hooks is not supported.
+ */
+
+struct bpf_map_def SEC("maps") my_map = {
+ .type = BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY,
+ .key_size = sizeof(int),
+ .value_size = sizeof(u64),
+ .max_entries = MAX_CPU,
+};
+
+SEC("kprobe/trace_preempt_off")
+int bpf_prog1(struct pt_regs *ctx)
+{
+ int cpu = bpf_get_smp_processor_id();
+ u64 *ts = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&my_map, &cpu);
+
+ if (ts)
+ *ts = bpf_ktime_get_ns();
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static unsigned int log2(unsigned int v)
+{
+ unsigned int r;
+ unsigned int shift;
+
+ r = (v > 0xFFFF) << 4; v >>= r;
+ shift = (v > 0xFF) << 3; v >>= shift; r |= shift;
+ shift = (v > 0xF) << 2; v >>= shift; r |= shift;
+ shift = (v > 0x3) << 1; v >>= shift; r |= shift;
+ r |= (v >> 1);
+
+ return r;
+}
+
+static unsigned int log2l(unsigned long v)
+{
+ unsigned int hi = v >> 32;
+
+ if (hi)
+ return log2(hi) + 32;
+ else
+ return log2(v);
+}
+
+struct bpf_map_def SEC("maps") my_lat = {
+ .type = BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY,
+ .key_size = sizeof(int),
+ .value_size = sizeof(long),
+ .max_entries = MAX_CPU * MAX_ENTRIES,
+};
+
+SEC("kprobe/trace_preempt_on")
+int bpf_prog2(struct pt_regs *ctx)
+{
+ u64 *ts, cur_ts, delta;
+ int key, cpu;
+ long *val;
+
+ cpu = bpf_get_smp_processor_id();
+ ts = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&my_map, &cpu);
+ if (!ts)
+ return 0;
+
+ cur_ts = bpf_ktime_get_ns();
+ delta = log2l(cur_ts - *ts);
+
+ if (delta > MAX_ENTRIES - 1)
+ delta = MAX_ENTRIES - 1;
+
+ key = cpu * MAX_ENTRIES + delta;
+ val = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&my_lat, &key);
+ if (val)
+ __sync_fetch_and_add((long *)val, 1);
+
+ return 0;
+
+}
+
+char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
+u32 _version SEC("version") = LINUX_VERSION_CODE;
diff --git a/samples/bpf/lathist_user.c b/samples/bpf/lathist_user.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65da8c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/bpf/lathist_user.c
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2013-2015 PLUMgrid, http://plumgrid.com
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 BMW Car IT GmbH
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <linux/bpf.h>
+#include "libbpf.h"
+#include "bpf_load.h"
+
+#define MAX_ENTRIES 20
+#define MAX_CPU 4
+#define MAX_STARS 40
+
+struct cpu_hist {
+ long data[MAX_ENTRIES];
+ long max;
+};
+
+static struct cpu_hist cpu_hist[MAX_CPU];
+
+static void stars(char *str, long val, long max, int width)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < (width * val / max) - 1 && i < width - 1; i++)
+ str[i] = '*';
+ if (val > max)
+ str[i - 1] = '+';
+ str[i] = '\0';
+}
+
+static void print_hist(void)
+{
+ char starstr[MAX_STARS];
+ struct cpu_hist *hist;
+ int i, j;
+
+ /* clear screen */
+ printf("\033[2J");
+
+ for (j = 0; j < MAX_CPU; j++) {
+ hist = &cpu_hist[j];
+
+ /* ignore CPUs without data (maybe offline?) */
+ if (hist->max == 0)
+ continue;
+
+ printf("CPU %d\n", j);
+ printf(" latency : count distribution\n");
+ for (i = 1; i <= MAX_ENTRIES; i++) {
+ stars(starstr, hist->data[i - 1], hist->max, MAX_STARS);
+ printf("%8ld -> %-8ld : %-8ld |%-*s|\n",
+ (1l << i) >> 1, (1l << i) - 1,
+ hist->data[i - 1], MAX_STARS, starstr);
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+static void get_data(int fd)
+{
+ long key, value;
+ int c, i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < MAX_CPU; i++)
+ cpu_hist[i].max = 0;
+
+ for (c = 0; c < MAX_CPU; c++) {
+ for (i = 0; i < MAX_ENTRIES; i++) {
+ key = c * MAX_ENTRIES + i;
+ bpf_lookup_elem(fd, &key, &value);
+
+ cpu_hist[c].data[i] = value;
+ if (value > cpu_hist[c].max)
+ cpu_hist[c].max = value;
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ char filename[256];
+
+ snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%s_kern.o", argv[0]);
+
+ if (load_bpf_file(filename)) {
+ printf("%s", bpf_log_buf);
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ while (1) {
+ get_data(map_fd[1]);
+ print_hist();
+ sleep(5);
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
--
2.1.0

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