[PATCH] mm/page_owner.c: record tgid

From: Yixuan Cao
Date: Sat Feb 19 2022 - 13:06:01 EST


In a single-threaded process,
the pid in kernel task_struct is the same as the tgid,
which can mark the process of page allocation.
But in a multithreaded process,
only the task_struct of the thread leader
has the same pid as tgid,
and the pids of other threads are different from tgid.
Therefore, tgid is recorded to provide effective information
for debugging and data statistics of multithreaded programs.

This can also be achieved by observing the
task name (executable file name) for a specific process.
However, when the same program is started multiple times,
the task name is the same and the tgid is different.
Therefore, in the debugging of multi-threaded programs,
combined with the task name and tgid,
more accurate runtime information of a certain run
of the program can be obtained.

Signed-off-by: Yixuan Cao <caoyixuan2019@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/page_owner.c | 16 ++++++++++------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/page_owner.c b/mm/page_owner.c
index d56afa9c792e..0a9588506571 100644
--- a/mm/page_owner.c
+++ b/mm/page_owner.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct page_owner {
u64 free_ts_nsec;
char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN];
pid_t pid;
+ pid_t tgid;
};

static bool page_owner_enabled = false;
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ static inline void __set_page_owner_handle(struct page_ext *page_ext,
page_owner->gfp_mask = gfp_mask;
page_owner->last_migrate_reason = -1;
page_owner->pid = current->pid;
+ page_owner->tgid = current->tgid;
page_owner->ts_nsec = local_clock();
strlcpy(page_owner->comm, current->comm,
sizeof(page_owner->comm));
@@ -233,6 +235,7 @@ void __folio_copy_owner(struct folio *newfolio, struct folio *old)
old_page_owner->last_migrate_reason;
new_page_owner->handle = old_page_owner->handle;
new_page_owner->pid = old_page_owner->pid;
+ new_page_owner->tgid = old_page_owner->tgid;
new_page_owner->ts_nsec = old_page_owner->ts_nsec;
new_page_owner->free_ts_nsec = old_page_owner->ts_nsec;
strcpy(new_page_owner->comm, old_page_owner->comm);
@@ -383,11 +386,11 @@ print_page_owner(char __user *buf, size_t count, unsigned long pfn,
return -ENOMEM;

ret = scnprintf(kbuf, count,
- "Page allocated via order %u, mask %#x(%pGg), pid %d (%s), ts %llu ns, free_ts %llu ns\n",
+ "Page allocated via order %u, mask %#x(%pGg), pid %d, tgid %d (%s), ts %llu ns, free_ts %llu ns\n",
page_owner->order, page_owner->gfp_mask,
&page_owner->gfp_mask, page_owner->pid,
- page_owner->comm, page_owner->ts_nsec,
- page_owner->free_ts_nsec);
+ page_owner->tgid, page_owner->comm,
+ page_owner->ts_nsec, page_owner->free_ts_nsec);

/* Print information relevant to grouping pages by mobility */
pageblock_mt = get_pageblock_migratetype(page);
@@ -454,10 +457,10 @@ void __dump_page_owner(const struct page *page)
else
pr_alert("page_owner tracks the page as freed\n");

- pr_alert("page last allocated via order %u, migratetype %s, gfp_mask %#x(%pGg), pid %d (%s), ts %llu, free_ts %llu\n",
+ pr_alert("page last allocated via order %u, migratetype %s, gfp_mask %#x(%pGg), pid %d, tgid %d (%s), ts %llu, free_ts %llu\n",
page_owner->order, migratetype_names[mt], gfp_mask, &gfp_mask,
- page_owner->pid, page_owner->comm, page_owner->ts_nsec,
- page_owner->free_ts_nsec);
+ page_owner->pid, page_owner->tgid, page_owner->comm,
+ page_owner->ts_nsec, page_owner->free_ts_nsec);

handle = READ_ONCE(page_owner->handle);
if (!handle)
@@ -669,3 +672,4 @@ static int __init pageowner_init(void)
return 0;
}
late_initcall(pageowner_init)
+
--
2.31.1