[for-next][PATCH 14/15] eventfs: Move tracing/events to eventfs
From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Mon Jul 31 2023 - 19:18:28 EST
From: Ajay Kaher <akaher@xxxxxxxxxx>
Up until now, /sys/kernel/tracing/events was no different than any other
part of tracefs. The files and directories within the events directory was
created when the tracefs was mounted, and also created for the instances in
/sys/kernel/tracing/instances/<instance>/events. Most of these files and
directories will never be referenced. Since there are thousands of these
files and directories they spend their time wasting precious memory
resources.
Move the "events" directory to the new eventfs. The eventfs will take the
meta data of the events that they represent and store that. When the files
in the events directory are referenced, the dentry and inodes to represent
them are then created. When the files are no longer referenced, they are
freed. This saves the precious memory resources that were wasted on these
seldom referenced dentries and inodes.
Running the following:
~# cat /proc/meminfo /proc/slabinfo > before.out
~# mkdir /sys/kernel/tracing/instances/foo
~# cat /proc/meminfo /proc/slabinfo > after.out
to test the changes produces the following deltas:
Before this change:
Before after deltas for meminfo:
MemFree: -32260
MemAvailable: -21496
KReclaimable: 21528
Slab: 22440
SReclaimable: 21528
SUnreclaim: 912
VmallocUsed: 16
Before after deltas for slabinfo:
<slab>: <objects> [ * <size> = <total>]
tracefs_inode_cache: 14472 [* 1184 = 17134848]
buffer_head: 24 [* 168 = 4032]
hmem_inode_cache: 28 [* 1480 = 41440]
dentry: 14450 [* 312 = 4508400]
lsm_inode_cache: 14453 [* 32 = 462496]
vma_lock: 11 [* 152 = 1672]
vm_area_struct: 2 [* 184 = 368]
trace_event_file: 1748 [* 88 = 153824]
kmalloc-256: 1072 [* 256 = 274432]
kmalloc-64: 2842 [* 64 = 181888]
Total slab additions in size: 22,763,400 bytes
With this change:
Before after deltas for meminfo:
MemFree: -12600
MemAvailable: -12580
Cached: 24
Active: 12
Inactive: 68
Inactive(anon): 48
Active(file): 12
Inactive(file): 20
Dirty: -4
AnonPages: 68
KReclaimable: 12
Slab: 1856
SReclaimable: 12
SUnreclaim: 1844
KernelStack: 16
PageTables: 36
VmallocUsed: 16
Before after deltas for slabinfo:
<slab>: <objects> [ * <size> = <total>]
tracefs_inode_cache: 108 [* 1184 = 127872]
buffer_head: 24 [* 168 = 4032]
hmem_inode_cache: 18 [* 1480 = 26640]
dentry: 127 [* 312 = 39624]
lsm_inode_cache: 152 [* 32 = 4864]
vma_lock: 67 [* 152 = 10184]
vm_area_struct: -12 [* 184 = -2208]
trace_event_file: 1764 [* 96 = 169344]
kmalloc-96: 14322 [* 96 = 1374912]
kmalloc-64: 2814 [* 64 = 180096]
kmalloc-32: 1103 [* 32 = 35296]
kmalloc-16: 2308 [* 16 = 36928]
kmalloc-8: 12800 [* 8 = 102400]
Total slab additions in size: 2,109,984 bytes
Which is a savings of 20,653,416 bytes (20 MB) per tracing instance.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1690568452-46553-10-git-send-email-akaher@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ajay Kaher <akaher@xxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Ching-lin Yu <chinglinyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/tracefs/inode.c | 18 ++++++++++
include/linux/trace_events.h | 1 +
kernel/trace/trace.h | 2 +-
kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 65 ++++++++++++++++++------------------
4 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/tracefs/inode.c b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
index d9273066f25f..bb6de89eb446 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
@@ -374,6 +374,23 @@ static const struct super_operations tracefs_super_operations = {
.show_options = tracefs_show_options,
};
+static void tracefs_dentry_iput(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
+{
+ struct tracefs_inode *ti;
+
+ if (!dentry || !inode)
+ return;
+
+ ti = get_tracefs(inode);
+ if (ti && ti->flags & TRACEFS_EVENT_INODE)
+ eventfs_set_ef_status_free(dentry);
+ iput(inode);
+}
+
+static const struct dentry_operations tracefs_dentry_operations = {
+ .d_iput = tracefs_dentry_iput,
+};
+
static int trace_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
{
static const struct tree_descr trace_files[] = {{""}};
@@ -396,6 +413,7 @@ static int trace_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
goto fail;
sb->s_op = &tracefs_super_operations;
+ sb->s_d_op = &tracefs_dentry_operations;
tracefs_apply_options(sb, false);
diff --git a/include/linux/trace_events.h b/include/linux/trace_events.h
index 3930e676436c..c17623c78029 100644
--- a/include/linux/trace_events.h
+++ b/include/linux/trace_events.h
@@ -638,6 +638,7 @@ struct trace_event_file {
struct list_head list;
struct trace_event_call *event_call;
struct event_filter __rcu *filter;
+ struct eventfs_file *ef;
struct dentry *dir;
struct trace_array *tr;
struct trace_subsystem_dir *system;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index ba7ababb8308..5b1f9e24764a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ struct trace_subsystem_dir {
struct list_head list;
struct event_subsystem *subsystem;
struct trace_array *tr;
- struct dentry *entry;
+ struct eventfs_file *ef;
int ref_count;
int nr_events;
};
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 3ecc41f6acd9..ed367d713be0 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ static void remove_subsystem(struct trace_subsystem_dir *dir)
return;
if (!--dir->nr_events) {
- tracefs_remove(dir->entry);
+ eventfs_remove(dir->ef);
list_del(&dir->list);
__put_system_dir(dir);
}
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ static void remove_event_file_dir(struct trace_event_file *file)
tracefs_remove(dir);
}
-
+ eventfs_remove(file->ef);
list_del(&file->list);
remove_subsystem(file->system);
free_event_filter(file->filter);
@@ -2291,13 +2291,13 @@ create_new_subsystem(const char *name)
return NULL;
}
-static struct dentry *
+static struct eventfs_file *
event_subsystem_dir(struct trace_array *tr, const char *name,
struct trace_event_file *file, struct dentry *parent)
{
struct event_subsystem *system, *iter;
struct trace_subsystem_dir *dir;
- struct dentry *entry;
+ int res;
/* First see if we did not already create this dir */
list_for_each_entry(dir, &tr->systems, list) {
@@ -2305,7 +2305,7 @@ event_subsystem_dir(struct trace_array *tr, const char *name,
if (strcmp(system->name, name) == 0) {
dir->nr_events++;
file->system = dir;
- return dir->entry;
+ return dir->ef;
}
}
@@ -2329,8 +2329,8 @@ event_subsystem_dir(struct trace_array *tr, const char *name,
} else
__get_system(system);
- dir->entry = tracefs_create_dir(name, parent);
- if (!dir->entry) {
+ dir->ef = eventfs_add_subsystem_dir(name, parent);
+ if (IS_ERR(dir->ef)) {
pr_warn("Failed to create system directory %s\n", name);
__put_system(system);
goto out_free;
@@ -2345,22 +2345,22 @@ event_subsystem_dir(struct trace_array *tr, const char *name,
/* the ftrace system is special, do not create enable or filter files */
if (strcmp(name, "ftrace") != 0) {
- entry = tracefs_create_file("filter", TRACE_MODE_WRITE,
- dir->entry, dir,
+ res = eventfs_add_file("filter", TRACE_MODE_WRITE,
+ dir->ef, dir,
&ftrace_subsystem_filter_fops);
- if (!entry) {
+ if (res) {
kfree(system->filter);
system->filter = NULL;
pr_warn("Could not create tracefs '%s/filter' entry\n", name);
}
- trace_create_file("enable", TRACE_MODE_WRITE, dir->entry, dir,
+ eventfs_add_file("enable", TRACE_MODE_WRITE, dir->ef, dir,
&ftrace_system_enable_fops);
}
list_add(&dir->list, &tr->systems);
- return dir->entry;
+ return dir->ef;
out_free:
kfree(dir);
@@ -2413,8 +2413,8 @@ static int
event_create_dir(struct dentry *parent, struct trace_event_file *file)
{
struct trace_event_call *call = file->event_call;
+ struct eventfs_file *ef_subsystem = NULL;
struct trace_array *tr = file->tr;
- struct dentry *d_events;
const char *name;
int ret;
@@ -2426,24 +2426,24 @@ event_create_dir(struct dentry *parent, struct trace_event_file *file)
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(strcmp(call->class->system, TRACE_SYSTEM) == 0))
return -ENODEV;
- d_events = event_subsystem_dir(tr, call->class->system, file, parent);
- if (!d_events)
+ ef_subsystem = event_subsystem_dir(tr, call->class->system, file, parent);
+ if (!ef_subsystem)
return -ENOMEM;
name = trace_event_name(call);
- file->dir = tracefs_create_dir(name, d_events);
- if (!file->dir) {
+ file->ef = eventfs_add_dir(name, ef_subsystem);
+ if (IS_ERR(file->ef)) {
pr_warn("Could not create tracefs '%s' directory\n", name);
return -1;
}
if (call->class->reg && !(call->flags & TRACE_EVENT_FL_IGNORE_ENABLE))
- trace_create_file("enable", TRACE_MODE_WRITE, file->dir, file,
+ eventfs_add_file("enable", TRACE_MODE_WRITE, file->ef, file,
&ftrace_enable_fops);
#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
if (call->event.type && call->class->reg)
- trace_create_file("id", TRACE_MODE_READ, file->dir,
+ eventfs_add_file("id", TRACE_MODE_READ, file->ef,
(void *)(long)call->event.type,
&ftrace_event_id_fops);
#endif
@@ -2459,27 +2459,27 @@ event_create_dir(struct dentry *parent, struct trace_event_file *file)
* triggers or filters.
*/
if (!(call->flags & TRACE_EVENT_FL_IGNORE_ENABLE)) {
- trace_create_file("filter", TRACE_MODE_WRITE, file->dir,
+ eventfs_add_file("filter", TRACE_MODE_WRITE, file->ef,
file, &ftrace_event_filter_fops);
- trace_create_file("trigger", TRACE_MODE_WRITE, file->dir,
+ eventfs_add_file("trigger", TRACE_MODE_WRITE, file->ef,
file, &event_trigger_fops);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_HIST_TRIGGERS
- trace_create_file("hist", TRACE_MODE_READ, file->dir, file,
+ eventfs_add_file("hist", TRACE_MODE_READ, file->ef, file,
&event_hist_fops);
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_HIST_TRIGGERS_DEBUG
- trace_create_file("hist_debug", TRACE_MODE_READ, file->dir, file,
+ eventfs_add_file("hist_debug", TRACE_MODE_READ, file->ef, file,
&event_hist_debug_fops);
#endif
- trace_create_file("format", TRACE_MODE_READ, file->dir, call,
+ eventfs_add_file("format", TRACE_MODE_READ, file->ef, call,
&ftrace_event_format_fops);
#ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_EVENT_INJECT
if (call->event.type && call->class->reg)
- trace_create_file("inject", 0200, file->dir, file,
+ eventfs_add_file("inject", 0200, file->ef, file,
&event_inject_fops);
#endif
@@ -3632,21 +3632,22 @@ create_event_toplevel_files(struct dentry *parent, struct trace_array *tr)
{
struct dentry *d_events;
struct dentry *entry;
+ int error = 0;
entry = trace_create_file("set_event", TRACE_MODE_WRITE, parent,
tr, &ftrace_set_event_fops);
if (!entry)
return -ENOMEM;
- d_events = tracefs_create_dir("events", parent);
- if (!d_events) {
+ d_events = eventfs_create_events_dir("events", parent);
+ if (IS_ERR(d_events)) {
pr_warn("Could not create tracefs 'events' directory\n");
return -ENOMEM;
}
- entry = trace_create_file("enable", TRACE_MODE_WRITE, d_events,
+ error = eventfs_add_events_file("enable", TRACE_MODE_WRITE, d_events,
tr, &ftrace_tr_enable_fops);
- if (!entry)
+ if (error)
return -ENOMEM;
/* There are not as crucial, just warn if they are not created */
@@ -3659,11 +3660,11 @@ create_event_toplevel_files(struct dentry *parent, struct trace_array *tr)
&ftrace_set_event_notrace_pid_fops);
/* ring buffer internal formats */
- trace_create_file("header_page", TRACE_MODE_READ, d_events,
+ eventfs_add_events_file("header_page", TRACE_MODE_READ, d_events,
ring_buffer_print_page_header,
&ftrace_show_header_fops);
- trace_create_file("header_event", TRACE_MODE_READ, d_events,
+ eventfs_add_events_file("header_event", TRACE_MODE_READ, d_events,
ring_buffer_print_entry_header,
&ftrace_show_header_fops);
@@ -3751,7 +3752,7 @@ int event_trace_del_tracer(struct trace_array *tr)
down_write(&trace_event_sem);
__trace_remove_event_dirs(tr);
- tracefs_remove(tr->event_dir);
+ eventfs_remove_events_dir(tr->event_dir);
up_write(&trace_event_sem);
tr->event_dir = NULL;
--
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