[PATCH 1/2] exit: add a tracepoint for profiling a task that is starting to exit

From: wenyang . linux
Date: Thu Feb 22 2024 - 11:10:54 EST


From: Wen Yang <wenyang.linux@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Currently coredump_task_exit() takes some time to wait for the generation
of the dump file. But if the user-space wants to receive a notification
as soon as possible it maybe inconvenient.

Commit 2d4bcf886e42 ("exit: Remove profile_task_exit & profile_munmap")
simplified the code, but also removed profile_task_exit(), which may
prevent third-party kernel modules from detecting process exits timely.

Add the new trace_sched_profile_task_exit() this way a user-space monitor
could detect the exits and potentially make some preparations in advance.

Signed-off-by: Wen Yang <wenyang.linux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
include/trace/events/sched.h | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/exit.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/trace/events/sched.h b/include/trace/events/sched.h
index dbb01b4b7451..750b2f0bdf69 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/sched.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/sched.h
@@ -341,6 +341,34 @@ DEFINE_EVENT(sched_process_template, sched_wait_task,
TP_PROTO(struct task_struct *p),
TP_ARGS(p));

+/*
+ * Tracepoint for profiling a task that is starting to exit:
+ */
+TRACE_EVENT(sched_profile_task_exit,
+
+ TP_PROTO(struct task_struct *task, long code),
+
+ TP_ARGS(task, code),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __array( char, comm, TASK_COMM_LEN )
+ __field( pid_t, pid )
+ __field( int, prio )
+ __field( long, code )
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ memcpy(__entry->comm, task->comm, TASK_COMM_LEN);
+ __entry->pid = task->pid;
+ __entry->prio = task->prio;
+ __entry->code = code;
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("comm=%s pid=%d prio=%d exit_code=0x%lx",
+ __entry->comm, __entry->pid, __entry->prio,
+ __entry->code)
+);
+
/*
* Tracepoint for a waiting task:
*/
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 493647fd7c07..f675f879a1b2 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -826,6 +826,7 @@ void __noreturn do_exit(long code)

WARN_ON(tsk->plug);

+ trace_sched_profile_task_exit(tsk, code);
kcov_task_exit(tsk);
kmsan_task_exit(tsk);

--
2.25.1