[PATCH 0/2] tools lib traceevent: Fixes for adding tasks to the tep descriptor

[PATCH 0/2] tools lib traceevent: Fixes for adding tasks to the tep descriptor

[Steven Rostedt]

Hi Arnaldo,

Please pull in these patches as they fix the lib tools traceevent code
that has issues with adding in new tasks on large data files.

-- Steve



Steven Rostedt (VMware) (2):
      tools lib traceevent: Do not free tep->cmdlines in add_new_comm() on failure
      tools lib traceevent: Remove unneeded qsort and uses memmove instead

----
 tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

[PATCH 1/2] tools lib traceevent: Do not free tep->cmdlines in add_new_comm() on failure

[Steven Rostedt]

From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>

If the re-allocation of tep->cmdlines succeeds, then the previous allocation
of tep->cmdlines will be freed. If we later fail in add_new_comm(), we must
not free cmdlines, and also should assign tep->cmdlines to the new
allocation. Otherwise when freeing tep, the tep->cmdlines will be pointing
to garbage.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: a6d2a61ac653a ("tools lib traceevent: Remove some die() calls")
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index b36b536a9fcb..13fd9fdf91e0 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -269,10 +269,10 @@ static int add_new_comm(struct tep_handle *tep,
 		errno = ENOMEM;
 		return -1;
 	}
+	tep->cmdlines = cmdlines;
 
 	cmdlines[tep->cmdline_count].comm = strdup(comm);
 	if (!cmdlines[tep->cmdline_count].comm) {
-		free(cmdlines);
 		errno = ENOMEM;
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -283,7 +283,6 @@ static int add_new_comm(struct tep_handle *tep,
 		tep->cmdline_count++;
 
 	qsort(cmdlines, tep->cmdline_count, sizeof(*cmdlines), cmdline_cmp);
-	tep->cmdlines = cmdlines;
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.20.1

[PATCH 2/2] tools lib traceevent: Remove unneeded qsort and uses memmove instead

[Steven Rostedt]

From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>

While reading a trace data file that had 100,000s of tasks, the process took
an extremely long time. I profiled it down to add_new_comm(), which was
doing a qsort() call on an array that was pretty much already sorted (all
but the last element. qsort() isn't very efficient when dealing with mostly
sorted arrays, and this definitely showed its issues.

When adding a new task to the task list, instead of using qsort(), do
another bsearch() with a function that will find the element before where
the new task will be inserted in. Then simply shift the rest of the array,
and insert the task where it belongs.

Fixes: f7d82350e597d ("tools/events: Add files to create libtraceevent.a")
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index 13fd9fdf91e0..3e83636076b2 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -142,6 +142,25 @@ static int cmdline_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* Looking for where to place the key */
+static int cmdline_slot_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	const struct tep_cmdline *ca = a;
+	const struct tep_cmdline *cb = b;
+	const struct tep_cmdline *cb1 = cb + 1;
+
+	if (ca->pid < cb->pid)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (ca->pid > cb->pid) {
+		if (ca->pid <= cb1->pid)
+			return 0;
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct cmdline_list {
 	struct cmdline_list	*next;
 	char			*comm;
@@ -239,6 +258,7 @@ static int add_new_comm(struct tep_handle *tep,
 	struct tep_cmdline *cmdline;
 	struct tep_cmdline key;
 	char *new_comm;
+	int cnt;
 
 	if (!pid)
 		return 0;
@@ -271,18 +291,41 @@ static int add_new_comm(struct tep_handle *tep,
 	}
 	tep->cmdlines = cmdlines;
 
-	cmdlines[tep->cmdline_count].comm = strdup(comm);
-	if (!cmdlines[tep->cmdline_count].comm) {
+	key.comm = strdup(comm);
+	if (!key.comm) {
 		errno = ENOMEM;
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	cmdlines[tep->cmdline_count].pid = pid;
-		
-	if (cmdlines[tep->cmdline_count].comm)
+	if (!tep->cmdline_count) {
+		/* no entries yet */
+		tep->cmdlines[0] = key;
 		tep->cmdline_count++;
+		return 0;
+	}
 
-	qsort(cmdlines, tep->cmdline_count, sizeof(*cmdlines), cmdline_cmp);
+	/* Now find where we want to store the new cmdline */
+	cmdline = bsearch(&key, tep->cmdlines, tep->cmdline_count - 1,
+			  sizeof(*tep->cmdlines), cmdline_slot_cmp);
+
+	cnt = tep->cmdline_count;
+	if (cmdline) {
+		/* cmdline points to the one before the spot we want */
+		cmdline++;
+		cnt -= cmdline - tep->cmdlines;
+
+	} else {
+		/* The new entry is either before or after the list */
+		if (key.pid > tep->cmdlines[tep->cmdline_count - 1].pid) {
+			tep->cmdlines[tep->cmdline_count++] = key;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		cmdline = &tep->cmdlines[0];
+	}
+	memmove(cmdline + 1, cmdline, (cnt * sizeof(*cmdline)));
+	*cmdline = key;
+
+	tep->cmdline_count++;
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.20.1

[tip: perf/core] tools lib traceevent: Remove unneeded qsort and uses memmove instead

[tip-bot2 for Steven Rostedt (VMware)]

The following commit has been merged into the perf/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     301011ba622513cb41ced59973972204e0da2f71
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/301011ba622513cb41ced59973972204e0da2f71
Author:        Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
AuthorDate:    Wed, 28 Aug 2019 15:05:29 -04:00
Committer:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
CommitterDate: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 08:36:12 -03:00

tools lib traceevent: Remove unneeded qsort and uses memmove instead

While reading a trace data file that had 100,000s of tasks, the process
took an extremely long time. I profiled it down to add_new_comm(), which
was doing a qsort() call on an array that was pretty much already sorted
(all but the last element. qsort() isn't very efficient when dealing
with mostly sorted arrays, and this definitely showed its issues.

When adding a new task to the task list, instead of using qsort(), do
another bsearch() with a function that will find the element before
where the new task will be inserted in. Then simply shift the rest of
the array, and insert the task where it belongs.

Fixes: f7d82350e597d ("tools/events: Add files to create libtraceevent.a")
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190828191820.127233764@goodmis.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index 13fd9fd..3e83636 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -142,6 +142,25 @@ static int cmdline_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* Looking for where to place the key */
+static int cmdline_slot_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	const struct tep_cmdline *ca = a;
+	const struct tep_cmdline *cb = b;
+	const struct tep_cmdline *cb1 = cb + 1;
+
+	if (ca->pid < cb->pid)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (ca->pid > cb->pid) {
+		if (ca->pid <= cb1->pid)
+			return 0;
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct cmdline_list {
 	struct cmdline_list	*next;
 	char			*comm;
@@ -239,6 +258,7 @@ static int add_new_comm(struct tep_handle *tep,
 	struct tep_cmdline *cmdline;
 	struct tep_cmdline key;
 	char *new_comm;
+	int cnt;
 
 	if (!pid)
 		return 0;
@@ -271,18 +291,41 @@ static int add_new_comm(struct tep_handle *tep,
 	}
 	tep->cmdlines = cmdlines;
 
-	cmdlines[tep->cmdline_count].comm = strdup(comm);
-	if (!cmdlines[tep->cmdline_count].comm) {
+	key.comm = strdup(comm);
+	if (!key.comm) {
 		errno = ENOMEM;
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	cmdlines[tep->cmdline_count].pid = pid;
-		
-	if (cmdlines[tep->cmdline_count].comm)
+	if (!tep->cmdline_count) {
+		/* no entries yet */
+		tep->cmdlines[0] = key;
 		tep->cmdline_count++;
+		return 0;
+	}
 
-	qsort(cmdlines, tep->cmdline_count, sizeof(*cmdlines), cmdline_cmp);
+	/* Now find where we want to store the new cmdline */
+	cmdline = bsearch(&key, tep->cmdlines, tep->cmdline_count - 1,
+			  sizeof(*tep->cmdlines), cmdline_slot_cmp);
+
+	cnt = tep->cmdline_count;
+	if (cmdline) {
+		/* cmdline points to the one before the spot we want */
+		cmdline++;
+		cnt -= cmdline - tep->cmdlines;
+
+	} else {
+		/* The new entry is either before or after the list */
+		if (key.pid > tep->cmdlines[tep->cmdline_count - 1].pid) {
+			tep->cmdlines[tep->cmdline_count++] = key;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		cmdline = &tep->cmdlines[0];
+	}
+	memmove(cmdline + 1, cmdline, (cnt * sizeof(*cmdline)));
+	*cmdline = key;
+
+	tep->cmdline_count++;
 
 	return 0;
 }

[tip: perf/core] tools lib traceevent: Do not free tep->cmdlines in add_new_comm() on failure

[tip-bot2 for Steven Rostedt (VMware)]

The following commit has been merged into the perf/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     b0215e2d6a18d8331b2d4a8b38ccf3eff783edb1
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/b0215e2d6a18d8331b2d4a8b38ccf3eff783edb1
Author:        Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
AuthorDate:    Wed, 28 Aug 2019 15:05:28 -04:00
Committer:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
CommitterDate: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 08:36:12 -03:00

tools lib traceevent: Do not free tep->cmdlines in add_new_comm() on failure

If the re-allocation of tep->cmdlines succeeds, then the previous
allocation of tep->cmdlines will be freed. If we later fail in
add_new_comm(), we must not free cmdlines, and also should assign
tep->cmdlines to the new allocation. Otherwise when freeing tep, the
tep->cmdlines will be pointing to garbage.

Fixes: a6d2a61ac653a ("tools lib traceevent: Remove some die() calls")
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190828191819.970121417@goodmis.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index b36b536..13fd9fd 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -269,10 +269,10 @@ static int add_new_comm(struct tep_handle *tep,
 		errno = ENOMEM;
 		return -1;
 	}
+	tep->cmdlines = cmdlines;
 
 	cmdlines[tep->cmdline_count].comm = strdup(comm);
 	if (!cmdlines[tep->cmdline_count].comm) {
-		free(cmdlines);
 		errno = ENOMEM;
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -283,7 +283,6 @@ static int add_new_comm(struct tep_handle *tep,
 		tep->cmdline_count++;
 
 	qsort(cmdlines, tep->cmdline_count, sizeof(*cmdlines), cmdline_cmp);
-	tep->cmdlines = cmdlines;
 
 	return 0;
 }