From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5 v2] tracing: Replace the per_cpu() with this_cpu() in trace_stack.c
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 10:48:38 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170407104838.5de49e7b@gandalf.local.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170407143619.GR1600@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
On Fri, 7 Apr 2017 07:36:19 -0700
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 07, 2017 at 10:01:08AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> >
> > The updates to the trace_active per cpu variable can be updated with the
> > this_cpu_*() functions as it only gets updated on the CPU that the variable
> > is on.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> > ---
> > kernel/trace/trace_stack.c | 23 +++++++----------------
> > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
> > index 5fb1f2c87e6b..05ad2b86461e 100644
> > --- a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
> > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
> > @@ -207,13 +207,12 @@ stack_trace_call(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
> > struct ftrace_ops *op, struct pt_regs *pt_regs)
> > {
> > unsigned long stack;
> > - int cpu;
> >
> > preempt_disable_notrace();
> >
> > - cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
> > /* no atomic needed, we only modify this variable by this cpu */
> > - if (per_cpu(trace_active, cpu)++ != 0)
> > + this_cpu_inc(trace_active);
>
> For whatever it is worth...
>
> I was about to complain that this_cpu_inc() only disables preemption,
> not interrupts, but then I realized that any correct interrupt handler
> would have to restore the per-CPU variable to its original value.
Yep, that's the reason for the comment about "no atomic needed". This
is a "stack modification". Any interruption in the flow will reset the
changes back to the way it was before going back to what it interrupted.
>
> Presumably you have to sum up all the per-CPU trace_active counts,
> given that there is no guarantee that a process-level dec will happen
> on the same CPU that did the inc.
That's why we disable preemption. We guarantee that a process-level dec
*will* happen on the same CPU that did the inc.
It's also the reason for the preemption disabled check in the
stack_tracer_disable() code.
-- Steve
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-04-07 14:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-04-07 14:01 [PATCH 0/5 v2] tracing: Add usecase of synchronize_rcu_tasks() and stack_tracer_disable() Steven Rostedt
2017-04-07 14:01 ` [PATCH 1/5 v2] ftrace: Add use of synchronize_rcu_tasks() with dynamic trampolines Steven Rostedt
2017-04-07 14:01 ` [PATCH 2/5 v2] tracing: Replace the per_cpu() with this_cpu() in trace_stack.c Steven Rostedt
2017-04-07 14:36 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-07 14:48 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2017-04-07 15:08 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-07 14:01 ` [PATCH 3/5 v2] tracing: Add stack_tracer_disable/enable() functions Steven Rostedt
2017-04-07 14:22 ` Steven Rostedt
2017-04-07 14:25 ` [PATCH 3/5 v2.1] " Steven Rostedt
2017-04-07 14:01 ` [PATCH 4/5 v2] tracing: Rename trace_active to disable_stack_tracer and inline its modification Steven Rostedt
2017-04-07 14:01 ` [PATCH 5/5 v2] rcu: Fix dyntick-idle tracing Steven Rostedt
2017-04-07 14:40 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-07 14:53 ` Steven Rostedt
2017-04-07 15:09 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-07 15:29 ` Steven Rostedt
2017-04-07 14:43 ` [PATCH 0/5 v2] tracing: Add usecase of synchronize_rcu_tasks() and stack_tracer_disable() Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-07 14:58 ` Steven Rostedt
2017-04-07 15:11 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-07 15:28 ` Steven Rostedt
2017-04-07 16:35 ` [PATCH 6/5]rcu/tracing: Add rcu_disabled to denote when rcu_irq_enter() will not work Steven Rostedt
2017-04-07 16:42 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-07 16:44 ` Steven Rostedt
2017-04-07 16:53 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-07 17:03 ` [PATCH 6/5 v2] rcu/tracing: " Steven Rostedt
2017-04-07 17:15 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-07 17:06 ` [PATCH 7/5] tracing: Make sure rcu_irq_enter() can work for trace_*_rcuidle() trace events Steven Rostedt
2017-04-07 17:15 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-04-07 17:19 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2017-04-07 17:26 ` Steven Rostedt
2017-04-07 17:32 ` Steven Rostedt
2017-04-07 17:49 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2017-04-07 17:55 ` Steven Rostedt
2017-04-07 18:10 ` [PATCH 7/5 v3] " Steven Rostedt
2017-04-07 18:17 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2017-04-07 19:41 ` [PATCH 7/5 v4] " Steven Rostedt
2017-04-07 19:43 ` Steven Rostedt
2017-04-10 17:11 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2017-04-07 17:28 ` [PATCH 7/5] " Steven Rostedt
2017-04-07 17:48 ` [PATCH 7/5 v2] " Steven Rostedt
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