| Message ID | 20210701093537.90759-3-leo.yan@linaro.org (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
| Headers | show |
| Series | coresight: Fix for snapshot mode | expand |
Em Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 05:35:36PM +0800, Leo Yan escreveu: > The callback cs_etm_find_snapshot() is invoked for snapshot mode, its > main purpose is to find the correct AUX trace data and returns "head" > and "old" (we can call "old" as "old head") to the caller, the caller > __auxtrace_mmap__read() uses these two pointers to decide the AUX trace > data size. > > This patch removes cs_etm_find_snapshot() with below reasons: > > - The first thing in cs_etm_find_snapshot() is to check if the head has > wrapped around, if it is not, directly bails out. The checking is > pointless, this is because the "head" and "old" pointers both are > monotonical increasing so they never wrap around. > > - cs_etm_find_snapshot() adjusts the "head" and "old" pointers and > assumes the AUX ring buffer is fully filled with the hardware trace > data, so it always subtracts the difference "mm->len" from "head" to > get "old". Let's imagine the snapshot is taken in very short > interval, the tracers only fill a small chunk of the trace data into > the AUX ring buffer, in this case, it's wrongly to copy the whole the > AUX ring buffer to perf file. > > - As the "head" and "old" pointers are monotonically increased, the > function __auxtrace_mmap__read() handles these two pointers properly. > It calculates the reminders for these two pointers, and the size is > clamped to be never more than "snapshot_size". We can simply reply on > the function __auxtrace_mmap__read() to calculate the correct result > for data copying, it's not necessary to add Arm CoreSight specific > callback. Thanks, applied. - Arnaldo
On Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 01:25:14PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote: > Em Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 05:35:36PM +0800, Leo Yan escreveu: > > The callback cs_etm_find_snapshot() is invoked for snapshot mode, its > > main purpose is to find the correct AUX trace data and returns "head" > > and "old" (we can call "old" as "old head") to the caller, the caller > > __auxtrace_mmap__read() uses these two pointers to decide the AUX trace > > data size. > > > > This patch removes cs_etm_find_snapshot() with below reasons: > > > > - The first thing in cs_etm_find_snapshot() is to check if the head has > > wrapped around, if it is not, directly bails out. The checking is > > pointless, this is because the "head" and "old" pointers both are > > monotonical increasing so they never wrap around. > > > > - cs_etm_find_snapshot() adjusts the "head" and "old" pointers and > > assumes the AUX ring buffer is fully filled with the hardware trace > > data, so it always subtracts the difference "mm->len" from "head" to > > get "old". Let's imagine the snapshot is taken in very short > > interval, the tracers only fill a small chunk of the trace data into > > the AUX ring buffer, in this case, it's wrongly to copy the whole the > > AUX ring buffer to perf file. > > > > - As the "head" and "old" pointers are monotonically increased, the > > function __auxtrace_mmap__read() handles these two pointers properly. > > It calculates the reminders for these two pointers, and the size is > > clamped to be never more than "snapshot_size". We can simply reply on > > the function __auxtrace_mmap__read() to calculate the correct result > > for data copying, it's not necessary to add Arm CoreSight specific > > callback. > > Thanks, applied. Thanks a lot for picking up the patch, Arnaldo! Hi Mathieu, I supposed to get your review before merging; since Arnaldo moves quickly, if you want me to follow up anything relevant to this change, please let me know. Thanks! Leo
On Thu, 1 Jul 2021 at 19:10, Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org> wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 01:25:14PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote: > > Em Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 05:35:36PM +0800, Leo Yan escreveu: > > > The callback cs_etm_find_snapshot() is invoked for snapshot mode, its > > > main purpose is to find the correct AUX trace data and returns "head" > > > and "old" (we can call "old" as "old head") to the caller, the caller > > > __auxtrace_mmap__read() uses these two pointers to decide the AUX trace > > > data size. > > > > > > This patch removes cs_etm_find_snapshot() with below reasons: > > > > > > - The first thing in cs_etm_find_snapshot() is to check if the head has > > > wrapped around, if it is not, directly bails out. The checking is > > > pointless, this is because the "head" and "old" pointers both are > > > monotonical increasing so they never wrap around. > > > > > > - cs_etm_find_snapshot() adjusts the "head" and "old" pointers and > > > assumes the AUX ring buffer is fully filled with the hardware trace > > > data, so it always subtracts the difference "mm->len" from "head" to > > > get "old". Let's imagine the snapshot is taken in very short > > > interval, the tracers only fill a small chunk of the trace data into > > > the AUX ring buffer, in this case, it's wrongly to copy the whole the > > > AUX ring buffer to perf file. > > > > > > - As the "head" and "old" pointers are monotonically increased, the > > > function __auxtrace_mmap__read() handles these two pointers properly. > > > It calculates the reminders for these two pointers, and the size is > > > clamped to be never more than "snapshot_size". We can simply reply on > > > the function __auxtrace_mmap__read() to calculate the correct result > > > for data copying, it's not necessary to add Arm CoreSight specific > > > callback. > > > > Thanks, applied. > > Thanks a lot for picking up the patch, Arnaldo! > > Hi Mathieu, I supposed to get your review before merging; since > Arnaldo moves quickly, if you want me to follow up anything relevant > to this change, please let me know. Thanks! I was going to review this set next week. But it is fine if Arnaldo has picked it up since enough people have already looked at and tested this code. Thanks, Mathieu > > Leo
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c index d942f118d32c..85168d87b2d7 100644 --- a/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c +++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c @@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ struct cs_etm_recording { struct auxtrace_record itr; struct perf_pmu *cs_etm_pmu; struct evlist *evlist; - int wrapped_cnt; - bool *wrapped; bool snapshot_mode; size_t snapshot_size; }; @@ -734,135 +732,6 @@ static int cs_etm_info_fill(struct auxtrace_record *itr, return 0; } -static int cs_etm_alloc_wrapped_array(struct cs_etm_recording *ptr, int idx) -{ - bool *wrapped; - int cnt = ptr->wrapped_cnt; - - /* Make @ptr->wrapped as big as @idx */ - while (cnt <= idx) - cnt++; - - /* - * Free'ed in cs_etm_recording_free(). Using realloc() to avoid - * cross compilation problems where the host's system supports - * reallocarray() but not the target. - */ - wrapped = realloc(ptr->wrapped, cnt * sizeof(bool)); - if (!wrapped) - return -ENOMEM; - - wrapped[cnt - 1] = false; - ptr->wrapped_cnt = cnt; - ptr->wrapped = wrapped; - - return 0; -} - -static bool cs_etm_buffer_has_wrapped(unsigned char *buffer, - size_t buffer_size, u64 head) -{ - u64 i, watermark; - u64 *buf = (u64 *)buffer; - size_t buf_size = buffer_size; - - /* - * We want to look the very last 512 byte (chosen arbitrarily) in - * the ring buffer. - */ - watermark = buf_size - 512; - - /* - * @head is continuously increasing - if its value is equal or greater - * than the size of the ring buffer, it has wrapped around. - */ - if (head >= buffer_size) - return true; - - /* - * The value of @head is somewhere within the size of the ring buffer. - * This can be that there hasn't been enough data to fill the ring - * buffer yet or the trace time was so long that @head has numerically - * wrapped around. To find we need to check if we have data at the very - * end of the ring buffer. We can reliably do this because mmap'ed - * pages are zeroed out and there is a fresh mapping with every new - * session. - */ - - /* @head is less than 512 byte from the end of the ring buffer */ - if (head > watermark) - watermark = head; - - /* - * Speed things up by using 64 bit transactions (see "u64 *buf" above) - */ - watermark >>= 3; - buf_size >>= 3; - - /* - * If we find trace data at the end of the ring buffer, @head has - * been there and has numerically wrapped around at least once. - */ - for (i = watermark; i < buf_size; i++) - if (buf[i]) - return true; - - return false; -} - -static int cs_etm_find_snapshot(struct auxtrace_record *itr, - int idx, struct auxtrace_mmap *mm, - unsigned char *data, - u64 *head, u64 *old) -{ - int err; - bool wrapped; - struct cs_etm_recording *ptr = - container_of(itr, struct cs_etm_recording, itr); - - /* - * Allocate memory to keep track of wrapping if this is the first - * time we deal with this *mm. - */ - if (idx >= ptr->wrapped_cnt) { - err = cs_etm_alloc_wrapped_array(ptr, idx); - if (err) - return err; - } - - /* - * Check to see if *head has wrapped around. If it hasn't only the - * amount of data between *head and *old is snapshot'ed to avoid - * bloating the perf.data file with zeros. But as soon as *head has - * wrapped around the entire size of the AUX ring buffer it taken. - */ - wrapped = ptr->wrapped[idx]; - if (!wrapped && cs_etm_buffer_has_wrapped(data, mm->len, *head)) { - wrapped = true; - ptr->wrapped[idx] = true; - } - - pr_debug3("%s: mmap index %d old head %zu new head %zu size %zu\n", - __func__, idx, (size_t)*old, (size_t)*head, mm->len); - - /* No wrap has occurred, we can just use *head and *old. */ - if (!wrapped) - return 0; - - /* - * *head has wrapped around - adjust *head and *old to pickup the - * entire content of the AUX buffer. - */ - if (*head >= mm->len) { - *old = *head - mm->len; - } else { - *head += mm->len; - *old = *head - mm->len; - } - - return 0; -} - static int cs_etm_snapshot_start(struct auxtrace_record *itr) { struct cs_etm_recording *ptr = @@ -900,7 +769,6 @@ static void cs_etm_recording_free(struct auxtrace_record *itr) struct cs_etm_recording *ptr = container_of(itr, struct cs_etm_recording, itr); - zfree(&ptr->wrapped); free(ptr); } @@ -928,7 +796,6 @@ struct auxtrace_record *cs_etm_record_init(int *err) ptr->itr.recording_options = cs_etm_recording_options; ptr->itr.info_priv_size = cs_etm_info_priv_size; ptr->itr.info_fill = cs_etm_info_fill; - ptr->itr.find_snapshot = cs_etm_find_snapshot; ptr->itr.snapshot_start = cs_etm_snapshot_start; ptr->itr.snapshot_finish = cs_etm_snapshot_finish; ptr->itr.reference = cs_etm_reference;