[v5,0/1] mmap_lock: add tracepoints around lock acquisition

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Axel Rasmussen Oct. 27, 2020, 11:07 p.m. UTC

This patchset adds tracepoints around mmap_lock acquisition. This is useful so
we can measure the latency of lock acquisition, in order to detect contention.

This version is based upon linux-next (since it depends on some recently-merged
patches [1] [2]).

I removed the existing {Reviewed,Acked}-by: lines from v4, since I think the
patch has changed significantly enough to warrant another look (and I figure
it's better to err in this direction in any case :) ).

Changes since v4:

- Redesigned buffer allocation to deal with the fact that a trace event might be
  interrupted by e.g. an IRQ, for which a per-cpu buffer is insufficient. Now we
  allocate one buffer per CPU * one buffer per context we might be called in
  (currently 4: normal, irq, softirq, NMI). We have three trace events which can
  potentially all be enabled, and all of which need a buffer; to avoid further
  multiplying the number of buffers by 3, they share the same set of buffers,
  which requires a spinlock + counter setup so we only allocate the buffers
  once, and then free them only when *all* of the trace events are _unreg()-ed.

Changes since v3:

- Switched EXPORT_SYMBOL to EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL, removed comment.

- Removed redundant trace_..._enabled() check.

- Defined the three TRACE_EVENTs separately, instead of sharing an event class.
  The tradeoff is 524 more bytes in .text, but the start_locking and released
  events no longer have a vestigial "success" field, so they're simpler +
  faster.

Changes since v2:

- Refactored tracing helper functions so the helpers are simper, but the locking
  functinos are slightly more verbose. Overall, this decreased the delta to
  mmap_lock.h slightly.

- Fixed a typo in a comment. :)

Changes since v1:

- Functions renamed to reserve the "trace_" prefix for actual tracepoints.

- We no longer measure the duration directly. Instead, users are expected to
  construct a synthetic event which computes the interval between "start
  locking" and "acquire returned".

- The new helper for checking if tracepoints are enabled in a header is used to
  avoid un-inlining any of the lock wrappers. This yields ~zero overhead if the
  tracepoints aren't enabled, and therefore obviates the need for a Kconfig for
  this change.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1316922/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1311996/

Axel Rasmussen (1):
  mmap_lock: add tracepoints around lock acquisition

 include/linux/mmap_lock.h        |  95 +++++++++++++++-
 include/trace/events/mmap_lock.h | 107 ++++++++++++++++++
 mm/Makefile                      |   2 +-
 mm/mmap_lock.c                   | 187 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 385 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 include/trace/events/mmap_lock.h
 create mode 100644 mm/mmap_lock.c

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