Re: [PATCH] x86/split_lock: add split lock counter

[Dave Hansen]

On 12/16/23 02:56, Maksim Davydov wrote:
> On 12/15/23 21:16, Dave Hansen wrote:
>> On 12/15/23 06:01, Maksim Davydov wrote:
>>> Provides per task split locks counter to monitor split locks rate
>>> in the system. It can be helpful in split locks monitoring to get a
>>> clear
>>> sense of which process causing split locks and how many of them have
>>> happened by the moment. For instance, it might be used by cloud
>>> providers
>>> who can't control guest executable code and want to make decisions based
>>> on the rate value like ratelimiting or notifing the split lock origins.
>> Have you considered doing this with tracing instead?
>>
>> It seems a _little_ silly for everyone to pay the cost of having that
>> counter around.
> No, it just seemed like a good idea to make a simple machine-readable
> interface based on the existing flag (reported_split_lock).
> What if this interface is made together with the appropriate CONFIG flag
> (default false)? Thus it won't affect those who don't need it.

Distributions (effectively) run a single kernel config.  They turn on
almost everything.  Using a config option would subject all distro users
to the overhead.