[tip:perf/core] skb: Add tracepoints to freeing skb

From: tip-bot for Koki Sanagi
Date: Wed Sep 08 2010 - 04:35:39 EST


Commit-ID: 07dc22e7295f25526f110d704655ff0ea7687420
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/07dc22e7295f25526f110d704655ff0ea7687420
Author: Koki Sanagi <sanagi.koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:46:12 +0900
Committer: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 17:51:53 +0200

skb: Add tracepoints to freeing skb

This patch adds tracepoint to consume_skb and add trace_kfree_skb
before __kfree_skb in skb_free_datagram_locked and net_tx_action.
Combinating with tracepoint on dev_hard_start_xmit, we can check
how long it takes to free transmitted packets. And using it, we can
calculate how many packets driver had at that time. It is useful when
a drop of transmitted packet is a problem.

sshd-6828 [000] 112689.258154: consume_skb: skbaddr=f2d99bb8

Signed-off-by: Koki Sanagi <sanagi.koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kaneshige Kenji <kaneshige.kenji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Izumo Taku <izumi.taku@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kosaki Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Scott Mcmillan <scott.a.mcmillan@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
LKML-Reference: <4C724364.50903@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/trace/events/skb.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
net/core/datagram.c | 1 +
net/core/dev.c | 2 ++
net/core/skbuff.c | 1 +
4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/trace/events/skb.h b/include/trace/events/skb.h
index 4b2be6d..75ce9d5 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/skb.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/skb.h
@@ -35,6 +35,23 @@ TRACE_EVENT(kfree_skb,
__entry->skbaddr, __entry->protocol, __entry->location)
);

+TRACE_EVENT(consume_skb,
+
+ TP_PROTO(struct sk_buff *skb),
+
+ TP_ARGS(skb),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field( void *, skbaddr )
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->skbaddr = skb;
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("skbaddr=%p", __entry->skbaddr)
+);
+
TRACE_EVENT(skb_copy_datagram_iovec,

TP_PROTO(const struct sk_buff *skb, int len),
diff --git a/net/core/datagram.c b/net/core/datagram.c
index 251997a..282806b 100644
--- a/net/core/datagram.c
+++ b/net/core/datagram.c
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ void skb_free_datagram_locked(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
unlock_sock_fast(sk, slow);

/* skb is now orphaned, can be freed outside of locked section */
+ trace_kfree_skb(skb, skb_free_datagram_locked);
__kfree_skb(skb);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_free_datagram_locked);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 5a4fbc7..2308cce 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
#include <linux/random.h>
#include <trace/events/napi.h>
#include <trace/events/net.h>
+#include <trace/events/skb.h>
#include <linux/pci.h>

#include "net-sysfs.h"
@@ -2576,6 +2577,7 @@ static void net_tx_action(struct softirq_action *h)
clist = clist->next;

WARN_ON(atomic_read(&skb->users));
+ trace_kfree_skb(skb, net_tx_action);
__kfree_skb(skb);
}
}
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 3a2513f..12e61e3 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ void consume_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
smp_rmb();
else if (likely(!atomic_dec_and_test(&skb->users)))
return;
+ trace_consume_skb(skb);
__kfree_skb(skb);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(consume_skb);
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