Re: [PATCH 09/14] perf ftrace: Add 'record' sub-command

From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Fri Apr 26 2013 - 04:35:45 EST


On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 03:24:18PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:12:41 +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > I got following lockup for record command:
> >
> > # ./perf --no-pager ftrace record ls
> > ...
> > hangs
> >
> > in other terminal:
> >
> > # pstack 14237
> > Thread 2 (Thread 0x7f3f1aa1d700 (LWP 14241)):
> > #0 0x0000003cec20b595 in pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
> > #1 0x0000000000446ebe in record_ftrace_raw_buffer (arg=0x21f9ce0) at builtin-ftrace.c:451
> > #2 0x0000003cec207d14 in start_thread () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
> > #3 0x0000003cebaf168d in clone () from /lib64/libc.so.6
> > Thread 1 (Thread 0x7f3f1ba209c0 (LWP 14237)):
> > #0 0x0000003cec208e60 in pthread_join () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
> > #1 0x0000000000449c8c in do_ftrace_record (ftrace=ftrace@entry=0x7fff1377d240) at builtin-ftrace.c:682
> > #2 0x000000000044a57b in __cmd_ftrace_record (argv=0x7fff1377d818, argc=<optimized out>, ftrace=0x7fff1377d240) at builtin-ftrace.c:1535
> > #3 cmd_ftrace (argc=2, argv=0x7fff1377d818, prefix=<optimized out>) at builtin-ftrace.c:1655
> > #4 0x000000000041a763 in run_builtin (p=p@entry=0x7d58a0, argc=argc@entry=3, argv=argv@entry=0x7fff1377d818) at perf.c:320
> > #5 0x0000000000419faf in handle_internal_command (argv=0x7fff1377d818, argc=3) at perf.c:377
> > #6 run_argv (argv=0x7fff1377d600, argcp=0x7fff1377d60c) at perf.c:421
> > #7 main (argc=3, argv=0x7fff1377d818) at perf.c:522
> >
>
> How often can you reproduce it? I can't. :(

yesterday it was more often than today ;-) but I still get it
after several runs, this reproduces it for me:

# while [ 1 ]; do ./perf --no-pager ftrace record ls ; done

seems like there's no change in backtraces:

[root@krava tracing]# pstack 4139
Thread 2 (Thread 0x7f4aa37fe700 (LWP 4145)):
#0 0x0000003cec20b595 in pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
#1 0x0000000000446ebe in record_ftrace_raw_buffer (arg=0xe10e90) at builtin-ftrace.c:451
#2 0x0000003cec207d14 in start_thread () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
#3 0x0000003cebaf168d in clone () from /lib64/libc.so.6
Thread 1 (Thread 0x7f4aac29c9c0 (LWP 4139)):
#0 0x0000003cec208e60 in pthread_join () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
#1 0x0000000000449c8c in do_ftrace_record (ftrace=ftrace@entry=0x7fffaf9bc080) at builtin-ftrace.c:682
#2 0x000000000044a57b in __cmd_ftrace_record (argv=0x7fffaf9bc658, argc=<optimized out>, ftrace=0x7fffaf9bc080) at builtin-ftrace.c:1535
#3 cmd_ftrace (argc=2, argv=0x7fffaf9bc658, prefix=<optimized out>) at builtin-ftrace.c:1655
#4 0x000000000041a763 in run_builtin (p=p@entry=0x7d58a0, argc=argc@entry=3, argv=argv@entry=0x7fffaf9bc658) at perf.c:320
#5 0x0000000000419faf in handle_internal_command (argv=0x7fffaf9bc658, argc=3) at perf.c:377
#6 run_argv (argv=0x7fffaf9bc440, argcp=0x7fffaf9bc44c) at perf.c:421
#7 main (argc=3, argv=0x7fffaf9bc658) at perf.c:522

---

#0 0x0000003cec20b595 in pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
#1 0x0000000000446ebe in record_ftrace_raw_buffer (arg=0xee9ce0) at builtin-ftrace.c:451
#2 0x0000003cec207d14 in start_thread () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
#3 0x0000003cebaf168d in clone () from /lib64/libc.so.6
Thread 1 (Thread 0x7f9b383139c0 (LWP 4397)):
#0 0x0000003cec208e60 in pthread_join () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
#1 0x0000000000449c8c in do_ftrace_record (ftrace=ftrace@entry=0x7fffdea14e50) at builtin-ftrace.c:682
#2 0x000000000044a57b in __cmd_ftrace_record (argv=0x7fffdea15428, argc=<optimized out>, ftrace=0x7fffdea14e50) at builtin-ftrace.c:1535
#3 cmd_ftrace (argc=2, argv=0x7fffdea15428, prefix=<optimized out>) at builtin-ftrace.c:1655
#4 0x000000000041a763 in run_builtin (p=p@entry=0x7d58a0, argc=argc@entry=3, argv=argv@entry=0x7fffdea15428) at perf.c:320
#5 0x0000000000419faf in handle_internal_command (argv=0x7fffdea15428, argc=3) at perf.c:377
#6 run_argv (argv=0x7fffdea15210, argcp=0x7fffdea1521c) at perf.c:421
#7 main (argc=3, argv=0x7fffdea15428) at perf.c:522


jirka
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