[PATCH 2/2] perf: Move throtling flag to perf_event_context
From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Tue Aug 13 2013 - 12:39:55 EST
The current throttling code triggers WARN below via following
workload (only hit on AMD machine with 48 CPUs):
# while [ 1 ]; do perf record perf bench sched messaging; done
WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c:1054 x86_pmu_start+0xc6/0x100()
SNIP
Call Trace:
<IRQ> [<ffffffff815f62d6>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1b
[<ffffffff8105f531>] warn_slowpath_common+0x61/0x80
[<ffffffff8105f60a>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20
[<ffffffff810213a6>] x86_pmu_start+0xc6/0x100
[<ffffffff81129dd2>] perf_adjust_freq_unthr_context.part.75+0x182/0x1a0
[<ffffffff8112a058>] perf_event_task_tick+0xc8/0xf0
[<ffffffff81093221>] scheduler_tick+0xd1/0x140
[<ffffffff81070176>] update_process_times+0x66/0x80
[<ffffffff810b9565>] tick_sched_handle.isra.15+0x25/0x60
[<ffffffff810b95e1>] tick_sched_timer+0x41/0x60
[<ffffffff81087c24>] __run_hrtimer+0x74/0x1d0
[<ffffffff810b95a0>] ? tick_sched_handle.isra.15+0x60/0x60
[<ffffffff81088407>] hrtimer_interrupt+0xf7/0x240
[<ffffffff81606829>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x69/0x9c
[<ffffffff8160569d>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x6d/0x80
<EOI> [<ffffffff81129f74>] ? __perf_event_task_sched_in+0x184/0x1a0
[<ffffffff814dd937>] ? kfree_skbmem+0x37/0x90
[<ffffffff815f2c47>] ? __slab_free+0x1ac/0x30f
[<ffffffff8118143d>] ? kfree+0xfd/0x130
[<ffffffff81181622>] kmem_cache_free+0x1b2/0x1d0
[<ffffffff814dd937>] kfree_skbmem+0x37/0x90
[<ffffffff814e03c4>] consume_skb+0x34/0x80
[<ffffffff8158b057>] unix_stream_recvmsg+0x4e7/0x820
[<ffffffff814d5546>] sock_aio_read.part.7+0x116/0x130
[<ffffffff8112c10c>] ? __perf_sw_event+0x19c/0x1e0
[<ffffffff814d5581>] sock_aio_read+0x21/0x30
[<ffffffff8119a5d0>] do_sync_read+0x80/0xb0
[<ffffffff8119ac85>] vfs_read+0x145/0x170
[<ffffffff8119b699>] SyS_read+0x49/0xa0
[<ffffffff810df516>] ? __audit_syscall_exit+0x1f6/0x2a0
[<ffffffff81604a19>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
---[ end trace 622b7e226c4a766a ]---
The reason is race in perf_event_task_tick throttling code.
The race flow (simplified code):
- perf_throttled_count is per cpu variable and is
CPU throttling flag, here starting with 0
- perf_throttled_seq is sequence/domain for allowed
count of interrupts within the tick, gets increased
each tick
on single CPU (CPU bounded event):
... workload
perf_event_task_tick:
|
| T0 inc(perf_throttled_seq)
| T1 throttled = xchg(perf_throttled_count, 0) == 0
tick gets interrupted:
... event gets throttled under new seq ...
T2 last NMI comes, event is throttled - inc(perf_throttled_count)
back to tick:
| perf_adjust_freq_unthr_context:
|
| T3 unthrottling is skiped for event (throttled == 0)
| T4 event is stop and started via freq adjustment
|
tick ends
... workload
... no sample is hit for event ...
perf_event_task_tick:
|
| T5 throttled = xchg(perf_throttled_count, 0) != 0 (from T2)
| T6 unthrottling is done on event (interrupts == MAX_INTERRUPTS)
| event is already started (from T4) -> WARN
Fixing this by:
- moving the per cpu 'throttle' flag into the event's ctx so the flag
is context specific and thus not disturbed (changed) by others
- checking the 'throttled' under pmu disabled code again
- removing perf_throttled_seq as it's no longer needed
- keeping perf_throttled_count as perf_event_can_stop_tick flag
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Jan Stancek <jstancek@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/perf_event.h | 2 +-
kernel/events/core.c | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index c43f6ea..d0c04fb 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ struct hw_perf_event {
u64 sample_period;
u64 last_period;
local64_t period_left;
- u64 interrupts_seq;
u64 interrupts;
u64 freq_time_stamp;
@@ -494,6 +493,7 @@ struct perf_event_context {
int nr_cgroups; /* cgroup evts */
int nr_branch_stack; /* branch_stack evt */
struct rcu_head rcu_head;
+ int * __percpu throttled;
};
/*
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index e82e700..40d7127 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -886,6 +886,7 @@ static void put_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
put_ctx(ctx->parent_ctx);
if (ctx->task)
put_task_struct(ctx->task);
+ free_percpu(ctx->throttled);
kfree_rcu(ctx, rcu_head);
}
}
@@ -2433,6 +2434,13 @@ ctx_sched_in(struct perf_event_context *ctx,
/* Then walk through the lower prio flexible groups */
if (!(is_active & EVENT_FLEXIBLE) && (event_type & EVENT_FLEXIBLE))
ctx_flexible_sched_in(ctx, cpuctx);
+
+ /*
+ * If we missed the tick before last unscheduling we could
+ * have some events in throttled state. They get unthrottled
+ * in event_sched_in and we can clear the flag for context.
+ */
+ *this_cpu_ptr(ctx->throttled) = 0;
}
static void cpu_ctx_sched_in(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
@@ -2648,7 +2656,6 @@ do { \
}
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, perf_throttled_count);
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(u64, perf_throttled_seq);
static void perf_adjust_period(struct perf_event *event, u64 nsec, u64 count, bool disable)
{
@@ -2684,9 +2691,9 @@ static void perf_adjust_period(struct perf_event *event, u64 nsec, u64 count, bo
* events. At the same time, make sure, having freq events does not change
* the rate of unthrottling as that would introduce bias.
*/
-static void perf_adjust_freq_unthr_context(struct perf_event_context *ctx,
- int needs_unthr)
+static void perf_adjust_freq_unthr_context(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
{
+ int *throttled = this_cpu_ptr(ctx->throttled);
struct perf_event *event;
struct hw_perf_event *hwc;
u64 now, period = TICK_NSEC;
@@ -2697,7 +2704,7 @@ static void perf_adjust_freq_unthr_context(struct perf_event_context *ctx,
* - context have events in frequency mode (needs freq adjust)
* - there are events to unthrottle on this cpu
*/
- if (!(ctx->nr_freq || needs_unthr))
+ if (!(ctx->nr_freq || *throttled))
return;
raw_spin_lock(&ctx->lock);
@@ -2712,7 +2719,7 @@ static void perf_adjust_freq_unthr_context(struct perf_event_context *ctx,
hwc = &event->hw;
- if (needs_unthr && hwc->interrupts == MAX_INTERRUPTS) {
+ if (*throttled && hwc->interrupts == MAX_INTERRUPTS) {
hwc->interrupts = 0;
perf_log_throttle(event, 1);
event->pmu->start(event, 0);
@@ -2743,6 +2750,8 @@ static void perf_adjust_freq_unthr_context(struct perf_event_context *ctx,
event->pmu->start(event, delta > 0 ? PERF_EF_RELOAD : 0);
}
+ *throttled = 0;
+
perf_pmu_enable(ctx->pmu);
raw_spin_unlock(&ctx->lock);
}
@@ -2824,20 +2833,19 @@ void perf_event_task_tick(void)
struct list_head *head = &__get_cpu_var(rotation_list);
struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx, *tmp;
struct perf_event_context *ctx;
- int throttled;
WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled());
- __this_cpu_inc(perf_throttled_seq);
- throttled = __this_cpu_xchg(perf_throttled_count, 0);
+ /* perf_event_can_stop_tick global throtlling flag */
+ __this_cpu_write(perf_throttled_count, 0);
list_for_each_entry_safe(cpuctx, tmp, head, rotation_list) {
ctx = &cpuctx->ctx;
- perf_adjust_freq_unthr_context(ctx, throttled);
+ perf_adjust_freq_unthr_context(ctx);
ctx = cpuctx->task_ctx;
if (ctx)
- perf_adjust_freq_unthr_context(ctx, throttled);
+ perf_adjust_freq_unthr_context(ctx);
}
}
@@ -2973,7 +2981,7 @@ static u64 perf_event_read(struct perf_event *event)
/*
* Initialize the perf_event context in a task_struct:
*/
-static void __perf_event_init_context(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
+static int __perf_event_init_context(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
{
raw_spin_lock_init(&ctx->lock);
mutex_init(&ctx->mutex);
@@ -2981,6 +2989,8 @@ static void __perf_event_init_context(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx->flexible_groups);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx->event_list);
atomic_set(&ctx->refcount, 1);
+ ctx->throttled = alloc_percpu(int);
+ return ctx->throttled ? 0 : -1;
}
static struct perf_event_context *
@@ -2992,7 +3002,11 @@ alloc_perf_context(struct pmu *pmu, struct task_struct *task)
if (!ctx)
return NULL;
- __perf_event_init_context(ctx);
+ if (__perf_event_init_context(ctx)) {
+ kfree(ctx);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
if (task) {
ctx->task = task;
get_task_struct(task);
@@ -5191,7 +5205,6 @@ static int __perf_event_overflow(struct perf_event *event,
{
int events = atomic_read(&event->event_limit);
struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
- u64 seq;
int ret = 0;
/*
@@ -5201,20 +5214,15 @@ static int __perf_event_overflow(struct perf_event *event,
if (unlikely(!is_sampling_event(event)))
return 0;
- seq = __this_cpu_read(perf_throttled_seq);
- if (seq != hwc->interrupts_seq) {
- hwc->interrupts_seq = seq;
- hwc->interrupts = 1;
- } else {
- hwc->interrupts++;
- if (unlikely(throttle
- && hwc->interrupts >= max_samples_per_tick)) {
- __this_cpu_inc(perf_throttled_count);
- hwc->interrupts = MAX_INTERRUPTS;
- perf_log_throttle(event, 0);
- tick_nohz_full_kick();
- ret = 1;
- }
+ hwc->interrupts++;
+ if (unlikely(throttle
+ && hwc->interrupts >= max_samples_per_tick)) {
+ (*this_cpu_ptr(event->ctx->throttled))++;
+ __this_cpu_inc(perf_throttled_count);
+ hwc->interrupts = MAX_INTERRUPTS;
+ perf_log_throttle(event, 0);
+ tick_nohz_full_kick();
+ ret = 1;
}
if (event->attr.freq) {
@@ -6362,7 +6370,8 @@ skip_type:
struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx;
cpuctx = per_cpu_ptr(pmu->pmu_cpu_context, cpu);
- __perf_event_init_context(&cpuctx->ctx);
+ if (__perf_event_init_context(&cpuctx->ctx))
+ goto free_context;
lockdep_set_class(&cpuctx->ctx.mutex, &cpuctx_mutex);
lockdep_set_class(&cpuctx->ctx.lock, &cpuctx_lock);
cpuctx->ctx.type = cpu_context;
@@ -6407,6 +6416,8 @@ unlock:
return ret;
+free_context:
+ free_percpu(pmu->pmu_cpu_context);
free_dev:
device_del(pmu->dev);
put_device(pmu->dev);
--
1.7.11.7
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