Re: [PATCH v5] sock: add tracepoint for send recv length

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Tue Jan 10 2023 - 10:44:44 EST


On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12:49:30 +0100
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > +static noinline void call_trace_sock_recv_length(struct sock *sk, int ret, int flags)
> > +{
> > + trace_sock_recv_length(sk, !(flags & MSG_PEEK) ? ret :
> > + (ret < 0 ? ret : 0), flags);
>
> Maybe we should only 'fast assign' the two fields (ret and flags),
> and let this logic happen later at 'print' time ?
>
> This would reduce storage by one integer, and make fast path really fast.
>
> This also could potentially remove the need for the peculiar construct with
> these noinline helpers.

I noticed that the trace_sock_send_length() doesn't have this logic, and
they are both DEFINE_EVENT() of the same DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(). But we
could change this too, by the following:

/*
* sock send/recv msg length
*/
DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(sock_msg_length,

TP_PROTO(struct sock *sk, int ret, int flags),

TP_ARGS(sk, ret, flags),

TP_STRUCT__entry(
__field(void *, sk)
__field(__u16, family)
__field(__u16, protocol)
__field(int, ret)
__field(int, flags)
),

TP_fast_assign(
__entry->sk = sk;
__entry->family = sk->sk_family;
__entry->protocol = sk->sk_protocol;
__entry->length = ret > 0 ? ret : 0;
__entry->error = ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
__entry->flags = flags;
),

TP_printk("sk address = %p, family = %s protocol = %s, length = %d, error = %d, flags = 0x%x",
__entry->sk, show_family_name(__entry->family),
show_inet_protocol_name(__entry->protocol),
__entry->ret > 0 ? ret : 0, __entry->ret < 0 ? ret : 0,
__entry->flags)
);

DEFINE_EVENT(sock_msg_length, sock_send_length,
TP_PROTO(struct sock *sk, int ret, int flags),

TP_ARGS(sk, ret, flags)
);

DEFINE_EVENT_PRINT(sock_msg_length, sock_recv_length,
TP_PROTO(struct sock *sk, int ret, int flags),

TP_ARGS(sk, ret, flags)

TP_printk("sk address = %p, family = %s protocol = %s, length = %d, error = %d, flags = 0x%x",
__entry->sk, show_family_name(__entry->family),
show_inet_protocol_name(__entry->protocol),
!(__entry->flags & MSG_PEEK) ? __entry->ret : __entry->ret > 0 ? ret : 0,
__entry->ret < 0 ? ret : 0,
__entry->flags)
);
#endif /* _TRACE_SOCK_H */

As DEFINE_EVENT_PRINT() uses the class template, but overrides the
TP_printk() portion (still saving memory).

And then both calls can just do:

trace_sock_send_length(sk, ret, 0);

trace_sock_recv_length(sock->sk, ret, flags);

And I bet that will also solve all the gcc being smart waste.

-- Steve