Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | "Shreyas B. Prabhu" <> | Subject | [PATCH] tracing: Add comments explaining cpu online filter for trace events | Date | Wed, 13 May 2015 21:37:43 +0530 |
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trace_mm_page_pcpu_drain, trace_kmem_cache_free, trace_mm_page_free and trace_tlb_flush can be potentially called from an offlined cpu. Since trace points use RCU and RCU should not be used from offlined cpus, we have checks to filter out such calls. Add comments to explain this.
Signed-off-by: Shreyas B. Prabhu <shreyas@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- This applies on top of patches posted here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/5/8/527
include/trace/events/kmem.h | 15 +++++++++++++++ include/trace/events/tlb.h | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/trace/events/kmem.h b/include/trace/events/kmem.h index 6cd975f..9883f2f 100644 --- a/include/trace/events/kmem.h +++ b/include/trace/events/kmem.h @@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ DEFINE_EVENT_CONDITION(kmem_free, kmem_cache_free, TP_ARGS(call_site, ptr), + /* + * This trace can be potentially called from an offlined cpu. + * Since trace points use RCU and RCU should not be used from + * offline cpus, filter such calls out. + */ TP_CONDITION(cpu_online(smp_processor_id())) ); @@ -155,6 +160,11 @@ TRACE_EVENT_CONDITION(mm_page_free, TP_ARGS(page, order), + /* + * This trace can be potentially called from an offlined cpu. + * Since trace points use RCU and RCU should not be used from + * offline cpus, filter such calls out. + */ TP_CONDITION(cpu_online(smp_processor_id())), TP_STRUCT__entry( @@ -263,6 +273,11 @@ TRACE_EVENT_CONDITION(mm_page_pcpu_drain, TP_ARGS(page, order, migratetype), + /* + * This trace can be potentially called from an offlined cpu. + * Since trace points use RCU and RCU should not be used from + * offline cpus, filter such calls out. + */ TP_CONDITION(cpu_online(smp_processor_id())), TP_STRUCT__entry( diff --git a/include/trace/events/tlb.h b/include/trace/events/tlb.h index 4250f36..2afc3ed 100644 --- a/include/trace/events/tlb.h +++ b/include/trace/events/tlb.h @@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ TRACE_EVENT_CONDITION(tlb_flush, TP_PROTO(int reason, unsigned long pages), TP_ARGS(reason, pages), + /* + * This trace can be potentially called from an offlined cpu. + * Since trace points use RCU and RCU should not be used from + * offline cpus, filter such calls out. + */ TP_CONDITION(cpu_online(smp_processor_id())), TP_STRUCT__entry( -- 1.9.3
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