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authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2016-03-29 09:26:44 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2016-03-31 09:54:06 +0200
commit8fdc65391c6ad16461526a685f03262b3b01bfde (patch)
tree3c96715b1cd1f2ca6fcf95e2b64a284f02f084dc /kernel
parentc932cf07ddc02f79e093596924e41cf6d7fda509 (diff)
downloadlinux-8fdc65391c6ad16461526a685f03262b3b01bfde.tar.bz2
perf/core: Fix time tracking bug with multiplexing
Stephane reported that commit: 3cbaa5906967 ("perf: Fix ctx time tracking by introducing EVENT_TIME") introduced a regression wrt. time tracking, as easily observed by: > This patch introduce a bug in the time tracking of events when > multiplexing is used. > > The issue is easily reproducible with the following perf run: > > $ perf stat -a -C 0 -e branches,branches,branches,branches,branches,branches -I 1000 > 1.000730239 652,394 branches (66.41%) > 1.000730239 597,809 branches (66.41%) > 1.000730239 593,870 branches (66.63%) > 1.000730239 651,440 branches (67.03%) > 1.000730239 656,725 branches (66.96%) > 1.000730239 <not counted> branches > > One branches event is shown as not having run. Yet, with > multiplexing, all events should run especially with a 1s (-I 1000) > interval. The delta for time_running comes out to 0. Yet, the event > has run because the kernel is actually multiplexing the events. The > problem is that the time tracking is the kernel and especially in > ctx_sched_out() is wrong now. > > The problem is that in case that the kernel enters ctx_sched_out() with the > following state: > ctx->is_active=0x7 event_type=0x1 > Call Trace: > [<ffffffff813ddd41>] dump_stack+0x63/0x82 > [<ffffffff81182bdc>] ctx_sched_out+0x2bc/0x2d0 > [<ffffffff81183896>] perf_mux_hrtimer_handler+0xf6/0x2c0 > [<ffffffff811837a0>] ? __perf_install_in_context+0x130/0x130 > [<ffffffff810f5818>] __hrtimer_run_queues+0xf8/0x2f0 > [<ffffffff810f6097>] hrtimer_interrupt+0xb7/0x1d0 > [<ffffffff810509a8>] local_apic_timer_interrupt+0x38/0x60 > [<ffffffff8175ca9d>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x3d/0x50 > [<ffffffff8175ac7c>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x8c/0xa0 > > In that case, the test: > if (is_active & EVENT_TIME) > > will be false and the time will not be updated. Time must always be updated on > sched out. Fix this by always updating time if EVENT_TIME was set, as opposed to only updating time when EVENT_TIME changed. Reported-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Tested-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu> Cc: kan.liang@intel.com Cc: namhyung@kernel.org Fixes: 3cbaa5906967 ("perf: Fix ctx time tracking by introducing EVENT_TIME") Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160329072644.GB3408@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/events/core.c14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index de24fbce5277..8c11388e92a5 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -2417,14 +2417,24 @@ static void ctx_sched_out(struct perf_event_context *ctx,
cpuctx->task_ctx = NULL;
}
- is_active ^= ctx->is_active; /* changed bits */
-
+ /*
+ * Always update time if it was set; not only when it changes.
+ * Otherwise we can 'forget' to update time for any but the last
+ * context we sched out. For example:
+ *
+ * ctx_sched_out(.event_type = EVENT_FLEXIBLE)
+ * ctx_sched_out(.event_type = EVENT_PINNED)
+ *
+ * would only update time for the pinned events.
+ */
if (is_active & EVENT_TIME) {
/* update (and stop) ctx time */
update_context_time(ctx);
update_cgrp_time_from_cpuctx(cpuctx);
}
+ is_active ^= ctx->is_active; /* changed bits */
+
if (!ctx->nr_active || !(is_active & EVENT_ALL))
return;