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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c | 63 |
1 files changed, 48 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c b/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c index 5cf7efe38e67..eb280ec96e24 100644 --- a/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c +++ b/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c @@ -28,6 +28,25 @@ #include "buffer_sync.h" #include "oprof.h" +#define OP_BUFFER_FLAGS 0 + +/* + * Read and write access is using spin locking. Thus, writing to the + * buffer by NMI handler (x86) could occur also during critical + * sections when reading the buffer. To avoid this, there are 2 + * buffers for independent read and write access. Read access is in + * process context only, write access only in the NMI handler. If the + * read buffer runs empty, both buffers are swapped atomically. There + * is potentially a small window during swapping where the buffers are + * disabled and samples could be lost. + * + * Using 2 buffers is a little bit overhead, but the solution is clear + * and does not require changes in the ring buffer implementation. It + * can be changed to a single buffer solution when the ring buffer + * access is implemented as non-locking atomic code. + */ +struct ring_buffer *op_ring_buffer_read; +struct ring_buffer *op_ring_buffer_write; DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct oprofile_cpu_buffer, cpu_buffer); static void wq_sync_buffer(struct work_struct *work); @@ -37,12 +56,12 @@ static int work_enabled; void free_cpu_buffers(void) { - int i; - - for_each_possible_cpu(i) { - vfree(per_cpu(cpu_buffer, i).buffer); - per_cpu(cpu_buffer, i).buffer = NULL; - } + if (op_ring_buffer_read) + ring_buffer_free(op_ring_buffer_read); + op_ring_buffer_read = NULL; + if (op_ring_buffer_write) + ring_buffer_free(op_ring_buffer_write); + op_ring_buffer_write = NULL; } unsigned long oprofile_get_cpu_buffer_size(void) @@ -64,14 +83,16 @@ int alloc_cpu_buffers(void) unsigned long buffer_size = fs_cpu_buffer_size; + op_ring_buffer_read = ring_buffer_alloc(buffer_size, OP_BUFFER_FLAGS); + if (!op_ring_buffer_read) + goto fail; + op_ring_buffer_write = ring_buffer_alloc(buffer_size, OP_BUFFER_FLAGS); + if (!op_ring_buffer_write) + goto fail; + for_each_possible_cpu(i) { struct oprofile_cpu_buffer *b = &per_cpu(cpu_buffer, i); - b->buffer = vmalloc_node(sizeof(struct op_sample) * buffer_size, - cpu_to_node(i)); - if (!b->buffer) - goto fail; - b->last_task = NULL; b->last_is_kernel = -1; b->tracing = 0; @@ -140,10 +161,22 @@ static inline void add_sample(struct oprofile_cpu_buffer *cpu_buf, unsigned long pc, unsigned long event) { - struct op_sample *entry = cpu_buffer_write_entry(cpu_buf); - entry->eip = pc; - entry->event = event; - cpu_buffer_write_commit(cpu_buf); + struct op_entry entry; + + if (cpu_buffer_write_entry(&entry)) + goto Error; + + entry.sample->eip = pc; + entry.sample->event = event; + + if (cpu_buffer_write_commit(&entry)) + goto Error; + + return; + +Error: + cpu_buf->sample_lost_overflow++; + return; } static inline void |