linux/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
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   1// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
   2/*
   3 * trace_hwlat.c - A simple Hardware Latency detector.
   4 *
   5 * Use this tracer to detect large system latencies induced by the behavior of
   6 * certain underlying system hardware or firmware, independent of Linux itself.
   7 * The code was developed originally to detect the presence of SMIs on Intel
   8 * and AMD systems, although there is no dependency upon x86 herein.
   9 *
  10 * The classical example usage of this tracer is in detecting the presence of
  11 * SMIs or System Management Interrupts on Intel and AMD systems. An SMI is a
  12 * somewhat special form of hardware interrupt spawned from earlier CPU debug
  13 * modes in which the (BIOS/EFI/etc.) firmware arranges for the South Bridge
  14 * LPC (or other device) to generate a special interrupt under certain
  15 * circumstances, for example, upon expiration of a special SMI timer device,
  16 * due to certain external thermal readings, on certain I/O address accesses,
  17 * and other situations. An SMI hits a special CPU pin, triggers a special
  18 * SMI mode (complete with special memory map), and the OS is unaware.
  19 *
  20 * Although certain hardware-inducing latencies are necessary (for example,
  21 * a modern system often requires an SMI handler for correct thermal control
  22 * and remote management) they can wreak havoc upon any OS-level performance
  23 * guarantees toward low-latency, especially when the OS is not even made
  24 * aware of the presence of these interrupts. For this reason, we need a
  25 * somewhat brute force mechanism to detect these interrupts. In this case,
  26 * we do it by hogging all of the CPU(s) for configurable timer intervals,
  27 * sampling the built-in CPU timer, looking for discontiguous readings.
  28 *
  29 * WARNING: This implementation necessarily introduces latencies. Therefore,
  30 *          you should NEVER use this tracer while running in a production
  31 *          environment requiring any kind of low-latency performance
  32 *          guarantee(s).
  33 *
  34 * Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Jon Masters, Red Hat, Inc. <jcm@redhat.com>
  35 * Copyright (C) 2013-2016 Steven Rostedt, Red Hat, Inc. <srostedt@redhat.com>
  36 *
  37 * Includes useful feedback from Clark Williams <clark@redhat.com>
  38 *
  39 */
  40#include <linux/kthread.h>
  41#include <linux/tracefs.h>
  42#include <linux/uaccess.h>
  43#include <linux/cpumask.h>
  44#include <linux/delay.h>
  45#include <linux/sched/clock.h>
  46#include "trace.h"
  47
  48static struct trace_array       *hwlat_trace;
  49
  50#define U64STR_SIZE             22                      /* 20 digits max */
  51
  52#define BANNER                  "hwlat_detector: "
  53#define DEFAULT_SAMPLE_WINDOW   1000000                 /* 1s */
  54#define DEFAULT_SAMPLE_WIDTH    500000                  /* 0.5s */
  55#define DEFAULT_LAT_THRESHOLD   10                      /* 10us */
  56
  57/* sampling thread*/
  58static struct task_struct *hwlat_kthread;
  59
  60static struct dentry *hwlat_sample_width;       /* sample width us */
  61static struct dentry *hwlat_sample_window;      /* sample window us */
  62
  63/* Save the previous tracing_thresh value */
  64static unsigned long save_tracing_thresh;
  65
  66/* NMI timestamp counters */
  67static u64 nmi_ts_start;
  68static u64 nmi_total_ts;
  69static int nmi_count;
  70static int nmi_cpu;
  71
  72/* Tells NMIs to call back to the hwlat tracer to record timestamps */
  73bool trace_hwlat_callback_enabled;
  74
  75/* If the user changed threshold, remember it */
  76static u64 last_tracing_thresh = DEFAULT_LAT_THRESHOLD * NSEC_PER_USEC;
  77
  78/* Individual latency samples are stored here when detected. */
  79struct hwlat_sample {
  80        u64                     seqnum;         /* unique sequence */
  81        u64                     duration;       /* delta */
  82        u64                     outer_duration; /* delta (outer loop) */
  83        u64                     nmi_total_ts;   /* Total time spent in NMIs */
  84        struct timespec64       timestamp;      /* wall time */
  85        int                     nmi_count;      /* # NMIs during this sample */
  86        int                     count;          /* # of iteratons over threash */
  87};
  88
  89/* keep the global state somewhere. */
  90static struct hwlat_data {
  91
  92        struct mutex lock;              /* protect changes */
  93
  94        u64     count;                  /* total since reset */
  95
  96        u64     sample_window;          /* total sampling window (on+off) */
  97        u64     sample_width;           /* active sampling portion of window */
  98
  99} hwlat_data = {
 100        .sample_window          = DEFAULT_SAMPLE_WINDOW,
 101        .sample_width           = DEFAULT_SAMPLE_WIDTH,
 102};
 103
 104static void trace_hwlat_sample(struct hwlat_sample *sample)
 105{
 106        struct trace_array *tr = hwlat_trace;
 107        struct trace_event_call *call = &event_hwlat;
 108        struct trace_buffer *buffer = tr->array_buffer.buffer;
 109        struct ring_buffer_event *event;
 110        struct hwlat_entry *entry;
 111        unsigned long flags;
 112        int pc;
 113
 114        pc = preempt_count();
 115        local_save_flags(flags);
 116
 117        event = trace_buffer_lock_reserve(buffer, TRACE_HWLAT, sizeof(*entry),
 118                                          flags, pc);
 119        if (!event)
 120                return;
 121        entry   = ring_buffer_event_data(event);
 122        entry->seqnum                   = sample->seqnum;
 123        entry->duration                 = sample->duration;
 124        entry->outer_duration           = sample->outer_duration;
 125        entry->timestamp                = sample->timestamp;
 126        entry->nmi_total_ts             = sample->nmi_total_ts;
 127        entry->nmi_count                = sample->nmi_count;
 128        entry->count                    = sample->count;
 129
 130        if (!call_filter_check_discard(call, entry, buffer, event))
 131                trace_buffer_unlock_commit_nostack(buffer, event);
 132}
 133
 134/* Macros to encapsulate the time capturing infrastructure */
 135#define time_type       u64
 136#define time_get()      trace_clock_local()
 137#define time_to_us(x)   div_u64(x, 1000)
 138#define time_sub(a, b)  ((a) - (b))
 139#define init_time(a, b) (a = b)
 140#define time_u64(a)     a
 141
 142void trace_hwlat_callback(bool enter)
 143{
 144        if (smp_processor_id() != nmi_cpu)
 145                return;
 146
 147        /*
 148         * Currently trace_clock_local() calls sched_clock() and the
 149         * generic version is not NMI safe.
 150         */
 151        if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_GENERIC_SCHED_CLOCK)) {
 152                if (enter)
 153                        nmi_ts_start = time_get();
 154                else
 155                        nmi_total_ts += time_get() - nmi_ts_start;
 156        }
 157
 158        if (enter)
 159                nmi_count++;
 160}
 161
 162/**
 163 * get_sample - sample the CPU TSC and look for likely hardware latencies
 164 *
 165 * Used to repeatedly capture the CPU TSC (or similar), looking for potential
 166 * hardware-induced latency. Called with interrupts disabled and with
 167 * hwlat_data.lock held.
 168 */
 169static int get_sample(void)
 170{
 171        struct trace_array *tr = hwlat_trace;
 172        struct hwlat_sample s;
 173        time_type start, t1, t2, last_t2;
 174        s64 diff, outer_diff, total, last_total = 0;
 175        u64 sample = 0;
 176        u64 thresh = tracing_thresh;
 177        u64 outer_sample = 0;
 178        int ret = -1;
 179        unsigned int count = 0;
 180
 181        do_div(thresh, NSEC_PER_USEC); /* modifies interval value */
 182
 183        nmi_cpu = smp_processor_id();
 184        nmi_total_ts = 0;
 185        nmi_count = 0;
 186        /* Make sure NMIs see this first */
 187        barrier();
 188
 189        trace_hwlat_callback_enabled = true;
 190
 191        init_time(last_t2, 0);
 192        start = time_get(); /* start timestamp */
 193        outer_diff = 0;
 194
 195        do {
 196
 197                t1 = time_get();        /* we'll look for a discontinuity */
 198                t2 = time_get();
 199
 200                if (time_u64(last_t2)) {
 201                        /* Check the delta from outer loop (t2 to next t1) */
 202                        outer_diff = time_to_us(time_sub(t1, last_t2));
 203                        /* This shouldn't happen */
 204                        if (outer_diff < 0) {
 205                                pr_err(BANNER "time running backwards\n");
 206                                goto out;
 207                        }
 208                        if (outer_diff > outer_sample)
 209                                outer_sample = outer_diff;
 210                }
 211                last_t2 = t2;
 212
 213                total = time_to_us(time_sub(t2, start)); /* sample width */
 214
 215                /* Check for possible overflows */
 216                if (total < last_total) {
 217                        pr_err("Time total overflowed\n");
 218                        break;
 219                }
 220                last_total = total;
 221
 222                /* This checks the inner loop (t1 to t2) */
 223                diff = time_to_us(time_sub(t2, t1));     /* current diff */
 224
 225                if (diff > thresh || outer_diff > thresh) {
 226                        if (!count)
 227                                ktime_get_real_ts64(&s.timestamp);
 228                        count++;
 229                }
 230
 231                /* This shouldn't happen */
 232                if (diff < 0) {
 233                        pr_err(BANNER "time running backwards\n");
 234                        goto out;
 235                }
 236
 237                if (diff > sample)
 238                        sample = diff; /* only want highest value */
 239
 240        } while (total <= hwlat_data.sample_width);
 241
 242        barrier(); /* finish the above in the view for NMIs */
 243        trace_hwlat_callback_enabled = false;
 244        barrier(); /* Make sure nmi_total_ts is no longer updated */
 245
 246        ret = 0;
 247
 248        /* If we exceed the threshold value, we have found a hardware latency */
 249        if (sample > thresh || outer_sample > thresh) {
 250                u64 latency;
 251
 252                ret = 1;
 253
 254                /* We read in microseconds */
 255                if (nmi_total_ts)
 256                        do_div(nmi_total_ts, NSEC_PER_USEC);
 257
 258                hwlat_data.count++;
 259                s.seqnum = hwlat_data.count;
 260                s.duration = sample;
 261                s.outer_duration = outer_sample;
 262                s.nmi_total_ts = nmi_total_ts;
 263                s.nmi_count = nmi_count;
 264                s.count = count;
 265                trace_hwlat_sample(&s);
 266
 267                latency = max(sample, outer_sample);
 268
 269                /* Keep a running maximum ever recorded hardware latency */
 270                if (latency > tr->max_latency) {
 271                        tr->max_latency = latency;
 272                        latency_fsnotify(tr);
 273                }
 274        }
 275
 276out:
 277        return ret;
 278}
 279
 280static struct cpumask save_cpumask;
 281static bool disable_migrate;
 282
 283static void move_to_next_cpu(void)
 284{
 285        struct cpumask *current_mask = &save_cpumask;
 286        struct trace_array *tr = hwlat_trace;
 287        int next_cpu;
 288
 289        if (disable_migrate)
 290                return;
 291        /*
 292         * If for some reason the user modifies the CPU affinity
 293         * of this thread, then stop migrating for the duration
 294         * of the current test.
 295         */
 296        if (!cpumask_equal(current_mask, current->cpus_ptr))
 297                goto disable;
 298
 299        get_online_cpus();
 300        cpumask_and(current_mask, cpu_online_mask, tr->tracing_cpumask);
 301        next_cpu = cpumask_next(smp_processor_id(), current_mask);
 302        put_online_cpus();
 303
 304        if (next_cpu >= nr_cpu_ids)
 305                next_cpu = cpumask_first(current_mask);
 306
 307        if (next_cpu >= nr_cpu_ids) /* Shouldn't happen! */
 308                goto disable;
 309
 310        cpumask_clear(current_mask);
 311        cpumask_set_cpu(next_cpu, current_mask);
 312
 313        sched_setaffinity(0, current_mask);
 314        return;
 315
 316 disable:
 317        disable_migrate = true;
 318}
 319
 320/*
 321 * kthread_fn - The CPU time sampling/hardware latency detection kernel thread
 322 *
 323 * Used to periodically sample the CPU TSC via a call to get_sample. We
 324 * disable interrupts, which does (intentionally) introduce latency since we
 325 * need to ensure nothing else might be running (and thus preempting).
 326 * Obviously this should never be used in production environments.
 327 *
 328 * Executes one loop interaction on each CPU in tracing_cpumask sysfs file.
 329 */
 330static int kthread_fn(void *data)
 331{
 332        u64 interval;
 333
 334        while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
 335
 336                move_to_next_cpu();
 337
 338                local_irq_disable();
 339                get_sample();
 340                local_irq_enable();
 341
 342                mutex_lock(&hwlat_data.lock);
 343                interval = hwlat_data.sample_window - hwlat_data.sample_width;
 344                mutex_unlock(&hwlat_data.lock);
 345
 346                do_div(interval, USEC_PER_MSEC); /* modifies interval value */
 347
 348                /* Always sleep for at least 1ms */
 349                if (interval < 1)
 350                        interval = 1;
 351
 352                if (msleep_interruptible(interval))
 353                        break;
 354        }
 355
 356        return 0;
 357}
 358
 359/**
 360 * start_kthread - Kick off the hardware latency sampling/detector kthread
 361 *
 362 * This starts the kernel thread that will sit and sample the CPU timestamp
 363 * counter (TSC or similar) and look for potential hardware latencies.
 364 */
 365static int start_kthread(struct trace_array *tr)
 366{
 367        struct cpumask *current_mask = &save_cpumask;
 368        struct task_struct *kthread;
 369        int next_cpu;
 370
 371        if (WARN_ON(hwlat_kthread))
 372                return 0;
 373
 374        /* Just pick the first CPU on first iteration */
 375        get_online_cpus();
 376        cpumask_and(current_mask, cpu_online_mask, tr->tracing_cpumask);
 377        put_online_cpus();
 378        next_cpu = cpumask_first(current_mask);
 379
 380        kthread = kthread_create(kthread_fn, NULL, "hwlatd");
 381        if (IS_ERR(kthread)) {
 382                pr_err(BANNER "could not start sampling thread\n");
 383                return -ENOMEM;
 384        }
 385
 386        cpumask_clear(current_mask);
 387        cpumask_set_cpu(next_cpu, current_mask);
 388        sched_setaffinity(kthread->pid, current_mask);
 389
 390        hwlat_kthread = kthread;
 391        wake_up_process(kthread);
 392
 393        return 0;
 394}
 395
 396/**
 397 * stop_kthread - Inform the hardware latency samping/detector kthread to stop
 398 *
 399 * This kicks the running hardware latency sampling/detector kernel thread and
 400 * tells it to stop sampling now. Use this on unload and at system shutdown.
 401 */
 402static void stop_kthread(void)
 403{
 404        if (!hwlat_kthread)
 405                return;
 406        kthread_stop(hwlat_kthread);
 407        hwlat_kthread = NULL;
 408}
 409
 410/*
 411 * hwlat_read - Wrapper read function for reading both window and width
 412 * @filp: The active open file structure
 413 * @ubuf: The userspace provided buffer to read value into
 414 * @cnt: The maximum number of bytes to read
 415 * @ppos: The current "file" position
 416 *
 417 * This function provides a generic read implementation for the global state
 418 * "hwlat_data" structure filesystem entries.
 419 */
 420static ssize_t hwlat_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 421                          size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 422{
 423        char buf[U64STR_SIZE];
 424        u64 *entry = filp->private_data;
 425        u64 val;
 426        int len;
 427
 428        if (!entry)
 429                return -EFAULT;
 430
 431        if (cnt > sizeof(buf))
 432                cnt = sizeof(buf);
 433
 434        val = *entry;
 435
 436        len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%llu\n", val);
 437
 438        return simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos, buf, len);
 439}
 440
 441/**
 442 * hwlat_width_write - Write function for "width" entry
 443 * @filp: The active open file structure
 444 * @ubuf: The user buffer that contains the value to write
 445 * @cnt: The maximum number of bytes to write to "file"
 446 * @ppos: The current position in @file
 447 *
 448 * This function provides a write implementation for the "width" interface
 449 * to the hardware latency detector. It can be used to configure
 450 * for how many us of the total window us we will actively sample for any
 451 * hardware-induced latency periods. Obviously, it is not possible to
 452 * sample constantly and have the system respond to a sample reader, or,
 453 * worse, without having the system appear to have gone out to lunch. It
 454 * is enforced that width is less that the total window size.
 455 */
 456static ssize_t
 457hwlat_width_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 458                  size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 459{
 460        u64 val;
 461        int err;
 462
 463        err = kstrtoull_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &val);
 464        if (err)
 465                return err;
 466
 467        mutex_lock(&hwlat_data.lock);
 468        if (val < hwlat_data.sample_window)
 469                hwlat_data.sample_width = val;
 470        else
 471                err = -EINVAL;
 472        mutex_unlock(&hwlat_data.lock);
 473
 474        if (err)
 475                return err;
 476
 477        return cnt;
 478}
 479
 480/**
 481 * hwlat_window_write - Write function for "window" entry
 482 * @filp: The active open file structure
 483 * @ubuf: The user buffer that contains the value to write
 484 * @cnt: The maximum number of bytes to write to "file"
 485 * @ppos: The current position in @file
 486 *
 487 * This function provides a write implementation for the "window" interface
 488 * to the hardware latency detetector. The window is the total time
 489 * in us that will be considered one sample period. Conceptually, windows
 490 * occur back-to-back and contain a sample width period during which
 491 * actual sampling occurs. Can be used to write a new total window size. It
 492 * is enfoced that any value written must be greater than the sample width
 493 * size, or an error results.
 494 */
 495static ssize_t
 496hwlat_window_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 497                   size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 498{
 499        u64 val;
 500        int err;
 501
 502        err = kstrtoull_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &val);
 503        if (err)
 504                return err;
 505
 506        mutex_lock(&hwlat_data.lock);
 507        if (hwlat_data.sample_width < val)
 508                hwlat_data.sample_window = val;
 509        else
 510                err = -EINVAL;
 511        mutex_unlock(&hwlat_data.lock);
 512
 513        if (err)
 514                return err;
 515
 516        return cnt;
 517}
 518
 519static const struct file_operations width_fops = {
 520        .open           = tracing_open_generic,
 521        .read           = hwlat_read,
 522        .write          = hwlat_width_write,
 523};
 524
 525static const struct file_operations window_fops = {
 526        .open           = tracing_open_generic,
 527        .read           = hwlat_read,
 528        .write          = hwlat_window_write,
 529};
 530
 531/**
 532 * init_tracefs - A function to initialize the tracefs interface files
 533 *
 534 * This function creates entries in tracefs for "hwlat_detector".
 535 * It creates the hwlat_detector directory in the tracing directory,
 536 * and within that directory is the count, width and window files to
 537 * change and view those values.
 538 */
 539static int init_tracefs(void)
 540{
 541        struct dentry *d_tracer;
 542        struct dentry *top_dir;
 543
 544        d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
 545        if (IS_ERR(d_tracer))
 546                return -ENOMEM;
 547
 548        top_dir = tracefs_create_dir("hwlat_detector", d_tracer);
 549        if (!top_dir)
 550                return -ENOMEM;
 551
 552        hwlat_sample_window = tracefs_create_file("window", 0640,
 553                                                  top_dir,
 554                                                  &hwlat_data.sample_window,
 555                                                  &window_fops);
 556        if (!hwlat_sample_window)
 557                goto err;
 558
 559        hwlat_sample_width = tracefs_create_file("width", 0644,
 560                                                 top_dir,
 561                                                 &hwlat_data.sample_width,
 562                                                 &width_fops);
 563        if (!hwlat_sample_width)
 564                goto err;
 565
 566        return 0;
 567
 568 err:
 569        tracefs_remove(top_dir);
 570        return -ENOMEM;
 571}
 572
 573static void hwlat_tracer_start(struct trace_array *tr)
 574{
 575        int err;
 576
 577        err = start_kthread(tr);
 578        if (err)
 579                pr_err(BANNER "Cannot start hwlat kthread\n");
 580}
 581
 582static void hwlat_tracer_stop(struct trace_array *tr)
 583{
 584        stop_kthread();
 585}
 586
 587static bool hwlat_busy;
 588
 589static int hwlat_tracer_init(struct trace_array *tr)
 590{
 591        /* Only allow one instance to enable this */
 592        if (hwlat_busy)
 593                return -EBUSY;
 594
 595        hwlat_trace = tr;
 596
 597        disable_migrate = false;
 598        hwlat_data.count = 0;
 599        tr->max_latency = 0;
 600        save_tracing_thresh = tracing_thresh;
 601
 602        /* tracing_thresh is in nsecs, we speak in usecs */
 603        if (!tracing_thresh)
 604                tracing_thresh = last_tracing_thresh;
 605
 606        if (tracer_tracing_is_on(tr))
 607                hwlat_tracer_start(tr);
 608
 609        hwlat_busy = true;
 610
 611        return 0;
 612}
 613
 614static void hwlat_tracer_reset(struct trace_array *tr)
 615{
 616        stop_kthread();
 617
 618        /* the tracing threshold is static between runs */
 619        last_tracing_thresh = tracing_thresh;
 620
 621        tracing_thresh = save_tracing_thresh;
 622        hwlat_busy = false;
 623}
 624
 625static struct tracer hwlat_tracer __read_mostly =
 626{
 627        .name           = "hwlat",
 628        .init           = hwlat_tracer_init,
 629        .reset          = hwlat_tracer_reset,
 630        .start          = hwlat_tracer_start,
 631        .stop           = hwlat_tracer_stop,
 632        .allow_instances = true,
 633};
 634
 635__init static int init_hwlat_tracer(void)
 636{
 637        int ret;
 638
 639        mutex_init(&hwlat_data.lock);
 640
 641        ret = register_tracer(&hwlat_tracer);
 642        if (ret)
 643                return ret;
 644
 645        init_tracefs();
 646
 647        return 0;
 648}
 649late_initcall(init_hwlat_tracer);
 650