[patch-RFC 7/7] Add Markers Into Semaphore Primitives

[Mathieu Desnoyers]

This patch adds several markers around semaphore primitives.
Along with a tracing application this patch can be useful for measuring
kernel semaphore usage and contention.

Signed-off-by: Mike Mason <mmlnx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Wilder <dwilder@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 lib/semaphore-sleepers.c |    9 +++++++++
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/semaphore-sleepers.c b/lib/semaphore-sleepers.c
index 1281805..5343a96 100644
--- a/lib/semaphore-sleepers.c
+++ b/lib/semaphore-sleepers.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/marker.h>
 #include <asm/semaphore.h>
 
 /*
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
 
 fastcall void __up(struct semaphore *sem)
 {
+	trace_mark(sem_up, "%p", sem);
 	wake_up(&sem->wait);
 }
 
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ fastcall void __sched __down(struct semaphore * sem)
 	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, tsk);
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	trace_mark(sem_down, "%p", sem);
 	tsk->state = TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE;
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&sem->wait.lock, flags);
 	add_wait_queue_exclusive_locked(&sem->wait, &wait);
@@ -73,12 +76,14 @@ fastcall void __sched __down(struct semaphore * sem)
 		 * the wait_queue_head.
 		 */
 		if (!atomic_add_negative(sleepers - 1, &sem->count)) {
+			trace_mark(sem_down_resume, "%p", sem);
 			sem->sleepers = 0;
 			break;
 		}
 		sem->sleepers = 1;	/* us - see -1 above */
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->wait.lock, flags);
 
+		trace_mark(sem_down_sched, "%p", sem);
 		schedule();
 
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&sem->wait.lock, flags);
@@ -97,6 +102,7 @@ fastcall int __sched __down_interruptible(struct semaphore * sem)
 	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, tsk);
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	trace_mark(sem_down_intr, "%p", sem);
 	tsk->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&sem->wait.lock, flags);
 	add_wait_queue_exclusive_locked(&sem->wait, &wait);
@@ -113,6 +119,7 @@ fastcall int __sched __down_interruptible(struct semaphore * sem)
 		 * and exit.
 		 */
 		if (signal_pending(current)) {
+			trace_mark(sem_down_intr_fail, "%p", sem);
 			retval = -EINTR;
 			sem->sleepers = 0;
 			atomic_add(sleepers, &sem->count);
@@ -126,12 +133,14 @@ fastcall int __sched __down_interruptible(struct semaphore * sem)
 		 * still hoping to get the semaphore.
 		 */
 		if (!atomic_add_negative(sleepers - 1, &sem->count)) {
+			trace_mark(sem_down_intr_resume, "%p", sem);
 			sem->sleepers = 0;
 			break;
 		}
 		sem->sleepers = 1;	/* us - see -1 above */
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->wait.lock, flags);
 
+		trace_mark(sem_down_intr_sched, "%p", sem);
 		schedule();
 
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&sem->wait.lock, flags);


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Mathieu Desnoyers
Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
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