Re: [PATCH 2/2] UML - Add stack usage monitoring

[Jeff Dike]

On Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 11:54:22AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:42:45 -0400
> Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Add a machanism to see how much of a kernel stack is used.  This
> > allocates zeroed stacks and sees where the lowest non-zero byte is on
> > process exit.  It keeps track of the lowest value and logs values as
> > they get lower.
> > 
> 
> remind us again why the generic code is unsuitable?

It does something different - it will tell you the greatest stack
usage of any currently running process.  What I want to be able to do
is run a workload and come back a few days later and see how close
anything came to running out of stack.
> 
> > +	for(p = stack; p < end; p++){
> > +		if(*p != 0)
> > +	if(left < lowest_to_date){
> 
> Are there any plans to fix UML coding style?

You know I have been fixing it.  I forgot to eyeball this patch for
style - fixed patch below.

				Jeff

-- 
Work email - jdike at linux dot intel dot com


Add a machanism to see how much of a kernel stack is used.  This
allocates zeroed stacks and sees where the lowest non-zero byte is on
process exit.  It keeps track of the lowest value and logs values as
they get lower.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
--
 arch/um/Kconfig.debug        |    9 +++++++++
 arch/um/defconfig            |    1 +
 arch/um/kernel/process.c     |   29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/asm-um/thread_info.h |   16 ++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 55 insertions(+)

Index: linux-2.6.21-mm/arch/um/Kconfig.debug
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.21-mm.orig/arch/um/Kconfig.debug	2007-06-19 14:06:36.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.21-mm/arch/um/Kconfig.debug	2007-06-19 14:06:44.000000000 -0400
@@ -47,4 +47,13 @@ config GCOV
         If you're involved in UML kernel development and want to use gcov,
         say Y.  If you're unsure, say N.
 
+config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
+	bool "Stack utilization instrumentation"
+	default N
+	help
+	Track the maximum kernel stack usage - this will look at each
+	kernel stack at process exit and log it if it's the deepest
+	stack seen so far.
+
+	This option will slow down process creation and destruction somewhat.
 endmenu
Index: linux-2.6.21-mm/arch/um/kernel/process.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.21-mm.orig/arch/um/kernel/process.c	2007-06-19 14:06:36.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.21-mm/arch/um/kernel/process.c	2007-06-19 15:48:20.000000000 -0400
@@ -411,3 +411,32 @@ unsigned long arch_align_stack(unsigned 
 	return sp & ~0xf;
 }
 #endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
+
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(low_water_lock);
+static int lowest_to_date = THREAD_SIZE;
+
+void check_stack_usage(struct thread_info *s)
+{
+	unsigned int *stack, *p, *end;
+	int left;
+
+	stack = (unsigned int *) (s + 1);
+	end = (unsigned int *) ((unsigned long) s + THREAD_SIZE);
+	for (p = stack; p < end; p++) {
+		if(*p != 0)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	left = (p - stack) * sizeof(*p);
+
+	spin_lock(&low_water_lock);
+	if (left < lowest_to_date) {
+		printk("Greatest stack depth - %d bytes left\n", left);
+		lowest_to_date = left;
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&low_water_lock);
+}
+
+#endif
Index: linux-2.6.21-mm/include/asm-um/thread_info.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.21-mm.orig/include/asm-um/thread_info.h	2007-06-19 14:06:36.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.21-mm/include/asm-um/thread_info.h	2007-06-19 14:06:44.000000000 -0400
@@ -52,6 +52,20 @@ static inline struct thread_info *curren
 	return ti;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
+
+extern void check_stack_usage(struct thread_info *stack);
+
+#define alloc_thread_info(tsk) \
+	((struct thread_info *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, \
+						 CONFIG_KERNEL_STACK_ORDER))
+
+#define free_thread_info(ti) ({ check_stack_usage(ti) ; \
+			        free_pages((unsigned long)(ti), \
+					   CONFIG_KERNEL_STACK_ORDER); })
+
+#else
+
 /* thread information allocation */
 #define alloc_thread_info(tsk) \
 	((struct thread_info *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, \
@@ -61,6 +75,8 @@ static inline struct thread_info *curren
 
 #endif
 
+#endif
+
 #define PREEMPT_ACTIVE		0x10000000
 
 #define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	0	/* syscall trace active */
Index: linux-2.6.21-mm/arch/um/defconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.21-mm.orig/arch/um/defconfig	2007-06-19 14:06:36.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.21-mm/arch/um/defconfig	2007-06-19 14:06:44.000000000 -0400
@@ -527,3 +527,4 @@ CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING=y
 # CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST is not set
 # CONFIG_GPROF is not set
 # CONFIG_GCOV is not set
+# CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE is not set
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