[PATCH 3/4] perf: sample after exit loses thread correlation

From: David Ahern
Date: Fri Jun 07 2013 - 18:23:05 EST

[patch already sent separately]

Some events (context-switch, sched:sched_switch) are losing the conversion of
sample data associated with a thread. For example:

$ perf record -e sched:sched_switch -c 1 -a -- sleep 5
$ perf script
<selected events shown>
ls 30482 [000] 1379727.583037: sched:sched_switch: prev_comm=ls prev_pid=30482 ...
ls 30482 [000] 1379727.586339: sched:sched_switch: prev_comm=ls prev_pid=30482 ...
:30482 30482 [000] 1379727.589462: sched:sched_switch: prev_comm=ls prev_pid=30482 ...

The last line lost the conversion from pid to comm. If you look at the events
(perf script -D) you see why - a SAMPLE is generated after the EXIT:

0 1379727589449774 0x1540b0 [0x38]: PERF_RECORD_EXIT(30482:30482):(30482:30482)
0 1379727589462497 0x1540e8 [0x80]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 1): 30482/30482: 0xffffffff816416f1 period: 1 addr: 0
... thread: :30482:30482

When perf processes the EXIT event the thread is moved to the dead_threads
list. When the SAMPLE event is processed no thread exists for the pid so a new
one is created by machine__findnew_thread.

This patch addresses the problem by saving the exit time and checking the
dead_threads list for the requested pid. If the time passed into
machine_findnew_thread is non-0 the dead_threads list is walked looking for the
pid. If the thread struct associated with the pid exited within 1usec of the
time passed in the thread is considered a match and returned.

If samples do not contain timestamps then sample->time will be 0 and the
dead_threads list will not be checked. -1 can be used to force always checking
the dead_threads list and returning a match.

with this patch we get:
ls 30482 [000] 1379727.583037: sched:sched_switch: prev_comm=ls prev_pid=30482 ...
ls 30482 [000] 1379727.586339: sched:sched_switch: prev_comm=ls prev_pid=30482 ...
ls 30482 [000] 1379727.589462: sched:sched_switch: prev_comm=ls prev_pid=30482 ...

and

0 1379727589449774 0x1540b0 [0x38]: PERF_RECORD_EXIT(30482:30482):(30482:30482)
0 1379727589462497 0x1540e8 [0x80]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 1): 30482/30482: 0xffffffff816416f1 period: 1 addr: 0
... thread: ls:30482

Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/builtin-inject.c | 2 +-
tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c | 3 ++-
tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c | 3 ++-
tools/perf/builtin-lock.c | 3 ++-
tools/perf/builtin-sched.c | 17 +++++++-------
tools/perf/builtin-script.c | 3 ++-
tools/perf/builtin-trace.c | 9 +++++---
tools/perf/perf.h | 3 +++
tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c | 2 +-
tools/perf/util/build-id.c | 11 ++++-----
tools/perf/util/event.c | 11 +++++++--
tools/perf/util/machine.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
tools/perf/util/machine.h | 6 +++--
tools/perf/util/session.c | 2 +-
tools/perf/util/thread.h | 2 +-
15 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
index 84ad6ab..60f42c8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static int perf_event__inject_buildid(struct perf_tool *tool,

cpumode = event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;

- thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, event->ip.pid);
+ thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, event->ip.pid, sample->time);
if (thread == NULL) {
pr_err("problem processing %d event, skipping it.\n",
event->header.type);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
index 46878da..873647a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
@@ -305,8 +305,9 @@ static int process_sample_event(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
struct perf_evsel *evsel,
struct machine *machine)
{
- struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, event->ip.pid);
+ struct thread *thread;

+ thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, event->ip.pid, sample->time);
if (thread == NULL) {
pr_debug("problem processing %d event, skipping it.\n",
event->header.type);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index 24b78ae..221213a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -691,10 +691,11 @@ static int process_sample_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
struct perf_evsel *evsel,
struct machine *machine)
{
- struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, sample->tid);
+ struct thread *thread;
struct perf_kvm_stat *kvm = container_of(tool, struct perf_kvm_stat,
tool);

+ thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, sample->tid, sample->time);
if (thread == NULL) {
pr_debug("problem processing %d event, skipping it.\n",
event->header.type);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
index 4258300..1854eb9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
@@ -805,8 +805,9 @@ static int process_sample_event(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
struct perf_evsel *evsel,
struct machine *machine)
{
- struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, sample->tid);
+ struct thread *thread;

+ thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, sample->tid, sample->time);
if (thread == NULL) {
pr_debug("problem processing %d event, skipping it.\n",
event->header.type);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index 2da2a6c..abdcdbc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -934,8 +934,8 @@ static int latency_switch_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
return -1;
}

- sched_out = machine__findnew_thread(machine, prev_pid);
- sched_in = machine__findnew_thread(machine, next_pid);
+ sched_out = machine__findnew_thread(machine, prev_pid, timestamp);
+ sched_in = machine__findnew_thread(machine, next_pid, timestamp);

out_events = thread_atoms_search(&sched->atom_root, sched_out, &sched->cmp_pid);
if (!out_events) {
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ static int latency_runtime_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
{
const u32 pid = perf_evsel__intval(evsel, sample, "pid");
const u64 runtime = perf_evsel__intval(evsel, sample, "runtime");
- struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, pid);
+ struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, pid, sample->time);
struct work_atoms *atoms = thread_atoms_search(&sched->atom_root, thread, &sched->cmp_pid);
u64 timestamp = sample->time;
int cpu = sample->cpu;
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ static int latency_wakeup_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
if (!success)
return 0;

- wakee = machine__findnew_thread(machine, pid);
+ wakee = machine__findnew_thread(machine, pid, timestamp);
atoms = thread_atoms_search(&sched->atom_root, wakee, &sched->cmp_pid);
if (!atoms) {
if (thread_atoms_insert(sched, wakee))
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ static int latency_migrate_task_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
if (sched->profile_cpu == -1)
return 0;

- migrant = machine__findnew_thread(machine, pid);
+ migrant = machine__findnew_thread(machine, pid, timestamp);
atoms = thread_atoms_search(&sched->atom_root, migrant, &sched->cmp_pid);
if (!atoms) {
if (thread_atoms_insert(sched, migrant))
@@ -1289,8 +1289,8 @@ static int map_switch_event(struct perf_sched *sched, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
return -1;
}

- sched_out = machine__findnew_thread(machine, prev_pid);
- sched_in = machine__findnew_thread(machine, next_pid);
+ sched_out = machine__findnew_thread(machine, prev_pid, timestamp);
+ sched_in = machine__findnew_thread(machine, next_pid, timestamp);

sched->curr_thread[this_cpu] = sched_in;

@@ -1425,9 +1425,10 @@ static int perf_sched__process_tracepoint_sample(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_
struct perf_evsel *evsel,
struct machine *machine)
{
- struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, sample->tid);
+ struct thread *thread;
int err = 0;

+ thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, sample->tid, sample->time);
if (thread == NULL) {
pr_debug("problem processing %s event, skipping it.\n",
perf_evsel__name(evsel));
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 92d4658..2e07c70 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -479,8 +479,9 @@ static int process_sample_event(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
struct machine *machine)
{
struct addr_location al;
- struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, event->ip.tid);
+ struct thread *thread;

+ thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, event->ip.tid, sample->time);
if (thread == NULL) {
pr_debug("problem processing %d event, skipping it.\n",
event->header.type);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index ab3ed4a..937de13 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -301,7 +301,8 @@ static int trace__sys_enter(struct trace *trace, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
char *msg;
void *args;
size_t printed = 0;
- struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(&trace->host, sample->tid);
+ struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(&trace->host, sample->tid,
+ sample->time);
struct syscall *sc = trace__syscall_info(trace, evsel, sample);
struct thread_trace *ttrace = thread__trace(thread);

@@ -344,7 +345,8 @@ static int trace__sys_exit(struct trace *trace, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
{
int ret;
u64 duration = 0;
- struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(&trace->host, sample->tid);
+ struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(&trace->host, sample->tid,
+ sample->time);
struct thread_trace *ttrace = thread__trace(thread);
struct syscall *sc = trace__syscall_info(trace, evsel, sample);

@@ -397,7 +399,8 @@ static int trace__sched_stat_runtime(struct trace *trace, struct perf_evsel *evs
{
u64 runtime = perf_evsel__intval(evsel, sample, "runtime");
double runtime_ms = (double)runtime / NSEC_PER_MSEC;
- struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(&trace->host, sample->tid);
+ struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(&trace->host, sample->tid,
+ sample->time);
struct thread_trace *ttrace = thread__trace(thread);

if (ttrace == NULL)
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index 32bd102..c98e9c9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@
#ifndef NSEC_PER_SEC
# define NSEC_PER_SEC 1000000000ULL
#endif
+#ifndef USECS_PER_SEC
+#define USECS_PER_SEC 1000000ULL
+#endif

static inline unsigned long long rdclock(void)
{
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c
index 89085a9..963d21e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static struct machine *setup_fake_machine(struct machines *machines)
for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(fake_threads); i++) {
struct thread *thread;

- thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, fake_threads[i].pid);
+ thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, fake_threads[i].pid, 0);
if (thread == NULL)
goto out;

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
index 5295625..c524906 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
@@ -18,14 +18,15 @@

int build_id__mark_dso_hit(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
union perf_event *event,
- struct perf_sample *sample __maybe_unused,
+ struct perf_sample *sample,
struct perf_evsel *evsel __maybe_unused,
struct machine *machine)
{
struct addr_location al;
u8 cpumode = event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
- struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, event->ip.pid);
+ struct thread *thread;

+ thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, event->ip.pid, sample->time);
if (thread == NULL) {
pr_err("problem processing %d event, skipping it.\n",
event->header.type);
@@ -43,12 +44,12 @@ int build_id__mark_dso_hit(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,

static int perf_event__exit_del_thread(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
union perf_event *event,
- struct perf_sample *sample
- __maybe_unused,
+ struct perf_sample *sample,
struct machine *machine)
{
- struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, event->fork.tid);
+ struct thread *thread;

+ thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, event->fork.tid, sample->time);
dump_printf("(%d:%d):(%d:%d)\n", event->fork.pid, event->fork.tid,
event->fork.ppid, event->fork.ptid);

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index 5cd13d7..4c15f82 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -552,9 +552,15 @@ int perf_event__process_fork(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,

int perf_event__process_exit(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
union perf_event *event,
- struct perf_sample *sample __maybe_unused,
+ struct perf_sample *sample,
struct machine *machine)
{
+ struct thread *thread;
+
+ thread = machine__find_thread(machine, event->fork.tid, 0);
+ if (thread)
+ thread->t_exit = sample->time;
+
return machine__process_exit_event(machine, event);
}

@@ -677,8 +683,9 @@ int perf_event__preprocess_sample(const union perf_event *event,
symbol_filter_t filter)
{
u8 cpumode = event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
- struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, event->ip.pid);
+ struct thread *thread;

+ thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, event->ip.pid, sample->time);
if (thread == NULL)
return -1;

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index b2ecad6..87211e3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ int machine__init(struct machine *machine, const char *root_dir, pid_t pid)
return -ENOMEM;

if (pid != HOST_KERNEL_ID) {
- struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, pid);
+ struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, pid, 0);
char comm[64];

if (thread == NULL)
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ void machines__set_id_hdr_size(struct machines *machines, u16 id_hdr_size)
}

static struct thread *__machine__findnew_thread(struct machine *machine, pid_t pid,
- bool create)
+ bool create, u64 sample_time)
{
struct rb_node **p = &machine->threads.rb_node;
struct rb_node *parent = NULL;
@@ -263,6 +263,26 @@ static struct thread *__machine__findnew_thread(struct machine *machine, pid_t p
p = &(*p)->rb_right;
}

+
+ /*
+ * it is possible that we get a sample right after an exit event.
+ * e.g., scheduling events, the process exits generating an exit
+ * event and then is scheduled out (a sample event).
+ */
+
+ if (sample_time) {
+ list_for_each_entry(th, &machine->dead_threads, node) {
+ if (th->pid != pid)
+ continue;
+
+ if ((sample_time == (u64) -1) ||
+ ((th->t_exit < sample_time) &&
+ ((sample_time - th->t_exit) < USECS_PER_SEC))) {
+ return th;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
if (!create)
return NULL;

@@ -276,20 +296,23 @@ static struct thread *__machine__findnew_thread(struct machine *machine, pid_t p
return th;
}

-struct thread *machine__findnew_thread(struct machine *machine, pid_t pid)
+struct thread *machine__findnew_thread(struct machine *machine, pid_t pid,
+ u64 sample_time)
{
- return __machine__findnew_thread(machine, pid, true);
+ return __machine__findnew_thread(machine, pid, true, sample_time);
}

-struct thread *machine__find_thread(struct machine *machine, pid_t pid)
+struct thread *machine__find_thread(struct machine *machine, pid_t pid,
+ u64 sample_time)
{
- return __machine__findnew_thread(machine, pid, false);
+ return __machine__findnew_thread(machine, pid, false, sample_time);
}

int machine__process_comm_event(struct machine *machine, union perf_event *event)
{
- struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, event->comm.tid);
+ struct thread *thread;

+ thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, event->comm.tid, 0);
if (dump_trace)
perf_event__fprintf_comm(event, stdout);

@@ -969,7 +992,7 @@ int machine__process_mmap_event(struct machine *machine, union perf_event *event
return 0;
}

- thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, event->mmap.pid);
+ thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, event->mmap.pid, 0);
if (thread == NULL)
goto out_problem;

@@ -996,9 +1019,11 @@ out_problem:

int machine__process_fork_event(struct machine *machine, union perf_event *event)
{
- struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, event->fork.tid);
- struct thread *parent = machine__findnew_thread(machine, event->fork.ptid);
+ struct thread *thread;
+ struct thread *parent;

+ thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, event->fork.tid, 0);
+ parent = machine__findnew_thread(machine, event->fork.ptid, 0);
if (dump_trace)
perf_event__fprintf_task(event, stdout);

@@ -1024,7 +1049,9 @@ static void machine__remove_thread(struct machine *machine, struct thread *th)

int machine__process_exit_event(struct machine *machine, union perf_event *event)
{
- struct thread *thread = machine__find_thread(machine, event->fork.tid);
+ struct thread *thread;
+
+ thread = machine__find_thread(machine, event->fork.tid, 0);

if (dump_trace)
perf_event__fprintf_task(event, stdout);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.h b/tools/perf/util/machine.h
index 7794068..30612f3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.h
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ struct map *machine__kernel_map(struct machine *machine, enum map_type type)
return machine->vmlinux_maps[type];
}

-struct thread *machine__find_thread(struct machine *machine, pid_t pid);
+struct thread *machine__find_thread(struct machine *machine, pid_t pid,
+ u64 sample_time);

int machine__process_comm_event(struct machine *machine, union perf_event *event);
int machine__process_exit_event(struct machine *machine, union perf_event *event);
@@ -99,7 +100,8 @@ static inline bool machine__is_host(struct machine *machine)
return machine ? machine->pid == HOST_KERNEL_ID : false;
}

-struct thread *machine__findnew_thread(struct machine *machine, pid_t pid);
+struct thread *machine__findnew_thread(struct machine *machine, pid_t pid,
+ u64 sample_time);

size_t machine__fprintf(struct machine *machine, FILE *fp);

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index cf1fe01..504ae0c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ void perf_event_header__bswap(struct perf_event_header *self)

struct thread *perf_session__findnew(struct perf_session *session, pid_t pid)
{
- return machine__findnew_thread(&session->machines.host, pid);
+ return machine__findnew_thread(&session->machines.host, pid, 0);
}

static struct thread *perf_session__register_idle_thread(struct perf_session *self)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.h b/tools/perf/util/thread.h
index 5e7ba35..c545502 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ struct thread {
bool comm_set;
char *comm;
int comm_len;
-
+ u64 t_exit;
void *priv;
};

--
1.7.10.1

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