[RFC PATCH V2 3/9] tracing/hwlat: Switch disable_migrate to mode none

From: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira
Date: Fri Apr 23 2021 - 17:06:53 EST


When in the round-robin mode, if the tracer detects a change in the
hwlatd thread affinity by an external tool, e.g., taskset, the
round-robin logic is disabled. The disable_migrate variable currently
tracks this.

With the addition of the "mode" config and the mode "none," the
disable_migrate logic is equivalent to switch to the "none" mode.

Hence, instead of using a hidden variable to track this behavior,
switch the mode to none, informing the user about this change.

Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Clark Willaims <williams@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c | 13 +++++--------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c b/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
index 293a969be269..d5daeac351e5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
@@ -286,7 +286,6 @@ static int get_sample(void)
}

static struct cpumask save_cpumask;
-static bool disable_migrate;

static void move_to_next_cpu(void)
{
@@ -294,15 +293,13 @@ static void move_to_next_cpu(void)
struct trace_array *tr = hwlat_trace;
int next_cpu;

- if (disable_migrate)
- return;
/*
* If for some reason the user modifies the CPU affinity
* of this thread, then stop migrating for the duration
* of the current test.
*/
if (!cpumask_equal(current_mask, current->cpus_ptr))
- goto disable;
+ goto change_mode;

get_online_cpus();
cpumask_and(current_mask, cpu_online_mask, tr->tracing_cpumask);
@@ -313,7 +310,7 @@ static void move_to_next_cpu(void)
next_cpu = cpumask_first(current_mask);

if (next_cpu >= nr_cpu_ids) /* Shouldn't happen! */
- goto disable;
+ goto change_mode;

cpumask_clear(current_mask);
cpumask_set_cpu(next_cpu, current_mask);
@@ -321,8 +318,9 @@ static void move_to_next_cpu(void)
sched_setaffinity(0, current_mask);
return;

- disable:
- disable_migrate = true;
+ change_mode:
+ hwlat_data.thread_mode = MODE_NONE;
+ pr_info(BANNER "cpumask changed while in round-robin mode, switching to mode none\n");
}

/*
@@ -740,7 +738,6 @@ static int hwlat_tracer_init(struct trace_array *tr)

hwlat_trace = tr;

- disable_migrate = false;
hwlat_data.count = 0;
tr->max_latency = 0;
save_tracing_thresh = tracing_thresh;
--
2.26.3