[RFC 18/19] rtla: Add rtla timerlat top documentation
From: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira
Date: Fri Sep 17 2021 - 11:47:33 EST
Man page for rtla timerlat top mode.
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <zanussi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Clark Williams <williams@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-rt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-trace-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx>
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+rtla-timerlat-top(1)
+====================
+
+NAME
+----
+rtla-timerlat-top - Measures the operating system timer latency
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+*rtla timerlat top* ['OPTIONS'] ...
+
+DESCRIPTION
+The rtla-timerlat-top(1) mode displays a summary of the periodic output
+from the timerlat tracer.
+
+The timerlat tracer dispatches a kernel thread per-cpu. These threads
+set a periodic timer to wake themselves up and go back to sleep. After
+the wakeup, they collect and generate useful information for the
+debugging of operating system timer latency.
+
+The timerlat tracer outputs information in two ways. It periodically
+prints the timer latency at the timer 'IRQ' handler and the 'Thread' handler.
+It also provides information for each noise via the osnoise tracepoints
+that can be seem with the option -T.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+*-h*, *--help*::
+Print help menu.
+*-p*, *--period* 'us'::
+Set the timerlat tracer period in microseconds.
+*-i*, *--irq* 'us'::
+Stop trace if the irq latency is higher than the argument in us.
+*-T*, *--thread* 'us'::
+Stop trace if the thread latency is higher than the argument in us.
+*-s*, *--stack* 'us'::
+Save the stack trace at the IRQ if a thread latency is higher than the
+argument in us.
+*-c*, *--cpus* 'cpu-list'::
+Set the timerlat tracer to run the sample threads in the cpu-list.
+*-d*, *--duration* 'time[s|m|h|d]'::
+Set the duration of the session.
+*-T*, *--trace*['=file']::
+Save the stopped trace to ['file|timerlat_trace.txt'].
+*-q*, *--quiet*::
+Print only a summary at the end of the session.
+*-P*, *--priority* 'o:prio|r:prio|f:prio|d:runtime:period'::
+Set scheduling parameters to the timerlat tracer threads, the format to set
+the priority are:
+ - 'o:prio' - use SCHED_OTHER with 'prio';
+ - 'r:prio' - use SCHED_RR with 'prio';
+ - 'f:prio' - use SCHED_FIFO with 'prio';
+ - 'd:runtime[us|ms|s]:period[us|ms|s]' - use SCHED_DEADLINE with 'runtime'
+and 'period' in nanoseconds.
+
+EXAMPLE
+-------
+
+In the example below, the timerlat tracer is set to capture the stack trace at
+the IRQ handler, printing it to the buffer if the *Thread Timer Latency* is
+higher than _30 us_. It is also set to stop the session if a *Thread Timer
+Latency* higher than _30 us_ is hit. Finally, it is set to save the trace
+buffer if the stop condition is hit.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------
+[root@alien ~]# rtla timerlat top -s 30 -t 30 -T
+ Timer Latency
+ 0 00:00:59 | IRQ Timer Latency (us) | Thread Timer Latency (us)
+CPU COUNT | cur min avg max | cur min avg max
+ 0 #58634 | 1 0 1 10 | 11 2 10 23
+ 1 #58634 | 1 0 1 9 | 12 2 9 23
+ 2 #58634 | 0 0 1 11 | 10 2 9 23
+ 3 #58634 | 1 0 1 11 | 11 2 9 24
+ 4 #58634 | 1 0 1 10 | 11 2 9 26
+ 5 #58634 | 1 0 1 8 | 10 2 9 25
+ 6 #58634 | 12 0 1 12 | 30 2 10 30 <--- CPU with spike
+ 7 #58634 | 1 0 1 9 | 11 2 9 23
+ 8 #58633 | 1 0 1 9 | 11 2 9 26
+ 9 #58633 | 1 0 1 9 | 10 2 9 26
+ 10 #58633 | 1 0 1 13 | 11 2 9 28
+ 11 #58633 | 1 0 1 13 | 12 2 9 24
+ 12 #58633 | 1 0 1 8 | 10 2 9 23
+ 13 #58633 | 1 0 1 10 | 10 2 9 22
+ 14 #58633 | 1 0 1 18 | 12 2 9 27
+ 15 #58633 | 1 0 1 10 | 11 2 9 28
+ 16 #58633 | 0 0 1 11 | 7 2 9 26
+ 17 #58633 | 1 0 1 13 | 10 2 9 24
+ 18 #58633 | 1 0 1 9 | 13 2 9 22
+ 19 #58633 | 1 0 1 10 | 11 2 9 23
+ 20 #58633 | 1 0 1 12 | 11 2 9 28
+ 21 #58633 | 1 0 1 14 | 11 2 9 24
+ 22 #58633 | 1 0 1 8 | 11 2 9 22
+ 23 #58633 | 1 0 1 10 | 11 2 9 27
+timerlat hit stop tracing
+saving trace to timerlat_trace.txt
+[root@alien bristot]# tail -60 timerlat_trace.txt
+[...]
+ timerlat/5-79755 [005] ....... 426.271226: #58634 context thread timer_latency 10823 ns
+ sh-109404 [006] dnLh213 426.271247: #58634 context irq timer_latency 12505 ns
+ sh-109404 [006] dNLh313 426.271258: irq_noise: local_timer:236 start 426.271245463 duration 12553 ns
+ sh-109404 [006] d...313 426.271263: thread_noise: sh:109404 start 426.271245853 duration 4769 ns
+ timerlat/6-79756 [006] ....... 426.271264: #58634 context thread timer_latency 30328 ns
+ timerlat/6-79756 [006] ....1.. 426.271265: <stack trace>
+ => timerlat_irq
+ => __hrtimer_run_queues
+ => hrtimer_interrupt
+ => __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt
+ => sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt
+ => asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt
+ => _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore <---- spinlock that disabled interrupt.
+ => try_to_wake_up
+ => autoremove_wake_function
+ => __wake_up_common
+ => __wake_up_common_lock
+ => ep_poll_callback
+ => __wake_up_common
+ => __wake_up_common_lock
+ => fsnotify_add_event
+ => inotify_handle_inode_event
+ => fsnotify
+ => __fsnotify_parent
+ => __fput
+ => task_work_run
+ => exit_to_user_mode_prepare
+ => syscall_exit_to_user_mode
+ => do_syscall_64
+ => entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe
+ => 0x7265000001378c
+ => 0x10000cea7
+ => 0x25a00000204a
+ => 0x12e302d00000000
+ => 0x19b51010901b6
+ => 0x283ce00726500
+ => 0x61ea308872
+ => 0x00000fe3
+ bash-109109 [007] d..h... 426.271265: #58634 context irq timer_latency 1211 ns
+ timerlat/6-79756 [006] ....... 426.271267: timerlat_main: stop tracing hit on cpu 6
+----------------------------------------
+
+In the trace, it is possible the notice that the *IRQ Timer Latency* was
+already high, accounting *12505 ns*. The IRQ delay was caused by the
+'bash-109109' process that disabled IRQs in the wake-up path
+('_try_to_wake_up()' function). The duration of the IRQ handler that woke
+up the timerlat thread, informed with the *irq_noise* event, was also high
+and added more *12553 ns* to the Thread latency. Finally, the *thread_noise*
+added by the currently running thread (including the scheduling overhead)
+added more *4769 ns*. Summing up these values, the *Thread Timer Latency*
+accounted for *30328 ns*.
+
+The primary reason for this high value is the wake-up path that was hit
+twice during this case: when the 'bash-109109' was waking up a thread
+and then when the 'timerlat' thread was awakened. This information can
+then be used as the starting point of a more fine-grained analysis.
+
+Note that timerlat was dispatched without changing timerlat threads' priority.
+That is generally not needed because the thread has priority FIFO:95 by
+default, which is a common priority used by real-time kernel developers to
+analyze scheduling delays.
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+_rtla-timerlat(1)_, _rtla-timerlat-hist(1)_
+
+Timerlat tracer documentation: <https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/trace/timerlat-tracer.html>
+
+AUTHOR
+------
+Written by Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx>
+
+REPORTING BUGS
+--------------
+Report bugs to <lkml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+
+LICENSE
+-------
+rtla is Free Software licensed under the GNU GPLv2
+
+COPYING
+-------
+Copyright \(C) 2021 Red Hat, Inc. Free use of this software is granted under
+the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL).
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