[PATCH] sched: Add trace events for Proxy Execution (PE)

From: Metin Kaya
Date: Fri Feb 02 2024 - 03:34:05 EST


Add sched_[start, finish]_task_selection trace events to measure the
latency of PE patches in task selection.

Moreover, introduce trace events for interesting events in PE:
1. sched_pe_enqueue_sleeping_task: a task gets enqueued on wait queue of
a sleeping task (mutex owner).
2. sched_pe_cross_remote_cpu: dependency chain crosses remote CPU.
3. sched_pe_task_is_migrating: mutex owner task migrates.

New trace events can be tested via this command:
$ perf trace \
-e sched:sched_start_task_selection \
-e sched:sched_finish_task_selection \
-e sched:sched_pe_enqueue_sleeping_task \
-e sched:sched_pe_cross_remote_cpu \
-e sched:sched_pe_task_is_migrating

Notes:
1. These trace events are not intended to merge upstream. Instead, they
are only for making PE tests easier and will be converted to trace
points once PE patches hit upstream.
2. This patch is based on John's Proxy Execution v7 patch series (see
the link below) which is also available at
https://github.com/johnstultz-work/linux-dev/commits/proxy-exec-v7-6.7-rc6/.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/CANDhNCrHd+5twWVNqBAhVLfhMhkiO0KjxXBmwVgaCD4kAyFyWw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Signed-off-by: Metin Kaya <metin.kaya@xxxxxxx>
CC: John Stultz <jstultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@xxxxxxxxxx>
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---
include/trace/events/sched.h | 138 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/sched/core.c | 11 +++
2 files changed, 149 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/trace/events/sched.h b/include/trace/events/sched.h
index 6188ad0d9e0d..2b08509f3088 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/sched.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/sched.h
@@ -737,6 +737,144 @@ TRACE_EVENT(sched_wake_idle_without_ipi,
TP_printk("cpu=%d", __entry->cpu)
);

+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_PROXY_EXEC
+/**
+ * sched_pe_enqueue_sleeping_task - called when a task is enqueued on wait
+ * queue of a sleeping task (mutex owner).
+ * @mutex_owner: pointer to struct task_struct
+ * @blocked: pointer to struct task_struct
+ */
+TRACE_EVENT(sched_pe_enqueue_sleeping_task,
+
+ TP_PROTO(struct task_struct *mutex_owner, struct task_struct *blocked),
+
+ TP_ARGS(mutex_owner, blocked),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __array(char, owner_comm, TASK_COMM_LEN )
+ __field(pid_t, owner_pid )
+ __field(int, owner_prio )
+ __field(int, owner_cpu )
+ __array(char, blocked_comm, TASK_COMM_LEN )
+ __field(pid_t, blocked_pid )
+ __field(int, blocked_prio )
+ __field(int, blocked_cpu )
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ strscpy(__entry->owner_comm, mutex_owner->comm, TASK_COMM_LEN);
+ __entry->owner_pid = mutex_owner->pid;
+ __entry->owner_prio = mutex_owner->prio; /* XXX SCHED_DEADLINE */
+ __entry->owner_cpu = task_cpu(mutex_owner);
+
+ strscpy(__entry->blocked_comm, blocked->comm, TASK_COMM_LEN);
+ __entry->blocked_pid = blocked->pid;
+ __entry->blocked_prio = blocked->prio; /* XXX SCHED_DEADLINE */
+ __entry->blocked_cpu = task_cpu(blocked);
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("task=%s pid=%d prio=%d cpu=%d blocked_on owner_task=%s owner_pid=%d owner_prio=%d owner_cpu=%d",
+ __entry->blocked_comm, __entry->blocked_pid,
+ __entry->blocked_prio, __entry->blocked_cpu,
+ __entry->owner_comm, __entry->owner_pid,
+ __entry->owner_prio, __entry->owner_cpu)
+);
+
+/**
+ * sched_pe_cross_remote_cpu - called when dependency chain crosses remote CPU
+ * @p: pointer to struct task_struct
+ */
+TRACE_EVENT(sched_pe_cross_remote_cpu,
+
+ TP_PROTO(struct task_struct *p),
+
+ TP_ARGS(p),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __array(char, comm, TASK_COMM_LEN )
+ __field(pid_t, pid )
+ __field(int, prio )
+ __field(int, cpu )
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ strscpy(__entry->comm, p->comm, TASK_COMM_LEN);
+ __entry->pid = p->pid;
+ __entry->prio = p->prio; /* XXX SCHED_DEADLINE */
+ __entry->cpu = task_cpu(p);
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("comm=%s pid=%d prio=%d cpu=%d",
+ __entry->comm, __entry->pid, __entry->prio, __entry->cpu)
+);
+
+/**
+ * sched_pe_task_is_migrating - called when mutex owner is in migrating state
+ * @p: pointer to struct task_struct
+ */
+TRACE_EVENT(sched_pe_task_is_migrating,
+
+ TP_PROTO(struct task_struct *p),
+
+ TP_ARGS(p),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __array(char, comm, TASK_COMM_LEN )
+ __field(pid_t, pid )
+ __field(int, prio )
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ strscpy(__entry->comm, p->comm, TASK_COMM_LEN);
+ __entry->pid = p->pid;
+ __entry->prio = p->prio; /* XXX SCHED_DEADLINE */
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("comm=%s pid=%d prio=%d",
+ __entry->comm, __entry->pid, __entry->prio)
+);
+#endif /* CONFIG_SCHED_PROXY_EXEC */
+
+DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(sched_task_selection_template,
+
+ TP_PROTO(int cpu),
+
+ TP_ARGS(cpu),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field(int, cpu)
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->cpu = cpu;
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("cpu=%d",
+ __entry->cpu)
+);
+
+/**
+ * sched_start_task_selection - called before selecting next task in
+ * __schedule()
+ * @cpu: The CPU which will run task selection operation.
+ */
+DEFINE_EVENT(sched_task_selection_template, sched_start_task_selection,
+
+ TP_PROTO(int cpu),
+
+ TP_ARGS(cpu));
+
+/**
+ * sched_finish_task_selection - called after selecting next task in
+ * __schedule()
+ * @cpu: The CPU which ran task selection operation.
+ */
+DEFINE_EVENT(sched_task_selection_template, sched_finish_task_selection,
+
+ TP_PROTO(int cpu),
+
+ TP_ARGS(cpu));
+
/*
* Following tracepoints are not exported in tracefs and provide hooking
* mechanisms only for testing and debugging purposes.
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 30dfb6f14f2b..866809e52971 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -7006,6 +7006,9 @@ static void proxy_enqueue_on_owner(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *owner,
*/
if (!owner->on_rq) {
BUG_ON(!next->on_rq);
+
+ trace_sched_pe_enqueue_sleeping_task(owner, next);
+
deactivate_task(rq, next, DEQUEUE_SLEEP);
if (task_current_selected(rq, next)) {
put_prev_task(rq, next);
@@ -7100,6 +7103,9 @@ find_proxy_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *next, struct rq_flags *rf)

if (task_cpu(owner) != cur_cpu) {
target_cpu = task_cpu(owner);
+
+ trace_sched_pe_cross_remote_cpu(owner);
+
/*
* @owner can disappear, simply migrate to @target_cpu and leave that CPU
* to sort things out.
@@ -7113,6 +7119,8 @@ find_proxy_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *next, struct rq_flags *rf)
}

if (task_on_rq_migrating(owner)) {
+ trace_sched_pe_task_is_migrating(owner);
+
/*
* One of the chain of mutex owners is currently migrating to this
* CPU, but has not yet been enqueued because we are holding the
@@ -7335,6 +7343,8 @@ static void __sched notrace __schedule(unsigned int sched_mode)
}

prev_not_proxied = !prev->blocked_donor;
+
+ trace_sched_start_task_selection(cpu);
pick_again:
next = pick_next_task(rq, rq_selected(rq), &rf);
rq_set_selected(rq, next);
@@ -7350,6 +7360,7 @@ static void __sched notrace __schedule(unsigned int sched_mode)
if (next == rq->idle && prev == rq->idle)
preserve_need_resched = true;
}
+ trace_sched_finish_task_selection(cpu);

if (!preserve_need_resched)
clear_tsk_need_resched(prev);
--
2.34.1