[PATCH v4 4/6] rtla/timerlat: Add --deepest-idle-state for top

From: tglozar
Date: Tue Oct 15 2024 - 09:37:12 EST


From: Tomas Glozar <tglozar@xxxxxxxxxx>

Add option to limit deepest idle state on CPUs where timerlat is running
for the duration of the workload.

Signed-off-by: Tomas Glozar <tglozar@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
index 7fb85c8ee3bc..fca0da3caa87 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ struct timerlat_top_params {
int pretty_output;
int warmup;
int buffer_size;
+ int deepest_idle_state;
cpu_set_t hk_cpu_set;
struct sched_attr sched_param;
struct trace_events *events;
@@ -447,7 +448,7 @@ static void timerlat_top_usage(char *usage)
"",
" usage: rtla timerlat [top] [-h] [-q] [-a us] [-d s] [-D] [-n] [-p us] [-i us] [-T us] [-s us] \\",
" [[-t[file]] [-e sys[:event]] [--filter <filter>] [--trigger <trigger>] [-c cpu-list] [-H cpu-list]\\",
- " [-P priority] [--dma-latency us] [--aa-only us] [-C[=cgroup_name]] [-u|-k] [--warm-up s]",
+ " [-P priority] [--dma-latency us] [--aa-only us] [-C[=cgroup_name]] [-u|-k] [--warm-up s] [--deepest-idle-state n]",
"",
" -h/--help: print this menu",
" -a/--auto: set automatic trace mode, stopping the session if argument in us latency is hit",
@@ -481,6 +482,7 @@ static void timerlat_top_usage(char *usage)
" -U/--user-load: enable timerlat for user-defined user-space workload",
" --warm-up s: let the workload run for s seconds before collecting data",
" --trace-buffer-size kB: set the per-cpu trace buffer size in kB",
+ " --deepest-idle-state n: only go down to idle state n on cpus used by timerlat to reduce exit from idle latency",
NULL,
};

@@ -518,6 +520,9 @@ static struct timerlat_top_params
/* disabled by default */
params->dma_latency = -1;

+ /* disabled by default */
+ params->deepest_idle_state = -2;
+
/* display data in microseconds */
params->output_divisor = 1000;

@@ -550,6 +555,7 @@ static struct timerlat_top_params
{"aa-only", required_argument, 0, '5'},
{"warm-up", required_argument, 0, '6'},
{"trace-buffer-size", required_argument, 0, '7'},
+ {"deepest-idle-state", required_argument, 0, '8'},
{0, 0, 0, 0}
};

@@ -726,6 +732,9 @@ static struct timerlat_top_params
case '7':
params->buffer_size = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
break;
+ case '8':
+ params->deepest_idle_state = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
+ break;
default:
timerlat_top_usage("Invalid option");
}
@@ -922,6 +931,7 @@ int timerlat_top_main(int argc, char *argv[])
int return_value = 1;
char *max_lat;
int retval;
+ int nr_cpus, i;

params = timerlat_top_parse_args(argc, argv);
if (!params)
@@ -971,6 +981,28 @@ int timerlat_top_main(int argc, char *argv[])
}
}

+ if (params->deepest_idle_state >= -1) {
+ if (!have_libcpupower_support()) {
+ err_msg("rtla built without libcpupower, --deepest-idle-state is not supported\n");
+ goto out_free;
+ }
+
+ nr_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus; i++) {
+ if (params->cpus && !CPU_ISSET(i, &params->monitored_cpus))
+ continue;
+ if (save_cpu_idle_disable_state(i) < 0) {
+ err_msg("Could not save cpu idle state.\n");
+ goto out_free;
+ }
+ if (set_deepest_cpu_idle_state(i, params->deepest_idle_state) < 0) {
+ err_msg("Could not set deepest cpu idle state.\n");
+ goto out_free;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
if (params->trace_output) {
record = osnoise_init_trace_tool("timerlat");
if (!record) {
@@ -1125,6 +1157,13 @@ int timerlat_top_main(int argc, char *argv[])
timerlat_aa_destroy();
if (dma_latency_fd >= 0)
close(dma_latency_fd);
+ if (params->deepest_idle_state >= -1) {
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus; i++) {
+ if (params->cpus && !CPU_ISSET(i, &params->monitored_cpus))
+ continue;
+ restore_cpu_idle_disable_state(i);
+ }
+ }
trace_events_destroy(&record->trace, params->events);
params->events = NULL;
out_free:
@@ -1134,6 +1173,7 @@ int timerlat_top_main(int argc, char *argv[])
osnoise_destroy_tool(record);
osnoise_destroy_tool(top);
free(params);
+ free_cpu_idle_disable_states();
out_exit:
exit(return_value);
}
--
2.47.0