This commit changes the "ovs-appctl coverage/show" command to show the
per-second, per-minute and per-hour rates of function invocation.  More
importantly, this makes using coverage counter an easy way to monitor
the execution of specific functions.

Signed-off-by: Alex Wang <al...@nicira.com>
---
 lib/coverage-unixctl.man |    3 +-
 lib/coverage.c           |  106 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 lib/coverage.h           |   16 ++++++-
 tests/ofproto-dpif.at    |   34 +++++++++++++++
 vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c  |    2 +
 5 files changed, 155 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/coverage-unixctl.man b/lib/coverage-unixctl.man
index 9718894..31935cc 100644
--- a/lib/coverage-unixctl.man
+++ b/lib/coverage-unixctl.man
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ main loop takes unusually long to run.
 Coverage counters are useful mainly for performance analysis and
 debugging.
 .IP "\fBcoverage/show\fR"
-Displays the values of all of the coverage counters.
+Displays the per-second, per-minute and per-hour rates, and total counts
+of all of the coverage counters.
diff --git a/lib/coverage.c b/lib/coverage.c
index 23e2997..153b6ac 100644
--- a/lib/coverage.c
+++ b/lib/coverage.c
@@ -63,7 +63,17 @@ struct coverage_counter *coverage_counters[] = {
 
 static struct ovs_mutex coverage_mutex = OVS_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
+static long long int coverage_run_time = LLONG_MIN;
+
+/* Defines the moving average array index variables. */
+static unsigned int min_idx = 0;
+static unsigned int hr_idx = 0;
+/* Index counter used to compute the moving average array's index. */
+static unsigned int idx_count = 0;
+
 static void coverage_read(struct svec *);
+static unsigned int coverage_array_sum(const unsigned int *arr,
+                                       const unsigned int len);
 
 static void
 coverage_unixctl_show(struct unixctl_conn *conn, int argc OVS_UNUSED,
@@ -206,6 +216,7 @@ coverage_log(void)
 static void
 coverage_read(struct svec *lines)
 {
+    struct coverage_counter **c = coverage_counters;
     unsigned long long int *totals;
     size_t n_never_hit;
     uint32_t hash;
@@ -220,15 +231,24 @@ coverage_read(struct svec *lines)
     totals = xmalloc(n_coverage_counters * sizeof *totals);
     ovs_mutex_lock(&coverage_mutex);
     for (i = 0; i < n_coverage_counters; i++) {
-        totals[i] = coverage_counters[i]->total;
+        totals[i] = c[i]->total;
     }
     ovs_mutex_unlock(&coverage_mutex);
 
     for (i = 0; i < n_coverage_counters; i++) {
         if (totals[i]) {
-            svec_add_nocopy(lines, xasprintf("%-24s %9llu",
-                                             coverage_counters[i]->name,
-                                             totals[i]));
+            /* The per second rate is calculated via averaging the count in
+             * the most recent COVERAGE_RUN_INTERVAL interval. */
+            svec_add_nocopy(lines,
+                xasprintf("%-24s %5.1f/sec %7u/min "
+                          "%9u/hr   total: %llu",
+                          c[i]->name,
+                          ((double) c[i]->min[(idx_count - 1) % MIN_AVG_LEN])
+                             * 1000 / COVERAGE_RUN_INTERVAL,
+                          coverage_array_sum(c[i]->min, MIN_AVG_LEN),
+                          coverage_array_sum(c[i]->hr,  HR_AVG_LEN),
+                          totals[i]));
+
         } else {
             n_never_hit++;
         }
@@ -249,3 +269,81 @@ coverage_clear(void)
     }
     ovs_mutex_unlock(&coverage_mutex);
 }
+
+/* Runs approximately every COVERAGE_RUN_INTERVAL amount of time to update the
+ * coverage counters' 'min' and 'hr' array.  'min' array is for cumulating
+ * per second counts into per minute count.  'hr' array is for cumulating per
+ * minute counts into per hour count. */
+void
+coverage_run(void)
+{
+    struct coverage_counter **c = coverage_counters;
+    long long int now;
+
+    /* Initialize the coverage_run_time. */
+    if (coverage_run_time == LLONG_MIN) {
+        coverage_run_time = time_msec() + COVERAGE_RUN_INTERVAL;
+    }
+
+    ovs_mutex_lock(&coverage_mutex);
+    now = time_msec();
+    if (now >= coverage_run_time) {
+        size_t i, j;
+        /* Computes the number of COVERAGE_RUN_INTERVAL slots, since
+         * it is possible that the actual run interval is multiple of
+         * COVERAGE_RUN_INTERVAL. */
+        int slots = (now - coverage_run_time) / COVERAGE_RUN_INTERVAL + 1;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < n_coverage_counters; i++) {
+            unsigned int count, portion;
+            unsigned int m_idx = min_idx;
+            unsigned int h_idx = hr_idx;
+            unsigned int idx = idx_count;
+
+            /* Computes the differences between the current total and the one
+             * recorded in last invocation of coverage_run(). */
+            count = c[i]->total - c[i]->last_total;
+            c[i]->last_total = c[i]->total;
+            /* The count over the time interval is evenly distributed
+             * among slots by calculating the portion. */
+            portion = count / slots;
+
+            for (j = 0; j < slots; j++) {
+                /* Updates the index variables. */
+                /* The m_idx is increased from 0 to MIN_AVG_LEN - 1. Every
+                 * time the m_idx finishes a cycle (a cycle is one minute),
+                 * the h_idx is incremented by 1. */
+                m_idx = idx % MIN_AVG_LEN;
+                h_idx = idx / MIN_AVG_LEN;
+
+                c[i]->min[m_idx] = portion + (j == (slots - 1)
+                                              ? count % slots : 0);
+                c[i]->hr[h_idx] = m_idx == 0 ? c[i]->min[m_idx]
+                                      : (c[i]->hr[h_idx] + c[i]->min[m_idx]);
+
+                /* This is to guarantee that h_idx ranges from 0 to 59. */
+                idx = (idx + 1) % (MIN_AVG_LEN * HR_AVG_LEN);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /* Updates the global index variables. */
+        idx_count = (idx_count + slots) % (MIN_AVG_LEN * HR_AVG_LEN);
+        min_idx = idx_count % MIN_AVG_LEN;
+        hr_idx  = idx_count / MIN_AVG_LEN;
+        /* Updates the run time. */
+        coverage_run_time = now + COVERAGE_RUN_INTERVAL;
+    }
+    ovs_mutex_unlock(&coverage_mutex);
+}
+
+static unsigned int
+coverage_array_sum(const unsigned int *arr, const unsigned int len)
+{
+    unsigned int sum = 0;
+    size_t i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+        sum += arr[i];
+    }
+    return sum;
+}
diff --git a/lib/coverage.h b/lib/coverage.h
index 3d1a115..a01b2c1 100644
--- a/lib/coverage.h
+++ b/lib/coverage.h
@@ -30,11 +30,24 @@
 #include "ovs-thread.h"
 #include "vlog.h"
 
+/* Makes coverage_run run every 5000 ms (5 seconds).
+ * If this value is redefined, the new value must
+ * divide 60000. */
+#define COVERAGE_RUN_INTERVAL    5000
+
+/* Defines the moving average array length. */
+#define MIN_AVG_LEN (60000/COVERAGE_RUN_INTERVAL)
+#define HR_AVG_LEN  60
+
 /* A coverage counter. */
 struct coverage_counter {
     const char *const name;            /* Textual name. */
     unsigned int (*const count)(void); /* Gets, zeros this thread's count. */
     unsigned long long int total;      /* Total count. */
+    unsigned long long int last_total;
+    /* The moving average arrays. */
+    unsigned int min[MIN_AVG_LEN];
+    unsigned int hr[HR_AVG_LEN];
 };
 
 /* Defines COUNTER.  There must be exactly one such definition at file scope
@@ -56,7 +69,7 @@ struct coverage_counter {
         }                                                               \
         extern struct coverage_counter counter_##COUNTER;               \
         struct coverage_counter counter_##COUNTER                       \
-            = { #COUNTER, COUNTER##_count, 0 };                         \
+            = { #COUNTER, COUNTER##_count, 0, 0, {0}, {0} };            \
         extern struct coverage_counter *counter_ptr_##COUNTER;          \
         struct coverage_counter *counter_ptr_##COUNTER                  \
             __attribute__((section("coverage"))) = &counter_##COUNTER
@@ -80,6 +93,7 @@ struct coverage_counter {
 void coverage_init(void);
 void coverage_log(void);
 void coverage_clear(void);
+void coverage_run(void);
 
 /* Implementation detail. */
 #define COVERAGE_DEFINE__(COUNTER)                              \
diff --git a/tests/ofproto-dpif.at b/tests/ofproto-dpif.at
index 32e282d..e0aedaa 100644
--- a/tests/ofproto-dpif.at
+++ b/tests/ofproto-dpif.at
@@ -2770,3 +2770,37 @@ AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl bond/show | sed -n 
'/^.*may_enable:.*/p'], [0], [dnl
 
 OVS_VSWITCHD_STOP
 AT_CLEANUP
+
+# Unit test for appctl coverage/show command
+AT_SETUP([ofproto-dpif - coverage/show])
+OVS_VSWITCHD_START
+
+ovs-appctl time/stop
+# before the first 5 seconds, nothing can be calculated but the total count.
+# there should be two unixctl commands received, but the count of the "appctl
+# coverage/show" command is not updated to the total. so there show only 1.
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl coverage/show | sed -n '/^unixctl_received.*/p'], [], [dnl
+unixctl_received           0.0/sec       0/min         0/hr   total: 1
+])
+
+ovs-appctl time/warp 5000
+# at first 5 second time instant, should have stats.
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl coverage/show | sed -n '/^unixctl_received.*/p'], [], [dnl
+unixctl_received           0.4/sec       2/min         2/hr   total: 3
+])
+
+for i in `seq 0 10`; do ovs-appctl time/warp 5000; done
+# advance to first 1 minute time instant.
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl coverage/show | sed -n '/^unixctl_received.*/p'], [], [dnl
+unixctl_received           0.2/sec      14/min        14/hr   total: 15
+])
+
+ovs-appctl time/warp 60000
+# advance to next 1 minute time instant directly, should observe the per-minute
+# rate drop.
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl coverage/show | sed -n '/^unixctl_received.*/p'], [], [dnl
+unixctl_received           0.4/sec       2/min        16/hr   total: 17
+])
+
+OVS_VSWITCHD_STOP
+AT_CLEANUP
diff --git a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c
index bc45dac..a9db1fd 100644
--- a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c
+++ b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "bridge.h"
 #include "command-line.h"
 #include "compiler.h"
+#include "coverage.h"
 #include "daemon.h"
 #include "dirs.h"
 #include "dpif.h"
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
         bridge_run_fast();
         unixctl_server_run(unixctl);
         netdev_run();
+        coverage_run();
 
         signal_wait(sighup);
         memory_wait();
-- 
1.7.9.5

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