Hi,
On 05.09.2018 14:28, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 10:16:42AM +0300, Alexey Budankov wrote:
>>
>> Currently in record mode the tool implements trace writing serially.
>> The algorithm loops over mapped per-cpu data buffers and stores
>> ready data chunks into a trace file using write() system call.
>>
>> At some circumstances the kernel may lack free space in a buffer
>> because the other buffer's half is not yet written to disk due to
>> some other buffer's data writing by the tool at the moment.
>>
>> Thus serial trace writing implementation may cause the kernel
>> to loose profiling data and that is what observed when profiling
>> highly parallel CPU bound workloads on machines with big number
>> of cores.
>>
>> Experiment with profiling matrix multiplication code executing 128
>> threads on Intel Xeon Phi (KNM) with 272 cores, like below,
>> demonstrates data loss metrics value of 98%:
>>
>> /usr/bin/time perf record -o /tmp/perf-ser.data -a -N -B -T -R -g \
>> --call-graph dwarf,1024 --user-regs=IP,SP,BP \
>> --switch-events -e
>> cycles,instructions,ref-cycles,software/period=1,name=cs,config=0x3/Duk -- \
>> matrix.gcc
>>
>> Data loss metrics is the ratio lost_time/elapsed_time where
>> lost_time is the sum of time intervals containing PERF_RECORD_LOST
>> records and elapsed_time is the elapsed application run time
>> under profiling.
>>
>> Applying asynchronous trace streaming thru Posix AIO API
>> (http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/aio.7.html)
>> lowers data loss metrics value providing 2x improvement -
>> lowering 98% loss to almost 0%.
>>
>> ---
>> Alexey Budankov (2):
>> perf util: map data buffer for preserving collected data
>> perf record: enable asynchronous trace writing
>>
>> tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 197
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>> tools/perf/perf.h | 1 +
>> tools/perf/util/evlist.c | 7 +-
>> tools/perf/util/evlist.h | 3 +-
>> tools/perf/util/mmap.c | 110 +++++++++++++++++++++----
>> tools/perf/util/mmap.h | 10 ++-
>> 6 files changed, 302 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
>>
>> ---
>> Changes in v7:
>> - implemented handling record.aio setting from perfconfig file
>
> can't apply this version on Arnaldo's perf/core...
>
> [jolsa@krava linux-perf]$ git am /tmp/ab/
> Applying: perf util: map data buffer for preserving collected data
> error: patch failed: tools/perf/util/mmap.c:166
> error: tools/perf/util/mmap.c: patch does not apply
Here it is:
tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 197 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
tools/perf/perf.h | 1 +
tools/perf/util/evlist.c | 7 +-
tools/perf/util/evlist.h | 3 +-
tools/perf/util/mmap.c | 110 +++++++++++++++++++++----
tools/perf/util/mmap.h | 10 ++-
6 files changed, 302 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 9853552bcf16..0f1324549e35 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -121,6 +121,91 @@ static int record__write(struct record *rec, void *bf,
size_t size)
return 0;
}
+static int record__aio_write(struct aiocb *cblock, int trace_fd,
+ void *buf, size_t size, off_t off)
+{
+ int rc;
+
+ cblock->aio_fildes = trace_fd;
+ cblock->aio_buf = buf;
+ cblock->aio_nbytes = size;
+ cblock->aio_offset = off;
+ cblock->aio_sigevent.sigev_notify = SIGEV_NONE;
+
+ do {
+ rc = aio_write(cblock);
+ if (rc == 0) {
+ break;
+ } else if (errno != EAGAIN) {
+ cblock->aio_fildes = -1;
+ pr_err("failed to queue perf data, error: %m\n");
+ break;
+ }
+ } while (1);
+
+ return rc;
+}
+
+static int record__aio_sync(struct perf_mmap *md)
+{
+ void *rem_buf;
+ off_t rem_off;
+ size_t rem_size;
+ ssize_t aio_ret, written;
+ int i, aio_errno, do_suspend, idx = -1;
+ struct aiocb **cblocks = md->cblocks;
+ struct timespec timeout = { 0, 1000 * 1000 * 1 }; // 1ms
+
+ for (i = 0; i < md->nr_cblocks; ++i)
+ if (cblocks[i]->aio_fildes == -1)
+ return i;
+
+ do {
+ do_suspend = 0;
+ if (aio_suspend((const struct aiocb**)cblocks, md->nr_cblocks,
&timeout)) {
+ if (!(errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINTR))
+ pr_err("failed to sync perf data, error: %m\n");
+ do_suspend = 1;
+ continue;
+ }
+ for (i = 0; i < md->nr_cblocks; ++i) {
+ aio_errno = aio_error(cblocks[i]);
+ if (aio_errno == EINPROGRESS)
+ continue;
+ written = aio_ret = aio_return(cblocks[i]);
+ if (aio_ret < 0) {
+ if (aio_errno != EINTR)
+ pr_err("failed to write perf data,
error: %m\n");
+ written = 0;
+ }
+ rem_size = cblocks[i]->aio_nbytes - written;
+ if (rem_size == 0) {
+ cblocks[i]->aio_fildes = -1;
+ /* md->refcount is incremented in
perf_mmap__push() for
+ * every enqueued aio write request so
decrement it because
+ * the request is now complete.
+ */
+ perf_mmap__put(md);
+ if (idx == -1)
+ idx = i;
+ } else {
+ /* aio write request may require restart with
the
+ * reminder if the kernel didn't write whole
+ * chunk at once.
+ */
+ rem_off = cblocks[i]->aio_offset + written;
+ rem_buf = (void*)(cblocks[i]->aio_buf +
written);
+ record__aio_write(cblocks[i],
cblocks[i]->aio_fildes,
+ rem_buf, rem_size, rem_off);
+ }
+ }
+ if (idx == -1)
+ do_suspend = 1;
+ } while (do_suspend);
+
+ return idx;
+}
+
static int process_synthesized_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
union perf_event *event,
struct perf_sample *sample __maybe_unused,
@@ -130,12 +215,28 @@ static int process_synthesized_event(struct perf_tool
*tool,
return record__write(rec, event, event->header.size);
}
-static int record__pushfn(void *to, void *bf, size_t size)
+static int record__pushfn(void *to, struct aiocb *cblock, void *data, size_t
size)
{
+ off_t off;
struct record *rec = to;
+ int ret, trace_fd = rec->session->data->file.fd;
rec->samples++;
- return record__write(rec, bf, size);
+
+ off =
+ lseek(trace_fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
+ lseek(trace_fd, off + size, SEEK_SET);
+
+ ret = record__aio_write(cblock, trace_fd, data, size, off);
+ if (!ret) {
+ rec->bytes_written += size;
+ if (switch_output_size(rec))
+ trigger_hit(&switch_output_trigger);
+ } else {
+ lseek(trace_fd, off, SEEK_SET);
+ }
+
+ return ret;
}
static volatile int done;
@@ -326,7 +427,8 @@ static int record__mmap_evlist(struct record *rec,
if (perf_evlist__mmap_ex(evlist, opts->mmap_pages,
opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages,
- opts->auxtrace_snapshot_mode) < 0) {
+ opts->auxtrace_snapshot_mode,
+ opts->nr_cblocks) < 0) {
if (errno == EPERM) {
pr_err("Permission error mapping pages.\n"
"Consider increasing "
@@ -510,6 +612,70 @@ static struct perf_event_header finished_round_event = {
.type = PERF_RECORD_FINISHED_ROUND,
};
+static void record__aio_complete(struct perf_mmap *md, int i)
+{
+ int aio_errno;
+ void *rem_buf;
+ off_t rem_off;
+ size_t rem_size;
+ ssize_t aio_ret, written;
+ struct aiocb *cblock = md->cblocks[i];
+ struct timespec timeout = { 0, 1000 * 1000 * 1 }; // 1ms
+
+ if (cblock->aio_fildes == -1)
+ return;
+
+ do {
+ if (aio_suspend((const struct aiocb**)&cblock, 1, &timeout)) {
+ if (!(errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINTR))
+ pr_err("failed to sync perf data, error: %m\n");
+ continue;
+ }
+ aio_errno = aio_error(cblock);
+ if (aio_errno == EINPROGRESS)
+ continue;
+ written = aio_ret = aio_return(cblock);
+ if (aio_ret < 0) {
+ if (!(aio_errno == EINTR))
+ pr_err("failed to write perf data, error:
%m\n");
+ written = 0;
+ }
+ rem_size = cblock->aio_nbytes - written;
+ if (rem_size == 0) {
+ cblock->aio_fildes = -1;
+ /* md->refcount is incremented in perf_mmap__push() for
+ * every enqueued aio write request so decrement it
because
+ * the request is now complete.
+ */
+ perf_mmap__put(md);
+ return;
+ } else {
+ /* aio write request may require restart with the
+ * reminder if the kernel didn't write whole
+ * chunk at once.
+ */
+ rem_off = cblock->aio_offset + written;
+ rem_buf = (void*)(cblock->aio_buf + written);
+ record__aio_write(cblock, cblock->aio_fildes,
+ rem_buf, rem_size, rem_off);
+ }
+ } while (1);
+}
+
+static void record__mmap_read_sync(struct record *rec)
+{
+ int i, j;
+ struct perf_evlist *evlist = rec->evlist;
+ struct perf_mmap *maps = evlist->mmap;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < evlist->nr_mmaps; i++) {
+ struct perf_mmap *map = &maps[i];
+ if (map->base)
+ for (j = 0; j < map->nr_cblocks; ++j)
+ record__aio_complete(map, j);
+ }
+}
+
static int record__mmap_read_evlist(struct record *rec, struct perf_evlist
*evlist,
bool overwrite)
{
@@ -532,7 +698,13 @@ static int record__mmap_read_evlist(struct record *rec,
struct perf_evlist *evli
struct auxtrace_mmap *mm = &maps[i].auxtrace_mmap;
if (maps[i].base) {
- if (perf_mmap__push(&maps[i], rec, record__pushfn) !=
0) {
+ /* Call record__aio_sync() to allocate free
+ * map->data buffer or wait till one of the
+ * buffers becomes available after previous
+ * aio write request.
+ */
+ if (perf_mmap__push(&maps[i], rec,
record__aio_sync(&maps[i]),
+ record__pushfn) != 0) {
rc = -1;
goto out;
}
@@ -1054,6 +1226,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc,
const char **argv)
perf_evlist__toggle_bkw_mmap(rec->evlist,
BKW_MMAP_DATA_PENDING);
if (record__mmap_read_all(rec) < 0) {
+ record__mmap_read_sync(rec);
trigger_error(&auxtrace_snapshot_trigger);
trigger_error(&switch_output_trigger);
err = -1;
@@ -1065,6 +1238,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc,
const char **argv)
if (!trigger_is_error(&auxtrace_snapshot_trigger))
record__read_auxtrace_snapshot(rec);
if (trigger_is_error(&auxtrace_snapshot_trigger)) {
+ record__mmap_read_sync(rec);
pr_err("AUX area tracing snapshot failed\n");
err = -1;
goto out_child;
@@ -1083,6 +1257,8 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc,
const char **argv)
*/
if (rec->evlist->bkw_mmap_state == BKW_MMAP_RUNNING)
continue;
+
+ record__mmap_read_sync(rec);
trigger_ready(&switch_output_trigger);
/*
@@ -1136,6 +1312,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc,
const char **argv)
disabled = true;
}
}
+ record__mmap_read_sync(rec);
trigger_off(&auxtrace_snapshot_trigger);
trigger_off(&switch_output_trigger);
@@ -1287,6 +1464,8 @@ static int perf_record_config(const char *var, const char
*value, void *cb)
var = "call-graph.record-mode";
return perf_default_config(var, value, cb);
}
+ if (!strcmp(var, "record.aio"))
+ rec->opts.nr_cblocks = strtol(value, NULL, 0);
return 0;
}
@@ -1519,6 +1698,7 @@ static struct record record = {
.default_per_cpu = true,
},
.proc_map_timeout = 500,
+ .nr_cblocks = 2
},
.tool = {
.sample = process_sample_event,
@@ -1678,6 +1858,8 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
"signal"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "dry-run", &dry_run,
"Parse options then exit"),
+ OPT_INTEGER(0, "aio", &record.opts.nr_cblocks,
+ "asynchronous trace write operations (min: 1, max: 32,
default: 2)"),
OPT_END()
};
@@ -1870,6 +2052,13 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
goto out;
}
+ if (!(1 <= rec->opts.nr_cblocks && rec->opts.nr_cblocks <= 32))
+ rec->opts.nr_cblocks = 2;
+
+ if (verbose > 0)
+ pr_info("AIO trace writes: %d\n", rec->opts.nr_cblocks);
+
+
err = __cmd_record(&record, argc, argv);
out:
perf_evlist__delete(rec->evlist);
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index 21bf7f5a3cf5..0a1ae2ae567a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ struct record_opts {
bool use_clockid;
clockid_t clockid;
unsigned int proc_map_timeout;
+ int nr_cblocks;
};
struct option;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index be440df29615..2c8c0270886b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -1018,7 +1018,8 @@ int perf_evlist__parse_mmap_pages(const struct option
*opt, const char *str,
*/
int perf_evlist__mmap_ex(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages,
unsigned int auxtrace_pages,
- bool auxtrace_overwrite)
+ bool auxtrace_overwrite,
+ int nr_cblocks)
{
struct perf_evsel *evsel;
const struct cpu_map *cpus = evlist->cpus;
@@ -1028,7 +1029,7 @@ int perf_evlist__mmap_ex(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
unsigned int pages,
* Its value is decided by evsel's write_backward.
* So &mp should not be passed through const pointer.
*/
- struct mmap_params mp;
+ struct mmap_params mp = { .nr_cblocks = nr_cblocks };
if (!evlist->mmap)
evlist->mmap = perf_evlist__alloc_mmap(evlist, false);
@@ -1060,7 +1061,7 @@ int perf_evlist__mmap_ex(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
unsigned int pages,
int perf_evlist__mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages)
{
- return perf_evlist__mmap_ex(evlist, pages, 0, false);
+ return perf_evlist__mmap_ex(evlist, pages, 0, false, 2);
}
int perf_evlist__create_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct target *target)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index dc66436add98..a94d3c613254 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ unsigned long perf_event_mlock_kb_in_pages(void);
int perf_evlist__mmap_ex(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages,
unsigned int auxtrace_pages,
- bool auxtrace_overwrite);
+ bool auxtrace_overwrite,
+ int nr_cblocks);
int perf_evlist__mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages);
void perf_evlist__munmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
index 215f69f41672..a2c8ead9344c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
@@ -155,6 +155,14 @@ void __weak auxtrace_mmap_params__set_idx(struct
auxtrace_mmap_params *mp __mayb
void perf_mmap__munmap(struct perf_mmap *map)
{
+ int i;
+ if (map->data) {
+ for (i = 0; i < map->nr_cblocks; ++i)
+ zfree(&(map->data[i]));
+ zfree(&(map->data));
+ }
+ if (map->cblocks)
+ zfree(&(map->cblocks));
if (map->base != NULL) {
munmap(map->base, perf_mmap__mmap_len(map));
map->base = NULL;
@@ -166,6 +174,7 @@ void perf_mmap__munmap(struct perf_mmap *map)
int perf_mmap__mmap(struct perf_mmap *map, struct mmap_params *mp, int fd, int
cpu)
{
+ int i;
/*
* The last one will be done at perf_mmap__consume(), so that we
* make sure we don't prevent tools from consuming every last event in
@@ -190,6 +199,50 @@ int perf_mmap__mmap(struct perf_mmap *map, struct
mmap_params *mp, int fd, int c
map->base = NULL;
return -1;
}
+ map->nr_cblocks = mp->nr_cblocks;
+ map->cblocks = calloc(map->nr_cblocks, sizeof(struct aiocb*));
+ if (!map->cblocks) {
+ pr_debug2("failed to allocate perf event data buffers, error
%d\n",
+ errno);
+ return -1;
+ }
+ map->data = calloc(map->nr_cblocks, sizeof(void*));
+ if (map->data) {
+ int delta_max = sysconf(_SC_AIO_PRIO_DELTA_MAX);
+ for (i = 0; i < map->nr_cblocks; ++i) {
+ map->data[i] = malloc(perf_mmap__mmap_len(map));
+ if (map->data[i]) {
+ int prio;
+ unsigned char *data = map->data[i];
+ map->cblocks[i] = (struct aiocb
*)&data[map->mask + 1];
+ memset(map->cblocks[i], 0, sizeof(struct
aiocb));
+ /* Use cblock.aio_fildes value different from -1
+ * to denote started aio write operation on the
+ * cblock so it requires explicit
record__aio_sync()
+ * call prior the cblock may be reused again.
+ */
+ map->cblocks[i]->aio_fildes = -1;
+ /* Allocate cblocks with decreasing priority to
+ * have faster aio_write() calls because queued
+ * requests are kept in separate per-prio queues
+ * and adding a new request iterates thru
shorter
+ * per-prio list.
+ */
+ prio = delta_max - i;
+ if (prio < 0)
+ prio = 0;
+ map->cblocks[i]->aio_reqprio = prio;
+ } else {
+ pr_debug2("failed to allocate perf event data
buffer, error %d\n",
+ errno);
+ return -1;
+ }
+ }
+ } else {
+ pr_debug2("failed to alloc perf event data buffers, error %d\n",
+ errno);
+ return -1;
+ }
map->fd = fd;
map->cpu = cpu;
@@ -280,12 +333,12 @@ int perf_mmap__read_init(struct perf_mmap *map)
return __perf_mmap__read_init(map);
}
-int perf_mmap__push(struct perf_mmap *md, void *to,
- int push(void *to, void *buf, size_t size))
+int perf_mmap__push(struct perf_mmap *md, void *to, int idx,
+ int push(void *to, struct aiocb *cblock, void *data, size_t
size))
{
u64 head = perf_mmap__read_head(md);
unsigned char *data = md->base + page_size;
- unsigned long size;
+ unsigned long size, size0 = 0;
void *buf;
int rc = 0;
@@ -293,31 +346,58 @@ int perf_mmap__push(struct perf_mmap *md, void *to,
if (rc < 0)
return (rc == -EAGAIN) ? 0 : -1;
+ /* md->base data is copied into md->data[idx] buffer to
+ * release space in the kernel buffer as fast as possible,
+ * thru perf_mmap__consume() below.
+ *
+ * That lets the kernel to proceed with storing more
+ * profiling data into the kernel buffer earlier than other
+ * per-cpu kernel buffers are handled.
+ *
+ * Coping can be done in two steps in case the chunk of
+ * profiling data crosses the upper bound of the kernel buffer.
+ * In this case we first move part of data from md->start
+ * till the upper bound and then the reminder from the
+ * beginning of the kernel buffer till the end of
+ * the data chunk.
+ */
+
size = md->end - md->start;
if ((md->start & md->mask) + size != (md->end & md->mask)) {
buf = &data[md->start & md->mask];
- size = md->mask + 1 - (md->start & md->mask);
- md->start += size;
-
- if (push(to, buf, size) < 0) {
- rc = -1;
- goto out;
- }
+ size0 = md->mask + 1 - (md->start & md->mask);
+ md->start += size0;
+ memcpy(md->data[idx], buf, size0);
}
buf = &data[md->start & md->mask];
size = md->end - md->start;
md->start += size;
+ memcpy(md->data[idx] + size0, buf, size);
- if (push(to, buf, size) < 0) {
- rc = -1;
- goto out;
- }
+ /* Increment md->refcount to guard md->data[idx] buffer
+ * from premature deallocation because md object can be
+ * released earlier than aio write request started
+ * on mmap->data[idx] is complete.
+ *
+ * perf_mmap__put() is done at record__aio_sync() or
+ * record__aio_complete() after started request completion.
+ */
+
+ perf_mmap__get(md);
md->prev = head;
perf_mmap__consume(md);
-out:
+
+ rc = push(to, md->cblocks[idx], md->data[idx], size0 + size);
+ if (rc) {
+ /* Decrement md->refcount back if aio write
+ * operation failed to start.
+ */
+ perf_mmap__put(md);
+ }
+
return rc;
}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mmap.h b/tools/perf/util/mmap.h
index 05a6d47c7956..8fbe5cb6d95b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mmap.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mmap.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <asm/barrier.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <aio.h>
#include "auxtrace.h"
#include "event.h"
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ struct perf_mmap {
bool overwrite;
struct auxtrace_mmap auxtrace_mmap;
char event_copy[PERF_SAMPLE_MAX_SIZE] __aligned(8);
+ void **data;
+ struct aiocb **cblocks;
+ int nr_cblocks;
};
/*
@@ -57,7 +61,7 @@ enum bkw_mmap_state {
};
struct mmap_params {
- int prot, mask;
+ int prot, mask, nr_cblocks;
struct auxtrace_mmap_params auxtrace_mp;
};
@@ -92,8 +96,8 @@ union perf_event *perf_mmap__read_forward(struct perf_mmap
*map);
union perf_event *perf_mmap__read_event(struct perf_mmap *map);
-int perf_mmap__push(struct perf_mmap *md, void *to,
- int push(void *to, void *buf, size_t size));
+int perf_mmap__push(struct perf_mmap *md, void *to, int aio_idx,
+ int push(void *to, struct aiocb *cblock, void *data, size_t
size));
size_t perf_mmap__mmap_len(struct perf_mmap *map);
>
> thanks,
> jirka
>
