On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 13:31:03 +0100
Qais Yousef <qais.you...@arm.com> wrote:
> I admit I don't know how much of these numbers is ftrace overhead. When trying
Note, if you want to get a better idea of how long a function runs, put it
into set_ftrace_filter, and then trace it. That way you remove the overhead
of the function graph tracer when its nesting within a function.
> to capture similar runs for uclamp, the numbers didn't add up compared to
> running the test without ftrace generating the graph. If juno is suffering
> from
> bad branching costs in this path, then I suspect ftrace will amplify this as
> AFAIU it'll cause extra jumps on entry and exit.
>
>
>
> sched-pipe-6532 [001] 9407.276302: funcgraph_entry:
> | deactivate_task() {
> sched-pipe-6532 [001] 9407.276302: funcgraph_entry:
> | dequeue_task_fair() {
> sched-pipe-6532 [001] 9407.276303: funcgraph_entry:
> | update_curr() {
> sched-pipe-6532 [001] 9407.276304: funcgraph_entry: 0.780 us
> | update_min_vruntime();
> sched-pipe-6532 [001] 9407.276306: funcgraph_entry:
> | cpuacct_charge() {
> sched-pipe-6532 [001] 9407.276306: funcgraph_entry: 0.820 us
> | __rcu_read_lock();
> sched-pipe-6532 [001] 9407.276308: funcgraph_entry: 0.740 us
> | __rcu_read_unlock();
The above is more accurate than...
> sched-pipe-6532 [001] 9407.276309: funcgraph_exit: 3.980 us
> | }
this one. Because this one has nested tracing within it.
-- Steve
> sched-pipe-6532 [001] 9407.276310: funcgraph_entry: 0.720 us
> | __rcu_read_lock();
> sched-pipe-6532 [001] 9407.276312: funcgraph_entry: 0.720 us
> | __rcu_read_unlock();
> sched-pipe-6532 [001] 9407.276313: funcgraph_exit: 9.840 us
> | }
> sched-pipe-6532 [001] 9407.276314: funcgraph_entry:
> | __update_load_avg_se() {
> sched-pipe-6532 [001] 9407.276315: funcgraph_entry: 0.720 us
> | __accumulate_pelt_segments();
> sched-pipe-6532 [001] 9407.276316: funcgraph_exit: 2.260 us
> | }
> sched-pipe-6532 [001] 9407.276317: funcgraph_entry:
> | __update_load_avg_cfs_rq() {
> sched-pipe-6532 [001] 9407.276318: funcgraph_entry: 0.860 us
> | __accumulate_pelt_segments();
> sched-pipe-6532 [001] 9407.276319: funcgraph_exit: 2.340 us
> | }
