When I collected lockmeter data for a longer duration, sometimes the locks counter could roll over. I'm sure someone else maybe meet the same situation. So I wrote the below patch, could you have a look?
diff -Nraup linux/include/linux/lockmeter.h linux.lockmeter/include/linux/lockmeter.h --- linux/include/linux/lockmeter.h 2005-08-09 10:46:53.302083832 +0800 +++ linux.lockmeter/include/linux/lockmeter.h 2005-08-05 17:22:37.000000000 +0800 @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ typedef struct { uint32_t max_wait_ww_ticks; /* max wait time writer vs writer */ /* prev 2 only used for write locks*/ uint32_t acquire_time; /* time lock acquired this CPU */ - uint32_t count[LSTAT_ACT_MAX_VALUES]; + uint64_t count[LSTAT_ACT_MAX_VALUES]; } lstat_lock_counts_t; typedef lstat_lock_counts_t lstat_cpu_counts_t[LSTAT_MAX_STAT_INDEX]; @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ typedef lstat_lock_counts_t lstat_cpu_co #define LSTAT_MAX_READ_LOCK_INDEX 1000 typedef struct { POINTER lock_ptr; /* address of lock for output stats */ - uint32_t read_lock_count; + uint64_t read_lock_count; int64_t cum_hold_ticks; /* sum of read lock hold times over */ /* all callers. ....................*/ uint32_t write_index; /* last write lock hash table index */ I also modified lockstat to compliant with this modification against lockstat 1.4.11 version. diff -Nraup lockstat/include/linux/lockmeter.h lockstat.fix/include/linux/lockmeter.h --- lockstat/include/linux/lockmeter.h 2004-09-14 07:02:05.000000000 +0800 +++ lockstat.fix/include/linux/lockmeter.h 2005-08-05 17:38:46.000000000 +0800 @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ typedef struct { uint32_t max_wait_ww_ticks; /* max wait time writer vs writer */ /* prev 2 only used for write locks*/ uint32_t acquire_time; /* time lock acquired this CPU */ - uint32_t count[LSTAT_ACT_MAX_VALUES]; + uint64_t count[LSTAT_ACT_MAX_VALUES]; } lstat_lock_counts_t; typedef lstat_lock_counts_t lstat_cpu_counts_t[LSTAT_MAX_STAT_INDEX]; @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ typedef lstat_lock_counts_t lstat_cpu_co #define LSTAT_MAX_READ_LOCK_INDEX 1000 typedef struct { POINTER lock_ptr; /* address of lock for output stats */ - uint32_t read_lock_count; + uint64_t read_lock_count; int64_t cum_hold_ticks; /* sum of read lock hold times over */ /* all callers. ....................*/ uint32_t write_index; /* last write lock hash table index */ diff -Nraup lockstat/lockstat.c lockstat.fix/lockstat.c --- lockstat/lockstat.c 2004-09-14 07:01:41.000000000 +0800 +++ lockstat.fix/lockstat.c 2005-08-09 10:35:18.305356776 +0800 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static char lockstat_version[] = "1.4.1 #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> #include <errno.h> -#include <sys/time.h> +#include <time.h> #include <linux/lockmeter.h> extern void closeFiles(void); @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ typedef enum {Null_Entry, Spin_Entry, RL typedef struct { lstat_lock_counts_t counts; - uint32_t total; + uint64_t total; double contention; double persec; double utilization; @@ -999,7 +999,8 @@ add_counts(lock_summary_t *sump, lstat_l int sum_counts(lock_summary_t *sump, entry_type_enum entry_type) { - int total, i, j; + int i, j; + uint64_t total; double contention; double utilization; @@ -1171,7 +1172,7 @@ print_lock(char *name, lock_summary_t *s float mean_hold_time, max_hold_time; float wait_time, mean_wait_time, max_wait_time, mean_wait_ww_time, max_wait_ww_time; double temp_time; - uint32_t total_spin_count = 0; + uint64_t total_spin_count = 0; print_header(); @@ -1317,7 +1318,7 @@ print_lock(char *name, lock_summary_t *s } /* following done for ALL types of locks, except as indicated */ - printf(" %9d", sump->total); + printf(" %20ld", sump->total); print_percentage(' ',100.0*(double)sump->counts.count[LSTAT_ACT_NO_WAIT]/(double)sump->total,0); print_percentage(' ',100.0*(double)sump->counts.count[LSTAT_ACT_SPIN]/(double)sump->total,0); if (entry_type == WLspin_Entry) { @@ -1325,7 +1326,7 @@ print_lock(char *name, lock_summary_t *s ')'); } #ifdef notyet - printf("%9d", sump->counts.count[LSTAT_ACT_SLEPT]); + printf("%20ld", sump->counts.count[LSTAT_ACT_SLEPT]); #endif if (entry_type == Spin_Entry) { /* We only see these for spinlock_t, and even then it's rare. */ Any comments? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/