The preemptirq_delay_test module is used for the ftrace selftest code that
tests the latency tracers. The problem is that it uses ktime for the delay
loop, and then checks the tracer to see if the delay loop is caught, but the
tracer uses trace_clock_local() which uses various different other clocks to
measure the latency. As ktime uses the clock cycles, and the code then
converts that to nanoseconds, it causes rounding errors, and the preemptirq
latency tests are failing due to being off by 1 (it expects to see a delay
of 500000 us, but the delay is only 499999 us). This is happening due to a
rounding error in the ktime (which is totally legit). The purpose of the
test is to see if it can catch the delay, not to test the accuracy between
trace_clock_local() and ktime_get(). Best to use apples to apples, and have
the delay loop use the same clock as the latency tracer does.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: f96e8577da ("lib: Add module for testing preemptoff/irqsoff latency tracers")
Acked-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Automatically found by kbuild test robot.
Fixes: ffdc73a3b2ad ("lib: Add module for testing preemptoff/irqsoff latency tracers")
Signed-off-by: kbuild test robot <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Here we introduce a test module for introducing a long preempt or irq
disable delay in the kernel which the preemptoff or irqsoff tracers can
detect. This module is to be used only for test purposes and is default
disabled.
Following is the expected output (only briefly shown) that can be parsed
to verify that the tracers are working correctly. We will use this from
the kselftests in future patches.
For the preemptoff tracer:
echo preemptoff > /d/tracing/current_tracer
sleep 1
insmod ./preemptirq_delay_test.ko test_mode=preempt delay=500000
sleep 1
bash-4.3# cat /d/tracing/trace
preempt -1066 2...2 0us@: preemptirq_delay_run <-preemptirq_delay_run
preempt -1066 2...2 500002us : preemptirq_delay_run <-preemptirq_delay_run
preempt -1066 2...2 500004us : tracer_preempt_on <-preemptirq_delay_run
preempt -1066 2...2 500012us : <stack trace>
=> kthread
=> ret_from_fork
For the irqsoff tracer:
echo irqsoff > /d/tracing/current_tracer
sleep 1
insmod ./preemptirq_delay_test.ko test_mode=irq delay=500000
sleep 1
bash-4.3# cat /d/tracing/trace
irq dis -1069 1d..1 0us@: preemptirq_delay_run
irq dis -1069 1d..1 500001us : preemptirq_delay_run
irq dis -1069 1d..1 500002us : tracer_hardirqs_on <-preemptirq_delay_run
irq dis -1069 1d..1 500005us : <stack trace>
=> ret_from_fork
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180712213611.GA8743@joelaf.mtv.corp.google.com
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Cc: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Julia Cartwright <julia@ni.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Glexiner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Todd Kjos <tkjos@google.com>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
[ Erick is a co-developer of this commit ]
Signed-off-by: Erick Reyes <erickreyes@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Steven Rostedt (VMware)
kbuild test robot
Joel Fernandes (Google)