Remove the opt.lg_prof_bt_max option.

Remove opt.lg_prof_bt_max, and hard code it to 7.  The original
intention of this option was to enable faster backtracing by limiting
backtrace depth.  However, this makes graphical pprof output very
difficult to interpret.  In practice, decreasing sampling frequency is a
better mechanism for limiting profiling overhead.

doc/jemalloc.xml.in

@@ -930,8 +930,6 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";]]></programlisting>
         where <literal>&lt;prefix&gt;</literal> is controlled by the <link
         linkend="opt.prof_prefix"><mallctl>opt.prof_prefix</mallctl></link>
         option.  See the <link
-        linkend="opt.lg_prof_bt_max"><mallctl>opt.lg_prof_bt_max</mallctl></link>
-        option for backtrace depth control.  See the <link
         linkend="opt.prof_active"><mallctl>opt.prof_active</mallctl></link>
         option for on-the-fly activation/deactivation.  See the <link
         linkend="opt.lg_prof_sample"><mallctl>opt.lg_prof_sample</mallctl></link>
@@ -962,17 +960,6 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";]]></programlisting>
         <filename>jeprof</filename>.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry id="opt.lg_prof_bt_max">
-        <term>
-          <mallctl>opt.lg_prof_bt_max</mallctl>
-          (<type>size_t</type>)
-          <literal>r-</literal>
-          [<option>--enable-prof</option>]
-        </term>
-        <listitem><para>Maximum backtrace depth (log base 2) when profiling
-        memory allocation activity.  The default is 128 (2^7).</para></listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
-
       <varlistentry id="opt.prof_active">
         <term>
           <mallctl>opt.prof_active</mallctl>
@@ -1067,9 +1054,6 @@ malloc_conf = "xmalloc:true";]]></programlisting>
         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>atexit</refentrytitle>
         <manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> function to report memory leaks
         detected by allocation sampling.  See the
-        <link
-        linkend="opt.lg_prof_bt_max"><mallctl>opt.lg_prof_bt_max</mallctl></link>
-        option for backtrace depth control.  See the
         <link linkend="opt.prof"><mallctl>opt.prof</mallctl></link> option for
         information on analyzing heap profile output.  This option is disabled
         by default.</para></listitem>

include/jemalloc/internal/prof.h

@@ -9,25 +9,19 @@ typedef struct prof_tdata_s prof_tdata_t;
 
 /* Option defaults. */
 #define	PROF_PREFIX_DEFAULT		"jeprof"
-#define	LG_PROF_BT_MAX_DEFAULT		7
 #define	LG_PROF_SAMPLE_DEFAULT		0
 #define	LG_PROF_INTERVAL_DEFAULT	-1
 
+/*
+ * Hard limit on stack backtrace depth.  The version of prof_backtrace() that
+ * is based on __builtin_return_address() necessarily has a hard-coded number
+ * of backtrace frame handlers, and should be kept in sync with this setting.
+ */
+#define	PROF_BT_MAX			128
+
 /* Maximum number of backtraces to store in each per thread LRU cache. */
 #define	PROF_TCMAX			1024
 
-/*
- * Hard limit on stack backtrace depth.  Note that the version of
- * prof_backtrace() that is based on __builtin_return_address() necessarily has
- * a hard-coded number of backtrace frame handlers.
- */
-#if (defined(JEMALLOC_PROF_LIBGCC) || defined(JEMALLOC_PROF_LIBUNWIND))
-#  define LG_PROF_BT_MAX	((ZU(1) << (LG_SIZEOF_PTR+3)) - 1)
-#else
-#  define LG_PROF_BT_MAX	7 /* >= LG_PROF_BT_MAX_DEFAULT */
-#endif
-#define	PROF_BT_MAX		(1U << LG_PROF_BT_MAX)
-
 /* Initial hash table size. */
 #define	PROF_CKH_MINITEMS	64
 
@@ -163,7 +157,6 @@ extern bool	opt_prof;
  * to notice state changes.
  */
 extern bool	opt_prof_active;
-extern size_t	opt_lg_prof_bt_max;   /* Maximum backtrace depth. */
 extern size_t	opt_lg_prof_sample;   /* Mean bytes between samples. */
 extern ssize_t	opt_lg_prof_interval; /* lg(prof_interval). */
 extern bool	opt_prof_gdump;       /* High-water memory dumping. */
@@ -186,9 +179,6 @@ extern uint64_t	prof_interval;
  */
 extern bool	prof_promote;
 
-/* (1U << opt_lg_prof_bt_max). */
-extern unsigned	prof_bt_max;
-
 /* Thread-specific backtrace cache, used to reduce bt2ctx contention. */
 #ifndef NO_TLS
 extern __thread prof_tdata_t	*prof_tdata_tls
@@ -213,7 +203,7 @@ extern __thread prof_tdata_t	*prof_tdata_tls
 extern pthread_key_t	prof_tdata_tsd;
 
 void	bt_init(prof_bt_t *bt, void **vec);
-void	prof_backtrace(prof_bt_t *bt, unsigned nignore, unsigned max);
+void	prof_backtrace(prof_bt_t *bt, unsigned nignore);
 prof_thr_cnt_t	*prof_lookup(prof_bt_t *bt);
 void	prof_idump(void);
 bool	prof_mdump(const char *filename);
@@ -249,7 +239,7 @@ bool	prof_boot2(void);
 		/* Don't bother with sampling logic, since sampling   */\
 		/* interval is 1.                                     */\
 		bt_init(&bt, prof_tdata->vec);				\
-		prof_backtrace(&bt, nignore, prof_bt_max);		\
+		prof_backtrace(&bt, nignore);				\
 		ret = prof_lookup(&bt);					\
 	} else {							\
 		if (prof_tdata->threshold == 0) {			\
@@ -272,7 +262,7 @@ bool	prof_boot2(void);
 		if (size >= prof_tdata->threshold -			\
 		    prof_tdata->accum) {				\
 			bt_init(&bt, prof_tdata->vec);			\
-			prof_backtrace(&bt, nignore, prof_bt_max);	\
+			prof_backtrace(&bt, nignore);			\
 			ret = prof_lookup(&bt);				\
 		} else							\
 			ret = (prof_thr_cnt_t *)(uintptr_t)1U;		\

src/ctl.c

@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ CTL_PROTO(opt_lg_tcache_gc_sweep)
 CTL_PROTO(opt_prof)
 CTL_PROTO(opt_prof_prefix)
 CTL_PROTO(opt_prof_active)
-CTL_PROTO(opt_lg_prof_bt_max)
 CTL_PROTO(opt_lg_prof_sample)
 CTL_PROTO(opt_lg_prof_interval)
 CTL_PROTO(opt_prof_gdump)
@@ -216,7 +215,6 @@ static const ctl_node_t opt_node[] = {
 	{NAME("prof"),			CTL(opt_prof)},
 	{NAME("prof_prefix"),		CTL(opt_prof_prefix)},
 	{NAME("prof_active"),		CTL(opt_prof_active)},
-	{NAME("lg_prof_bt_max"),	CTL(opt_lg_prof_bt_max)},
 	{NAME("lg_prof_sample"),	CTL(opt_lg_prof_sample)},
 	{NAME("lg_prof_interval"),	CTL(opt_lg_prof_interval)},
 	{NAME("prof_gdump"),		CTL(opt_prof_gdump)},
@@ -1125,7 +1123,6 @@ CTL_RO_NL_CGEN(config_tcache, opt_lg_tcache_gc_sweep, opt_lg_tcache_gc_sweep,
 CTL_RO_NL_CGEN(config_prof, opt_prof, opt_prof, bool)
 CTL_RO_NL_CGEN(config_prof, opt_prof_prefix, opt_prof_prefix, const char *)
 CTL_RO_CGEN(config_prof, opt_prof_active, opt_prof_active, bool) /* Mutable. */
-CTL_RO_NL_CGEN(config_prof, opt_lg_prof_bt_max, opt_lg_prof_bt_max, size_t)
 CTL_RO_NL_CGEN(config_prof, opt_lg_prof_sample, opt_lg_prof_sample, size_t)
 CTL_RO_NL_CGEN(config_prof, opt_lg_prof_interval, opt_lg_prof_interval, ssize_t)
 CTL_RO_NL_CGEN(config_prof, opt_prof_gdump, opt_prof_gdump, bool)

src/jemalloc.c

@@ -597,8 +597,6 @@ malloc_conf_init(void)
 			if (config_prof) {
 				CONF_HANDLE_BOOL(prof)
 				CONF_HANDLE_CHAR_P(prof_prefix, "jeprof")
-				CONF_HANDLE_SIZE_T(lg_prof_bt_max, 0,
-				    LG_PROF_BT_MAX)
 				CONF_HANDLE_BOOL(prof_active)
 				CONF_HANDLE_SSIZE_T(lg_prof_sample, 0,
 				    (sizeof(uint64_t) << 3) - 1)

src/prof.c

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 bool		opt_prof = false;
 bool		opt_prof_active = true;
-size_t		opt_lg_prof_bt_max = LG_PROF_BT_MAX_DEFAULT;
 size_t		opt_lg_prof_sample = LG_PROF_SAMPLE_DEFAULT;
 ssize_t		opt_lg_prof_interval = LG_PROF_INTERVAL_DEFAULT;
 bool		opt_prof_gdump = false;
@@ -27,8 +26,6 @@ char		opt_prof_prefix[PATH_MAX + 1];
 uint64_t	prof_interval;
 bool		prof_promote;
 
-unsigned	prof_bt_max;
-
 #ifndef NO_TLS
 __thread prof_tdata_t	*prof_tdata_tls
     JEMALLOC_ATTR(tls_model("initial-exec"));
@@ -179,7 +176,7 @@ prof_leave(void)
 
 #ifdef JEMALLOC_PROF_LIBUNWIND
 void
-prof_backtrace(prof_bt_t *bt, unsigned nignore, unsigned max)
+prof_backtrace(prof_bt_t *bt, unsigned nignore)
 {
 	unw_context_t uc;
 	unw_cursor_t cursor;
@@ -189,7 +186,6 @@ prof_backtrace(prof_bt_t *bt, unsigned nignore, unsigned max)
 	cassert(config_prof);
 	assert(bt->len == 0);
 	assert(bt->vec != NULL);
-	assert(max <= (1U << opt_lg_prof_bt_max));
 
 	unw_getcontext(&uc);
 	unw_init_local(&cursor, &uc);
@@ -205,7 +201,7 @@ prof_backtrace(prof_bt_t *bt, unsigned nignore, unsigned max)
 	 * Iterate over stack frames until there are no more, or until no space
 	 * remains in bt.
 	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < max; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < PROF_BT_MAX; i++) {
 		unw_get_reg(&cursor, UNW_REG_IP, (unw_word_t *)&bt->vec[i]);
 		bt->len++;
 		err = unw_step(&cursor);
@@ -243,9 +239,9 @@ prof_unwind_callback(struct _Unwind_Context *context, void *arg)
 }
 
 void
-prof_backtrace(prof_bt_t *bt, unsigned nignore, unsigned max)
+prof_backtrace(prof_bt_t *bt, unsigned nignore)
 {
-	prof_unwind_data_t data = {bt, nignore, max};
+	prof_unwind_data_t data = {bt, nignore, PROF_BT_MAX};
 
 	cassert(config_prof);
 
@@ -253,10 +249,10 @@ prof_backtrace(prof_bt_t *bt, unsigned nignore, unsigned max)
 }
 #elif (defined(JEMALLOC_PROF_GCC))
 void
-prof_backtrace(prof_bt_t *bt, unsigned nignore, unsigned max)
+prof_backtrace(prof_bt_t *bt, unsigned nignore)
 {
 #define	BT_FRAME(i)							\
-	if ((i) < nignore + max) {					\
+	if ((i) < nignore + PROF_BT_MAX) {				\
 		void *p;						\
 		if (__builtin_frame_address(i) == 0)			\
 			return;						\
@@ -272,7 +268,6 @@ prof_backtrace(prof_bt_t *bt, unsigned nignore, unsigned max)
 
 	cassert(config_prof);
 	assert(nignore <= 3);
-	assert(max <= (1U << opt_lg_prof_bt_max));
 
 	BT_FRAME(0)
 	BT_FRAME(1)
@@ -423,7 +418,7 @@ prof_backtrace(prof_bt_t *bt, unsigned nignore, unsigned max)
 }
 #else
 void
-prof_backtrace(prof_bt_t *bt, unsigned nignore, unsigned max)
+prof_backtrace(prof_bt_t *bt, unsigned nignore)
 {
 
 	cassert(config_prof);
@@ -1168,7 +1163,7 @@ prof_tdata_init(void)
 	}
 	ql_new(&prof_tdata->lru_ql);
 
-	prof_tdata->vec = imalloc(sizeof(void *) * prof_bt_max);
+	prof_tdata->vec = imalloc(sizeof(void *) * PROF_BT_MAX);
 	if (prof_tdata->vec == NULL) {
 		ckh_delete(&prof_tdata->bt2cnt);
 		idalloc(prof_tdata);
@@ -1270,7 +1265,6 @@ prof_boot2(void)
 			abort();
 		}
 
-		prof_bt_max = (1U << opt_lg_prof_bt_max);
 		if (malloc_mutex_init(&prof_dump_seq_mtx))
 			return (true);
 

src/stats.c

@@ -511,7 +511,6 @@ stats_print(void (*write_cb)(void *, const char *), void *cbopaque,
 		OPT_WRITE_SSIZE_T(lg_tcache_max)
 		OPT_WRITE_BOOL(prof)
 		OPT_WRITE_CHAR_P(prof_prefix)
-		OPT_WRITE_SIZE_T(lg_prof_bt_max)
 		OPT_WRITE_BOOL(prof_active)
 		OPT_WRITE_SSIZE_T(lg_prof_sample)
 		OPT_WRITE_BOOL(prof_accum)
@@ -616,11 +615,6 @@ stats_print(void (*write_cb)(void *, const char *), void *cbopaque,
 		}
 		if ((err = JEMALLOC_P(mallctl)("opt.prof", &bv, &bsz, NULL, 0))
 		   == 0 && bv) {
-			CTL_GET("opt.lg_prof_bt_max", &sv, size_t);
-			write_cb(cbopaque, "Maximum profile backtrace depth: ");
-			write_cb(cbopaque, u2s((1U << sv), 10, s));
-			write_cb(cbopaque, "\n");
-
 			CTL_GET("opt.lg_prof_sample", &sv, size_t);
 			write_cb(cbopaque, "Average profile sample interval: ");
 			write_cb(cbopaque, u2s((((uint64_t)1U) << sv), 10, s));