linux_dsm_epyc7002/kernel/trace
Steven Rostedt 69d1b839f7 ring-buffer: Bind time extend and data events together
When the time between two timestamps is greater than
2^27 nanosecs (~134 ms) a time extend event is added that extends
the time difference to 59 bits (~18 years). This is due to
events only having a 27 bit field to store time.

Currently this time extend is a separate event. We add it just before
the event data that is being written to the buffer. But before
the event data is committed, the event data can also be discarded (as
with the case of filters). But because the time extend has already been
committed, it will stay in the buffer.

If lots of events are being filtered and no event is being
written, then every 134ms a time extend can be added to the buffer
without any data attached. To keep from filling the entire buffer
with time extends, a time extend will never be the first event
in a page because the page timestamp can be used. Time extends can
only fill the rest of a page with some data at the beginning.

This patch binds the time extend with the data. The difference here
is that the time extend is not committed before the data is added.
Instead, when a time extend is needed, the space reserved on
the ring buffer is the time extend + the data event size. The
time extend is added to the first part of the reserved block and
the data is added to the second. The time extend event is passed
back to the reserver, but since the reserver also uses a function
to find the data portion of the reserved block, no changes to the
ring buffer interface need to be made.

When a commit is discarded, we now remove both the time extend and
the event. With this approach no more than one time extend can
be in the buffer in a row. Data must always follow a time extend.

Thanks to Mathieu Desnoyers for suggesting this idea.

Suggested-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2010-10-20 15:17:16 -04:00
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blktrace.c block: add secure discard 2010-08-12 08:43:30 -07:00
ftrace.c tracing: t_start: reset FTRACE_ITER_HASH in case of seek/pread 2010-09-09 22:43:49 -04:00
Kconfig Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2010-08-07 12:42:58 -07:00
Makefile Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-08-06 09:30:52 -07:00
power-traces.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
ring_buffer_benchmark.c ring-buffer: Make benchmark handle missed events 2010-04-27 13:26:58 -04:00
ring_buffer.c ring-buffer: Bind time extend and data events together 2010-10-20 15:17:16 -04:00
trace_branch.c tracing: Allow events to share their print functions 2010-05-14 14:20:32 -04:00
trace_clock.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-08-06 09:39:22 -07:00
trace_entries.h tracing: Remove special traces 2010-07-20 14:31:07 +02:00
trace_event_perf.c perf, trace: Fix module leak 2010-09-09 20:38:51 +02:00
trace_events_filter.c tracing: Remove test of NULL define_fields callback 2010-06-28 17:12:52 -04:00
trace_events.c Merge branch 'tip/perf/urgent-3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace into trace/tip/perf/urgent-4 2010-08-16 11:17:30 -04:00
trace_export.c tracing: Remove redundant raw_init callbacks 2010-06-28 17:12:53 -04:00
trace_functions_graph.c Merge branch 'tip/perf/urgent-3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace into trace/tip/perf/urgent-4 2010-08-16 11:17:30 -04:00
trace_functions.c tracing: Remove ftrace_preempt_disable/enable 2010-06-03 19:32:38 -04:00
trace_irqsoff.c tracing: Shrink max latency ringbuffer if unnecessary 2010-07-21 10:20:17 -04:00
trace_kdb.c ftrace,kdb: Allow dumping a specific cpu's buffer with ftdump 2010-08-05 09:22:23 -05:00
trace_kprobe.c tracing/kprobe: Fix handling of C-unlike argument names 2010-09-08 11:47:19 -03:00
trace_mmiotrace.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
trace_nop.c tracing/ftrace: make nop-tracer use polling wait for events on pipe 2009-03-23 09:22:15 +01:00
trace_output.c Merge branch 'tip/perf/core' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace into perf/core 2010-07-23 09:10:29 +02:00
trace_output.h tracing: Allow events to share their print functions 2010-05-14 14:20:32 -04:00
trace_printk.c tracing: Remove markers 2009-09-18 21:22:08 +02:00
trace_sched_switch.c tracing: Let tracepoints have data passed to tracepoint callbacks 2010-05-14 09:50:34 -04:00
trace_sched_wakeup.c tracing: Shrink max latency ringbuffer if unnecessary 2010-07-21 10:20:17 -04:00
trace_selftest_dynamic.c ftrace: fix dynamic ftrace selftest 2008-05-23 21:13:23 +02:00
trace_selftest.c tracing: Remove special traces 2010-07-20 14:31:07 +02:00
trace_stack.c tracing/trace_stack: Fix stack trace on ppc64 2010-08-25 13:08:48 +02:00
trace_stat.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
trace_stat.h tracing/stat: Add stat_release() callback 2009-07-10 12:14:05 +02:00
trace_syscalls.c tracing: Use a global field list for all syscall exit events 2010-06-28 17:12:44 -04:00
trace_workqueue.c tracing: Let tracepoints have data passed to tracepoint callbacks 2010-05-14 09:50:34 -04:00
trace.c Merge branch 'tip/perf/urgent-3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace into trace/tip/perf/urgent-4 2010-08-16 11:17:30 -04:00
trace.h Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-08-06 09:30:52 -07:00