On Wed, 2 Oct 2019 20:21:06 +0200 Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 02, 2019 at 06:35:26PM +0200, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira wrote: > > > ftrace was already batching the updates, for instance, causing 3 IPIs to > > enable > > all functions. The text_poke() batching also works. But because of the > > limited > > buffer [ see the reply to the patch 2/3 ], it is flushing the buffer during > > the > > operation, causing more IPIs than the previous code. Using the 5.4-rc1 in a > > VM, > > when enabling the function tracer, I see 250+ intermediate > > text_poke_finish() > > because of a full buffer... > > > > Would this be the case of trying to use a dynamically allocated buffer? > > > > Thoughts? > > Is it a problem? I tried growing the buffer (IIRC I made it 10 times > bigger) and didn't see any performance improvements because of it. I'm just worried if people are going to complain about the IPI burst. Although, I just tried it out before applying this patch, and there's still a bit of a burst. Not sure why. I did: # cat /proc/interrupts > /tmp/before; echo function > /debug/tracing/current_tracer; cat /proc/interrupts > /tmp/after # cat /proc/interrupts > /tmp/before1; echo nop > /debug/tracing/current_tracer; cat /proc/interrupts > /tmp/after1 Before this patch: # diff /tmp/before /tmp/after < CAL: 2342 2347 2116 2175 2446 2030 2416 2222 Function call interrupts --- > CAL: 2462 2467 2236 2295 2446 2150 > 2536 2342 Function call interrupts (Just showing the function call interrupts) There appears to be 120 IPIs sent to all CPUS for enabling function tracer. # diff /tmp/before1 /tmp/after1 < CAL: 2462 2467 2236 2295 2446 2150 2536 2342 Function call interrupts --- > CAL: 2577 2582 2351 2410 2446 2265 > 2651 2457 Function call interrupts And 151 IPIs for disabling it. After applying this patch: # diff /tmp/before /tmp/after < CAL: 66070 46620 59955 59236 68707 63397 61644 62742 Function call interrupts --- > CAL: 66727 47277 59955 59893 69364 64054 > 62301 63399 Function call interrupts # diff /tmp/before1 /tmp/after1 < CAL: 66727 47277 59955 59893 69364 64054 62301 63399 Function call interrupts --- > CAL: 67358 47938 59985 60554 70025 64715 > 62962 64060 Function call interrupts We get 657 IPIs for enabling function tracer, and 661 for disabling it. Funny how it's more on the disable than the enable with the patch but the other way without it. But still, we are going from 120 to 660 IPIs for every CPU. Not saying it's a problem, but something that we should note. Someone (those that don't like kernel interference) may complain. -- Steve
