On Sun, Jul 21, 2024 at 09:23:46AM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> process_durations() is not a hot path, but there is no good reason to
> iterate over and over the data already in 'buf'.
> 
> Using a seq_buf saves some useless strcat() and the need of a temp buffer.
> Data is written directly at the correct place.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <[email protected]>
> ---
> This patch is compile tested only.
> I introduced a bug in v1 (see 1st item in the changes below), so it should
> definitively be tested by someone!
> 
> v1 was un-usable because seq_buf_putc() was not exported. It is now
> available since v6.7.
> 
> Because of the changes, I don't know if the previous R-b should kept.
> In case, it was:
>       Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <[email protected]>
>       Reviewed-by: Davidlohr Bueso <[email protected]>

It would be good for them to take another look.  In the meantime:

Tested-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>

> Changes in v2:
>   - Use seq_buf_printf() alseo for the first string, otherwise it would
>     get lost
>   - Use seq_buf_str() instead of seq_buf_terminate() because the API has
>     changed
> 
> v1: 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/bbbab32e3e104bdc2238724a6a4a85e539f49ddd.1698512661.git.christophe.jail...@wanadoo.fr/
> ---
>  kernel/rcu/refscale.c | 25 ++++++++++++++-----------
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/refscale.c b/kernel/rcu/refscale.c
> index f4ea5b1ec068..cfec0648e141 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/refscale.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/refscale.c
> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
>  #include <linux/rcupdate_trace.h>
>  #include <linux/reboot.h>
>  #include <linux/sched.h>
> +#include <linux/seq_buf.h>
>  #include <linux/spinlock.h>
>  #include <linux/smp.h>
>  #include <linux/stat.h>
> @@ -891,32 +892,34 @@ static u64 process_durations(int n)
>  {
>       int i;
>       struct reader_task *rt;
> -     char buf1[64];
> +     struct seq_buf s;
>       char *buf;
>       u64 sum = 0;
>  
>       buf = kmalloc(800 + 64, GFP_KERNEL);
>       if (!buf)
>               return 0;
> -     buf[0] = 0;
> -     sprintf(buf, "Experiment #%d (Format: <THREAD-NUM>:<Total loop time in 
> ns>)",
> -             exp_idx);
> +     seq_buf_init(&s, buf, 800 + 64);
> +
> +     seq_buf_printf(&s, "Experiment #%d (Format: <THREAD-NUM>:<Total loop 
> time in ns>)",
> +                    exp_idx);
>  
>       for (i = 0; i < n && !torture_must_stop(); i++) {
>               rt = &(reader_tasks[i]);
> -             sprintf(buf1, "%d: %llu\t", i, rt->last_duration_ns);
>  
>               if (i % 5 == 0)
> -                     strcat(buf, "\n");
> -             if (strlen(buf) >= 800) {
> -                     pr_alert("%s", buf);
> -                     buf[0] = 0;
> +                     seq_buf_putc(&s, '\n');
> +
> +             if (seq_buf_used(&s) >= 800) {
> +                     pr_alert("%s", seq_buf_str(&s));
> +                     seq_buf_clear(&s);
>               }
> -             strcat(buf, buf1);
> +
> +             seq_buf_printf(&s, "%d: %llu\t", i, rt->last_duration_ns);
>  
>               sum += rt->last_duration_ns;
>       }
> -     pr_alert("%s\n", buf);
> +     pr_alert("%s\n", seq_buf_str(&s));
>  
>       kfree(buf);
>       return sum;
> -- 
> 2.45.2
> 
> 

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