[PATCH] Add debugging feature /proc/timer_stat

Add /proc/timer_stats support: debugging feature to profile timer expiration.
Both the starting site, process/PID and the expiration function is captured.
This allows the quick identification of timer event sources in a system.

Sample output:

# echo 1 > /proc/timer_stats
# cat /proc/timer_stats
Timer Stats Version: v0.1
Sample period: 4.010 s
  24,     0 swapper          hrtimer_stop_sched_tick (hrtimer_sched_tick)
  11,     0 swapper          sk_reset_timer (tcp_delack_timer)
   6,     0 swapper          hrtimer_stop_sched_tick (hrtimer_sched_tick)
   2,     1 swapper          queue_delayed_work_on (delayed_work_timer_fn)
  17,     0 swapper          hrtimer_restart_sched_tick (hrtimer_sched_tick)
   2,     1 swapper          queue_delayed_work_on (delayed_work_timer_fn)
   4,  2050 pcscd            do_nanosleep (hrtimer_wakeup)
   5,  4179 sshd             sk_reset_timer (tcp_write_timer)
   4,  2248 yum-updatesd     schedule_timeout (process_timeout)
  18,     0 swapper          hrtimer_restart_sched_tick (hrtimer_sched_tick)
   3,     0 swapper          sk_reset_timer (tcp_delack_timer)
   1,     1 swapper          neigh_table_init_no_netlink (neigh_periodic_timer)
   2,     1 swapper          e1000_up (e1000_watchdog)
   1,     1 init             schedule_timeout (process_timeout)
100 total events, 25.24 events/sec

[ cleanups and hrtimers support from Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> ]
[bunk@stusta.de: nr_entries can become static]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 45 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/hrtimer.h b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
index 4ecd991431b4..93b8757c1ea2 100644
--- a/include/linux/hrtimer.h
+++ b/include/linux/hrtimer.h
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ struct hrtimer {
         enum hrtimer_cb_mode            cb_mode;
         struct list_head                cb_entry;
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_TIMER_STATS
+        void                            *start_site;
+        char                            start_comm[16];
+        int                             start_pid;
+#endif
 };
 
 /**
@@ -311,4 +316,44 @@ extern unsigned long ktime_divns(const ktime_t kt, s64 div);
 # define ktime_divns(kt, div)           (unsigned long)((kt).tv64 / (div))
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Timer-statistics info:
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_TIMER_STATS
+
+extern void timer_stats_update_stats(void *timer, pid_t pid, void *startf,
+                                     void *timerf, char * comm);
+
+static inline void timer_stats_account_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *timer)
+{
+        timer_stats_update_stats(timer, timer->start_pid, timer->start_site,
+                                 timer->function, timer->start_comm);
+}
+
+extern void __timer_stats_hrtimer_set_start_info(struct hrtimer *timer,
+                                                 void *addr);
+
+static inline void timer_stats_hrtimer_set_start_info(struct hrtimer *timer)
+{
+        __timer_stats_hrtimer_set_start_info(timer, __builtin_return_address(0));
+}
+
+static inline void timer_stats_hrtimer_clear_start_info(struct hrtimer *timer)
+{
+        timer->start_site = NULL;
+}
+#else
+static inline void timer_stats_account_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *timer)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void timer_stats_hrtimer_set_start_info(struct hrtimer *timer)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void timer_stats_hrtimer_clear_start_info(struct hrtimer *timer)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif