Re: [PATCH v3] uprobes: turn trace_uprobe's nhit counter to be per-CPU one

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On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:34:09 -0700
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> trace_uprobe->nhit counter is not incremented atomically, so its value
> is questionable in when uprobe is hit on multiple CPUs simultaneously.
> 
> Also, doing this shared counter increment across many CPUs causes heavy
> cache line bouncing, limiting uprobe/uretprobe performance scaling with
> number of CPUs.
> 
> Solve both problems by making this a per-CPU counter.
> 

Looks good to me. Let me pick it.

> Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
> index c98e3b3386ba..c3df411a2684 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
>  #include <linux/string.h>
>  #include <linux/rculist.h>
>  #include <linux/filter.h>
> +#include <linux/percpu.h>
>  
>  #include "trace_dynevent.h"
>  #include "trace_probe.h"
> @@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ struct trace_uprobe {
>  	char				*filename;
>  	unsigned long			offset;
>  	unsigned long			ref_ctr_offset;
> -	unsigned long			nhit;
> +	unsigned long __percpu		*nhits;
>  	struct trace_probe		tp;
>  };
>  
> @@ -337,6 +338,12 @@ alloc_trace_uprobe(const char *group, const char *event, int nargs, bool is_ret)
>  	if (!tu)
>  		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>  
> +	tu->nhits = alloc_percpu(unsigned long);
> +	if (!tu->nhits) {
> +		ret = -ENOMEM;
> +		goto error;
> +	}
> +
>  	ret = trace_probe_init(&tu->tp, event, group, true, nargs);
>  	if (ret < 0)
>  		goto error;
> @@ -349,6 +356,7 @@ alloc_trace_uprobe(const char *group, const char *event, int nargs, bool is_ret)
>  	return tu;
>  
>  error:
> +	free_percpu(tu->nhits);
>  	kfree(tu);
>  
>  	return ERR_PTR(ret);
> @@ -362,6 +370,7 @@ static void free_trace_uprobe(struct trace_uprobe *tu)
>  	path_put(&tu->path);
>  	trace_probe_cleanup(&tu->tp);
>  	kfree(tu->filename);
> +	free_percpu(tu->nhits);
>  	kfree(tu);
>  }
>  
> @@ -815,13 +824,21 @@ static int probes_profile_seq_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
>  {
>  	struct dyn_event *ev = v;
>  	struct trace_uprobe *tu;
> +	unsigned long nhits;
> +	int cpu;
>  
>  	if (!is_trace_uprobe(ev))
>  		return 0;
>  
>  	tu = to_trace_uprobe(ev);
> +
> +	nhits = 0;
> +	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
> +		nhits += per_cpu(*tu->nhits, cpu);
> +	}
> +
>  	seq_printf(m, "  %s %-44s %15lu\n", tu->filename,
> -			trace_probe_name(&tu->tp), tu->nhit);
> +		   trace_probe_name(&tu->tp), nhits);
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> @@ -1512,7 +1529,8 @@ static int uprobe_dispatcher(struct uprobe_consumer *con, struct pt_regs *regs)
>  	int ret = 0;
>  
>  	tu = container_of(con, struct trace_uprobe, consumer);
> -	tu->nhit++;
> +
> +	this_cpu_inc(*tu->nhits);
>  
>  	udd.tu = tu;
>  	udd.bp_addr = instruction_pointer(regs);
> -- 
> 2.43.5
> 


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>




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