Add trace balance_dirty_state for showing the global dirty page counts and thresholds at each balance_dirty_pages() loop. Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> --- include/trace/events/writeback.h | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ mm/page-writeback.c | 15 ++++++- 2 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- linux-next.orig/mm/page-writeback.c 2010-12-09 12:24:49.000000000 +0800 +++ linux-next/mm/page-writeback.c 2010-12-09 12:24:52.000000000 +0800 @@ -720,12 +720,21 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct a * written to the server's write cache, but has not yet * been flushed to permanent storage. */ - nr_reclaimable = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) + - global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS); - nr_dirty = nr_reclaimable + global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK); + nr_reclaimable = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY); + bdi_dirty = global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS); + nr_dirty = global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK); global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh); + trace_balance_dirty_state(mapping, + nr_reclaimable, + nr_dirty, + bdi_dirty, + background_thresh, + dirty_thresh); + nr_reclaimable += bdi_dirty; + nr_dirty += nr_reclaimable; + /* * Throttle it only when the background writeback cannot * catch-up. This avoids (excessively) small writeouts --- linux-next.orig/include/trace/events/writeback.h 2010-12-09 12:24:49.000000000 +0800 +++ linux-next/include/trace/events/writeback.h 2010-12-09 12:24:52.000000000 +0800 @@ -149,6 +149,63 @@ DEFINE_WBC_EVENT(wbc_writeback_written); DEFINE_WBC_EVENT(wbc_writeback_wait); DEFINE_WBC_EVENT(wbc_writepage); +TRACE_EVENT(balance_dirty_state, + + TP_PROTO(struct address_space *mapping, + unsigned long nr_dirty, + unsigned long nr_writeback, + unsigned long nr_unstable, + unsigned long background_thresh, + unsigned long dirty_thresh + ), + + TP_ARGS(mapping, + nr_dirty, + nr_writeback, + nr_unstable, + background_thresh, + dirty_thresh + ), + + TP_STRUCT__entry( + __array(char, bdi, 32) + __field(unsigned long, ino) + __field(unsigned long, nr_dirty) + __field(unsigned long, nr_writeback) + __field(unsigned long, nr_unstable) + __field(unsigned long, background_thresh) + __field(unsigned long, dirty_thresh) + __field(unsigned long, task_dirtied_pause) + ), + + TP_fast_assign( + strlcpy(__entry->bdi, + dev_name(mapping->backing_dev_info->dev), 32); + __entry->ino = mapping->host->i_ino; + __entry->nr_dirty = nr_dirty; + __entry->nr_writeback = nr_writeback; + __entry->nr_unstable = nr_unstable; + __entry->background_thresh = background_thresh; + __entry->dirty_thresh = dirty_thresh; + __entry->task_dirtied_pause = current->nr_dirtied_pause; + ), + + TP_printk("bdi %s: dirty=%lu wb=%lu unstable=%lu " + "bg_thresh=%lu thresh=%lu gap=%ld " + "poll_thresh=%lu ino=%lu", + __entry->bdi, + __entry->nr_dirty, + __entry->nr_writeback, + __entry->nr_unstable, + __entry->background_thresh, + __entry->dirty_thresh, + __entry->dirty_thresh - __entry->nr_dirty - + __entry->nr_writeback - __entry->nr_unstable, + __entry->task_dirtied_pause, + __entry->ino + ) +); + #define KBps(x) ((x) << (PAGE_SHIFT - 10)) #define BDP_PERCENT(a, b, c) ((__entry->a - __entry->b) * 100 * c + \ __entry->bdi_limit/2) / (__entry->bdi_limit|1) -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom policy in Canada: sign http://dissolvethecrtc.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>