Re: High latency when running cyclictest

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On Tue, 12 May 2020 18:56:10 +0800
chen song <lhcs2008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Dear Rostedt,
> 
> This is chensong who was asking question in #linux-rt channel. I
> upgrated my rt-tests to the lastest version (cyclictest V 1.80) and
> trace-cmd as well(trace-cmd version 2.9.dev).
> 
> I ran commands like these:
> trace-cmd start -e irq -e sched -e timer -p function -l '*spin*';
> cyclictest -p 90 -m -c 0 -i 100 -h 100 -q -l 1000000 -b 80 --tracemark
> trace-cmd extract
> trace-cmd report
> 

BTW, trace-cmd report -l, will show the preemption numbers.

> The log of last cycle before cyclictest reached the threshold and quit
> is like that:

Your email client line wrapped everything, and it's unreadable.

Can you send my the trace.dat file. Compress it first.

Thanks,

-- Steve

> 
> 
> <idle>-0     [000]   130.330659: irq_handler_entry:    irq=4 name=arch_timer
> <idle>-0     [000]   130.330665: function:
> _raw_spin_lock_irqsave
> <idle>-0     [000]   130.330666: hrtimer_cancel:
> hrtimer=0xffffff801234bdc8
> <idle>-0     [000]   130.330667: function:
> _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore
> <idle>-0     [000]   130.330668: hrtimer_expire_entry:
> hrtimer=0xffffff801234bdc8 now=130207149982 function=hrtimer_wakeup/0x0
> <idle>-0     [000]   130.330669: function:
> _raw_spin_lock_irqsave
> <idle>-0     [000]   130.330682: sched_waking:         comm=cyclictest
> pid=1720 prio=9 target_cpu=000
> <idle>-0     [000]   130.330695: function:             _raw_spin_lock
> <idle>-0     [000]   130.330697: function:             _raw_spin_lock
> <idle>-0     [000]   130.330699: sched_wakeup:         cyclictest:1720
> [9] success=1 CPU:000
> <idle>-0     [000]   130.330699: function:
> _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore
> <idle>-0     [000]   130.330700: hrtimer_expire_exit:
> hrtimer=0xffffff801234bdc8
> <idle>-0     [000]   130.330701: function:             _raw_spin_lock_irq
> <idle>-0     [000]   130.330702: function:
> _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore
> <idle>-0     [000]   130.330703: irq_handler_exit:     irq=4 ret=handled
> 
> It took 44us from irq_handler_entry to irq_handler_exit, compare to
> normal case which generally took only around 15us, it produced around
> 30us extra latency. I also found something wrong like
> "_raw_spin_lock_irqsave from 130.330669 to 130.330682" and "sched_waking
> from 130.330682 to 130.330695".
> 
> PS: cyclictest was running on CPU0 and a firefox was running on CPU1
> meanwhile.
> 
> I tried to dig deeper, is there any way to find more information, please
> let me know, many thanks.
> 
> Here is more log for reference:
> 
> <idle>-0     [000]   130.330659: irq_handler_entry:    irq=4 name=arch_timer
>            <idle>-0     [000]   130.330665: function:
> _raw_spin_lock_irqsave
>            <idle>-0     [000]   130.330666: hrtimer_cancel:
> hrtimer=0xffffff801234bdc8
>            <idle>-0     [000]   130.330667: function:
> _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore
>            <idle>-0     [000]   130.330668: hrtimer_expire_entry:
> hrtimer=0xffffff801234bdc8 now=130207149982 function=hrtimer_wakeup/0x0
>            <idle>-0     [000]   130.330669: function:
> _raw_spin_lock_irqsave
>            <idle>-0     [000]   130.330682: sched_waking:
> comm=cyclictest pid=1720 prio=9 target_cpu=000
>            <idle>-0     [000]   130.330695: function:
> _raw_spin_lock
>            <idle>-0     [000]   130.330697: function:
> _raw_spin_lock
>            <idle>-0     [000]   130.330699: sched_wakeup:
> cyclictest:1720 [9] success=1 CPU:000
> 
> 
>            <idle>-0     [000]   130.330699: function:
> _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore
>            <idle>-0     [000]   130.330700: hrtimer_expire_exit:
> hrtimer=0xffffff801234bdc8
>            <idle>-0     [000]   130.330701: function:
> _raw_spin_lock_irq
>            <idle>-0     [000]   130.330702: function:
> _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore
>            <idle>-0     [000]   130.330703: irq_handler_exit:     irq=4
> ret=handled
> 
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330705: function:
> _raw_spin_lock_irqsave
>            <idle>-0     [000]   130.330706: function:
> _raw_spin_lock_irqsave
>            <idle>-0     [000]   130.330706: hrtimer_cancel:
> hrtimer=0xffffffc07ffbe960
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330706: function:
> _raw_spin_lock
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330707: function:
> _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore
>            <idle>-0     [000]   130.330708: function:
> _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330708: function:
> rt_spin_lock
>            <idle>-0     [000]   130.330709: function:
> _raw_spin_lock_irqsave
>            <idle>-0     [000]   130.330709: hrtimer_start:
> hrtimer=0xffffffc07ffbe960 function=tick_sched_timer/0x0
> expires=130210000000 softexpires=130210000000
>            <idle>-0     [000]   130.330711: function:
> _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330711: function:
> rt_spin_unlock
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330712: function:
> _raw_spin_lock_irqsave
>            <idle>-0     [000]   130.330712: function:
> _raw_spin_lock
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330712: function:
> _raw_spin_lock
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330713: function:
> _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore
>            <idle>-0     [000]   130.330713: sched_switch:
> swapper/0:0 [120] R ==> cyclictest:1720 [9]
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330714: function:
> _raw_spin_lock_irqsave
> 
>        cyclictest-1720  [000]   130.330715: function:
> _raw_spin_unlock_irq
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330715: function:
> _raw_spin_lock
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330716: function:
> _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330718: function:
> _raw_spin_lock_irqsave
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330719: function:
> _raw_spin_lock
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330719: function:
> _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330722: function:
> rt_spin_lock
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330722: function:
> _raw_spin_lock_irqsave
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330723: function:
> _raw_spin_lock
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330724: function:
> _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330726: function:
> rt_spin_lock
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330727: function:
> rt_spin_unlock
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330728: function:
> rt_spin_lock
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330729: function:
> rt_spin_unlock
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330730: function:
> rt_spin_unlock
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330731: function:
> _raw_spin_lock_irqsave
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330732: function:
> _raw_spin_lock
>           firefox-1722  [001]   130.330733: function:
> _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore
>        cyclictest-1720  [000]   130.330749: print:
> tracing_mark_write: hit latency threshold (84 > 80)
> 
> BR
> 
> /Song
> 
> On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 4:56 PM chen song <lhcs2008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Dear experts,
> >
> > I had a 4.14.4 kernel with its rtpatch running on a dual-core arm64
> > device, the desktop is ubuntu.
> >
> > In general, the max latency of cyclictest is around 50us in empty load
> > which is acceptable. However, if i open a firefox duing cyclictest is
> > running, the max latency becomes higher up to 200us.
> >
> > I tried to use ftrace to debug this issue,"cyclictest -p 90 -m -c 0 -i
> > 10 -n -h 100 -q -l 10000000 -b 80", "-b 80" means enable ftrace event
> > and terminate cyclictest when latency is higher than 80us.
> >
> > Here is a piece of log:
> >
> > 6034916919us+: cpu_idle: state=1 cpu_id=1
> > 6034916981us+: hrtimer_cancel: hrtimer=ffffff8012663dc8
> > 6034916994us+: sched_waking: comm=cyclictest pid=2321 prio=9 target_cpu=001
> > 6034917032us+: cpu_idle: state=4294967295 cpu_id=1
> > 6034917044us+: hrtimer_start: hrtimer=ffffffc07ffd5960
> > function=tick_sched_timer expires=6034920000000
> > softexpires=6034920000000 mode=ABS|PINNED
> > 6034917066us+: sys_clock_nanosleep -> 0x0
> >
> > In this case, I can only see it's stalled in some points but i could'n
> > find what happens, in other words, the root cause of the latency.
> >
> > Is there any better way to debug this issue? I guess some of you might
> > meet the same issue, how did you approach to the root cause? I would
> > appreciate it so much if you could give me some advice, many thanks.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > /Song
> >
> >
> > ============================================================
> > Here is the log for reference:
> >    <idle>-0       1d..h1.. 6034916878us : irq_handler_entry: irq=3
> > name=arch_timer    -- this is a normal routine
> >    <idle>-0       1d..h2.. 6034916879us : hrtimer_cancel:
> > hrtimer=ffffff8012663dc8
> >    <idle>-0       1d..h1.. 6034916879us : hrtimer_expire_entry:
> > hrtimer=ffffff8012663dc8 function=hrtimer_wakeup now=6034916525493
> >    <idle>-0       1d..h2.. 6034916880us : sched_waking: comm=cyclictest
> > pid=2321 prio=9 target_cpu=001
> >    <idle>-0       1dn.h3.. 6034916882us : sched_wakeup: comm=cyclictest
> > pid=2321 prio=9 target_cpu=001
> >    <idle>-0       1dn.h1.. 6034916883us : hrtimer_expire_exit:
> > hrtimer=ffffff8012663dc8
> >    <idle>-0       1dn.h1.. 6034916884us : irq_handler_exit: irq=3
> > ret=handled
> >    <idle>-0       1.n..1.. 6034916886us : cpu_idle: state=4294967295
> > cpu_id=1
> >    <idle>-0       1dn..2.. 6034916888us : hrtimer_cancel:
> > hrtimer=ffffffc07ffd5960
> >    <idle>-0       1dn..2.. 6034916890us : hrtimer_start:
> > hrtimer=ffffffc07ffd5960 function=tick_sched_timer expires=6034920000000
> > softexpires=6034920000000 mode=ABS|PINNED
> >    <idle>-0       1dn..1.. 6034916891us : rcu_utilization: Start context
> > switch
> >    <idle>-0       1dn..1.. 6034916892us : rcu_utilization: End context
> > switch
> >    <idle>-0       1d...2.. 6034916894us : sched_switch:
> > prev_comm=swapper/1 prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==>
> > next_comm=cyclictest next_pid=2321 next_prio=9
> > cyclicte-2321    1....... 6034916897us : kfree:
> > call_site=ffffff80081501f0 ptr=          (null)
> > cyclicte-2321    1....... 6034916898us : sys_exit: NR 115 = 0
> > cyclicte-2321    1....1.. 6034916898us : sys_clock_nanosleep -> 0x0
> > cyclicte-2321    1....... 6034916902us : sys_enter: NR 115 (1, 1,
> > 7fbd20b448, 0, 0, 7fbd20be00)
> > cyclicte-2321    1....1.. 6034916903us :
> > sys_clock_nanosleep(which_clock: 1, flags: 1, rqtp: 7fbd20b448, rmtp: 0)
> > cyclicte-2321    1....... 6034916904us : hrtimer_init:
> > hrtimer=ffffff8012663dc8 clockid=CLOCK_MONOTONIC mode=ABS
> > cyclicte-2321    1d...1.. 6034916906us : hrtimer_start:
> > hrtimer=ffffff8012663dc8 function=hrtimer_wakeup expires=6034916622448
> > softexpires=6034916622448 mode=ABS
> > cyclicte-2321    1d...1.. 6034916907us : rcu_utilization: Start context
> > switch
> > cyclicte-2321    1d...1.. 6034916908us : rcu_utilization: End context switch
> > cyclicte-2321    1d...2.. 6034916911us : sched_switch:
> > prev_comm=cyclictest prev_pid=2321 prev_prio=9 prev_state=S ==>
> > next_comm=swapper/1 next_pid=0 next_prio=120
> >    <idle>-0       1d...1.. 6034916915us : tick_stop: success=1
> > dependency=NONE
> >    <idle>-0       1d...2.. 6034916916us : hrtimer_cancel:
> > hrtimer=ffffffc07ffd5960
> >    <idle>-0       1d...2.. 6034916917us : hrtimer_start:
> > hrtimer=ffffffc07ffd5960 function=tick_sched_timer expires=6035010000000
> > softexpires=6035010000000 mode=ABS|PINNED
> >    <idle>-0       1d...1.. 6034916919us+: cpu_idle: state=1 cpu_id=1
> >                                      --(1)
> >    <idle>-0       1d..h1.. 6034916977us : irq_handler_entry: irq=3
> > name=arch_timer
> >    <idle>-0       1d..h2.. 6034916981us+: hrtimer_cancel:
> > hrtimer=ffffff8012663dc8                          --(2)
> >    <idle>-0       1d..h1.. 6034916993us : hrtimer_expire_entry:
> > hrtimer=ffffff8012663dc8 function=hrtimer_wakeup now=6034916628193
> >    <idle>-0       1d..h2.. 6034916994us+: sched_waking: comm=cyclictest
> > pid=2321 prio=9 target_cpu=001      --(3)
> >    <idle>-0       1dn.h3.. 6034917016us : sched_wakeup: comm=cyclictest
> > pid=2321 prio=9 target_cpu=001
> >    <idle>-0       1dn.h1.. 6034917016us : hrtimer_expire_exit:
> > hrtimer=ffffff8012663dc8
> >    <idle>-0       1dn.h1.. 6034917026us : irq_handler_exit: irq=3
> > ret=handled
> >    <idle>-0       1.n..1.. 6034917032us+: cpu_idle: state=4294967295
> > cpu_id=1                               --(4)
> >    <idle>-0       1dn..2.. 6034917043us : hrtimer_cancel:
> > hrtimer=ffffffc07ffd5960
> >    <idle>-0       1dn..2.. 6034917044us+: hrtimer_start:
> > hrtimer=ffffffc07ffd5960 function=tick_sched_timer expires=6034920000000
> > softexpires=6034920000000 mode=ABS|PINNED  --(5)
> >    <idle>-0       1dn..1.. 6034917056us : rcu_utilization: Start context
> > switch
> >    <idle>-0       1dn..1.. 6034917057us : rcu_utilization: End context
> > switch
> >    <idle>-0       1d...2.. 6034917062us : sched_switch:
> > prev_comm=swapper/1 prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==>
> > next_comm=cyclictest next_pid=2321 next_prio=9
> > cyclicte-2321    1....... 6034917065us : kfree:
> > call_site=ffffff80081501f0 ptr=          (null)
> > cyclicte-2321    1....... 6034917066us : sys_exit: NR 115 = 0
> > cyclicte-2321    1....1.. 6034917066us+: sys_clock_nanosleep -> 0x0
> >                                                      --(5)
> > cyclicte-2321    1....... 6034917142us : sys_enter: NR 64 (5,
> > 7fbd20c500, 1f, 7fbd20bf08, 2, 7fbd20be00)
> > cyclicte-2321    1....1.. 6034917143us : sys_write(fd: 5, buf:
> > 7fbd20c500, count: 1f)
> > cyclicte-2321    1....... 6034917151us : tracing_mark_write: hit latency
> > threshold (91 > 80)
> > cyclicte-2321    1....... 6034917155us : kfree:
> > call_site=ffffff80081501f0 ptr=          (null)
> > cyclicte-2321    1....... 6034917156us : sys_exit: NR 64 = 31
> > cyclicte-2321    1....1.. 6034917157us : sys_write -> 0x1f
> > cyclicte-2321    1....... 6034917159us : sys_enter: NR 64 (4, 408650, 1,
> > 7fbd20bf08, 2, 7fbd20be00)
> > cyclicte-2321    1....1.. 6034917160us : sys_write(fd: 4, buf: 408650,
> > count: 1)  




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