The patch titled Subject: mm, tracing: record slab name for kmem_cache_free() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-tracing-record-slab-name-for-kmem_cache_free.patch This patch should soon appear at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-tracing-record-slab-name-for-kmem_cache_free.patch and later at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-tracing-record-slab-name-for-kmem_cache_free.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Jacob Wen <jian.w.wen@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm, tracing: record slab name for kmem_cache_free() Currently, a trace record generated by the RCU core is as below. ... kmem_cache_free: call_site=rcu_core+0x1fd/0x610 ptr=00000000f3b49a66 It doesn't tell us what the RCU core has freed. This patch adds the slab name to trace_kmem_cache_free(). The new format is as follows. ... kmem_cache_free: call_site=rcu_core+0x1fd/0x610 ptr=0000000037f79c8d name=dentry ... kmem_cache_free: call_site=rcu_core+0x1fd/0x610 ptr=00000000f78cb7b5 name=sock_inode_cache ... kmem_cache_free: call_site=rcu_core+0x1fd/0x610 ptr=0000000018768985 name=pool_workqueue ... kmem_cache_free: call_site=rcu_core+0x1fd/0x610 ptr=000000006a6cb484 name=radix_tree_node We can use it to understand what the RCU core is going to free. For example, some users maybe interested in when the RCU core starts freeing reclaimable slabs like dentry to reduce memory pressure. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201216072804.8838-1-jian.w.wen@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jacob Wen <jian.w.wen@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/trace/events/kmem.h | 24 ++++++++++++++++-------- mm/slab.c | 2 +- mm/slob.c | 2 +- mm/slub.c | 2 +- 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) --- a/include/trace/events/kmem.h~mm-tracing-record-slab-name-for-kmem_cache_free +++ a/include/trace/events/kmem.h @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ DEFINE_EVENT(kmem_alloc_node, kmem_cache TP_ARGS(call_site, ptr, bytes_req, bytes_alloc, gfp_flags, node) ); -DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(kmem_free, +TRACE_EVENT(kfree, TP_PROTO(unsigned long call_site, const void *ptr), @@ -135,18 +135,26 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(kmem_free, (void *)__entry->call_site, __entry->ptr) ); -DEFINE_EVENT(kmem_free, kfree, +TRACE_EVENT(kmem_cache_free, - TP_PROTO(unsigned long call_site, const void *ptr), + TP_PROTO(unsigned long call_site, const void *ptr, const char *name), - TP_ARGS(call_site, ptr) -); + TP_ARGS(call_site, ptr, name), -DEFINE_EVENT(kmem_free, kmem_cache_free, + TP_STRUCT__entry( + __field( unsigned long, call_site ) + __field( const void *, ptr ) + __field( const char *, name ) + ), - TP_PROTO(unsigned long call_site, const void *ptr), + TP_fast_assign( + __entry->call_site = call_site; + __entry->ptr = ptr; + __entry->name = name; + ), - TP_ARGS(call_site, ptr) + TP_printk("call_site=%pS ptr=%p name=%s", + (void *)__entry->call_site, __entry->ptr, __entry->name) ); TRACE_EVENT(mm_page_free, --- a/mm/slab.c~mm-tracing-record-slab-name-for-kmem_cache_free +++ a/mm/slab.c @@ -3697,7 +3697,7 @@ void kmem_cache_free(struct kmem_cache * __cache_free(cachep, objp, _RET_IP_); local_irq_restore(flags); - trace_kmem_cache_free(_RET_IP_, objp); + trace_kmem_cache_free(_RET_IP_, objp, cachep->name); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_free); --- a/mm/slob.c~mm-tracing-record-slab-name-for-kmem_cache_free +++ a/mm/slob.c @@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ void kmem_cache_free(struct kmem_cache * __kmem_cache_free(b, c->size); } - trace_kmem_cache_free(_RET_IP_, b); + trace_kmem_cache_free(_RET_IP_, b, c->name); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_free); --- a/mm/slub.c~mm-tracing-record-slab-name-for-kmem_cache_free +++ a/mm/slub.c @@ -3156,7 +3156,7 @@ void kmem_cache_free(struct kmem_cache * if (!s) return; slab_free(s, virt_to_head_page(x), x, NULL, 1, _RET_IP_); - trace_kmem_cache_free(_RET_IP_, x); + trace_kmem_cache_free(_RET_IP_, x, s->name); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_free); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jian.w.wen@xxxxxxxxxx are mm-tracing-record-slab-name-for-kmem_cache_free.patch