[DTrace-devel] [PATCH 4/4 REVIEWED] sched: fix on-cpu firing for kernels < 5.16

kris.van.hees at oracle.com kris.van.hees at oracle.com
Thu Dec 5 18:54:44 UTC 2024


From: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire at oracle.com>

The solution for sched:::on-cpu firing (probing
__perf_event_task_sched_in) only works on 5.16 and later as the relevant
function is not in available_filter_functions in earlier kernels.

Instead use fbt::finish_task_switch:return and
rawfbt:vmlinux:finish_task_switch.*:return (to cover optimizations that
result in a .-suffixed variant).

Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire at oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Kris Van Hees <kris.van.hees at oracle.com>
---
 libdtrace/dt_prov_sched.c | 25 ++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libdtrace/dt_prov_sched.c b/libdtrace/dt_prov_sched.c
index 4fbd24ab..e05ef246 100644
--- a/libdtrace/dt_prov_sched.c
+++ b/libdtrace/dt_prov_sched.c
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ static probe_dep_t	probes[] = {
 	{ "off-cpu",
 	  DTRACE_PROBESPEC_NAME,	"rawtp:sched::sched_switch" },
 	{ "on-cpu",
-	  DTRACE_PROBESPEC_NAME,	"fbt::__perf_event_task_sched_in:entry" },
+	  DTRACE_PROBESPEC_NAME,	"fbt:vmlinux:finish_task_switch:return" },
+	{ "on-cpu",
+	  DTRACE_PROBESPEC_NAME,	"rawfbt:vmlinux:finish_task_switch.*:return" },
 	{ "surrender",
 	  DTRACE_PROBESPEC_NAME,	"fbt::do_sched_yield:entry" },
 	{ "tick",
@@ -157,26 +159,7 @@ static int trampoline(dt_pcb_t *pcb, uint_t exitlbl)
  */
 static void enable(dtrace_hdl_t *dtp, dt_probe_t *prp)
 {
-	struct perf_event_attr attr = {};
-	int swfd;
-
-	if (strcmp(prp->desc->prb, "on-cpu") != 0)
-		return dt_sdt_enable(dtp, prp);
-
-	memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr));
-	attr.size = sizeof(attr);
-	attr.type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE;
-	attr.config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CONTEXT_SWITCHES;
-	attr.freq = 1;
-	attr.sample_freq = 1000;
-	attr.context_switch = 1;
-
-	swfd = dt_perf_event_open(&attr, -1, 0, -1, 0);
-	if (swfd < 0)
-		dt_dprintf("perf event open failed for context_switch: %d\n", errno);
-	else
-		prp->prv_data = (void *)(long)swfd;
-	dt_sdt_enable(dtp, prp);
+	return dt_sdt_enable(dtp, prp);
 }
 
 static void detach(dtrace_hdl_t *dtp, const dt_probe_t *prp)
-- 
2.45.2




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