[PATCH] arm64: Don't trace __switch_to if function graph tracer is enabled
Will Deacon
will.deacon at arm.com
Wed Jan 4 07:12:36 PST 2017
On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 02:44:46PM -0800, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> Function graph tracer shows negative time (wrap around) when tracing
> __switch_to if the nosleep-time trace option is enabled.
>
> Time compensation for nosleep-time is done by an ftrace probe on
> sched_switch. This doesn't work well for the following events (with
> letters representing timestamps):
> A - sched switch probe called for task T switch out
> B - __switch_to calltime is recorded
> C - sched_switch probe called for task T switch in
> D - __switch_to rettime is recorded
>
> If C - A > D - B, then we end up over compensating for the time spent in
> __switch_to giving rise to negative times in the trace output.
>
> On x86, __switch_to is not traced if function graph tracer is enabled.
> Do the same for arm64 as well.
>
> Cc: Todd Kjos <tkjos at google.com>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt at goodmis.org>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelaf at google.com>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kernel/process.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Thanks, queued for 4.11.
Will
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