1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 2 /* 3 * trace_hwlatdetect.c - A simple Hardware Latency detector. 4 * 5 * Use this tracer to detect large system latencies induced by the behavior of 6 * certain underlying system hardware or firmware, independent of Linux itself. 7 * The code was developed originally to detect the presence of SMIs on Intel 8 * and AMD systems, although there is no dependency upon x86 herein. 9 * 10 * The classical example usage of this tracer is in detecting the presence of 11 * SMIs or System Management Interrupts on Intel and AMD systems. An SMI is a 12 * somewhat special form of hardware interrupt spawned from earlier CPU debug 13 * modes in which the (BIOS/EFI/etc.) firmware arranges for the South Bridge 14 * LPC (or other device) to generate a special interrupt under certain 15 * circumstances, for example, upon expiration of a special SMI timer device, 16 * due to certain external thermal readings, on certain I/O address accesses, 17 * and other situations. An SMI hits a special CPU pin, triggers a special 18 * SMI mode (complete with special memory map), and the OS is unaware. 19 * 20 * Although certain hardware-inducing latencies are necessary (for example, 21 * a modern system often requires an SMI handler for correct thermal control 22 * and remote management) they can wreak havoc upon any OS-level performance 23 * guarantees toward low-latency, especially when the OS is not even made 24 * aware of the presence of these interrupts. For this reason, we need a 25 * somewhat brute force mechanism to detect these interrupts. In this case, 26 * we do it by hogging all of the CPU(s) for configurable timer intervals, 27 * sampling the built-in CPU timer, looking for discontiguous readings. 28 * 29 * WARNING: This implementation necessarily introduces latencies. Therefore, 30 * you should NEVER use this tracer while running in a production 31 * environment requiring any kind of low-latency performance 32 * guarantee(s). 33 * 34 * Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Jon Masters, Red Hat, Inc. <jcm@redhat.com> 35 * Copyright (C) 2013-2016 Steven Rostedt, Red Hat, Inc. <srostedt@redhat.com> 36 * 37 * Includes useful feedback from Clark Williams <clark@redhat.com> 38 * 39 */ 40 #include <linux/kthread.h> 41 #include <linux/tracefs.h> 42 #include <linux/uaccess.h> 43 #include <linux/cpumask.h> 44 #include <linux/delay.h> 45 #include <linux/sched/clock.h> 46 #include "trace.h" 47 48 static struct trace_array *hwlat_trace; 49 50 #define U64STR_SIZE 22 /* 20 digits max */ 51 52 #define BANNER "hwlat_detector: " 53 #define DEFAULT_SAMPLE_WINDOW 1000000 /* 1s */ 54 #define DEFAULT_SAMPLE_WIDTH 500000 /* 0.5s */ 55 #define DEFAULT_LAT_THRESHOLD 10 /* 10us */ 56 57 /* sampling thread*/ 58 static struct task_struct *hwlat_kthread; 59 60 static struct dentry *hwlat_sample_width; /* sample width us */ 61 static struct dentry *hwlat_sample_window; /* sample window us */ 62 63 /* Save the previous tracing_thresh value */ 64 static unsigned long save_tracing_thresh; 65 66 /* NMI timestamp counters */ 67 static u64 nmi_ts_start; 68 static u64 nmi_total_ts; 69 static int nmi_count; 70 static int nmi_cpu; 71 72 /* Tells NMIs to call back to the hwlat tracer to record timestamps */ 73 bool trace_hwlat_callback_enabled; 74 75 /* If the user changed threshold, remember it */ 76 static u64 last_tracing_thresh = DEFAULT_LAT_THRESHOLD * NSEC_PER_USEC; 77 78 /* Individual latency samples are stored here when detected. */ 79 struct hwlat_sample { 80 u64 seqnum; /* unique sequence */ 81 u64 duration; /* delta */ 82 u64 outer_duration; /* delta (outer loop) */ 83 u64 nmi_total_ts; /* Total time spent in NMIs */ 84 struct timespec64 timestamp; /* wall time */ 85 int nmi_count; /* # NMIs during this sample */ 86 }; 87 88 /* keep the global state somewhere. */ 89 static struct hwlat_data { 90 91 struct mutex lock; /* protect changes */ 92 93 u64 count; /* total since reset */ 94 95 u64 sample_window; /* total sampling window (on+off) */ 96 u64 sample_width; /* active sampling portion of window */ 97 98 } hwlat_data = { 99 .sample_window = DEFAULT_SAMPLE_WINDOW, 100 .sample_width = DEFAULT_SAMPLE_WIDTH, 101 }; 102 103 static void trace_hwlat_sample(struct hwlat_sample *sample) 104 { 105 struct trace_array *tr = hwlat_trace; 106 struct trace_event_call *call = &event_hwlat; 107 struct ring_buffer *buffer = tr->trace_buffer.buffer; 108 struct ring_buffer_event *event; 109 struct hwlat_entry *entry; 110 unsigned long flags; 111 int pc; 112 113 pc = preempt_count(); 114 local_save_flags(flags); 115 116 event = trace_buffer_lock_reserve(buffer, TRACE_HWLAT, sizeof(*entry), 117 flags, pc); 118 if (!event) 119 return; 120 entry = ring_buffer_event_data(event); 121 entry->seqnum = sample->seqnum; 122 entry->duration = sample->duration; 123 entry->outer_duration = sample->outer_duration; 124 entry->timestamp = sample->timestamp; 125 entry->nmi_total_ts = sample->nmi_total_ts; 126 entry->nmi_count = sample->nmi_count; 127 128 if (!call_filter_check_discard(call, entry, buffer, event)) 129 trace_buffer_unlock_commit_nostack(buffer, event); 130 } 131 132 /* Macros to encapsulate the time capturing infrastructure */ 133 #define time_type u64 134 #define time_get() trace_clock_local() 135 #define time_to_us(x) div_u64(x, 1000) 136 #define time_sub(a, b) ((a) - (b)) 137 #define init_time(a, b) (a = b) 138 #define time_u64(a) a 139 140 void trace_hwlat_callback(bool enter) 141 { 142 if (smp_processor_id() != nmi_cpu) 143 return; 144 145 /* 146 * Currently trace_clock_local() calls sched_clock() and the 147 * generic version is not NMI safe. 148 */ 149 if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_GENERIC_SCHED_CLOCK)) { 150 if (enter) 151 nmi_ts_start = time_get(); 152 else 153 nmi_total_ts = time_get() - nmi_ts_start; 154 } 155 156 if (enter) 157 nmi_count++; 158 } 159 160 /** 161 * get_sample - sample the CPU TSC and look for likely hardware latencies 162 * 163 * Used to repeatedly capture the CPU TSC (or similar), looking for potential 164 * hardware-induced latency. Called with interrupts disabled and with 165 * hwlat_data.lock held. 166 */ 167 static int get_sample(void) 168 { 169 struct trace_array *tr = hwlat_trace; 170 time_type start, t1, t2, last_t2; 171 s64 diff, total, last_total = 0; 172 u64 sample = 0; 173 u64 thresh = tracing_thresh; 174 u64 outer_sample = 0; 175 int ret = -1; 176 177 do_div(thresh, NSEC_PER_USEC); /* modifies interval value */ 178 179 nmi_cpu = smp_processor_id(); 180 nmi_total_ts = 0; 181 nmi_count = 0; 182 /* Make sure NMIs see this first */ 183 barrier(); 184 185 trace_hwlat_callback_enabled = true; 186 187 init_time(last_t2, 0); 188 start = time_get(); /* start timestamp */ 189 190 do { 191 192 t1 = time_get(); /* we'll look for a discontinuity */ 193 t2 = time_get(); 194 195 if (time_u64(last_t2)) { 196 /* Check the delta from outer loop (t2 to next t1) */ 197 diff = time_to_us(time_sub(t1, last_t2)); 198 /* This shouldn't happen */ 199 if (diff < 0) { 200 pr_err(BANNER "time running backwards\n"); 201 goto out; 202 } 203 if (diff > outer_sample) 204 outer_sample = diff; 205 } 206 last_t2 = t2; 207 208 total = time_to_us(time_sub(t2, start)); /* sample width */ 209 210 /* Check for possible overflows */ 211 if (total < last_total) { 212 pr_err("Time total overflowed\n"); 213 break; 214 } 215 last_total = total; 216 217 /* This checks the inner loop (t1 to t2) */ 218 diff = time_to_us(time_sub(t2, t1)); /* current diff */ 219 220 /* This shouldn't happen */ 221 if (diff < 0) { 222 pr_err(BANNER "time running backwards\n"); 223 goto out; 224 } 225 226 if (diff > sample) 227 sample = diff; /* only want highest value */ 228 229 } while (total <= hwlat_data.sample_width); 230 231 barrier(); /* finish the above in the view for NMIs */ 232 trace_hwlat_callback_enabled = false; 233 barrier(); /* Make sure nmi_total_ts is no longer updated */ 234 235 ret = 0; 236 237 /* If we exceed the threshold value, we have found a hardware latency */ 238 if (sample > thresh || outer_sample > thresh) { 239 struct hwlat_sample s; 240 241 ret = 1; 242 243 /* We read in microseconds */ 244 if (nmi_total_ts) 245 do_div(nmi_total_ts, NSEC_PER_USEC); 246 247 hwlat_data.count++; 248 s.seqnum = hwlat_data.count; 249 s.duration = sample; 250 s.outer_duration = outer_sample; 251 ktime_get_real_ts64(&s.timestamp); 252 s.nmi_total_ts = nmi_total_ts; 253 s.nmi_count = nmi_count; 254 trace_hwlat_sample(&s); 255 256 /* Keep a running maximum ever recorded hardware latency */ 257 if (sample > tr->max_latency) 258 tr->max_latency = sample; 259 } 260 261 out: 262 return ret; 263 } 264 265 static struct cpumask save_cpumask; 266 static bool disable_migrate; 267 268 static void move_to_next_cpu(void) 269 { 270 struct cpumask *current_mask = &save_cpumask; 271 int next_cpu; 272 273 if (disable_migrate) 274 return; 275 /* 276 * If for some reason the user modifies the CPU affinity 277 * of this thread, than stop migrating for the duration 278 * of the current test. 279 */ 280 if (!cpumask_equal(current_mask, current->cpus_ptr)) 281 goto disable; 282 283 get_online_cpus(); 284 cpumask_and(current_mask, cpu_online_mask, tracing_buffer_mask); 285 next_cpu = cpumask_next(smp_processor_id(), current_mask); 286 put_online_cpus(); 287 288 if (next_cpu >= nr_cpu_ids) 289 next_cpu = cpumask_first(current_mask); 290 291 if (next_cpu >= nr_cpu_ids) /* Shouldn't happen! */ 292 goto disable; 293 294 cpumask_clear(current_mask); 295 cpumask_set_cpu(next_cpu, current_mask); 296 297 sched_setaffinity(0, current_mask); 298 return; 299 300 disable: 301 disable_migrate = true; 302 } 303 304 /* 305 * kthread_fn - The CPU time sampling/hardware latency detection kernel thread 306 * 307 * Used to periodically sample the CPU TSC via a call to get_sample. We 308 * disable interrupts, which does (intentionally) introduce latency since we 309 * need to ensure nothing else might be running (and thus preempting). 310 * Obviously this should never be used in production environments. 311 * 312 * Executes one loop interaction on each CPU in tracing_cpumask sysfs file. 313 */ 314 static int kthread_fn(void *data) 315 { 316 u64 interval; 317 318 while (!kthread_should_stop()) { 319 320 move_to_next_cpu(); 321 322 local_irq_disable(); 323 get_sample(); 324 local_irq_enable(); 325 326 mutex_lock(&hwlat_data.lock); 327 interval = hwlat_data.sample_window - hwlat_data.sample_width; 328 mutex_unlock(&hwlat_data.lock); 329 330 do_div(interval, USEC_PER_MSEC); /* modifies interval value */ 331 332 /* Always sleep for at least 1ms */ 333 if (interval < 1) 334 interval = 1; 335 336 if (msleep_interruptible(interval)) 337 break; 338 } 339 340 return 0; 341 } 342 343 /** 344 * start_kthread - Kick off the hardware latency sampling/detector kthread 345 * 346 * This starts the kernel thread that will sit and sample the CPU timestamp 347 * counter (TSC or similar) and look for potential hardware latencies. 348 */ 349 static int start_kthread(struct trace_array *tr) 350 { 351 struct cpumask *current_mask = &save_cpumask; 352 struct task_struct *kthread; 353 int next_cpu; 354 355 if (WARN_ON(hwlat_kthread)) 356 return 0; 357 358 /* Just pick the first CPU on first iteration */ 359 current_mask = &save_cpumask; 360 get_online_cpus(); 361 cpumask_and(current_mask, cpu_online_mask, tracing_buffer_mask); 362 put_online_cpus(); 363 next_cpu = cpumask_first(current_mask); 364 365 kthread = kthread_create(kthread_fn, NULL, "hwlatd"); 366 if (IS_ERR(kthread)) { 367 pr_err(BANNER "could not start sampling thread\n"); 368 return -ENOMEM; 369 } 370 371 cpumask_clear(current_mask); 372 cpumask_set_cpu(next_cpu, current_mask); 373 sched_setaffinity(kthread->pid, current_mask); 374 375 hwlat_kthread = kthread; 376 wake_up_process(kthread); 377 378 return 0; 379 } 380 381 /** 382 * stop_kthread - Inform the hardware latency samping/detector kthread to stop 383 * 384 * This kicks the running hardware latency sampling/detector kernel thread and 385 * tells it to stop sampling now. Use this on unload and at system shutdown. 386 */ 387 static void stop_kthread(void) 388 { 389 if (!hwlat_kthread) 390 return; 391 kthread_stop(hwlat_kthread); 392 hwlat_kthread = NULL; 393 } 394 395 /* 396 * hwlat_read - Wrapper read function for reading both window and width 397 * @filp: The active open file structure 398 * @ubuf: The userspace provided buffer to read value into 399 * @cnt: The maximum number of bytes to read 400 * @ppos: The current "file" position 401 * 402 * This function provides a generic read implementation for the global state 403 * "hwlat_data" structure filesystem entries. 404 */ 405 static ssize_t hwlat_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, 406 size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos) 407 { 408 char buf[U64STR_SIZE]; 409 u64 *entry = filp->private_data; 410 u64 val; 411 int len; 412 413 if (!entry) 414 return -EFAULT; 415 416 if (cnt > sizeof(buf)) 417 cnt = sizeof(buf); 418 419 val = *entry; 420 421 len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%llu\n", val); 422 423 return simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos, buf, len); 424 } 425 426 /** 427 * hwlat_width_write - Write function for "width" entry 428 * @filp: The active open file structure 429 * @ubuf: The user buffer that contains the value to write 430 * @cnt: The maximum number of bytes to write to "file" 431 * @ppos: The current position in @file 432 * 433 * This function provides a write implementation for the "width" interface 434 * to the hardware latency detector. It can be used to configure 435 * for how many us of the total window us we will actively sample for any 436 * hardware-induced latency periods. Obviously, it is not possible to 437 * sample constantly and have the system respond to a sample reader, or, 438 * worse, without having the system appear to have gone out to lunch. It 439 * is enforced that width is less that the total window size. 440 */ 441 static ssize_t 442 hwlat_width_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, 443 size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos) 444 { 445 u64 val; 446 int err; 447 448 err = kstrtoull_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &val); 449 if (err) 450 return err; 451 452 mutex_lock(&hwlat_data.lock); 453 if (val < hwlat_data.sample_window) 454 hwlat_data.sample_width = val; 455 else 456 err = -EINVAL; 457 mutex_unlock(&hwlat_data.lock); 458 459 if (err) 460 return err; 461 462 return cnt; 463 } 464 465 /** 466 * hwlat_window_write - Write function for "window" entry 467 * @filp: The active open file structure 468 * @ubuf: The user buffer that contains the value to write 469 * @cnt: The maximum number of bytes to write to "file" 470 * @ppos: The current position in @file 471 * 472 * This function provides a write implementation for the "window" interface 473 * to the hardware latency detetector. The window is the total time 474 * in us that will be considered one sample period. Conceptually, windows 475 * occur back-to-back and contain a sample width period during which 476 * actual sampling occurs. Can be used to write a new total window size. It 477 * is enfoced that any value written must be greater than the sample width 478 * size, or an error results. 479 */ 480 static ssize_t 481 hwlat_window_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, 482 size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos) 483 { 484 u64 val; 485 int err; 486 487 err = kstrtoull_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &val); 488 if (err) 489 return err; 490 491 mutex_lock(&hwlat_data.lock); 492 if (hwlat_data.sample_width < val) 493 hwlat_data.sample_window = val; 494 else 495 err = -EINVAL; 496 mutex_unlock(&hwlat_data.lock); 497 498 if (err) 499 return err; 500 501 return cnt; 502 } 503 504 static const struct file_operations width_fops = { 505 .open = tracing_open_generic, 506 .read = hwlat_read, 507 .write = hwlat_width_write, 508 }; 509 510 static const struct file_operations window_fops = { 511 .open = tracing_open_generic, 512 .read = hwlat_read, 513 .write = hwlat_window_write, 514 }; 515 516 /** 517 * init_tracefs - A function to initialize the tracefs interface files 518 * 519 * This function creates entries in tracefs for "hwlat_detector". 520 * It creates the hwlat_detector directory in the tracing directory, 521 * and within that directory is the count, width and window files to 522 * change and view those values. 523 */ 524 static int init_tracefs(void) 525 { 526 struct dentry *d_tracer; 527 struct dentry *top_dir; 528 529 d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry(); 530 if (IS_ERR(d_tracer)) 531 return -ENOMEM; 532 533 top_dir = tracefs_create_dir("hwlat_detector", d_tracer); 534 if (!top_dir) 535 return -ENOMEM; 536 537 hwlat_sample_window = tracefs_create_file("window", 0640, 538 top_dir, 539 &hwlat_data.sample_window, 540 &window_fops); 541 if (!hwlat_sample_window) 542 goto err; 543 544 hwlat_sample_width = tracefs_create_file("width", 0644, 545 top_dir, 546 &hwlat_data.sample_width, 547 &width_fops); 548 if (!hwlat_sample_width) 549 goto err; 550 551 return 0; 552 553 err: 554 tracefs_remove_recursive(top_dir); 555 return -ENOMEM; 556 } 557 558 static void hwlat_tracer_start(struct trace_array *tr) 559 { 560 int err; 561 562 err = start_kthread(tr); 563 if (err) 564 pr_err(BANNER "Cannot start hwlat kthread\n"); 565 } 566 567 static void hwlat_tracer_stop(struct trace_array *tr) 568 { 569 stop_kthread(); 570 } 571 572 static bool hwlat_busy; 573 574 static int hwlat_tracer_init(struct trace_array *tr) 575 { 576 /* Only allow one instance to enable this */ 577 if (hwlat_busy) 578 return -EBUSY; 579 580 hwlat_trace = tr; 581 582 disable_migrate = false; 583 hwlat_data.count = 0; 584 tr->max_latency = 0; 585 save_tracing_thresh = tracing_thresh; 586 587 /* tracing_thresh is in nsecs, we speak in usecs */ 588 if (!tracing_thresh) 589 tracing_thresh = last_tracing_thresh; 590 591 if (tracer_tracing_is_on(tr)) 592 hwlat_tracer_start(tr); 593 594 hwlat_busy = true; 595 596 return 0; 597 } 598 599 static void hwlat_tracer_reset(struct trace_array *tr) 600 { 601 stop_kthread(); 602 603 /* the tracing threshold is static between runs */ 604 last_tracing_thresh = tracing_thresh; 605 606 tracing_thresh = save_tracing_thresh; 607 hwlat_busy = false; 608 } 609 610 static struct tracer hwlat_tracer __read_mostly = 611 { 612 .name = "hwlat", 613 .init = hwlat_tracer_init, 614 .reset = hwlat_tracer_reset, 615 .start = hwlat_tracer_start, 616 .stop = hwlat_tracer_stop, 617 .allow_instances = true, 618 }; 619 620 __init static int init_hwlat_tracer(void) 621 { 622 int ret; 623 624 mutex_init(&hwlat_data.lock); 625 626 ret = register_tracer(&hwlat_tracer); 627 if (ret) 628 return ret; 629 630 init_tracefs(); 631 632 return 0; 633 } 634 late_initcall(init_hwlat_tracer); 635