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diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c b/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000..57b67b1f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c @@ -0,0 +1,137 @@ +/* + * tracing clocks + * + * Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat, Inc., Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> + * + * Implements 3 trace clock variants, with differing scalability/precision + * tradeoffs: + * + * - local: CPU-local trace clock + * - medium: scalable global clock with some jitter + * - global: globally monotonic, serialized clock + * + * Tracer plugins will chose a default from these clocks. + */ +#include <linux/spinlock.h> +#include <linux/irqflags.h> +#include <linux/hardirq.h> +#include <linux/module.h> +#include <linux/percpu.h> +#include <linux/sched.h> +#include <linux/ktime.h> +#include <linux/trace_clock.h> + +/* + * trace_clock_local(): the simplest and least coherent tracing clock. + * + * Useful for tracing that does not cross to other CPUs nor + * does it go through idle events. + */ +u64 notrace trace_clock_local(void) +{ + u64 clock; + + /* + * sched_clock() is an architecture implemented, fast, scalable, + * lockless clock. It is not guaranteed to be coherent across + * CPUs, nor across CPU idle events. + */ + preempt_disable_notrace(); + clock = sched_clock(); + preempt_enable_notrace(); + + return clock; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(trace_clock_local); + +/* + * trace_clock(): 'between' trace clock. Not completely serialized, + * but not completely incorrect when crossing CPUs either. + * + * This is based on cpu_clock(), which will allow at most ~1 jiffy of + * jitter between CPUs. So it's a pretty scalable clock, but there + * can be offsets in the trace data. + */ +u64 notrace trace_clock(void) +{ + return local_clock(); +} + +/* + * trace_jiffy_clock(): Simply use jiffies as a clock counter. + * Note that this use of jiffies_64 is not completely safe on + * 32-bit systems. But the window is tiny, and the effect if + * we are affected is that we will have an obviously bogus + * timestamp on a trace event - i.e. not life threatening. + */ +u64 notrace trace_clock_jiffies(void) +{ + return jiffies_64_to_clock_t(jiffies_64 - INITIAL_JIFFIES); +} + +/* + * trace_clock_global(): special globally coherent trace clock + * + * It has higher overhead than the other trace clocks but is still + * an order of magnitude faster than GTOD derived hardware clocks. + * + * Used by plugins that need globally coherent timestamps. + */ + +/* keep prev_time and lock in the same cacheline. */ +static struct { + u64 prev_time; + arch_spinlock_t lock; +} trace_clock_struct ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp = + { + .lock = (arch_spinlock_t)__ARCH_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED, + }; + +u64 notrace trace_clock_global(void) +{ + unsigned long flags; + int this_cpu; + u64 now; + + local_irq_save(flags); + + this_cpu = raw_smp_processor_id(); + now = sched_clock_cpu(this_cpu); + /* + * If in an NMI context then dont risk lockups and return the + * cpu_clock() time: + */ + if (unlikely(in_nmi())) + goto out; + + arch_spin_lock(&trace_clock_struct.lock); + + /* + * TODO: if this happens often then maybe we should reset + * my_scd->clock to prev_time+1, to make sure + * we start ticking with the local clock from now on? + */ + if ((s64)(now - trace_clock_struct.prev_time) < 0) + now = trace_clock_struct.prev_time + 1; + + trace_clock_struct.prev_time = now; + + arch_spin_unlock(&trace_clock_struct.lock); + + out: + local_irq_restore(flags); + + return now; +} + +static atomic64_t trace_counter; + +/* + * trace_clock_counter(): simply an atomic counter. + * Use the trace_counter "counter" for cases where you do not care + * about timings, but are interested in strict ordering. + */ +u64 notrace trace_clock_counter(void) +{ + return atomic64_add_return(1, &trace_counter); +} |