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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 
trace_hwlat_sample(struct hwlat_sample * sample)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 
trace_hwlat_callback(bool enter)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  */
get_sample(void)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 		if (outer_sample > tr->max_latency)
260 			tr->max_latency = outer_sample;
261 	}
262 
263 out:
264 	return ret;
265 }
266 
267 static struct cpumask save_cpumask;
268 static bool disable_migrate;
269 
move_to_next_cpu(void)270 static void move_to_next_cpu(void)
271 {
272 	struct cpumask *current_mask = &save_cpumask;
273 	struct trace_array *tr = hwlat_trace;
274 	int next_cpu;
275 
276 	if (disable_migrate)
277 		return;
278 	/*
279 	 * If for some reason the user modifies the CPU affinity
280 	 * of this thread, than stop migrating for the duration
281 	 * of the current test.
282 	 */
283 	if (!cpumask_equal(current_mask, current->cpus_ptr))
284 		goto disable;
285 
286 	get_online_cpus();
287 	cpumask_and(current_mask, cpu_online_mask, tr->tracing_cpumask);
288 	next_cpu = cpumask_next(smp_processor_id(), current_mask);
289 	put_online_cpus();
290 
291 	if (next_cpu >= nr_cpu_ids)
292 		next_cpu = cpumask_first(current_mask);
293 
294 	if (next_cpu >= nr_cpu_ids) /* Shouldn't happen! */
295 		goto disable;
296 
297 	cpumask_clear(current_mask);
298 	cpumask_set_cpu(next_cpu, current_mask);
299 
300 	sched_setaffinity(0, current_mask);
301 	return;
302 
303  disable:
304 	disable_migrate = true;
305 }
306 
307 /*
308  * kthread_fn - The CPU time sampling/hardware latency detection kernel thread
309  *
310  * Used to periodically sample the CPU TSC via a call to get_sample. We
311  * disable interrupts, which does (intentionally) introduce latency since we
312  * need to ensure nothing else might be running (and thus preempting).
313  * Obviously this should never be used in production environments.
314  *
315  * Executes one loop interaction on each CPU in tracing_cpumask sysfs file.
316  */
kthread_fn(void * data)317 static int kthread_fn(void *data)
318 {
319 	u64 interval;
320 
321 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
322 
323 		move_to_next_cpu();
324 
325 		local_irq_disable();
326 		get_sample();
327 		local_irq_enable();
328 
329 		mutex_lock(&hwlat_data.lock);
330 		interval = hwlat_data.sample_window - hwlat_data.sample_width;
331 		mutex_unlock(&hwlat_data.lock);
332 
333 		do_div(interval, USEC_PER_MSEC); /* modifies interval value */
334 
335 		/* Always sleep for at least 1ms */
336 		if (interval < 1)
337 			interval = 1;
338 
339 		if (msleep_interruptible(interval))
340 			break;
341 	}
342 
343 	return 0;
344 }
345 
346 /**
347  * start_kthread - Kick off the hardware latency sampling/detector kthread
348  *
349  * This starts the kernel thread that will sit and sample the CPU timestamp
350  * counter (TSC or similar) and look for potential hardware latencies.
351  */
start_kthread(struct trace_array * tr)352 static int start_kthread(struct trace_array *tr)
353 {
354 	struct cpumask *current_mask = &save_cpumask;
355 	struct task_struct *kthread;
356 	int next_cpu;
357 
358 	if (hwlat_kthread)
359 		return 0;
360 
361 	/* Just pick the first CPU on first iteration */
362 	current_mask = &save_cpumask;
363 	get_online_cpus();
364 	cpumask_and(current_mask, cpu_online_mask, tr->tracing_cpumask);
365 	put_online_cpus();
366 	next_cpu = cpumask_first(current_mask);
367 
368 	kthread = kthread_create(kthread_fn, NULL, "hwlatd");
369 	if (IS_ERR(kthread)) {
370 		pr_err(BANNER "could not start sampling thread\n");
371 		return -ENOMEM;
372 	}
373 
374 	cpumask_clear(current_mask);
375 	cpumask_set_cpu(next_cpu, current_mask);
376 	sched_setaffinity(kthread->pid, current_mask);
377 
378 	hwlat_kthread = kthread;
379 	wake_up_process(kthread);
380 
381 	return 0;
382 }
383 
384 /**
385  * stop_kthread - Inform the hardware latency samping/detector kthread to stop
386  *
387  * This kicks the running hardware latency sampling/detector kernel thread and
388  * tells it to stop sampling now. Use this on unload and at system shutdown.
389  */
stop_kthread(void)390 static void stop_kthread(void)
391 {
392 	if (!hwlat_kthread)
393 		return;
394 	kthread_stop(hwlat_kthread);
395 	hwlat_kthread = NULL;
396 }
397 
398 /*
399  * hwlat_read - Wrapper read function for reading both window and width
400  * @filp: The active open file structure
401  * @ubuf: The userspace provided buffer to read value into
402  * @cnt: The maximum number of bytes to read
403  * @ppos: The current "file" position
404  *
405  * This function provides a generic read implementation for the global state
406  * "hwlat_data" structure filesystem entries.
407  */
hwlat_read(struct file * filp,char __user * ubuf,size_t cnt,loff_t * ppos)408 static ssize_t hwlat_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
409 			  size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
410 {
411 	char buf[U64STR_SIZE];
412 	u64 *entry = filp->private_data;
413 	u64 val;
414 	int len;
415 
416 	if (!entry)
417 		return -EFAULT;
418 
419 	if (cnt > sizeof(buf))
420 		cnt = sizeof(buf);
421 
422 	val = *entry;
423 
424 	len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%llu\n", val);
425 
426 	return simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos, buf, len);
427 }
428 
429 /**
430  * hwlat_width_write - Write function for "width" entry
431  * @filp: The active open file structure
432  * @ubuf: The user buffer that contains the value to write
433  * @cnt: The maximum number of bytes to write to "file"
434  * @ppos: The current position in @file
435  *
436  * This function provides a write implementation for the "width" interface
437  * to the hardware latency detector. It can be used to configure
438  * for how many us of the total window us we will actively sample for any
439  * hardware-induced latency periods. Obviously, it is not possible to
440  * sample constantly and have the system respond to a sample reader, or,
441  * worse, without having the system appear to have gone out to lunch. It
442  * is enforced that width is less that the total window size.
443  */
444 static ssize_t
hwlat_width_write(struct file * filp,const char __user * ubuf,size_t cnt,loff_t * ppos)445 hwlat_width_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
446 		  size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
447 {
448 	u64 val;
449 	int err;
450 
451 	err = kstrtoull_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &val);
452 	if (err)
453 		return err;
454 
455 	mutex_lock(&hwlat_data.lock);
456 	if (val < hwlat_data.sample_window)
457 		hwlat_data.sample_width = val;
458 	else
459 		err = -EINVAL;
460 	mutex_unlock(&hwlat_data.lock);
461 
462 	if (err)
463 		return err;
464 
465 	return cnt;
466 }
467 
468 /**
469  * hwlat_window_write - Write function for "window" entry
470  * @filp: The active open file structure
471  * @ubuf: The user buffer that contains the value to write
472  * @cnt: The maximum number of bytes to write to "file"
473  * @ppos: The current position in @file
474  *
475  * This function provides a write implementation for the "window" interface
476  * to the hardware latency detetector. The window is the total time
477  * in us that will be considered one sample period. Conceptually, windows
478  * occur back-to-back and contain a sample width period during which
479  * actual sampling occurs. Can be used to write a new total window size. It
480  * is enfoced that any value written must be greater than the sample width
481  * size, or an error results.
482  */
483 static ssize_t
hwlat_window_write(struct file * filp,const char __user * ubuf,size_t cnt,loff_t * ppos)484 hwlat_window_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
485 		   size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
486 {
487 	u64 val;
488 	int err;
489 
490 	err = kstrtoull_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &val);
491 	if (err)
492 		return err;
493 
494 	mutex_lock(&hwlat_data.lock);
495 	if (hwlat_data.sample_width < val)
496 		hwlat_data.sample_window = val;
497 	else
498 		err = -EINVAL;
499 	mutex_unlock(&hwlat_data.lock);
500 
501 	if (err)
502 		return err;
503 
504 	return cnt;
505 }
506 
507 static const struct file_operations width_fops = {
508 	.open		= tracing_open_generic,
509 	.read		= hwlat_read,
510 	.write		= hwlat_width_write,
511 };
512 
513 static const struct file_operations window_fops = {
514 	.open		= tracing_open_generic,
515 	.read		= hwlat_read,
516 	.write		= hwlat_window_write,
517 };
518 
519 /**
520  * init_tracefs - A function to initialize the tracefs interface files
521  *
522  * This function creates entries in tracefs for "hwlat_detector".
523  * It creates the hwlat_detector directory in the tracing directory,
524  * and within that directory is the count, width and window files to
525  * change and view those values.
526  */
init_tracefs(void)527 static int init_tracefs(void)
528 {
529 	struct dentry *d_tracer;
530 	struct dentry *top_dir;
531 
532 	d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
533 	if (IS_ERR(d_tracer))
534 		return -ENOMEM;
535 
536 	top_dir = tracefs_create_dir("hwlat_detector", d_tracer);
537 	if (!top_dir)
538 		return -ENOMEM;
539 
540 	hwlat_sample_window = tracefs_create_file("window", 0640,
541 						  top_dir,
542 						  &hwlat_data.sample_window,
543 						  &window_fops);
544 	if (!hwlat_sample_window)
545 		goto err;
546 
547 	hwlat_sample_width = tracefs_create_file("width", 0644,
548 						 top_dir,
549 						 &hwlat_data.sample_width,
550 						 &width_fops);
551 	if (!hwlat_sample_width)
552 		goto err;
553 
554 	return 0;
555 
556  err:
557 	tracefs_remove_recursive(top_dir);
558 	return -ENOMEM;
559 }
560 
hwlat_tracer_start(struct trace_array * tr)561 static void hwlat_tracer_start(struct trace_array *tr)
562 {
563 	int err;
564 
565 	err = start_kthread(tr);
566 	if (err)
567 		pr_err(BANNER "Cannot start hwlat kthread\n");
568 }
569 
hwlat_tracer_stop(struct trace_array * tr)570 static void hwlat_tracer_stop(struct trace_array *tr)
571 {
572 	stop_kthread();
573 }
574 
575 static bool hwlat_busy;
576 
hwlat_tracer_init(struct trace_array * tr)577 static int hwlat_tracer_init(struct trace_array *tr)
578 {
579 	/* Only allow one instance to enable this */
580 	if (hwlat_busy)
581 		return -EBUSY;
582 
583 	hwlat_trace = tr;
584 
585 	disable_migrate = false;
586 	hwlat_data.count = 0;
587 	tr->max_latency = 0;
588 	save_tracing_thresh = tracing_thresh;
589 
590 	/* tracing_thresh is in nsecs, we speak in usecs */
591 	if (!tracing_thresh)
592 		tracing_thresh = last_tracing_thresh;
593 
594 	if (tracer_tracing_is_on(tr))
595 		hwlat_tracer_start(tr);
596 
597 	hwlat_busy = true;
598 
599 	return 0;
600 }
601 
hwlat_tracer_reset(struct trace_array * tr)602 static void hwlat_tracer_reset(struct trace_array *tr)
603 {
604 	stop_kthread();
605 
606 	/* the tracing threshold is static between runs */
607 	last_tracing_thresh = tracing_thresh;
608 
609 	tracing_thresh = save_tracing_thresh;
610 	hwlat_busy = false;
611 }
612 
613 static struct tracer hwlat_tracer __read_mostly =
614 {
615 	.name		= "hwlat",
616 	.init		= hwlat_tracer_init,
617 	.reset		= hwlat_tracer_reset,
618 	.start		= hwlat_tracer_start,
619 	.stop		= hwlat_tracer_stop,
620 	.allow_instances = true,
621 };
622 
init_hwlat_tracer(void)623 __init static int init_hwlat_tracer(void)
624 {
625 	int ret;
626 
627 	mutex_init(&hwlat_data.lock);
628 
629 	ret = register_tracer(&hwlat_tracer);
630 	if (ret)
631 		return ret;
632 
633 	init_tracefs();
634 
635 	return 0;
636 }
637 late_initcall(init_hwlat_tracer);
638