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    perf lock contention: Trim backtrace by skipping traceiter functions · 2a5049b7
    Anne Macedo authored
    The 'perf lock contention' program currently shows the caller of the locks
    as __traceiter_contention_begin+0x??. This caller can be ignored, as it is
    from the traceiter itself. Instead, it should show the real callers for
    the locks.
    
    When fiddling with the --stack-skip parameter, the actual callers for
    the locks start to show up. However, just ignore the
    __traceiter_contention_begin and the __traceiter_contention_end symbols
    so the actual callers will show up.
    
    Before this patch is applied:
    
    sudo perf lock con -a -b -- sleep 3
     contended   total wait     max wait     avg wait         type   caller
    
             8      2.33 s       2.28 s     291.18 ms     rwlock:W   __traceiter_contention_begin+0x44
             4      2.33 s       2.28 s     582.35 ms     rwlock:W   __traceiter_contention_begin+0x44
             7    140.30 ms     46.77 ms     20.04 ms     rwlock:W   __traceiter_contention_begin+0x44
             2     63.35 ms     33.76 ms     31.68 ms        mutex   trace_contention_begin+0x84
             2     46.74 ms     46.73 ms     23.37 ms     rwlock:W   __traceiter_contention_begin+0x44
             1     13.54 us     13.54 us     13.54 us        mutex   trace_contention_begin+0x84
             1      3.67 us      3.67 us      3.67 us      rwsem:R   __traceiter_contention_begin+0x44
    
    Before this patch is applied - using --stack-skip 5
    
    sudo perf lock con --stack-skip 5 -a -b -- sleep 3
     contended   total wait     max wait     avg wait         type   caller
    
             2      2.24 s       2.24 s       1.12 s      rwlock:W   do_epoll_wait+0x5a0
             4      1.65 s     824.21 ms    412.08 ms     rwlock:W   do_exit+0x338
             2    824.35 ms    824.29 ms    412.17 ms     spinlock   get_signal+0x108
             2    824.14 ms    824.14 ms    412.07 ms     rwlock:W   release_task+0x68
             1     25.22 ms     25.22 ms     25.22 ms        mutex   cgroup_kn_lock_live+0x58
             1     24.71 us     24.71 us     24.71 us     spinlock   do_exit+0x44
             1     22.04 us     22.04 us     22.04 us      rwsem:R   lock_mm_and_find_vma+0xb0
    
    After this patch is applied:
    
    sudo ./perf lock con -a -b -- sleep 3
     contended   total wait     max wait     avg wait         type   caller
    
             4      4.13 s       2.07 s       1.03 s      rwlock:W   release_task+0x68
             2      2.07 s       2.07 s       1.03 s      rwlock:R   mm_update_next_owner+0x50
             2      2.07 s       2.07 s       1.03 s      rwlock:W   do_exit+0x338
             1     41.56 ms     41.56 ms     41.56 ms        mutex   cgroup_kn_lock_live+0x58
             2     36.12 us     18.83 us     18.06 us     rwlock:W   do_exit+0x338
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAnne Macedo <retpolanne@posteo.net>
    Acked-by: default avatarNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
    Tested-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
    Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
    Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
    Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
    Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
    Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
    Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240319143629.3422590-1-retpolanne@posteo.netSigned-off-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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