The 'bytes' info in file 'per_cpu/cpu<X>/stats' means the number of bytes in cpu buffer that have not been consumed. However, currently after consuming data by reading file 'trace_pipe', the 'bytes' info was not changed as expected.
# cat per_cpu/cpu0/stats entries: 0 overrun: 0 commit overrun: 0 bytes: 568 <--- 'bytes' is problematical !!! oldest event ts: 8651.371479 now ts: 8653.912224 dropped events: 0 read events: 8 The root cause is incorrect stat on cpu_buffer->read_bytes. To fix it: 1. When stat 'read_bytes', account consumed event in rb_advance_reader(); 2. When stat 'entries_bytes', exclude the discarded padding event which is smaller than minimum size because it is invisible to reader. Then use rb_page_commit() instead of BUF_PAGE_SIZE at where accounting for page-based read/remove/overrun. Also correct the comments of ring_buffer_bytes_cpu() in this patch. Fixes: c64e148a3be3 ("trace: Add ring buffer stats to measure rate of events") Signed-off-by: Zheng Yejian <zhengyeji...@huawei.com> --- kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 28 +++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c index a1651edc48d5..28daf0ce95c5 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c @@ -354,6 +354,11 @@ static void rb_init_page(struct buffer_data_page *bpage) local_set(&bpage->commit, 0); } +static __always_inline unsigned int rb_page_commit(struct buffer_page *bpage) +{ + return local_read(&bpage->page->commit); +} + static void free_buffer_page(struct buffer_page *bpage) { free_page((unsigned long)bpage->page); @@ -2003,7 +2008,7 @@ rb_remove_pages(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, unsigned long nr_pages) * Increment overrun to account for the lost events. */ local_add(page_entries, &cpu_buffer->overrun); - local_sub(BUF_PAGE_SIZE, &cpu_buffer->entries_bytes); + local_sub(rb_page_commit(to_remove_page), &cpu_buffer->entries_bytes); local_inc(&cpu_buffer->pages_lost); } @@ -2367,11 +2372,6 @@ rb_reader_event(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer) cpu_buffer->reader_page->read); } -static __always_inline unsigned rb_page_commit(struct buffer_page *bpage) -{ - return local_read(&bpage->page->commit); -} - static struct ring_buffer_event * rb_iter_head_event(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter) { @@ -2517,7 +2517,7 @@ rb_handle_head_page(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, * the counters. */ local_add(entries, &cpu_buffer->overrun); - local_sub(BUF_PAGE_SIZE, &cpu_buffer->entries_bytes); + local_sub(rb_page_commit(next_page), &cpu_buffer->entries_bytes); local_inc(&cpu_buffer->pages_lost); /* @@ -2660,9 +2660,6 @@ rb_reset_tail(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, event = __rb_page_index(tail_page, tail); - /* account for padding bytes */ - local_add(BUF_PAGE_SIZE - tail, &cpu_buffer->entries_bytes); - /* * Save the original length to the meta data. * This will be used by the reader to add lost event @@ -2676,7 +2673,8 @@ rb_reset_tail(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, * write counter enough to allow another writer to slip * in on this page. * We put in a discarded commit instead, to make sure - * that this space is not used again. + * that this space is not used again, and this space will + * not be accounted into 'entries_bytes'. * * If we are less than the minimum size, we don't need to * worry about it. @@ -2701,6 +2699,9 @@ rb_reset_tail(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, /* time delta must be non zero */ event->time_delta = 1; + /* account for padding bytes */ + local_add(BUF_PAGE_SIZE - tail, &cpu_buffer->entries_bytes); + /* Make sure the padding is visible before the tail_page->write update */ smp_wmb(); @@ -4215,7 +4216,7 @@ u64 ring_buffer_oldest_event_ts(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu) EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_oldest_event_ts); /** - * ring_buffer_bytes_cpu - get the number of bytes consumed in a cpu buffer + * ring_buffer_bytes_cpu - get the number of bytes unconsumed in a cpu buffer * @buffer: The ring buffer * @cpu: The per CPU buffer to read from. */ @@ -4723,6 +4724,7 @@ static void rb_advance_reader(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer) length = rb_event_length(event); cpu_buffer->reader_page->read += length; + cpu_buffer->read_bytes += length; } static void rb_advance_iter(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter) @@ -5816,7 +5818,7 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer, } else { /* update the entry counter */ cpu_buffer->read += rb_page_entries(reader); - cpu_buffer->read_bytes += BUF_PAGE_SIZE; + cpu_buffer->read_bytes += rb_page_commit(reader); /* swap the pages */ rb_init_page(bpage); -- 2.25.1