[lttng-dev] [PATCH lttng-tools 1/4] Rename consumer threads and spawn them in daemon

Mathieu Desnoyers mathieu.desnoyers at efficios.com
Sat Oct 13 11:41:13 EDT 2012


* David Goulet (dgoulet at efficios.com) wrote:
> The metadata thread is now created in the lttng-consumerd daemon so all
> thread could be controlled inside the daemon.
> 
> This is the first step of a consumer thread refactoring which aims at
> moving data and metadata stream operations inside a dedicated thread so
> the session daemon thread does not block and is more efficient at adding
> streams.
> 
> The most important concept is that a stream file descriptor MUST be
> opened as quickly as we can than passed to the right thread (for UST

than -> then

> since they are already opened by the session daemon for the kernel).
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Goulet <dgoulet at efficios.com>
> ---
>  src/bin/lttng-consumerd/lttng-consumerd.c |   18 ++++++++++-----
>  src/common/consumer.c                     |   34 +++++++++--------------------
>  src/common/consumer.h                     |    5 +++--
>  3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/bin/lttng-consumerd/lttng-consumerd.c b/src/bin/lttng-consumerd/lttng-consumerd.c
> index 5952334..946fb02 100644
> --- a/src/bin/lttng-consumerd/lttng-consumerd.c
> +++ b/src/bin/lttng-consumerd/lttng-consumerd.c
> @@ -356,23 +356,31 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>  	}
>  	lttng_consumer_set_error_sock(ctx, ret);
>  
> -	/* Create the thread to manage the receive of fd */
> -	ret = pthread_create(&threads[0], NULL, lttng_consumer_thread_receive_fds,
> +	/* Create thread to manage the polling/writing of trace metadata */
> +	ret = pthread_create(&threads[0], NULL, consumer_thread_metadata_poll,
> +			(void *) ctx);
> +	if (ret != 0) {
> +		perror("pthread_create");
> +		goto error;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Create thread to manage the polling/writing of trace data */
> +	ret = pthread_create(&threads[1], NULL, consumer_thread_data_poll,
>  			(void *) ctx);
>  	if (ret != 0) {
>  		perror("pthread_create");
>  		goto error;
>  	}
>  
> -	/* Create thread to manage the polling/writing of traces */
> -	ret = pthread_create(&threads[1], NULL, lttng_consumer_thread_poll_fds,
> +	/* Create the thread to manage the receive of fd */
> +	ret = pthread_create(&threads[2], NULL, consumer_thread_sessiond_poll,
>  			(void *) ctx);
>  	if (ret != 0) {
>  		perror("pthread_create");
>  		goto error;
>  	}
>  
> -	for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
> +	for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
>  		ret = pthread_join(threads[i], &status);
>  		if (ret != 0) {
>  			perror("pthread_join");
> diff --git a/src/common/consumer.c b/src/common/consumer.c
> index 242b05b..055de1b 100644
> --- a/src/common/consumer.c
> +++ b/src/common/consumer.c
> @@ -1131,6 +1131,8 @@ void lttng_consumer_destroy(struct lttng_consumer_local_data *ctx)
>  		PERROR("close");
>  	}
>  	utils_close_pipe(ctx->consumer_splice_metadata_pipe);
> +	/* This should trigger the metadata thread to exit */
> +	close(ctx->consumer_metadata_pipe[1]);

this is adding a close, but did not remove any other remove that might
previously be in place elsewhere.

moreover, the close() return value is not tested.
>  
>  	unlink(ctx->consumer_command_sock_path);
>  	free(ctx);
> @@ -1756,7 +1758,7 @@ error:
>   * Thread polls on metadata file descriptor and write them on disk or on the
>   * network.
>   */
> -void *lttng_consumer_thread_poll_metadata(void *data)
> +void *consumer_thread_metadata_poll(void *data)
>  {
>  	int ret, i, pollfd;
>  	uint32_t revents, nb_fd;
> @@ -1939,7 +1941,7 @@ end:
>   * This thread polls the fds in the set to consume the data and write
>   * it to tracefile if necessary.
>   */
> -void *lttng_consumer_thread_poll_fds(void *data)
> +void *consumer_thread_data_poll(void *data)
>  {
>  	int num_rdy, num_hup, high_prio, ret, i;
>  	struct pollfd *pollfd = NULL;
> @@ -1949,19 +1951,9 @@ void *lttng_consumer_thread_poll_fds(void *data)
>  	int nb_fd = 0;
>  	struct lttng_consumer_local_data *ctx = data;
>  	ssize_t len;
> -	pthread_t metadata_thread;
> -	void *status;
>  
>  	rcu_register_thread();
>  
> -	/* Start metadata polling thread */
> -	ret = pthread_create(&metadata_thread, NULL,
> -			lttng_consumer_thread_poll_metadata, (void *) ctx);
> -	if (ret < 0) {
> -		PERROR("pthread_create metadata thread");
> -		goto end;
> -	}
> -
>  	local_stream = zmalloc(sizeof(struct lttng_consumer_stream));
>  
>  	while (1) {
> @@ -2145,19 +2137,13 @@ end:
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Close the write side of the pipe so epoll_wait() in
> -	 * lttng_consumer_thread_poll_metadata can catch it. The thread is
> -	 * monitoring the read side of the pipe. If we close them both, epoll_wait
> -	 * strangely does not return and could create a endless wait period if the
> -	 * pipe is the only tracked fd in the poll set. The thread will take care
> -	 * of closing the read side.
> +	 * consumer_thread_metadata_poll can catch it. The thread is monitoring the
> +	 * read side of the pipe. If we close them both, epoll_wait strangely does
> +	 * not return and could create a endless wait period if the pipe is the
> +	 * only tracked fd in the poll set. The thread will take care of closing
> +	 * the read side.
>  	 */
>  	close(ctx->consumer_metadata_pipe[1]);

this is the second close on the same FD I'm talking about.

thanks,

Mathieu

> -	if (ret) {
> -		ret = pthread_join(metadata_thread, &status);
> -		if (ret < 0) {
> -			PERROR("pthread_join metadata thread");
> -		}
> -	}
>  
>  	rcu_unregister_thread();
>  	return NULL;
> @@ -2167,7 +2153,7 @@ end:
>   * This thread listens on the consumerd socket and receives the file
>   * descriptors from the session daemon.
>   */
> -void *lttng_consumer_thread_receive_fds(void *data)
> +void *consumer_thread_sessiond_poll(void *data)
>  {
>  	int sock, client_socket, ret;
>  	/*
> diff --git a/src/common/consumer.h b/src/common/consumer.h
> index d0cd8fd..4b225e4 100644
> --- a/src/common/consumer.h
> +++ b/src/common/consumer.h
> @@ -385,8 +385,9 @@ extern int lttng_consumer_get_produced_snapshot(
>  		struct lttng_consumer_local_data *ctx,
>  		struct lttng_consumer_stream *stream,
>  		unsigned long *pos);
> -extern void *lttng_consumer_thread_poll_fds(void *data);
> -extern void *lttng_consumer_thread_receive_fds(void *data);
> +extern void *consumer_thread_metadata_poll(void *data);
> +extern void *consumer_thread_data_poll(void *data);
> +extern void *consumer_thread_sessiond_poll(void *data);
>  extern int lttng_consumer_recv_cmd(struct lttng_consumer_local_data *ctx,
>  		int sock, struct pollfd *consumer_sockpoll);
>  
> -- 
> 1.7.10.4
> 
> 
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-- 
Mathieu Desnoyers
Operating System Efficiency R&D Consultant
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com



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