[lttng-dev] [PATCH lttng-tools 2/4] Move add data stream to the data thread

Mathieu Desnoyers mathieu.desnoyers at efficios.com
Mon Oct 15 13:56:45 EDT 2012


* David Goulet (dgoulet at efficios.com) wrote:
> 
> 
> Mathieu Desnoyers:
> > * David Goulet (dgoulet at efficios.com) wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Mathieu Desnoyers:
> >>> * David Goulet (dgoulet at efficios.com) wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Mathieu Desnoyers:
> >>>>> * David Goulet (dgoulet at efficios.com) wrote:
> >>>>>> As a second step of refactoring, upon receiving a data stream, we send
> >>>>>> it to the data thread that is now in charge of handling it.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Furthermore, in order for this to behave correctly, we have to make the
> >>>>>> ustctl actions on the stream upon before passing it to the right thread
> >>>>>> (the kernel does not need special actions.). This way, once the sessiond
> >>>>>> thread reply back to the session daemon, the stream is sure to be open
> >>>>>> and ready for data to be recorded on the application side so we avoid a
> >>>>>> race between the application thinking the stream is ready and the stream
> >>>>>> thread still scheduled out.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Normally, as long as we have a reference on the SHM file descriptor, and
> >>>>> we have the wakeup FD, we should be good to fetch the data of buffers
> >>>>> belonging to an application that has already exited, even if it did so
> >>>>> before the ustctl calls are done.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So I'm wondering why you do the ustctl calls in the sessiond thread ? It
> >>>>> seems to complexify the implementation needlessly: we could still do the
> >>>>> ustctl calls and output file open at the same location, the
> >>>>> data/metadata threads.
> >>>>
> >>>> Hmmm, it was my understanding that does
> >>>
> >>> does -> those
> >>>
> >>>> ustctl_* calls were needed
> >>>> before the trace could be recording thus making them quickly. Wrong?
> >>>
> >>> Can you rephrase your question ? I don't understand.
> >>>
> >>
> >> My understanding was that _those_ ustctl calls need to be done before
> >> the tracer could start recording data. This is why they were moved to
> >> the session daemon thread.
> >>
> >> Am I wrong here? When receiving an UST stream< on the consumer side, is
> >> the SHM reference already acquired?
> > 
> > yes, the reference to shm is already acquired: it's the FD that _has_
> > the reference.
> 
> Ok good. So just to be crystal clear here, the ustctl* calls can be
> delayed and done in the right thread? (data/metadata).

yes, I expect it should work.

Mathieu

> 
> David
> 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Mathieu
> > 
> >>
> >> David
> >>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Mathieu
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> David
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Mathieu
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> This commit should speed up the add stream process for the session
> >>>>>> daemon. There is still some actions to move out of the session daemon
> >>>>>> poll thread to gain speed significantly, especially for network
> >>>>>> streaming.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Signed-off-by: David Goulet <dgoulet at efficios.com>
> >>>>>> ---
> >>>>>>  src/common/consumer.c                        |  123 +++++++++++---------------
> >>>>>>  src/common/consumer.h                        |    1 +
> >>>>>>  src/common/kernel-consumer/kernel-consumer.c |   24 ++---
> >>>>>>  src/common/ust-consumer/ust-consumer.c       |   40 ++++-----
> >>>>>>  4 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 110 deletions(-)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> diff --git a/src/common/consumer.c b/src/common/consumer.c
> >>>>>> index 055de1b..1d2b1f7 100644
> >>>>>> --- a/src/common/consumer.c
> >>>>>> +++ b/src/common/consumer.c
> >>>>>> @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static struct lttng_consumer_stream *consumer_find_stream(int key,
> >>>>>>  	return stream;
> >>>>>>  }
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>> -static void consumer_steal_stream_key(int key, struct lttng_ht *ht)
> >>>>>> +void consumer_steal_stream_key(int key, struct lttng_ht *ht)
> >>>>>>  {
> >>>>>>  	struct lttng_consumer_stream *stream;
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>> @@ -409,6 +409,14 @@ struct lttng_consumer_stream *consumer_allocate_stream(
> >>>>>>  	lttng_ht_node_init_ulong(&stream->waitfd_node, stream->wait_fd);
> >>>>>>  	lttng_ht_node_init_ulong(&stream->node, stream->key);
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>> +	/*
> >>>>>> +	 * The cpu number is needed before using any ustctl_* actions. Ignored for
> >>>>>> +	 * the kernel so the value does not matter.
> >>>>>> +	 */
> >>>>>> +	pthread_mutex_lock(&consumer_data.lock);
> >>>>>> +	stream->cpu = stream->chan->cpucount++;
> >>>>>> +	pthread_mutex_unlock(&consumer_data.lock);
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>>  	DBG3("Allocated stream %s (key %d, shm_fd %d, wait_fd %d, mmap_len %llu,"
> >>>>>>  			" out_fd %d, net_seq_idx %d)", stream->path_name, stream->key,
> >>>>>>  			stream->shm_fd, stream->wait_fd,
> >>>>>> @@ -437,28 +445,6 @@ int consumer_add_stream(struct lttng_consumer_stream *stream)
> >>>>>>  	pthread_mutex_lock(&consumer_data.lock);
> >>>>>>  	rcu_read_lock();
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>> -	switch (consumer_data.type) {
> >>>>>> -	case LTTNG_CONSUMER_KERNEL:
> >>>>>> -		break;
> >>>>>> -	case LTTNG_CONSUMER32_UST:
> >>>>>> -	case LTTNG_CONSUMER64_UST:
> >>>>>> -		stream->cpu = stream->chan->cpucount++;
> >>>>>> -		ret = lttng_ustconsumer_add_stream(stream);
> >>>>>> -		if (ret) {
> >>>>>> -			ret = -EINVAL;
> >>>>>> -			goto error;
> >>>>>> -		}
> >>>>>> -
> >>>>>> -		/* Steal stream identifier only for UST */
> >>>>>> -		consumer_steal_stream_key(stream->key, consumer_data.stream_ht);
> >>>>>> -		break;
> >>>>>> -	default:
> >>>>>> -		ERR("Unknown consumer_data type");
> >>>>>> -		assert(0);
> >>>>>> -		ret = -ENOSYS;
> >>>>>> -		goto error;
> >>>>>> -	}
> >>>>>> -
> >>>>>>  	lttng_ht_add_unique_ulong(consumer_data.stream_ht, &stream->node);
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>>  	/* Check and cleanup relayd */
> >>>>>> @@ -485,7 +471,6 @@ int consumer_add_stream(struct lttng_consumer_stream *stream)
> >>>>>>  	consumer_data.stream_count++;
> >>>>>>  	consumer_data.need_update = 1;
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>> -error:
> >>>>>>  	rcu_read_unlock();
> >>>>>>  	pthread_mutex_unlock(&consumer_data.lock);
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>> @@ -1582,17 +1567,6 @@ void consumer_del_metadata_stream(struct lttng_consumer_stream *stream,
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>>  	DBG3("Consumer delete metadata stream %d", stream->wait_fd);
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>> -	if (ht == NULL) {
> >>>>>> -		/* Means the stream was allocated but not successfully added */
> >>>>>> -		goto free_stream;
> >>>>>> -	}
> >>>>>> -
> >>>>>> -	rcu_read_lock();
> >>>>>> -	iter.iter.node = &stream->waitfd_node.node;
> >>>>>> -	ret = lttng_ht_del(ht, &iter);
> >>>>>> -	assert(!ret);
> >>>>>> -	rcu_read_unlock();
> >>>>>> -
> >>>>>>  	pthread_mutex_lock(&consumer_data.lock);
> >>>>>>  	switch (consumer_data.type) {
> >>>>>>  	case LTTNG_CONSUMER_KERNEL:
> >>>>>> @@ -1613,6 +1587,18 @@ void consumer_del_metadata_stream(struct lttng_consumer_stream *stream,
> >>>>>>  		goto end;
> >>>>>>  	}
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>> +	if (ht == NULL) {
> >>>>>> +		pthread_mutex_unlock(&consumer_data.lock);
> >>>>>> +		/* Means the stream was allocated but not successfully added */
> >>>>>> +		goto free_stream;
> >>>>>> +	}
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> +	rcu_read_lock();
> >>>>>> +	iter.iter.node = &stream->waitfd_node.node;
> >>>>>> +	ret = lttng_ht_del(ht, &iter);
> >>>>>> +	assert(!ret);
> >>>>>> +	rcu_read_unlock();
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>>  	if (stream->out_fd >= 0) {
> >>>>>>  		ret = close(stream->out_fd);
> >>>>>>  		if (ret) {
> >>>>>> @@ -1699,27 +1685,6 @@ static int consumer_add_metadata_stream(struct lttng_consumer_stream *stream,
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>>  	pthread_mutex_lock(&consumer_data.lock);
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>> -	switch (consumer_data.type) {
> >>>>>> -	case LTTNG_CONSUMER_KERNEL:
> >>>>>> -		break;
> >>>>>> -	case LTTNG_CONSUMER32_UST:
> >>>>>> -	case LTTNG_CONSUMER64_UST:
> >>>>>> -		ret = lttng_ustconsumer_add_stream(stream);
> >>>>>> -		if (ret) {
> >>>>>> -			ret = -EINVAL;
> >>>>>> -			goto error;
> >>>>>> -		}
> >>>>>> -
> >>>>>> -		/* Steal stream identifier only for UST */
> >>>>>> -		consumer_steal_stream_key(stream->wait_fd, ht);
> >>>>>> -		break;
> >>>>>> -	default:
> >>>>>> -		ERR("Unknown consumer_data type");
> >>>>>> -		assert(0);
> >>>>>> -		ret = -ENOSYS;
> >>>>>> -		goto error;
> >>>>>> -	}
> >>>>>> -
> >>>>>>  	/*
> >>>>>>  	 * From here, refcounts are updated so be _careful_ when returning an error
> >>>>>>  	 * after this point.
> >>>>>> @@ -1749,7 +1714,6 @@ static int consumer_add_metadata_stream(struct lttng_consumer_stream *stream,
> >>>>>>  	lttng_ht_add_unique_ulong(ht, &stream->waitfd_node);
> >>>>>>  	rcu_read_unlock();
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>> -error:
> >>>>>>  	pthread_mutex_unlock(&consumer_data.lock);
> >>>>>>  	return ret;
> >>>>>>  }
> >>>>>> @@ -1946,7 +1910,7 @@ void *consumer_thread_data_poll(void *data)
> >>>>>>  	int num_rdy, num_hup, high_prio, ret, i;
> >>>>>>  	struct pollfd *pollfd = NULL;
> >>>>>>  	/* local view of the streams */
> >>>>>> -	struct lttng_consumer_stream **local_stream = NULL;
> >>>>>> +	struct lttng_consumer_stream **local_stream = NULL, *new_stream = NULL;
> >>>>>>  	/* local view of consumer_data.fds_count */
> >>>>>>  	int nb_fd = 0;
> >>>>>>  	struct lttng_consumer_local_data *ctx = data;
> >>>>>> @@ -2034,13 +1998,35 @@ void *consumer_thread_data_poll(void *data)
> >>>>>>  		 */
> >>>>>>  		if (pollfd[nb_fd].revents & (POLLIN | POLLPRI)) {
> >>>>>>  			size_t pipe_readlen;
> >>>>>> -			char tmp;
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>>  			DBG("consumer_poll_pipe wake up");
> >>>>>>  			/* Consume 1 byte of pipe data */
> >>>>>>  			do {
> >>>>>> -				pipe_readlen = read(ctx->consumer_poll_pipe[0], &tmp, 1);
> >>>>>> +				pipe_readlen = read(ctx->consumer_poll_pipe[0], &new_stream,
> >>>>>> +						sizeof(new_stream));
> >>>>>>  			} while (pipe_readlen == -1 && errno == EINTR);
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> +			/*
> >>>>>> +			 * If the stream is NULL, just ignore it. It's also possible that
> >>>>>> +			 * the sessiond poll thread changed the consumer_quit state and is
> >>>>>> +			 * waking us up to test it.
> >>>>>> +			 */
> >>>>>> +			if (new_stream == NULL) {
> >>>>>> +				continue;
> >>>>>> +			}
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> +			ret = consumer_add_stream(new_stream);
> >>>>>> +			if (ret) {
> >>>>>> +				ERR("Consumer add stream %d failed. Continuing",
> >>>>>> +						new_stream->key);
> >>>>>> +				/*
> >>>>>> +				 * At this point, if the add_stream fails, it is not in the
> >>>>>> +				 * hash table thus passing the NULL value here.
> >>>>>> +				 */
> >>>>>> +				consumer_del_stream(new_stream, NULL);
> >>>>>> +			}
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> +			/* Continue to update the local streams and handle prio ones */
> >>>>>>  			continue;
> >>>>>>  		}
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>> @@ -2260,19 +2246,16 @@ end:
> >>>>>>  	consumer_poll_timeout = LTTNG_CONSUMER_POLL_TIMEOUT;
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>>  	/*
> >>>>>> -	 * Wake-up the other end by writing a null byte in the pipe
> >>>>>> -	 * (non-blocking). Important note: Because writing into the
> >>>>>> -	 * pipe is non-blocking (and therefore we allow dropping wakeup
> >>>>>> -	 * data, as long as there is wakeup data present in the pipe
> >>>>>> -	 * buffer to wake up the other end), the other end should
> >>>>>> -	 * perform the following sequence for waiting:
> >>>>>> -	 * 1) empty the pipe (reads).
> >>>>>> -	 * 2) perform update operation.
> >>>>>> -	 * 3) wait on the pipe (poll).
> >>>>>> +	 * Notify the data poll thread to poll back again and test the
> >>>>>> +	 * consumer_quit state to quit gracefully.
> >>>>>>  	 */
> >>>>>>  	do {
> >>>>>> -		ret = write(ctx->consumer_poll_pipe[1], "", 1);
> >>>>>> +		struct lttng_consumer_stream *null_stream = NULL;
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> +		ret = write(ctx->consumer_poll_pipe[1], &null_stream,
> >>>>>> +				sizeof(null_stream));
> >>>>>>  	} while (ret < 0 && errno == EINTR);
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>>  	rcu_unregister_thread();
> >>>>>>  	return NULL;
> >>>>>>  }
> >>>>>> diff --git a/src/common/consumer.h b/src/common/consumer.h
> >>>>>> index 4b225e4..8e5891a 100644
> >>>>>> --- a/src/common/consumer.h
> >>>>>> +++ b/src/common/consumer.h
> >>>>>> @@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ struct consumer_relayd_sock_pair *consumer_allocate_relayd_sock_pair(
> >>>>>>  struct consumer_relayd_sock_pair *consumer_find_relayd(int key);
> >>>>>>  int consumer_handle_stream_before_relayd(struct lttng_consumer_stream *stream,
> >>>>>>  		size_t data_size);
> >>>>>> +void consumer_steal_stream_key(int key, struct lttng_ht *ht);
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>>  extern struct lttng_consumer_local_data *lttng_consumer_create(
> >>>>>>  		enum lttng_consumer_type type,
> >>>>>> diff --git a/src/common/kernel-consumer/kernel-consumer.c b/src/common/kernel-consumer/kernel-consumer.c
> >>>>>> index 13cbe21..444f5e0 100644
> >>>>>> --- a/src/common/kernel-consumer/kernel-consumer.c
> >>>>>> +++ b/src/common/kernel-consumer/kernel-consumer.c
> >>>>>> @@ -235,10 +235,12 @@ int lttng_kconsumer_recv_cmd(struct lttng_consumer_local_data *ctx,
> >>>>>>  				consumer_del_stream(new_stream, NULL);
> >>>>>>  			}
> >>>>>>  		} else {
> >>>>>> -			ret = consumer_add_stream(new_stream);
> >>>>>> -			if (ret) {
> >>>>>> -				ERR("Consumer add stream %d failed. Continuing",
> >>>>>> -						new_stream->key);
> >>>>>> +			do {
> >>>>>> +				ret = write(ctx->consumer_poll_pipe[1], &new_stream,
> >>>>>> +						sizeof(new_stream));
> >>>>>> +			} while (ret < 0 && errno == EINTR);
> >>>>>> +			if (ret < 0) {
> >>>>>> +				PERROR("write data pipe");
> >>>>>>  				consumer_del_stream(new_stream, NULL);
> >>>>>>  				goto end_nosignal;
> >>>>>>  			}
> >>>>>> @@ -284,20 +286,6 @@ int lttng_kconsumer_recv_cmd(struct lttng_consumer_local_data *ctx,
> >>>>>>  		goto end_nosignal;
> >>>>>>  	}
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>> -	/*
> >>>>>> -	 * Wake-up the other end by writing a null byte in the pipe (non-blocking).
> >>>>>> -	 * Important note: Because writing into the pipe is non-blocking (and
> >>>>>> -	 * therefore we allow dropping wakeup data, as long as there is wakeup data
> >>>>>> -	 * present in the pipe buffer to wake up the other end), the other end
> >>>>>> -	 * should perform the following sequence for waiting:
> >>>>>> -	 *
> >>>>>> -	 * 1) empty the pipe (reads).
> >>>>>> -	 * 2) perform update operation.
> >>>>>> -	 * 3) wait on the pipe (poll).
> >>>>>> -	 */
> >>>>>> -	do {
> >>>>>> -		ret = write(ctx->consumer_poll_pipe[1], "", 1);
> >>>>>> -	} while (ret < 0 && errno == EINTR);
> >>>>>>  end_nosignal:
> >>>>>>  	rcu_read_unlock();
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>> diff --git a/src/common/ust-consumer/ust-consumer.c b/src/common/ust-consumer/ust-consumer.c
> >>>>>> index 1170687..4ca4b84 100644
> >>>>>> --- a/src/common/ust-consumer/ust-consumer.c
> >>>>>> +++ b/src/common/ust-consumer/ust-consumer.c
> >>>>>> @@ -224,6 +224,18 @@ int lttng_ustconsumer_recv_cmd(struct lttng_consumer_local_data *ctx,
> >>>>>>  			goto end_nosignal;
> >>>>>>  		}
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>> +		/*
> >>>>>> +		 * This needs to be done as soon as we can so we don't block the
> >>>>>> +		 * application too long.
> >>>>>> +		 */
> >>>>>> +		ret = lttng_ustconsumer_add_stream(new_stream);
> >>>>>> +		if (ret) {
> >>>>>> +			consumer_del_stream(new_stream, NULL);
> >>>>>> +			goto end_nosignal;
> >>>>>> +		}
> >>>>>> +		/* Steal stream identifier to avoid having streams with the same key */
> >>>>>> +		consumer_steal_stream_key(new_stream->key, consumer_data.stream_ht);
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>>  		/* The stream is not metadata. Get relayd reference if exists. */
> >>>>>>  		relayd = consumer_find_relayd(msg.u.stream.net_index);
> >>>>>>  		if (relayd != NULL) {
> >>>>>> @@ -265,14 +277,12 @@ int lttng_ustconsumer_recv_cmd(struct lttng_consumer_local_data *ctx,
> >>>>>>  				goto end_nosignal;
> >>>>>>  			}
> >>>>>>  		} else {
> >>>>>> -			ret = consumer_add_stream(new_stream);
> >>>>>> -			if (ret) {
> >>>>>> -				ERR("Consumer add stream %d failed. Continuing",
> >>>>>> -						new_stream->key);
> >>>>>> -				/*
> >>>>>> -				 * At this point, if the add_stream fails, it is not in the
> >>>>>> -				 * hash table thus passing the NULL value here.
> >>>>>> -				 */
> >>>>>> +			do {
> >>>>>> +				ret = write(ctx->consumer_poll_pipe[1], &new_stream,
> >>>>>> +						sizeof(new_stream));
> >>>>>> +			} while (ret < 0 && errno == EINTR);
> >>>>>> +			if (ret < 0) {
> >>>>>> +				PERROR("write data pipe");
> >>>>>>  				consumer_del_stream(new_stream, NULL);
> >>>>>>  				goto end_nosignal;
> >>>>>>  			}
> >>>>>> @@ -334,20 +344,6 @@ int lttng_ustconsumer_recv_cmd(struct lttng_consumer_local_data *ctx,
> >>>>>>  		break;
> >>>>>>  	}
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>> -	/*
> >>>>>> -	 * Wake-up the other end by writing a null byte in the pipe (non-blocking).
> >>>>>> -	 * Important note: Because writing into the pipe is non-blocking (and
> >>>>>> -	 * therefore we allow dropping wakeup data, as long as there is wakeup data
> >>>>>> -	 * present in the pipe buffer to wake up the other end), the other end
> >>>>>> -	 * should perform the following sequence for waiting:
> >>>>>> -	 *
> >>>>>> -	 * 1) empty the pipe (reads).
> >>>>>> -	 * 2) perform update operation.
> >>>>>> -	 * 3) wait on the pipe (poll).
> >>>>>> -	 */
> >>>>>> -	do {
> >>>>>> -		ret = write(ctx->consumer_poll_pipe[1], "", 1);
> >>>>>> -	} while (ret < 0 && errno == EINTR);
> >>>>>>  end_nosignal:
> >>>>>>  	rcu_read_unlock();
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>> -- 
> >>>>>> 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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