[lttng-dev] [PATCH v2 lttng-ust master, 2.10-rc] Introduce LTTNG_UST_ALLOW_BLOCKING env. var.

Mathieu Desnoyers mathieu.desnoyers at efficios.com
Sat May 27 06:18:20 UTC 2017


Introduce the LTTNG_UST_ALLOW_BLOCKING env. var. to control whether
applications are allowed to block when a buffer is full. If set, it
allows the tracer to block the application when buffers are full.

The blocking is now controlled by a per-channel configuration option in
the LTTng control interface for channels with the "--blocking-timeout"
parameter, which is specified in usec (or -1 to block forever).

This replaces the LTTNG_UST_BLOCKING_RETRY_TIMEOUT env. var., which
actually never made it into a stable release (we therefore remove this
env. var).

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers at efficios.com>
---
 configure.ac                                     |  4 +--
 doc/man/Makefile.am                              |  3 +-
 doc/man/lttng-ust.3.txt                          | 28 ++++++------------
 include/lttng/ust-abi.h                          |  7 ++++-
 include/lttng/ust-ctl.h                          |  1 +
 include/lttng/ust-events.h                       |  3 +-
 liblttng-ust-ctl/ustctl.c                        |  3 +-
 liblttng-ust/getenv.c                            |  2 +-
 liblttng-ust/lttng-ring-buffer-client.h          |  5 ++--
 liblttng-ust/lttng-ring-buffer-metadata-client.h |  5 ++--
 liblttng-ust/lttng-ust-comm.c                    | 29 ++++++-------------
 libringbuffer/frontend.h                         |  3 +-
 libringbuffer/frontend_types.h                   |  8 +++++-
 libringbuffer/rb-init.h                          |  2 +-
 libringbuffer/ring_buffer_frontend.c             | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++----
 15 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2440cab..e2acfa9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ AC_SUBST([LTTNG_UST_LIBRARY_VERSION], [0:0:0])
 
 # This is the library version of liblttng-ust-ctl, used internally by
 # liblttng-ust, lttng-sessiond, and lttng-consumerd.
-AC_SUBST([LTTNG_UST_CTL_LIBRARY_VERSION], [3:0:1])
+AC_SUBST([LTTNG_UST_CTL_LIBRARY_VERSION], [4:0:0])
 
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h include/lttng/ust-config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([config])
@@ -463,8 +463,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([_AC_DEFINE_AND_SUBST], [
 ])
 
 _AC_DEFINE_AND_SUBST([LTTNG_UST_DEFAULT_CONSTRUCTOR_TIMEOUT_MS], [3000])
-# By default, do not retry on buffer full condition.
-_AC_DEFINE_AND_SUBST([LTTNG_UST_DEFAULT_BLOCKING_RETRY_TIMEOUT_MS], [0])
 
 AM_CFLAGS="-Wall"
 AC_SUBST(AM_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/doc/man/Makefile.am b/doc/man/Makefile.am
index 449377f..3d8ee49 100644
--- a/doc/man/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/man/Makefile.am
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ if HAVE_ASCIIDOC_XMLTO
 # Tools to execute:
 ADOC = $(ASCIIDOC) -f $(ASCIIDOC_CONF) -d manpage \
 	-a lttng_version="$(PACKAGE_VERSION)" \
-	-a lttng_ust_register_timeout="@LTTNG_UST_DEFAULT_CONSTRUCTOR_TIMEOUT_MS@" \
-	-a lttng_ust_blocking_retry_timeout="@LTTNG_UST_DEFAULT_BLOCKING_RETRY_TIMEOUT_MS@"
+	-a lttng_ust_register_timeout="@LTTNG_UST_DEFAULT_CONSTRUCTOR_TIMEOUT_MS@"
 
 ADOC_DOCBOOK = $(ADOC) -b docbook
 XTO = $(XMLTO) -m $(firstword $(XSL_SRC_FILES)) man
diff --git a/doc/man/lttng-ust.3.txt b/doc/man/lttng-ust.3.txt
index 21f6098..28d66f2 100644
--- a/doc/man/lttng-ust.3.txt
+++ b/doc/man/lttng-ust.3.txt
@@ -1292,31 +1292,19 @@ LTTng session and consumer daemons (part of the LTTng-tools project)
 are located in a specific directory under `$LTTNG_HOME` (or `$HOME` if
 `$LTTNG_HOME` is not set).
 
-`LTTNG_UST_BLOCKING_RETRY_TIMEOUT`::
-    Maximum duration (milliseconds) to retry event tracing when
-    there's no space left for the event record in the sub-buffer.
-+
---
-`0`::
-    Never block the application.
-
-Positive value::
-    Block the application for the specified number of milliseconds. If
-    there's no space left after this duration, discard the event
-    record.
-
-Negative value::
-    Block the application until there's space left for the event record.
---
-+
-Default: {lttng_ust_blocking_retry_timeout}.
+`LTTNG_UST_ALLOW_BLOCKING`::
+    If set, allow application to retry event tracing when there's
+    no space left for the event record in the sub-buffer, therefore
+    effectively blocking the application until space is made available
+    or timeout is reached. This only has effect on channels with
+    `blocking-timeout` set.
 +
 This option can be useful in workloads generating very large trace data
 throughput, where blocking the application is an acceptable trade-off to
 prevent discarding event records.
 +
-WARNING: Setting this environment variable to a non-zero value may
-significantly affect application timings.
+WARNING: Setting this environment variable may significantly
+affect application timings.
 
 `LTTNG_UST_CLOCK_PLUGIN`::
     Path to the shared object which acts as the clock override plugin.
diff --git a/include/lttng/ust-abi.h b/include/lttng/ust-abi.h
index f76d2a9..4976b1b 100644
--- a/include/lttng/ust-abi.h
+++ b/include/lttng/ust-abi.h
@@ -177,7 +177,12 @@ struct lttng_ust_channel_attr {
 	unsigned int switch_timer_interval;	/* usec */
 	unsigned int read_timer_interval;	/* usec */
 	enum lttng_ust_output output;		/* splice, mmap */
-	char padding[LTTNG_UST_CHANNEL_ATTR_PADDING];
+	union {
+		struct {
+			int64_t blocking_timeout;	/* Blocking timeout (usec) */
+		} s;
+		char padding[LTTNG_UST_CHANNEL_ATTR_PADDING];
+	} u;
 } LTTNG_PACKED;
 
 #define LTTNG_UST_TRACEPOINT_ITER_PADDING	16
diff --git a/include/lttng/ust-ctl.h b/include/lttng/ust-ctl.h
index f6c1dc4..f83124d 100644
--- a/include/lttng/ust-ctl.h
+++ b/include/lttng/ust-ctl.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ struct ustctl_consumer_channel_attr {
 	enum lttng_ust_output output;		/* splice, mmap */
 	uint32_t chan_id;			/* channel ID */
 	unsigned char uuid[LTTNG_UST_UUID_LEN]; /* Trace session unique ID */
+	int64_t blocking_timeout;			/* Blocking timeout (usec) */
 } LTTNG_PACKED;
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/lttng/ust-events.h b/include/lttng/ust-events.h
index 6b7bd00..caf7e63 100644
--- a/include/lttng/ust-events.h
+++ b/include/lttng/ust-events.h
@@ -489,7 +489,8 @@ struct lttng_channel_ops {
 			unsigned int read_timer_interval,
 			unsigned char *uuid,
 			uint32_t chan_id,
-			const int *stream_fds, int nr_stream_fds);
+			const int *stream_fds, int nr_stream_fds,
+			int64_t blocking_timeout);
 	void (*channel_destroy)(struct lttng_channel *chan);
 	union {
 		void *_deprecated1;
diff --git a/liblttng-ust-ctl/ustctl.c b/liblttng-ust-ctl/ustctl.c
index 8e2e8f1..8c38ffa 100644
--- a/liblttng-ust-ctl/ustctl.c
+++ b/liblttng-ust-ctl/ustctl.c
@@ -1057,7 +1057,8 @@ struct ustctl_consumer_channel *
 			attr->switch_timer_interval,
 			attr->read_timer_interval,
 			attr->uuid, attr->chan_id,
-			stream_fds, nr_stream_fds);
+			stream_fds, nr_stream_fds,
+			attr->blocking_timeout);
 	if (!chan->chan) {
 		goto chan_error;
 	}
diff --git a/liblttng-ust/getenv.c b/liblttng-ust/getenv.c
index b4dc73a..25740a5 100644
--- a/liblttng-ust/getenv.c
+++ b/liblttng-ust/getenv.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static struct lttng_env lttng_env[] = {
 	/* Env. var. which are not fetched in setuid/setgid executables. */
 	{ "LTTNG_UST_CLOCK_PLUGIN", LTTNG_ENV_SECURE, NULL, },
 	{ "LTTNG_UST_GETCPU_PLUGIN", LTTNG_ENV_SECURE, NULL, },
-	{ "LTTNG_UST_BLOCKING_RETRY_TIMEOUT", LTTNG_ENV_SECURE, NULL, },
+	{ "LTTNG_UST_ALLOW_BLOCKING", LTTNG_ENV_SECURE, NULL, },
 	{ "HOME", LTTNG_ENV_SECURE, NULL, },
 	{ "LTTNG_HOME", LTTNG_ENV_SECURE, NULL, },
 };
diff --git a/liblttng-ust/lttng-ring-buffer-client.h b/liblttng-ust/lttng-ring-buffer-client.h
index 6ed0671..52c759f 100644
--- a/liblttng-ust/lttng-ring-buffer-client.h
+++ b/liblttng-ust/lttng-ring-buffer-client.h
@@ -658,7 +658,8 @@ struct lttng_channel *_channel_create(const char *name,
 				unsigned int read_timer_interval,
 				unsigned char *uuid,
 				uint32_t chan_id,
-				const int *stream_fds, int nr_stream_fds)
+				const int *stream_fds, int nr_stream_fds,
+				int64_t blocking_timeout)
 {
 	struct lttng_channel chan_priv_init;
 	struct lttng_ust_shm_handle *handle;
@@ -674,7 +675,7 @@ struct lttng_channel *_channel_create(const char *name,
 			&chan_priv_init,
 			buf_addr, subbuf_size, num_subbuf,
 			switch_timer_interval, read_timer_interval,
-			stream_fds, nr_stream_fds);
+			stream_fds, nr_stream_fds, blocking_timeout);
 	if (!handle)
 		return NULL;
 	lttng_chan = priv;
diff --git a/liblttng-ust/lttng-ring-buffer-metadata-client.h b/liblttng-ust/lttng-ring-buffer-metadata-client.h
index af5162f..00876b5 100644
--- a/liblttng-ust/lttng-ring-buffer-metadata-client.h
+++ b/liblttng-ust/lttng-ring-buffer-metadata-client.h
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ struct lttng_channel *_channel_create(const char *name,
 				unsigned int read_timer_interval,
 				unsigned char *uuid,
 				uint32_t chan_id,
-				const int *stream_fds, int nr_stream_fds)
+				const int *stream_fds, int nr_stream_fds,
+				int64_t blocking_timeout)
 {
 	struct lttng_channel chan_priv_init;
 	struct lttng_ust_shm_handle *handle;
@@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ struct lttng_channel *_channel_create(const char *name,
 			&chan_priv_init,
 			buf_addr, subbuf_size, num_subbuf,
 			switch_timer_interval, read_timer_interval,
-			stream_fds, nr_stream_fds);
+			stream_fds, nr_stream_fds, blocking_timeout);
 	if (!handle)
 		return NULL;
 	lttng_chan = priv;
diff --git a/liblttng-ust/lttng-ust-comm.c b/liblttng-ust/lttng-ust-comm.c
index 43728ff..511b9cf 100644
--- a/liblttng-ust/lttng-ust-comm.c
+++ b/liblttng-ust/lttng-ust-comm.c
@@ -535,26 +535,15 @@ int get_constructor_timeout(struct timespec *constructor_timeout)
 }
 
 static
-void get_blocking_retry_timeout(void)
+void get_allow_blocking(void)
 {
-	const char *str_blocking_retry_timeout =
-		lttng_getenv("LTTNG_UST_BLOCKING_RETRY_TIMEOUT");
-
-	if (str_blocking_retry_timeout) {
-		long timeout = strtol(str_blocking_retry_timeout, NULL, 10);
-
-		if (timeout < 0)
-			timeout = -1;
-		if (timeout > INT_MAX) {
-			WARN("Saturating %s value from %ld to %d\n",
-				"LTTNG_UST_BLOCKING_RETRY_TIMEOUT",
-				timeout, INT_MAX);
-			timeout = INT_MAX;
-		}
-		DBG("%s environment variable value is %ld",
-			"LTTNG_UST_BLOCKING_RETRY_TIMEOUT",
-			timeout);
-		lttng_ust_ringbuffer_set_retry_timeout(timeout);
+	const char *str_allow_blocking =
+		lttng_getenv("LTTNG_UST_ALLOW_BLOCKING");
+
+	if (str_allow_blocking) {
+		DBG("%s environment variable is set",
+			"LTTNG_UST_ALLOW_BLOCKING");
+		lttng_ust_ringbuffer_set_allow_blocking();
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1698,7 +1687,7 @@ void __attribute__((constructor)) lttng_ust_init(void)
 
 	timeout_mode = get_constructor_timeout(&constructor_timeout);
 
-	get_blocking_retry_timeout();
+	get_allow_blocking();
 
 	ret = sem_init(&constructor_wait, 0, 0);
 	if (ret) {
diff --git a/libringbuffer/frontend.h b/libringbuffer/frontend.h
index a2f7459..2a9fd09 100644
--- a/libringbuffer/frontend.h
+++ b/libringbuffer/frontend.h
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ struct lttng_ust_shm_handle *channel_create(const struct lttng_ust_lib_ring_buff
 				size_t subbuf_size, size_t num_subbuf,
 				unsigned int switch_timer_interval,
 				unsigned int read_timer_interval,
-				const int *stream_fds, int nr_stream_fds);
+				const int *stream_fds, int nr_stream_fds,
+				int64_t blocking_timeout);
 
 /*
  * channel_destroy finalizes all channel's buffers, waits for readers to
diff --git a/libringbuffer/frontend_types.h b/libringbuffer/frontend_types.h
index bf4b418..629abcb 100644
--- a/libringbuffer/frontend_types.h
+++ b/libringbuffer/frontend_types.h
@@ -70,7 +70,13 @@ struct channel {
 	size_t priv_data_offset;
 	unsigned int nr_streams;		/* Number of streams */
 	struct lttng_ust_shm_handle *handle;
-	char padding[RB_CHANNEL_PADDING];
+	/* Extended options. */
+	union {
+		struct {
+			int32_t blocking_timeout_ms;
+		} s;
+		char padding[RB_CHANNEL_PADDING];
+	} u;
 	/*
 	 * Associated backend contains a variable-length array. Needs to
 	 * be last member.
diff --git a/libringbuffer/rb-init.h b/libringbuffer/rb-init.h
index eba087f..f36d4ec 100644
--- a/libringbuffer/rb-init.h
+++ b/libringbuffer/rb-init.h
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
  */
 
 void lttng_fixup_ringbuffer_tls(void);
-void lttng_ust_ringbuffer_set_retry_timeout(int timeout);
+void lttng_ust_ringbuffer_set_allow_blocking(void);
 
 #endif /* _LTTNG_UST_LIB_RINGBUFFER_RB_INIT_H */
diff --git a/libringbuffer/ring_buffer_frontend.c b/libringbuffer/ring_buffer_frontend.c
index 9ecdc15..6ca57b5 100644
--- a/libringbuffer/ring_buffer_frontend.c
+++ b/libringbuffer/ring_buffer_frontend.c
@@ -151,12 +151,19 @@ static struct timer_signal_data timer_signal = {
 	.lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER,
 };
 
-int lttng_ust_blocking_retry_timeout =
-		CONFIG_LTTNG_UST_DEFAULT_BLOCKING_RETRY_TIMEOUT_MS;
+static bool lttng_ust_allow_blocking;
 
-void lttng_ust_ringbuffer_set_retry_timeout(int timeout)
+void lttng_ust_ringbuffer_set_allow_blocking(void)
 {
-	lttng_ust_blocking_retry_timeout = timeout;
+	lttng_ust_allow_blocking = true;
+}
+
+/* Get blocking timeout, in ms */
+static int lttng_ust_ringbuffer_get_timeout(struct channel *chan)
+{
+	if (!lttng_ust_allow_blocking)
+		return 0;
+	return chan->u.s.blocking_timeout_ms;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -951,7 +958,8 @@ struct lttng_ust_shm_handle *channel_create(const struct lttng_ust_lib_ring_buff
 		   void *buf_addr, size_t subbuf_size,
 		   size_t num_subbuf, unsigned int switch_timer_interval,
 		   unsigned int read_timer_interval,
-		   const int *stream_fds, int nr_stream_fds)
+		   const int *stream_fds, int nr_stream_fds,
+		   int64_t blocking_timeout)
 {
 	int ret;
 	size_t shmsize, chansize;
@@ -959,6 +967,7 @@ struct lttng_ust_shm_handle *channel_create(const struct lttng_ust_lib_ring_buff
 	struct lttng_ust_shm_handle *handle;
 	struct shm_object *shmobj;
 	unsigned int nr_streams;
+	int64_t blocking_timeout_ms;
 
 	if (config->alloc == RING_BUFFER_ALLOC_PER_CPU)
 		nr_streams = num_possible_cpus();
@@ -968,6 +977,19 @@ struct lttng_ust_shm_handle *channel_create(const struct lttng_ust_lib_ring_buff
 	if (nr_stream_fds != nr_streams)
 		return NULL;
 
+	if (blocking_timeout < -1) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	/* usec to msec */
+	if (blocking_timeout == -1) {
+		blocking_timeout_ms = -1;
+	} else {
+		blocking_timeout_ms = blocking_timeout / 1000;
+		if (blocking_timeout_ms != (int32_t) blocking_timeout_ms) {
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (lib_ring_buffer_check_config(config, switch_timer_interval,
 					 read_timer_interval))
 		return NULL;
@@ -1021,6 +1043,8 @@ struct lttng_ust_shm_handle *channel_create(const struct lttng_ust_lib_ring_buff
 			*priv_data = NULL;
 	}
 
+	chan->u.s.blocking_timeout_ms = (int32_t) blocking_timeout_ms;
+
 	ret = channel_backend_init(&chan->backend, name, config,
 				   subbuf_size, num_subbuf, handle,
 				   stream_fds);
@@ -2065,7 +2089,7 @@ int lib_ring_buffer_try_reserve_slow(struct lttng_ust_lib_ring_buffer *buf,
 	const struct lttng_ust_lib_ring_buffer_config *config = &chan->backend.config;
 	struct lttng_ust_shm_handle *handle = ctx->handle;
 	unsigned long reserve_commit_diff, offset_cmp;
-	int timeout_left_ms = lttng_ust_blocking_retry_timeout;
+	int timeout_left_ms = lttng_ust_ringbuffer_get_timeout(chan);
 
 retry:
 	offsets->begin = offset_cmp = v_read(config, &buf->offset);
-- 
2.1.4



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