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1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2 /*
3  * trace_hwlatdetect.c - A simple Hardware Latency detector.
4  *
5  * Use this tracer to detect large system latencies induced by the behavior of
6  * certain underlying system hardware or firmware, independent of Linux itself.
7  * The code was developed originally to detect the presence of SMIs on Intel
8  * and AMD systems, although there is no dependency upon x86 herein.
9  *
10  * The classical example usage of this tracer is in detecting the presence of
11  * SMIs or System Management Interrupts on Intel and AMD systems. An SMI is a
12  * somewhat special form of hardware interrupt spawned from earlier CPU debug
13  * modes in which the (BIOS/EFI/etc.) firmware arranges for the South Bridge
14  * LPC (or other device) to generate a special interrupt under certain
15  * circumstances, for example, upon expiration of a special SMI timer device,
16  * due to certain external thermal readings, on certain I/O address accesses,
17  * and other situations. An SMI hits a special CPU pin, triggers a special
18  * SMI mode (complete with special memory map), and the OS is unaware.
19  *
20  * Although certain hardware-inducing latencies are necessary (for example,
21  * a modern system often requires an SMI handler for correct thermal control
22  * and remote management) they can wreak havoc upon any OS-level performance
23  * guarantees toward low-latency, especially when the OS is not even made
24  * aware of the presence of these interrupts. For this reason, we need a
25  * somewhat brute force mechanism to detect these interrupts. In this case,
26  * we do it by hogging all of the CPU(s) for configurable timer intervals,
27  * sampling the built-in CPU timer, looking for discontiguous readings.
28  *
29  * WARNING: This implementation necessarily introduces latencies. Therefore,
30  *          you should NEVER use this tracer while running in a production
31  *          environment requiring any kind of low-latency performance
32  *          guarantee(s).
33  *
34  * Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Jon Masters, Red Hat, Inc. <jcm@redhat.com>
35  * Copyright (C) 2013-2016 Steven Rostedt, Red Hat, Inc. <srostedt@redhat.com>
36  *
37  * Includes useful feedback from Clark Williams <clark@redhat.com>
38  *
39  */
40 #include <linux/kthread.h>
41 #include <linux/tracefs.h>
42 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
43 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
44 #include <linux/delay.h>
45 #include <linux/sched/clock.h>
46 #include "trace.h"
47 
48 static struct trace_array	*hwlat_trace;
49 
50 #define U64STR_SIZE		22			/* 20 digits max */
51 
52 #define BANNER			"hwlat_detector: "
53 #define DEFAULT_SAMPLE_WINDOW	1000000			/* 1s */
54 #define DEFAULT_SAMPLE_WIDTH	500000			/* 0.5s */
55 #define DEFAULT_LAT_THRESHOLD	10			/* 10us */
56 
57 /* sampling thread*/
58 static struct task_struct *hwlat_kthread;
59 
60 static struct dentry *hwlat_sample_width;	/* sample width us */
61 static struct dentry *hwlat_sample_window;	/* sample window us */
62 
63 /* Save the previous tracing_thresh value */
64 static unsigned long save_tracing_thresh;
65 
66 /* NMI timestamp counters */
67 static u64 nmi_ts_start;
68 static u64 nmi_total_ts;
69 static int nmi_count;
70 static int nmi_cpu;
71 
72 /* Tells NMIs to call back to the hwlat tracer to record timestamps */
73 bool trace_hwlat_callback_enabled;
74 
75 /* If the user changed threshold, remember it */
76 static u64 last_tracing_thresh = DEFAULT_LAT_THRESHOLD * NSEC_PER_USEC;
77 
78 /* Individual latency samples are stored here when detected. */
79 struct hwlat_sample {
80 	u64			seqnum;		/* unique sequence */
81 	u64			duration;	/* delta */
82 	u64			outer_duration;	/* delta (outer loop) */
83 	u64			nmi_total_ts;	/* Total time spent in NMIs */
84 	struct timespec64	timestamp;	/* wall time */
85 	int			nmi_count;	/* # NMIs during this sample */
86 };
87 
88 /* keep the global state somewhere. */
89 static struct hwlat_data {
90 
91 	struct mutex lock;		/* protect changes */
92 
93 	u64	count;			/* total since reset */
94 
95 	u64	sample_window;		/* total sampling window (on+off) */
96 	u64	sample_width;		/* active sampling portion of window */
97 
98 } hwlat_data = {
99 	.sample_window		= DEFAULT_SAMPLE_WINDOW,
100 	.sample_width		= DEFAULT_SAMPLE_WIDTH,
101 };
102 
103 static void trace_hwlat_sample(struct hwlat_sample *sample)
104 {
105 	struct trace_array *tr = hwlat_trace;
106 	struct trace_event_call *call = &event_hwlat;
107 	struct ring_buffer *buffer = tr->trace_buffer.buffer;
108 	struct ring_buffer_event *event;
109 	struct hwlat_entry *entry;
110 	unsigned long flags;
111 	int pc;
112 
113 	pc = preempt_count();
114 	local_save_flags(flags);
115 
116 	event = trace_buffer_lock_reserve(buffer, TRACE_HWLAT, sizeof(*entry),
117 					  flags, pc);
118 	if (!event)
119 		return;
120 	entry	= ring_buffer_event_data(event);
121 	entry->seqnum			= sample->seqnum;
122 	entry->duration			= sample->duration;
123 	entry->outer_duration		= sample->outer_duration;
124 	entry->timestamp		= sample->timestamp;
125 	entry->nmi_total_ts		= sample->nmi_total_ts;
126 	entry->nmi_count		= sample->nmi_count;
127 
128 	if (!call_filter_check_discard(call, entry, buffer, event))
129 		trace_buffer_unlock_commit_nostack(buffer, event);
130 }
131 
132 /* Macros to encapsulate the time capturing infrastructure */
133 #define time_type	u64
134 #define time_get()	trace_clock_local()
135 #define time_to_us(x)	div_u64(x, 1000)
136 #define time_sub(a, b)	((a) - (b))
137 #define init_time(a, b)	(a = b)
138 #define time_u64(a)	a
139 
140 void trace_hwlat_callback(bool enter)
141 {
142 	if (smp_processor_id() != nmi_cpu)
143 		return;
144 
145 	/*
146 	 * Currently trace_clock_local() calls sched_clock() and the
147 	 * generic version is not NMI safe.
148 	 */
149 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_GENERIC_SCHED_CLOCK)) {
150 		if (enter)
151 			nmi_ts_start = time_get();
152 		else
153 			nmi_total_ts = time_get() - nmi_ts_start;
154 	}
155 
156 	if (enter)
157 		nmi_count++;
158 }
159 
160 /**
161  * get_sample - sample the CPU TSC and look for likely hardware latencies
162  *
163  * Used to repeatedly capture the CPU TSC (or similar), looking for potential
164  * hardware-induced latency. Called with interrupts disabled and with
165  * hwlat_data.lock held.
166  */
167 static int get_sample(void)
168 {
169 	struct trace_array *tr = hwlat_trace;
170 	time_type start, t1, t2, last_t2;
171 	s64 diff, total, last_total = 0;
172 	u64 sample = 0;
173 	u64 thresh = tracing_thresh;
174 	u64 outer_sample = 0;
175 	int ret = -1;
176 
177 	do_div(thresh, NSEC_PER_USEC); /* modifies interval value */
178 
179 	nmi_cpu = smp_processor_id();
180 	nmi_total_ts = 0;
181 	nmi_count = 0;
182 	/* Make sure NMIs see this first */
183 	barrier();
184 
185 	trace_hwlat_callback_enabled = true;
186 
187 	init_time(last_t2, 0);
188 	start = time_get(); /* start timestamp */
189 
190 	do {
191 
192 		t1 = time_get();	/* we'll look for a discontinuity */
193 		t2 = time_get();
194 
195 		if (time_u64(last_t2)) {
196 			/* Check the delta from outer loop (t2 to next t1) */
197 			diff = time_to_us(time_sub(t1, last_t2));
198 			/* This shouldn't happen */
199 			if (diff < 0) {
200 				pr_err(BANNER "time running backwards\n");
201 				goto out;
202 			}
203 			if (diff > outer_sample)
204 				outer_sample = diff;
205 		}
206 		last_t2 = t2;
207 
208 		total = time_to_us(time_sub(t2, start)); /* sample width */
209 
210 		/* Check for possible overflows */
211 		if (total < last_total) {
212 			pr_err("Time total overflowed\n");
213 			break;
214 		}
215 		last_total = total;
216 
217 		/* This checks the inner loop (t1 to t2) */
218 		diff = time_to_us(time_sub(t2, t1));     /* current diff */
219 
220 		/* This shouldn't happen */
221 		if (diff < 0) {
222 			pr_err(BANNER "time running backwards\n");
223 			goto out;
224 		}
225 
226 		if (diff > sample)
227 			sample = diff; /* only want highest value */
228 
229 	} while (total <= hwlat_data.sample_width);
230 
231 	barrier(); /* finish the above in the view for NMIs */
232 	trace_hwlat_callback_enabled = false;
233 	barrier(); /* Make sure nmi_total_ts is no longer updated */
234 
235 	ret = 0;
236 
237 	/* If we exceed the threshold value, we have found a hardware latency */
238 	if (sample > thresh || outer_sample > thresh) {
239 		struct hwlat_sample s;
240 
241 		ret = 1;
242 
243 		/* We read in microseconds */
244 		if (nmi_total_ts)
245 			do_div(nmi_total_ts, NSEC_PER_USEC);
246 
247 		hwlat_data.count++;
248 		s.seqnum = hwlat_data.count;
249 		s.duration = sample;
250 		s.outer_duration = outer_sample;
251 		ktime_get_real_ts64(&s.timestamp);
252 		s.nmi_total_ts = nmi_total_ts;
253 		s.nmi_count = nmi_count;
254 		trace_hwlat_sample(&s);
255 
256 		/* Keep a running maximum ever recorded hardware latency */
257 		if (sample > tr->max_latency)
258 			tr->max_latency = sample;
259 	}
260 
261 out:
262 	return ret;
263 }
264 
265 static struct cpumask save_cpumask;
266 static bool disable_migrate;
267 
268 static void move_to_next_cpu(void)
269 {
270 	struct cpumask *current_mask = &save_cpumask;
271 	int next_cpu;
272 
273 	if (disable_migrate)
274 		return;
275 	/*
276 	 * If for some reason the user modifies the CPU affinity
277 	 * of this thread, than stop migrating for the duration
278 	 * of the current test.
279 	 */
280 	if (!cpumask_equal(current_mask, current->cpus_ptr))
281 		goto disable;
282 
283 	get_online_cpus();
284 	cpumask_and(current_mask, cpu_online_mask, tracing_buffer_mask);
285 	next_cpu = cpumask_next(smp_processor_id(), current_mask);
286 	put_online_cpus();
287 
288 	if (next_cpu >= nr_cpu_ids)
289 		next_cpu = cpumask_first(current_mask);
290 
291 	if (next_cpu >= nr_cpu_ids) /* Shouldn't happen! */
292 		goto disable;
293 
294 	cpumask_clear(current_mask);
295 	cpumask_set_cpu(next_cpu, current_mask);
296 
297 	sched_setaffinity(0, current_mask);
298 	return;
299 
300  disable:
301 	disable_migrate = true;
302 }
303 
304 /*
305  * kthread_fn - The CPU time sampling/hardware latency detection kernel thread
306  *
307  * Used to periodically sample the CPU TSC via a call to get_sample. We
308  * disable interrupts, which does (intentionally) introduce latency since we
309  * need to ensure nothing else might be running (and thus preempting).
310  * Obviously this should never be used in production environments.
311  *
312  * Executes one loop interaction on each CPU in tracing_cpumask sysfs file.
313  */
314 static int kthread_fn(void *data)
315 {
316 	u64 interval;
317 
318 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
319 
320 		move_to_next_cpu();
321 
322 		local_irq_disable();
323 		get_sample();
324 		local_irq_enable();
325 
326 		mutex_lock(&hwlat_data.lock);
327 		interval = hwlat_data.sample_window - hwlat_data.sample_width;
328 		mutex_unlock(&hwlat_data.lock);
329 
330 		do_div(interval, USEC_PER_MSEC); /* modifies interval value */
331 
332 		/* Always sleep for at least 1ms */
333 		if (interval < 1)
334 			interval = 1;
335 
336 		if (msleep_interruptible(interval))
337 			break;
338 	}
339 
340 	return 0;
341 }
342 
343 /**
344  * start_kthread - Kick off the hardware latency sampling/detector kthread
345  *
346  * This starts the kernel thread that will sit and sample the CPU timestamp
347  * counter (TSC or similar) and look for potential hardware latencies.
348  */
349 static int start_kthread(struct trace_array *tr)
350 {
351 	struct cpumask *current_mask = &save_cpumask;
352 	struct task_struct *kthread;
353 	int next_cpu;
354 
355 	if (WARN_ON(hwlat_kthread))
356 		return 0;
357 
358 	/* Just pick the first CPU on first iteration */
359 	current_mask = &save_cpumask;
360 	get_online_cpus();
361 	cpumask_and(current_mask, cpu_online_mask, tracing_buffer_mask);
362 	put_online_cpus();
363 	next_cpu = cpumask_first(current_mask);
364 
365 	kthread = kthread_create(kthread_fn, NULL, "hwlatd");
366 	if (IS_ERR(kthread)) {
367 		pr_err(BANNER "could not start sampling thread\n");
368 		return -ENOMEM;
369 	}
370 
371 	cpumask_clear(current_mask);
372 	cpumask_set_cpu(next_cpu, current_mask);
373 	sched_setaffinity(kthread->pid, current_mask);
374 
375 	hwlat_kthread = kthread;
376 	wake_up_process(kthread);
377 
378 	return 0;
379 }
380 
381 /**
382  * stop_kthread - Inform the hardware latency samping/detector kthread to stop
383  *
384  * This kicks the running hardware latency sampling/detector kernel thread and
385  * tells it to stop sampling now. Use this on unload and at system shutdown.
386  */
387 static void stop_kthread(void)
388 {
389 	if (!hwlat_kthread)
390 		return;
391 	kthread_stop(hwlat_kthread);
392 	hwlat_kthread = NULL;
393 }
394 
395 /*
396  * hwlat_read - Wrapper read function for reading both window and width
397  * @filp: The active open file structure
398  * @ubuf: The userspace provided buffer to read value into
399  * @cnt: The maximum number of bytes to read
400  * @ppos: The current "file" position
401  *
402  * This function provides a generic read implementation for the global state
403  * "hwlat_data" structure filesystem entries.
404  */
405 static ssize_t hwlat_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
406 			  size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
407 {
408 	char buf[U64STR_SIZE];
409 	u64 *entry = filp->private_data;
410 	u64 val;
411 	int len;
412 
413 	if (!entry)
414 		return -EFAULT;
415 
416 	if (cnt > sizeof(buf))
417 		cnt = sizeof(buf);
418 
419 	val = *entry;
420 
421 	len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%llu\n", val);
422 
423 	return simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos, buf, len);
424 }
425 
426 /**
427  * hwlat_width_write - Write function for "width" entry
428  * @filp: The active open file structure
429  * @ubuf: The user buffer that contains the value to write
430  * @cnt: The maximum number of bytes to write to "file"
431  * @ppos: The current position in @file
432  *
433  * This function provides a write implementation for the "width" interface
434  * to the hardware latency detector. It can be used to configure
435  * for how many us of the total window us we will actively sample for any
436  * hardware-induced latency periods. Obviously, it is not possible to
437  * sample constantly and have the system respond to a sample reader, or,
438  * worse, without having the system appear to have gone out to lunch. It
439  * is enforced that width is less that the total window size.
440  */
441 static ssize_t
442 hwlat_width_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
443 		  size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
444 {
445 	u64 val;
446 	int err;
447 
448 	err = kstrtoull_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &val);
449 	if (err)
450 		return err;
451 
452 	mutex_lock(&hwlat_data.lock);
453 	if (val < hwlat_data.sample_window)
454 		hwlat_data.sample_width = val;
455 	else
456 		err = -EINVAL;
457 	mutex_unlock(&hwlat_data.lock);
458 
459 	if (err)
460 		return err;
461 
462 	return cnt;
463 }
464 
465 /**
466  * hwlat_window_write - Write function for "window" entry
467  * @filp: The active open file structure
468  * @ubuf: The user buffer that contains the value to write
469  * @cnt: The maximum number of bytes to write to "file"
470  * @ppos: The current position in @file
471  *
472  * This function provides a write implementation for the "window" interface
473  * to the hardware latency detetector. The window is the total time
474  * in us that will be considered one sample period. Conceptually, windows
475  * occur back-to-back and contain a sample width period during which
476  * actual sampling occurs. Can be used to write a new total window size. It
477  * is enfoced that any value written must be greater than the sample width
478  * size, or an error results.
479  */
480 static ssize_t
481 hwlat_window_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
482 		   size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
483 {
484 	u64 val;
485 	int err;
486 
487 	err = kstrtoull_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &val);
488 	if (err)
489 		return err;
490 
491 	mutex_lock(&hwlat_data.lock);
492 	if (hwlat_data.sample_width < val)
493 		hwlat_data.sample_window = val;
494 	else
495 		err = -EINVAL;
496 	mutex_unlock(&hwlat_data.lock);
497 
498 	if (err)
499 		return err;
500 
501 	return cnt;
502 }
503 
504 static const struct file_operations width_fops = {
505 	.open		= tracing_open_generic,
506 	.read		= hwlat_read,
507 	.write		= hwlat_width_write,
508 };
509 
510 static const struct file_operations window_fops = {
511 	.open		= tracing_open_generic,
512 	.read		= hwlat_read,
513 	.write		= hwlat_window_write,
514 };
515 
516 /**
517  * init_tracefs - A function to initialize the tracefs interface files
518  *
519  * This function creates entries in tracefs for "hwlat_detector".
520  * It creates the hwlat_detector directory in the tracing directory,
521  * and within that directory is the count, width and window files to
522  * change and view those values.
523  */
524 static int init_tracefs(void)
525 {
526 	struct dentry *d_tracer;
527 	struct dentry *top_dir;
528 
529 	d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
530 	if (IS_ERR(d_tracer))
531 		return -ENOMEM;
532 
533 	top_dir = tracefs_create_dir("hwlat_detector", d_tracer);
534 	if (!top_dir)
535 		return -ENOMEM;
536 
537 	hwlat_sample_window = tracefs_create_file("window", 0640,
538 						  top_dir,
539 						  &hwlat_data.sample_window,
540 						  &window_fops);
541 	if (!hwlat_sample_window)
542 		goto err;
543 
544 	hwlat_sample_width = tracefs_create_file("width", 0644,
545 						 top_dir,
546 						 &hwlat_data.sample_width,
547 						 &width_fops);
548 	if (!hwlat_sample_width)
549 		goto err;
550 
551 	return 0;
552 
553  err:
554 	tracefs_remove_recursive(top_dir);
555 	return -ENOMEM;
556 }
557 
558 static void hwlat_tracer_start(struct trace_array *tr)
559 {
560 	int err;
561 
562 	err = start_kthread(tr);
563 	if (err)
564 		pr_err(BANNER "Cannot start hwlat kthread\n");
565 }
566 
567 static void hwlat_tracer_stop(struct trace_array *tr)
568 {
569 	stop_kthread();
570 }
571 
572 static bool hwlat_busy;
573 
574 static int hwlat_tracer_init(struct trace_array *tr)
575 {
576 	/* Only allow one instance to enable this */
577 	if (hwlat_busy)
578 		return -EBUSY;
579 
580 	hwlat_trace = tr;
581 
582 	disable_migrate = false;
583 	hwlat_data.count = 0;
584 	tr->max_latency = 0;
585 	save_tracing_thresh = tracing_thresh;
586 
587 	/* tracing_thresh is in nsecs, we speak in usecs */
588 	if (!tracing_thresh)
589 		tracing_thresh = last_tracing_thresh;
590 
591 	if (tracer_tracing_is_on(tr))
592 		hwlat_tracer_start(tr);
593 
594 	hwlat_busy = true;
595 
596 	return 0;
597 }
598 
599 static void hwlat_tracer_reset(struct trace_array *tr)
600 {
601 	stop_kthread();
602 
603 	/* the tracing threshold is static between runs */
604 	last_tracing_thresh = tracing_thresh;
605 
606 	tracing_thresh = save_tracing_thresh;
607 	hwlat_busy = false;
608 }
609 
610 static struct tracer hwlat_tracer __read_mostly =
611 {
612 	.name		= "hwlat",
613 	.init		= hwlat_tracer_init,
614 	.reset		= hwlat_tracer_reset,
615 	.start		= hwlat_tracer_start,
616 	.stop		= hwlat_tracer_stop,
617 	.allow_instances = true,
618 };
619 
620 __init static int init_hwlat_tracer(void)
621 {
622 	int ret;
623 
624 	mutex_init(&hwlat_data.lock);
625 
626 	ret = register_tracer(&hwlat_tracer);
627 	if (ret)
628 		return ret;
629 
630 	init_tracefs();
631 
632 	return 0;
633 }
634 late_initcall(init_hwlat_tracer);
635