* [PATCH 1/4] x86: Move msr accesses out of line
@ 2014-10-10 21:47 Andi Kleen
2014-10-10 21:47 ` [PATCH 2/4] x86: Add trace point for MSR accesses Andi Kleen
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From: Andi Kleen @ 2014-10-10 21:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel; +Cc: x86, rostedt, Andi Kleen
From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
To add trace points to msr accesses we need to include
linux/tracepoint.h. Unfortunately this causes hellish include loops
when done in asm/msr.h, which is included all over. I tried to fix
several of them, but eventually gave up.
This patch moves the MSR functions out of line. A MSR access is typically
40-100 cycles or even slower, a call is a few cycles at best, so the
additional function call is not really significant.
Kernel text size is neutral:
11852945 1671656 1822720 15347321 ea2e79 vmlinux-no-msr
11852969 1671656 1822720 15347345 ea2e91 vmlinux-msr
Another advantage is that we can now use the function_graph tracer
to see how expensive MSR accesses are.
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h | 51 ++++-----------------------------------------
arch/x86/lib/msr.c | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
index de36f22..99d6864 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
@@ -57,53 +57,10 @@ static inline unsigned long long native_read_tscp(unsigned int *aux)
#define EAX_EDX_RET(val, low, high) "=A" (val)
#endif
-static inline unsigned long long native_read_msr(unsigned int msr)
-{
- DECLARE_ARGS(val, low, high);
-
- asm volatile("rdmsr" : EAX_EDX_RET(val, low, high) : "c" (msr));
- return EAX_EDX_VAL(val, low, high);
-}
-
-static inline unsigned long long native_read_msr_safe(unsigned int msr,
- int *err)
-{
- DECLARE_ARGS(val, low, high);
-
- asm volatile("2: rdmsr ; xor %[err],%[err]\n"
- "1:\n\t"
- ".section .fixup,\"ax\"\n\t"
- "3: mov %[fault],%[err] ; jmp 1b\n\t"
- ".previous\n\t"
- _ASM_EXTABLE(2b, 3b)
- : [err] "=r" (*err), EAX_EDX_RET(val, low, high)
- : "c" (msr), [fault] "i" (-EIO));
- return EAX_EDX_VAL(val, low, high);
-}
-
-static inline void native_write_msr(unsigned int msr,
- unsigned low, unsigned high)
-{
- asm volatile("wrmsr" : : "c" (msr), "a"(low), "d" (high) : "memory");
-}
-
-/* Can be uninlined because referenced by paravirt */
-notrace static inline int native_write_msr_safe(unsigned int msr,
- unsigned low, unsigned high)
-{
- int err;
- asm volatile("2: wrmsr ; xor %[err],%[err]\n"
- "1:\n\t"
- ".section .fixup,\"ax\"\n\t"
- "3: mov %[fault],%[err] ; jmp 1b\n\t"
- ".previous\n\t"
- _ASM_EXTABLE(2b, 3b)
- : [err] "=a" (err)
- : "c" (msr), "0" (low), "d" (high),
- [fault] "i" (-EIO)
- : "memory");
- return err;
-}
+extern unsigned long long native_read_msr(unsigned int msr);
+extern unsigned long long native_read_msr_safe(unsigned int msr, int *err);
+extern int native_write_msr_safe(unsigned int msr, unsigned low, unsigned high);
+extern void native_write_msr(unsigned int msr, unsigned low, unsigned high);
extern unsigned long long native_read_tsc(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/msr.c b/arch/x86/lib/msr.c
index 4362373..dc857b8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/msr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/msr.c
@@ -108,3 +108,55 @@ int msr_clear_bit(u32 msr, u8 bit)
{
return __flip_bit(msr, bit, false);
}
+
+inline unsigned long long native_read_msr(unsigned int msr)
+{
+ DECLARE_ARGS(val, low, high);
+
+ asm volatile("rdmsr" : EAX_EDX_RET(val, low, high) : "c" (msr));
+ return EAX_EDX_VAL(val, low, high);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(native_read_msr);
+
+inline unsigned long long native_read_msr_safe(unsigned int msr,
+ int *err)
+{
+ DECLARE_ARGS(val, low, high);
+
+ asm volatile("2: rdmsr ; xor %[err],%[err]\n"
+ "1:\n\t"
+ ".section .fixup,\"ax\"\n\t"
+ "3: mov %[fault],%[err] ; jmp 1b\n\t"
+ ".previous\n\t"
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(2b, 3b)
+ : [err] "=r" (*err), EAX_EDX_RET(val, low, high)
+ : "c" (msr), [fault] "i" (-EIO));
+ return EAX_EDX_VAL(val, low, high);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(native_read_msr_safe);
+
+inline void native_write_msr(unsigned int msr,
+ unsigned low, unsigned high)
+{
+ asm volatile("wrmsr" : : "c" (msr), "a"(low), "d" (high) : "memory");
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(native_write_msr);
+
+/* Can be uninlined because referenced by paravirt */
+notrace inline int native_write_msr_safe(unsigned int msr,
+ unsigned low, unsigned high)
+{
+ int err;
+ asm volatile("2: wrmsr ; xor %[err],%[err]\n"
+ "1:\n\t"
+ ".section .fixup,\"ax\"\n\t"
+ "3: mov %[fault],%[err] ; jmp 1b\n\t"
+ ".previous\n\t"
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(2b, 3b)
+ : [err] "=a" (err)
+ : "c" (msr), "0" (low), "d" (high),
+ [fault] "i" (-EIO)
+ : "memory");
+ return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(native_write_msr_safe);
--
1.9.3
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* [PATCH 2/4] x86: Add trace point for MSR accesses
2014-10-10 21:47 [PATCH 1/4] x86: Move msr accesses out of line Andi Kleen
@ 2014-10-10 21:47 ` Andi Kleen
2014-10-10 21:47 ` [PATCH 3/4] perf, x86: Remove old MSR tracing code Andi Kleen
2014-10-10 21:47 ` [PATCH 4/4] Add trace decoding script to add MSR names to MSR trace Andi Kleen
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From: Andi Kleen @ 2014-10-10 21:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel; +Cc: x86, rostedt, Andi Kleen
From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
For debugging low level code interacting with the CPU
it is often useful to trace the MSR read/writes. This gives
a concise summary of PMU and other operations.
perf has an ad-hoc way to do this using trace_printk,
but it's somewhat limited (and also now spews ugly
messages when enabled)
Instead define real trace points for all MSR accesses.
This adds two new trace point: read_msr and write_msr.
They also report if the access faulted (if *_safe is used)
This allows filtering and triggering on specific
MSR values, which allows various more advanced
debugging techniques.
All the values are well defined in the CPU documentation.
I only added it to native MSR accesses in C, not paravirtualized
or in entry*.S (which is not too interesting)
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
---
arch/x86/lib/msr.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
include/trace/events/msr.h | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 include/trace/events/msr.h
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/msr.c b/arch/x86/lib/msr.c
index dc857b8..eb49761 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/msr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/msr.c
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/preempt.h>
#include <asm/msr.h>
+#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
+#include <trace/events/msr.h>
struct msr *msrs_alloc(void)
{
@@ -111,16 +113,20 @@ int msr_clear_bit(u32 msr, u8 bit)
inline unsigned long long native_read_msr(unsigned int msr)
{
+ unsigned long long lval;
DECLARE_ARGS(val, low, high);
asm volatile("rdmsr" : EAX_EDX_RET(val, low, high) : "c" (msr));
- return EAX_EDX_VAL(val, low, high);
+ lval = EAX_EDX_VAL(val, low, high);
+ trace_read_msr(msr, lval, 0);
+ return lval;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(native_read_msr);
inline unsigned long long native_read_msr_safe(unsigned int msr,
int *err)
{
+ unsigned long long lval;
DECLARE_ARGS(val, low, high);
asm volatile("2: rdmsr ; xor %[err],%[err]\n"
@@ -131,7 +137,9 @@ inline unsigned long long native_read_msr_safe(unsigned int msr,
_ASM_EXTABLE(2b, 3b)
: [err] "=r" (*err), EAX_EDX_RET(val, low, high)
: "c" (msr), [fault] "i" (-EIO));
- return EAX_EDX_VAL(val, low, high);
+ lval = EAX_EDX_VAL(val, low, high);
+ trace_read_msr(msr, lval, *err);
+ return lval;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(native_read_msr_safe);
@@ -139,6 +147,7 @@ inline void native_write_msr(unsigned int msr,
unsigned low, unsigned high)
{
asm volatile("wrmsr" : : "c" (msr), "a"(low), "d" (high) : "memory");
+ trace_write_msr(msr, ((u64)high << 32 | low), 0);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(native_write_msr);
@@ -157,6 +166,7 @@ notrace inline int native_write_msr_safe(unsigned int msr,
: "c" (msr), "0" (low), "d" (high),
[fault] "i" (-EIO)
: "memory");
+ trace_write_msr(msr, ((u64)high << 32 | low), err);
return err;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(native_write_msr_safe);
diff --git a/include/trace/events/msr.h b/include/trace/events/msr.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1677e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/trace/events/msr.h
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#undef TRACE_SYSTEM
+#define TRACE_SYSTEM msr
+
+#if !defined(_TRACE_MSR_H) || defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ)
+#define _TRACE_MSR_H
+
+#include <linux/tracepoint.h>
+
+/*
+ * Tracing for x86 model specific registers. Directly maps to the
+ * RDMSR/WRMSR instructions.
+ */
+
+DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(msr_trace_class,
+ TP_PROTO(unsigned msr, u64 val, int failed),
+ TP_ARGS(msr, val, failed),
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field( unsigned, msr )
+ __field( u64, val )
+ __field( int, failed )
+ ),
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->msr = msr;
+ __entry->val = val;
+ __entry->failed = failed;
+ ),
+ TP_printk("%x, value %llx%s",
+ __entry->msr,
+ __entry->val,
+ __entry->failed ? " #GP" : "")
+);
+
+DEFINE_EVENT(msr_trace_class, read_msr,
+ TP_PROTO(unsigned msr, u64 val, int failed),
+ TP_ARGS(msr, val, failed)
+);
+
+DEFINE_EVENT(msr_trace_class, write_msr,
+ TP_PROTO(unsigned msr, u64 val, int failed),
+ TP_ARGS(msr, val, failed)
+);
+
+#endif /* _TRACE_MSR_H */
+
+/* This part must be outside protection */
+#include <trace/define_trace.h>
--
1.9.3
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* [PATCH 3/4] perf, x86: Remove old MSR tracing code
2014-10-10 21:47 [PATCH 1/4] x86: Move msr accesses out of line Andi Kleen
2014-10-10 21:47 ` [PATCH 2/4] x86: Add trace point for MSR accesses Andi Kleen
@ 2014-10-10 21:47 ` Andi Kleen
2014-10-10 21:47 ` [PATCH 4/4] Add trace decoding script to add MSR names to MSR trace Andi Kleen
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Andi Kleen @ 2014-10-10 21:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel; +Cc: x86, rostedt, Andi Kleen
From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Now that we have generic MSR trace points we can remove the old
perf MSR trace code.
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h | 12 +-----------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
index 8ade931..8e6cb95 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
@@ -14,17 +14,7 @@
#include <linux/perf_event.h>
-#if 0
-#undef wrmsrl
-#define wrmsrl(msr, val) \
-do { \
- unsigned int _msr = (msr); \
- u64 _val = (val); \
- trace_printk("wrmsrl(%x, %Lx)\n", (unsigned int)(_msr), \
- (unsigned long long)(_val)); \
- native_write_msr((_msr), (u32)(_val), (u32)(_val >> 32)); \
-} while (0)
-#endif
+/* To enable MSR tracing please use the generic trace points. */
/*
* | NHM/WSM | SNB |
--
1.9.3
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* [PATCH 4/4] Add trace decoding script to add MSR names to MSR trace
2014-10-10 21:47 [PATCH 1/4] x86: Move msr accesses out of line Andi Kleen
2014-10-10 21:47 ` [PATCH 2/4] x86: Add trace point for MSR accesses Andi Kleen
2014-10-10 21:47 ` [PATCH 3/4] perf, x86: Remove old MSR tracing code Andi Kleen
@ 2014-10-10 21:47 ` Andi Kleen
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Andi Kleen @ 2014-10-10 21:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel; +Cc: x86, rostedt, Andi Kleen
From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Add the MSR names from msr-index.h to a trace including read/write_msr
events. This makes the output much easier to read.
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
---
Documentation/trace/postprocess/decode_msr.py | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
create mode 100755 Documentation/trace/postprocess/decode_msr.py
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/postprocess/decode_msr.py b/Documentation/trace/postprocess/decode_msr.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e3aa832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/trace/postprocess/decode_msr.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# add symbolic names to read_msr / write_msr events in trace
+# decode_msr $kernel/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/msr-index.h < trace
+
+import sys
+import re
+
+msrs = dict()
+
+with open(sys.argv[1], "r") as f:
+ for j in f:
+ m = re.match(r'#define (MSR_\w+)\s+(0x[0-9a-fA-F]+)', j)
+ if m:
+ msrs[int(m.group(2), 16)] = m.group(1)
+
+for j in sys.stdin:
+ m = re.search(r'(read|write)_msr: ([0-9a-f]+)', j)
+ if m and int(m.group(2), 16) in msrs:
+ j = j.replace(" " + m.group(2), " " + msrs[int(m.group(2), 16)])
+ print j,
+
+
--
1.9.3
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