From: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
To: tj@kernel.org
Cc: jianshanlai@mail.com, rostedt@goodmis.org, mhiramat@kernel.org,
osandov@osandov.com, atomlin@atomlin.com, neelx@suse.com,
sean@ashe.io, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] workqueue: Add workqueue_bh_budget_yield tracepoint
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 19:05:17 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260829230517.42468-4-atomlin@atomlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260829230517.42468-1-atomlin@atomlin.com>
Bottom-Half (BH) workqueues execute work items in softirq context.
To prevent softirqs from starving user and kernel threads, bh_worker()
enforces execution limits (i.e., BH_WORKER_JIFFIES and BH_WORKER_RESTARTS).
When keep_working() is still true but either the time slice or restart
count is exhausted, bh_worker() yields execution and re-raises the
softirq via kick_bh_pool().
Currently, there is no observability into when a BH worker hits these
limits and is forced to yield.
Add the workqueue_bh_budget_yield tracepoint, emitted when bh_worker()
exits the processing loop with pending work items remaining. It records,
the worker pool ID, executing CPU, number of loop restarts consumed, a
boolean flag indicating whether the yield was due to a time slice
timeout, and a boolean flag indicating whether this is a high-priority
BH pool.
Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
---
include/trace/events/workqueue.h | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/workqueue.c | 13 +++++++++++
2 files changed, 52 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/trace/events/workqueue.h b/include/trace/events/workqueue.h
index 013cfa472f6d..ad1d0ff1a96d 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/workqueue.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/workqueue.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
struct pool_workqueue;
+struct worker_pool;
/**
* workqueue_queue_work - called when a work gets queued
@@ -233,6 +234,44 @@ TRACE_EVENT(workqueue_rescued,
__entry->cpu)
);
+/**
+ * workqueue_bh_budget_yield - called when a BH worker yields due to budget exhaustion
+ * @pool: pointer to struct worker_pool
+ * @restarts: number of restarts executed
+ * @timeout: whether execution hit the time limit (BH_WORKER_JIFFIES)
+ * @highpri: whether this is a high-priority BH pool
+ *
+ * This event occurs when a bottom-half (BH) worker pool running in softirq
+ * context exhausts its execution time slice or restart limit and must yield
+ * execution.
+ */
+TRACE_EVENT(workqueue_bh_budget_yield,
+
+ TP_PROTO(struct worker_pool *pool, int restarts, bool timeout, bool highpri),
+
+ TP_ARGS(pool, restarts, timeout, highpri),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field( int, pool_id )
+ __field( int, cpu )
+ __field( int, restarts )
+ __field( bool, timeout )
+ __field( bool, highpri )
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->pool_id = pool->id;
+ __entry->cpu = pool->cpu;
+ __entry->restarts = restarts;
+ __entry->timeout = timeout;
+ __entry->highpri = highpri;
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("pool_id=%d cpu=%d restarts=%d timeout=%d highpri=%d",
+ __entry->pool_id, __entry->cpu, __entry->restarts,
+ __entry->timeout, __entry->highpri)
+);
+
#endif /* _TRACE_WORKQUEUE_H */
/* This part must be outside protection */
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 6f6fe2068389..1c25df68f7ae 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -3756,6 +3756,9 @@ static void bh_worker(struct worker *worker)
struct worker_pool *pool = worker->pool;
int nr_restarts = BH_WORKER_RESTARTS;
unsigned long end = jiffies + BH_WORKER_JIFFIES;
+ bool budget_exhausted = false;
+ bool timeout = false;
+ int executed_restarts = 0;
worker_lock_callback(pool);
raw_spin_lock_irq(&pool->lock);
@@ -3781,12 +3784,22 @@ static void bh_worker(struct worker *worker)
} while (keep_working(pool) &&
--nr_restarts && time_before(jiffies, end));
+ if (keep_working(pool)) {
+ budget_exhausted = true;
+ timeout = !time_before(jiffies, end);
+ executed_restarts = BH_WORKER_RESTARTS - nr_restarts;
+ }
+
worker_set_flags(worker, WORKER_PREP);
done:
worker_enter_idle(worker);
kick_pool(pool);
raw_spin_unlock_irq(&pool->lock);
worker_unlock_callback(pool);
+
+ if (budget_exhausted)
+ trace_workqueue_bh_budget_yield(pool, executed_restarts, timeout,
+ pool->attrs->nice == HIGHPRI_NICE_LEVEL);
}
/*
--
2.55.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-29 23:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-29 23:05 [PATCH 0/3] workqueue: Add telemetry tracepoints for CPU hogs, distress, and BH budget yields Aaron Tomlin
2026-08-29 23:05 ` [PATCH 1/3] workqueue: Add workqueue_cpu_intensive tracepoint Aaron Tomlin
2026-08-29 23:05 ` [PATCH 2/3] workqueue: Add workqueue_mayday and workqueue_rescued tracepoints Aaron Tomlin
2026-08-29 23:05 ` Aaron Tomlin [this message]
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