Re: [PATCH] Display active jiffie timers in /proc/timer_list

[Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>]

Joe,

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008, Joe Korty wrote:
> Add to /proc/timer_list a display of the active jiffie timers.
> 
> Tested on i386 and x86_64, with 'less /proc/timer_list' and
> through SysRq-Q.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Korty <joe.korty@ccur.com>
> 
> Index: 2.6.28-rc6/kernel/timer.c
> ===================================================================
> --- 2.6.28-rc6.orig/kernel/timer.c	2008-11-25 11:59:07.000000000 -0500
> +++ 2.6.28-rc6/kernel/timer.c	2008-11-25 13:49:05.000000000 -0500
> @@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
>  #include <linux/syscalls.h>
>  #include <linux/delay.h>
>  #include <linux/tick.h>
> +#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
> +#include <linux/seq_file.h>
>  #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/uaccess.h>
> @@ -1568,6 +1570,87 @@
>  	open_softirq(TIMER_SOFTIRQ, run_timer_softirq);
>  }
>  
> +#if defined(CONFIG_PROC_FS) || defined(CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ)

This belongs into kernel/time/timer_list.c and there is no need to
copy that code around.

> +void print_cpu_jtimers(struct seq_file *m, int cpu)
> +{
> +	int i;
> +	struct tvec_base *base = per_cpu(tvec_bases, cpu);
> +
> +	SEQ_printf(m, "active jiffie timers:\n");
> +	spin_lock_irq(&base->lock);

Yuck. We really do _NOT_ stop everything just to print timers. Check
the hrtimer print code in timer_list.c

> Index: 2.6.28-rc6/kernel/time/timer_list.c
> ===================================================================
> --- 2.6.28-rc6.orig/kernel/time/timer_list.c	2008-11-25 11:59:07.000000000 -0500
> +++ 2.6.28-rc6/kernel/time/timer_list.c	2008-11-25 13:47:30.000000000 -0500
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
>  #include <linux/seq_file.h>
>  #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
>  #include <linux/tick.h>
> +#include <linux/jiffies.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/uaccess.h>
>  
> @@ -139,6 +140,7 @@
>  		SEQ_printf(m, " clock %d:\n", i);
>  		print_base(m, cpu_base->clock_base + i, now);
>  	}
> +

random whitespace change

>  #define P(x) \
>  	SEQ_printf(m, "  .%-15s: %Lu\n", #x, \
>  		   (unsigned long long)(cpu_base->x))
> @@ -176,9 +178,11 @@
>  		P(last_jiffies);
>  		P(next_jiffies);
>  		P_ns(idle_expires);
> -		SEQ_printf(m, "jiffies: %Lu\n",
> +		SEQ_printf(m, "jiffies: %llu (0x%llx)\n",
> +			   (unsigned long long)jiffies,
>  			   (unsigned long long)jiffies);

The exact purpose of this change ?

> @@ -286,7 +290,7 @@
>  {
>  	struct proc_dir_entry *pe;
>  
> -	pe = proc_create("timer_list", 0644, NULL, &timer_list_fops);
> +	pe = proc_create("timer_list", 0444, NULL, &timer_list_fops);
>  	if (!pe)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  	return 0;

Correct, but unrelated $subject. Separate patch please. 

Thanks,

	tglx