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authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2026-01-21 15:10:29 +0100
committerPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2026-01-22 11:11:20 +0100
commitbb332a9e5a057d2cb9b90e307b26cce9b1f6f660 (patch)
tree1e547de324ed3ed7837f60b559fdf17ff452a979 /tools/testing
parent5d6446f409da00e5a389125ddb5ce09f5bc404c9 (diff)
selftests/rseq: Add rseq slice histogram script
A script that processes trace-cmd data and generates a histogram of rseq slice_ext durations for the recorded workload. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260121143208.340549136@infradead.org
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+#
+# trace-cmd record -e hrtimer_start -e hrtimer_cancel -e hrtimer_expire_entry -- $cmd
+#
+
+from tracecmd import *
+
+def load_kallsyms(file_path='/proc/kallsyms'):
+ """
+ Parses /proc/kallsyms into a dictionary.
+ Returns: { address_int: symbol_name }
+ """
+ kallsyms_map = {}
+
+ try:
+ with open(file_path, 'r') as f:
+ for line in f:
+ # The format is: [address] [type] [name] [module]
+ parts = line.split()
+ if len(parts) < 3:
+ continue
+
+ addr = int(parts[0], 16)
+ name = parts[2]
+
+ kallsyms_map[addr] = name
+
+ except PermissionError:
+ print(f"Error: Permission denied reading {file_path}. Try running with sudo.")
+ except FileNotFoundError:
+ print(f"Error: {file_path} not found.")
+
+ return kallsyms_map
+
+ksyms = load_kallsyms()
+
+# pending[timer_ptr] = {'ts': timestamp, 'comm': comm}
+pending = {}
+
+# histograms[comm][bucket] = count
+histograms = {}
+
+class OnlineHarmonicMean:
+ def __init__(self):
+ self.n = 0 # Count of elements
+ self.S = 0.0 # Cumulative sum of reciprocals
+
+ def update(self, x):
+ if x == 0:
+ raise ValueError("Harmonic mean is undefined for zero.")
+
+ self.n += 1
+ self.S += 1.0 / x
+ return self.n / self.S
+
+ @property
+ def mean(self):
+ return self.n / self.S if self.n > 0 else 0
+
+ohms = {}
+
+def handle_start(record):
+ func_name = ksyms[record.num_field("function")]
+ if "rseq_slice_expired" in func_name:
+ timer_ptr = record.num_field("hrtimer")
+ pending[timer_ptr] = {
+ 'ts': record.ts,
+ 'comm': record.comm
+ }
+ return None
+
+def handle_cancel(record):
+ timer_ptr = record.num_field("hrtimer")
+
+ if timer_ptr in pending:
+ start_data = pending.pop(timer_ptr)
+ duration_ns = record.ts - start_data['ts']
+ duration_us = duration_ns // 1000
+
+ comm = start_data['comm']
+
+ if comm not in ohms:
+ ohms[comm] = OnlineHarmonicMean()
+
+ ohms[comm].update(duration_ns)
+
+ if comm not in histograms:
+ histograms[comm] = {}
+
+ histograms[comm][duration_us] = histograms[comm].get(duration_us, 0) + 1
+ return None
+
+def handle_expire(record):
+ timer_ptr = record.num_field("hrtimer")
+
+ if timer_ptr in pending:
+ start_data = pending.pop(timer_ptr)
+ comm = start_data['comm']
+
+ if comm not in histograms:
+ histograms[comm] = {}
+
+ # Record -1 bucket for expired (failed to cancel)
+ histograms[comm][-1] = histograms[comm].get(-1, 0) + 1
+ return None
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ t = Trace("trace.dat")
+ for cpu in range(0, t.cpus):
+ ev = t.read_event(cpu)
+ while ev:
+ if "hrtimer_start" in ev.name:
+ handle_start(ev)
+ if "hrtimer_cancel" in ev.name:
+ handle_cancel(ev)
+ if "hrtimer_expire_entry" in ev.name:
+ handle_expire(ev)
+
+ ev = t.read_event(cpu)
+
+ print("\n" + "="*40)
+ print("RSEQ SLICE HISTOGRAM (us)")
+ print("="*40)
+ for comm, buckets in histograms.items():
+ print(f"\nTask: {comm} Mean: {ohms[comm].mean:.3f} ns")
+ print(f" {'Latency (us)':<15} | {'Count'}")
+ print(f" {'-'*30}")
+ # Sort buckets numerically, putting -1 at the top
+ for bucket in sorted(buckets.keys()):
+ label = "EXPIRED" if bucket == -1 else f"{bucket} us"
+ print(f" {label:<15} | {buckets[bucket]}")