rtla: Fix segmentation fault when failing to enable -t

2022-02-08T16:23:09+00:00

rtla osnoise and timerlat are causing a segmentation fault when running
with the --trace option on a kernel that does not support multiple
instances. For example:

    [root@f34 rtla]# rtla osnoise top -t
    failed to enable the tracer osnoise
    Could not enable osnoiser tracer for tracing
    Failed to enable the trace instance
    Segmentation fault (core dumped)

This error happens because the exit code of the tools is trying
to destroy the trace instance that failed to be created.

Make osnoise_destroy_tool() aware of possible NULL osnoise_tool *,
and do not attempt to destroy it. This also simplifies the exit code.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/5660a2b6bf66c2655842360f2d7f6b48db5dba23.1644327249.git.bristot@kernel.org

Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt 
Fixes: 1eceb2fc2ca5 ("rtla/osnoise: Add osnoise top mode")
Fixes: 829a6c0b5698 ("rtla/osnoise: Add the hist mode")
Fixes: a828cd18bc4a ("rtla: Add timerlat tool and timelart top mode")
Fixes: 1eeb6328e8b3 ("rtla/timerlat: Add timerlat hist mode")
Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira 
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google)

rtla: Add timerlat tool and timelart top mode

2022-01-13T22:02:43+00:00

The rtla timerlat tool is an interface for the timerlat tracer.
The timerlat tracer dispatches a kernel thread per-cpu. These threads set a
periodic timer to wake themselves up and go back to sleep. After the
wakeup, they collect and generate useful information for the debugging of
operating system timer latency.

The timerlat tracer outputs information in two ways. It periodically
prints the timer latency at the timer IRQ handler and the Thread handler.
It also provides information for each noise via the osnoise tracepoints.

The rtla timerlat top mode displays a summary of the periodic output from
the timerlat tracer.

Here is one example of the rtla timerlat tool output:
 ---------- %< ----------
[root@alien ~]# rtla timerlat top -c 0-3 -d 1m
                                     Timer Latency
  0 00:01:00   |          IRQ Timer Latency (us)        |         Thread Timer Latency (us)
CPU COUNT      |      cur       min       avg       max |      cur       min       avg       max
  0 #60001     |        0         0         0         3 |        1         1         1         6
  1 #60001     |        0         0         0         3 |        2         1         1         5
  2 #60001     |        0         0         1         6 |        1         1         2         7
  3 #60001     |        0         0         0         7 |        1         1         1        11
 ---------- >% ----------

Running:
  # rtla timerlat --help
  # rtla timerlat top --help
provides information about the available options.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/e95032e20c2b88c962195bf7693bb53c9ebcced8.1639158831.git.bristot@kernel.org

Cc: Tao Zhou 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Tom Zanussi 
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu 
Cc: Juri Lelli 
Cc: Clark Williams 
Cc: John Kacur 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior 
Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira 
Cc: linux-rt-users@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira 
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

linux-stable.git/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c, branch linux-5.17.y

rtla: Fix segmentation fault when failing to enable -t

rtla: Add timerlat tool and timelart top mode