Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm/page_ref: add tracepoint to track down page reference manipulation

On (02/18/16 09:29), Steven Rostedt wrote:

quoted

diff --git a/include/linux/page_ref.h b/include/linux/page_ref.h
index 534249c..fd6d9a5 100644
--- a/include/linux/page_ref.h
+++ b/include/linux/page_ref.h

@@ -1,6 +1,54 @@
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <linux/mm_types.h>
 #include <linux/page-flags.h>
+#include <linux/tracepoint-defs.h>
+
+extern struct tracepoint __tracepoint_page_ref_set;
+extern struct tracepoint __tracepoint_page_ref_mod;
+extern struct tracepoint __tracepoint_page_ref_mod_and_test;
+extern struct tracepoint __tracepoint_page_ref_mod_and_return;
+extern struct tracepoint __tracepoint_page_ref_mod_unless;
+extern struct tracepoint __tracepoint_page_ref_freeze;
+extern struct tracepoint __tracepoint_page_ref_unfreeze;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGE_REF

Please add a comment here. Something to the effect of:

/*
 * Ideally we would want to use the trace_<tracepoint>_enabled() helper
 * functions. But due to include header file issues, that is not
 * feasible. Instead we have to open code the static key functions.
 *
 * See trace_##name##_enabled(void) in include/linux/tracepoint.h
 */

not sure if it's worth mentioning in the comment, but the other
concern here is the performance impact of an extra function call,
I believe. otherwise, Joonsoo would just do:

in include/linux/page_ref.h

static inline void set_page_count(struct page *page, int v)
{
	atomic_set(&page->_count, v);
	__page_ref_set(page, v);
}
...



and in mm/debug_page_ref.c

void __page_ref_set(struct page *page, int v)
{
	if (trace_page_ref_set_enabled())
		trace_page_ref_set(page, v);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__page_ref_set);
EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(page_ref_set);
...

	-ss