[ovs-dev] [PATCH RFC] coverage: fix coverage accounting for pmd threads

Alex Wang alexw at nicira.com
Wed Aug 12 01:24:47 UTC 2015


Hi IIya,

Thx a lot for writing up this fix,

The reason that you did not see the pmd related coverage counter stats
(in "ovs-appctl coverage/show") is that we do not call coverage_clear()
anywhere in pmd_thread_main().  This is in that the coverage_clear()
requires holding the global mutex in the coverage module which can
be super expensive for dpdk packet processing.

Want to admit that your fix is more complicated than I expect.  Especially,
changing the global (extern) struct 'counter_##COUNTER' to per-thread
and expanding the array size by number of threads times can also be
expensive for main thread...

Do you think there could be a simpler way to achieve this?  I'd like to
think
about other possible solutions more,

Thanks,
Alex Wang,


On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 7:45 AM, Ilya Maximets <i.maximets at samsung.com>
wrote:

> Currently coverage_counter_register() is called only from
> constructor functions at program initialization time by
> main thread. Coverage counter values are static and
> thread local.
>
> This means, that all COVERAGE_INC() calls from pmd threads
> leads to increment of thread local variables of that threads
> that can't be accessed by anyone else. And they are not used
> in final coverage accounting.
>
> Fix that by adding ability to add/remove coverage counters
> in runtime for newly created threads and counting coverage
> using counters from all threads.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets at samsung.com>
> ---
>  lib/coverage.c    | 83
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>  lib/coverage.h    | 27 ++++++++++++------
>  lib/dpif-netdev.c |  4 ++-
>  3 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/coverage.c b/lib/coverage.c
> index 6121956..2ae9e7a 100644
> --- a/lib/coverage.c
> +++ b/lib/coverage.c
> @@ -30,14 +30,22 @@ VLOG_DEFINE_THIS_MODULE(coverage);
>
>  /* The coverage counters. */
>  static struct coverage_counter **coverage_counters = NULL;
> -static size_t n_coverage_counters = 0;
>  static size_t allocated_coverage_counters = 0;
>
> +static void (**coverage_initializers)(void) = NULL;
> +static size_t n_coverage_initializers = 0;
> +static size_t allocated_coverage_initializers = 0;
> +
>  static struct ovs_mutex coverage_mutex = OVS_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
>
>  DEFINE_STATIC_PER_THREAD_DATA(long long int, coverage_clear_time,
> LLONG_MIN);
>  static long long int coverage_run_time = LLONG_MIN;
>
> +volatile unsigned int *coverage_val[2048] = {NULL};
> +volatile size_t n_coverage_counters = 0;
> +
> +DEFINE_STATIC_PER_THREAD_DATA(unsigned int, coverage_thread_start, 0);
> +
>  /* Index counter used to compute the moving average array's index. */
>  static unsigned int idx_count = 0;
>
> @@ -54,7 +62,44 @@ coverage_counter_register(struct coverage_counter*
> counter)
>                                         &allocated_coverage_counters,
>                                         sizeof(struct coverage_counter*));
>      }
> -    coverage_counters[n_coverage_counters++] = counter;
> +    coverage_counters[n_coverage_counters] = counter;
> +    coverage_val[n_coverage_counters++] = NULL;
> +}
> +
> +void
> +coverage_initializer_register(void (*f)(void))
> +{
> +    if (n_coverage_initializers >= allocated_coverage_initializers) {
> +        coverage_initializers = x2nrealloc(coverage_initializers,
> +                                       &allocated_coverage_initializers,
> +                                       sizeof *coverage_initializers);
> +    }
> +    coverage_initializers[n_coverage_initializers++] = f;
> +}
> +
> +void
> +coverage_register_new_thread(void)
> +{
> +    int i;
> +    ovs_mutex_lock(&coverage_mutex);
> +    *coverage_thread_start_get() = n_coverage_counters;
> +    for (i = 0; i < n_coverage_initializers; i++)
> +        coverage_initializers[i]();
> +    ovs_mutex_unlock(&coverage_mutex);
> +}
> +
> +void
> +coverage_unregister_thread(void)
> +{
> +    int i;
> +    ovs_mutex_lock(&coverage_mutex);
> +    for (i = *coverage_thread_start_get() + n_coverage_initializers;
> +         i < n_coverage_counters; i++) {
> +        coverage_counters[i - n_coverage_initializers] =
> coverage_counters[i];
> +        coverage_val[i - n_coverage_initializers] = coverage_val[i];
> +    }
> +    n_coverage_counters -= n_coverage_initializers;
> +    ovs_mutex_unlock(&coverage_mutex);
>  }
>
>  static void
> @@ -102,13 +147,12 @@ coverage_hash(void)
>      uint32_t hash = 0;
>      int n_groups, i;
>
> +    ovs_mutex_lock(&coverage_mutex);
>      /* Sort coverage counters into groups with equal totals. */
>      c = xmalloc(n_coverage_counters * sizeof *c);
> -    ovs_mutex_lock(&coverage_mutex);
>      for (i = 0; i < n_coverage_counters; i++) {
>          c[i] = coverage_counters[i];
>      }
> -    ovs_mutex_unlock(&coverage_mutex);
>      qsort(c, n_coverage_counters, sizeof *c, compare_coverage_counters);
>
>      /* Hash the names in each group along with the rank. */
> @@ -130,6 +174,7 @@ coverage_hash(void)
>          i = j;
>      }
>
> +    ovs_mutex_unlock(&coverage_mutex);
>      free(c);
>
>      return hash_int(n_groups, hash);
> @@ -200,9 +245,11 @@ coverage_read(struct svec *lines)
>  {
>      struct coverage_counter **c = coverage_counters;
>      unsigned long long int *totals;
> +    unsigned long long int *total_sec, *total_min, *total_hr;
>      size_t n_never_hit;
>      uint32_t hash;
>      size_t i;
> +    int initial_n = n_coverage_initializers;
>
>      hash = coverage_hash();
>
> @@ -213,14 +260,20 @@ coverage_read(struct svec *lines)
>                                "hash=%08"PRIx32":",
>                                COVERAGE_RUN_INTERVAL/1000, hash));
>
> -    totals = xmalloc(n_coverage_counters * sizeof *totals);
>      ovs_mutex_lock(&coverage_mutex);
> +    totals = xcalloc(n_coverage_counters, sizeof *totals);
> +    total_sec = xcalloc(n_coverage_counters, sizeof *total_sec);
> +    total_min = xcalloc(n_coverage_counters, sizeof *total_min);
> +    total_hr = xcalloc(n_coverage_counters, sizeof *total_hr);
> +
>      for (i = 0; i < n_coverage_counters; i++) {
> -        totals[i] = c[i]->total;
> +        totals[i % initial_n] += c[i]->total;
> +        total_sec[i % initial_n] += c[i]->min[(idx_count - 1) %
> MIN_AVG_LEN];
> +        total_min[i % initial_n] += coverage_array_sum(c[i]->min,
> MIN_AVG_LEN);
> +        total_hr[i % initial_n] += coverage_array_sum(c[i]->hr,
> HR_AVG_LEN);
>      }
> -    ovs_mutex_unlock(&coverage_mutex);
>
> -    for (i = 0; i < n_coverage_counters; i++) {
> +    for (i = 0; i < initial_n; i++) {
>          if (totals[i]) {
>              /* Shows the averaged per-second rates for the last
>               * COVERAGE_RUN_INTERVAL interval, the last minute and
> @@ -229,18 +282,22 @@ coverage_read(struct svec *lines)
>                  xasprintf("%-24s %5.1f/sec %9.3f/sec "
>                            "%13.4f/sec   total: %llu",
>                            c[i]->name,
> -                          (c[i]->min[(idx_count - 1) % MIN_AVG_LEN]
> +                          (total_sec[i]
>                             * 1000.0 / COVERAGE_RUN_INTERVAL),
> -                          coverage_array_sum(c[i]->min, MIN_AVG_LEN) /
> 60.0,
> -                          coverage_array_sum(c[i]->hr,  HR_AVG_LEN) /
> 3600.0,
> +                          total_min[i] / 60.0,
> +                          total_hr[i] / 3600.0,
>                            totals[i]));
>          } else {
>              n_never_hit++;
>          }
>      }
> +    ovs_mutex_unlock(&coverage_mutex);
>
>      svec_add_nocopy(lines, xasprintf("%"PRIuSIZE" events never hit",
> n_never_hit));
>      free(totals);
> +    free(total_sec);
> +    free(total_min);
> +    free(total_hr);
>  }
>
>  /* Runs approximately every COVERAGE_CLEAR_INTERVAL amount of time to
> @@ -265,7 +322,7 @@ coverage_clear(void)
>          ovs_mutex_lock(&coverage_mutex);
>          for (i = 0; i < n_coverage_counters; i++) {
>              struct coverage_counter *c = coverage_counters[i];
> -            c->total += c->count();
> +            c->total += c->count(i);
>          }
>          ovs_mutex_unlock(&coverage_mutex);
>          *thread_time = now + COVERAGE_CLEAR_INTERVAL;
> @@ -340,10 +397,8 @@ coverage_array_sum(const unsigned int *arr, const
> unsigned int len)
>      unsigned int sum = 0;
>      size_t i;
>
> -    ovs_mutex_lock(&coverage_mutex);
>      for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
>          sum += arr[i];
>      }
> -    ovs_mutex_unlock(&coverage_mutex);
>      return sum;
>  }
> diff --git a/lib/coverage.h b/lib/coverage.h
> index 832c433..1f5ae17 100644
> --- a/lib/coverage.h
> +++ b/lib/coverage.h
> @@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ BUILD_ASSERT_DECL(COVERAGE_RUN_INTERVAL %
> COVERAGE_CLEAR_INTERVAL == 0);
>
>  /* A coverage counter. */
>  struct coverage_counter {
> -    const char *const name;            /* Textual name. */
> -    unsigned int (*const count)(void); /* Gets, zeros this thread's
> count. */
> -    unsigned long long int total;      /* Total count. */
> +    const char *const name;                    /* Textual name. */
> +    unsigned int (*const count)(unsigned int); /* Gets, zeros this
> thread's count. */
> +    unsigned long long int total;              /* Total count. */
>      unsigned long long int last_total;
>      /* The moving average arrays. */
>      unsigned int min[MIN_AVG_LEN];
> @@ -55,15 +55,20 @@ struct coverage_counter {
>  };
>
>  void coverage_counter_register(struct coverage_counter*);
> +void coverage_initializer_register(void (*f)(void));
> +void coverage_register_new_thread(void);
> +void coverage_unregister_thread(void);
>
> +extern volatile unsigned int *coverage_val[2048];
> +extern volatile size_t n_coverage_counters;
>  /* Defines COUNTER.  There must be exactly one such definition at file
> scope
>   * within a program. */
>  #define COVERAGE_DEFINE(COUNTER)                                        \
>          DEFINE_STATIC_PER_THREAD_DATA(unsigned int,                     \
>                                        counter_##COUNTER, 0);            \
> -        static unsigned int COUNTER##_count(void)                       \
> +        static unsigned int COUNTER##_count(unsigned int i)             \
>          {                                                               \
> -            unsigned int *countp = counter_##COUNTER##_get();           \
> +            volatile unsigned int *countp = coverage_val[i];            \
>              unsigned int count = *countp;                               \
>              *countp = 0;                                                \
>              return count;                                               \
> @@ -72,11 +77,17 @@ void coverage_counter_register(struct
> coverage_counter*);
>          {                                                               \
>              *counter_##COUNTER##_get() += n;                            \
>          }                                                               \
> -        extern struct coverage_counter counter_##COUNTER;               \
> -        struct coverage_counter counter_##COUNTER                       \
> +        extern thread_local struct coverage_counter counter_##COUNTER;  \
> +        thread_local struct coverage_counter counter_##COUNTER          \
>              = { #COUNTER, COUNTER##_count, 0, 0, {0}, {0} };            \
> -        OVS_CONSTRUCTOR(COUNTER##_init) {                               \
> +        static void COUNTER##_initializer(void) {                       \
>              coverage_counter_register(&counter_##COUNTER);              \
> +            coverage_val[n_coverage_counters - 1] =                     \
> +                                      counter_##COUNTER##_get();       \
> +        }                                                               \
> +        OVS_CONSTRUCTOR(COUNTER##_init) {                               \
> +            coverage_initializer_register(&COUNTER##_initializer);      \
> +            COUNTER##_initializer();                                    \
>          }

 /* Adds 1 to COUNTER. */
> diff --git a/lib/dpif-netdev.c b/lib/dpif-netdev.c
> index c144352..a92dd6a 100644
> --- a/lib/dpif-netdev.c
> +++ b/lib/dpif-netdev.c
> @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
>  #include "bitmap.h"
>  #include "cmap.h"
>  #include "csum.h"
> +#include "coverage.h"
>  #include "dp-packet.h"
>  #include "dpif.h"
>  #include "dpif-provider.h"
> @@ -2666,7 +2667,7 @@ pmd_thread_main(void *f_)
>
>      poll_cnt = 0;
>      poll_list = NULL;
> -
> +    coverage_register_new_thread();
>      /* Stores the pmd thread's 'pmd' to 'per_pmd_key'. */
>      ovsthread_setspecific(pmd->dp->per_pmd_key, pmd);
>      pmd_thread_setaffinity_cpu(pmd->core_id);
> @@ -2717,6 +2718,7 @@ reload:
>      }
>
>      dp_netdev_pmd_reload_done(pmd);
> +    coverage_unregister_thread();
>
>      free(poll_list);
>      return NULL;
> --
> 2.1.4
>
>



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