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2024-10-17rtla: Documentation: Mention --deepest-idle-stateTomas Glozar
Add --deepest-idle-state to manpage and mention libcpupower dependency in README.txt. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20241017140914.3200454-7-tglozar@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Tomas Glozar <tglozar@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2024-05-16rtla: Documentation: Fix -t, --traceJohn Kacur
Move -t, --trace from common_options.rst to common_osnoise_options.rst and common_timerlat_options.rst so that it will appear in the man pages rtla-timerlat-hist.1 rtla-timerlat-top.1 rtla-osnoise-hist.1 rtla-osnoise-top.1 Remove the equals ('=') sign and add a space. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240516143121.12614-1-jkacur@redhat.com Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveria <bristot@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
2024-05-15rtla/timerlat: Make user-space threads the defaultDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
After ther -u addition, most of the known users are setting it. And it makes sense, as it adds more information, and inherits the default setup for the threads - e.g., cgroups configs. Thus, if the user-space interface is available, enable -u. Otherwise, use the in-kernel thread. Add the -k option to allow the user to request kernel-threads. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/9241d3089de4091b124f780ed832a0e6646cadaa.1713968967.git.bristot@kernel.org Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
2024-03-20tools/rtla: Add -U/--user-load option to timerlatDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
The timerlat tracer provides an interface for any application to wait for the timerlat's periodic wakeup. Currently, rtla timerlat uses it to dispatch its user-space workload (-u option). But as the tracer interface is generic, rtla timerlat can also be used to monitor any workload that uses it. For example, a user might place their own workload to wait on the tracer interface, and monitor the results with rtla timerlat. Add the -U option to rtla timerlat top and hist. With this option, rtla timerlat will not dispatch its workload but only setting up the system, waiting for a user to dispatch its workload. The sample code in this patch is an example of python application that loops in the timerlat tracer fd. To use it, dispatch: # rtla timerlat -U In a terminal, then run the python program on another terminal, specifying the CPU to run it. For example, setting on CPU 1: #./timerlat_load.py 1 Then rtla timerlat will start printing the statistics of the ./timerlat_load.py app. An interesting point is that the "Ret user Timer Latency" value is the overall response time of the load. The sample load does a memory copy to exemplify that. The stop tracing options on rtla timerlat works in this setup as well, including auto analysis. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/36e6bcf18fe15c7601048fd4c65aeb193c502cc8.1707229706.git.bristot@kernel.org Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
2023-06-13Documentation: Add tools/rtla timerlat -u option documentationDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
Add the -u/--user-thread option documentation for timerlat top/hist. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/bf727c8ccb8f50792200ae620141e047edf4af7a.1686066600.git.bristot@kernel.org Cc: William White <chwhite@redhat.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Tested-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2022-03-15rtla/timerlat: Add --dma-latency optionDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
Add the --dma-latency to set /dev/cpu_dma_latency to the specified value, this aims to avoid having exit from idle states latencies that could be influencing the analysis. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/72ddb0d913459f13217086dadafad88a7c46dd28.1646247211.git.bristot@kernel.org Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org> Cc: Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com> Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2022-03-15rtla/timerlat: Add the automatic trace optionDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
Add the -a/--auto <arg in us> option. This option sets some commonly used options while debugging the system. It aims to help users produce reports in the field, reducing the number of arguments passed to the tool in the first approach to a problem. It is equivalent to setting osnoise/stop_tracing_total_us and print_stack with the argument, and saving the trace to timerlat_trace.txt file if the trace is stopped automatically. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/92438f7ef132c731f538cebdf77850300afe04a5.1646247211.git.bristot@kernel.org Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org> Cc: Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com> Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2022-01-13rtla: Add rtla timerlat top documentationDaniel Bristot de Oliveira
Man page for rtla timerlat top mode. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/58c3d6212e6c6f1f012deb2e998dd082da92075f.1639158831.git.bristot@kernel.org Cc: Tao Zhou <tao.zhou@linux.dev> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Tom Zanussi <zanussi@kernel.org> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com> Cc: Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com> Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org> 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 <bristot@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>