lib: Add module for testing preemptoff/irqsoff latency tracers

Here we introduce a test module for introducing a long preempt or irq
disable delay in the kernel which the preemptoff or irqsoff tracers can
detect. This module is to be used only for test purposes and is default
disabled.

Following is the expected output (only briefly shown) that can be parsed
to verify that the tracers are working correctly. We will use this from
the kselftests in future patches.

For the preemptoff tracer:

echo preemptoff > /d/tracing/current_tracer
sleep 1
insmod ./preemptirq_delay_test.ko test_mode=preempt delay=500000
sleep 1
bash-4.3# cat /d/tracing/trace
preempt -1066    2...2    0us@: preemptirq_delay_run <-preemptirq_delay_run
preempt -1066    2...2 500002us : preemptirq_delay_run <-preemptirq_delay_run
preempt -1066    2...2 500004us : tracer_preempt_on <-preemptirq_delay_run
preempt -1066    2...2 500012us : <stack trace>
 => kthread
 => ret_from_fork

For the irqsoff tracer:

echo irqsoff > /d/tracing/current_tracer
sleep 1
insmod ./preemptirq_delay_test.ko test_mode=irq delay=500000
sleep 1
bash-4.3# cat /d/tracing/trace
irq dis -1069    1d..1    0us@: preemptirq_delay_run
irq dis -1069    1d..1 500001us : preemptirq_delay_run
irq dis -1069    1d..1 500002us : tracer_hardirqs_on <-preemptirq_delay_run
irq dis -1069    1d..1 500005us : <stack trace>
 => ret_from_fork

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180712213611.GA8743@joelaf.mtv.corp.google.com

Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Cc: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Julia Cartwright <julia@ni.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Glexiner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Todd Kjos <tkjos@google.com>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
[ Erick is a co-developer of this commit ]
Signed-off-by: Erick Reyes <erickreyes@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index dcc0166d1997..e15fadbe5dfb 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -687,6 +687,21 @@ config RING_BUFFER_STARTUP_TEST
 
 	 If unsure, say N
 
+config PREEMPTIRQ_DELAY_TEST
+	tristate "Preempt / IRQ disable delay thread to test latency tracers"
+	depends on m
+	help
+	  Select this option to build a test module that can help test latency
+	  tracers by executing a preempt or irq disable section with a user
+	  configurable delay. The module busy waits for the duration of the
+	  critical section.
+
+	  For example, the following invocation forces a one-time irq-disabled
+	  critical section for 500us:
+	  modprobe preemptirq_delay_test test_mode=irq delay=500000
+
+	  If unsure, say N
+
 config TRACE_EVAL_MAP_FILE
        bool "Show eval mappings for trace events"
        depends on TRACING