workqueue: Add pwq->stats[] and a monitoring script
authorTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Thu, 18 May 2023 03:02:08 +0000 (17:02 -1000)
committerTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Thu, 18 May 2023 03:02:08 +0000 (17:02 -1000)
commit725e8ec59c56c65fb92e343c10a8842cd0d4f194
treeb357ac51c47bdc4c24f87090a0d2191a84419b81
parent854f5cc5b7355ceebf2bdfed97ea8f3c5d47a0c3
workqueue: Add pwq->stats[] and a monitoring script

Currently, the only way to peer into workqueue operations is through
tracing. While possible, it isn't easy or convenient to monitor
per-workqueue behaviors over time this way. Let's add pwq->stats[] that
track relevant events and a drgn monitoring script -
tools/workqueue/wq_monitor.py.

It's arguable whether this needs to be configurable. However, it currently
only has several counters and the runtime overhead shouldn't be noticeable
given that they're on pwq's which are per-cpu on per-cpu workqueues and
per-numa-node on unbound ones. Let's keep it simple for the time being.

v2: Patch reordered to earlier with fewer fields. Field will be added back
    gradually. Help message improved.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Documentation/core-api/workqueue.rst
kernel/workqueue.c
tools/workqueue/wq_monitor.py [new file with mode: 0644]