mm/page_owner.c: record tgid
authorYixuan Cao <caoyixuan2019@email.szu.edu.cn>
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 01:09:14 +0000 (18:09 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 02:06:44 +0000 (19:06 -0700)
commitbf215eab785a30756ea1e53b62a5638d1177a795
treeb31f175dabec1444c3e40b6afa10e0c40750b8f0
parent865ed6a3278654ce4a55eb74c5283eeb82ad4699
mm/page_owner.c: record tgid

In a single-threaded process, the pid in kernel task_struct is the same
as the tgid, which can mark the process of page allocation.  But in a
multithreaded process, only the task_struct of the thread leader has the
same pid as tgid, and the pids of other threads are different from tgid.
Therefore, tgid is recorded to provide effective information for
debugging and data statistics of multithreaded programs.

This can also be achieved by observing the task name (executable file
name) for a specific process.  However, when the same program is started
multiple times, the task name is the same and the tgid is different.
Therefore, in the debugging of multi-threaded programs, combined with
the task name and tgid, more accurate runtime information of a certain
run of the program can be obtained.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220219180450.2399-1-caoyixuan2019@email.szu.edu.cn
Signed-off-by: Yixuan Cao <caoyixuan2019@email.szu.edu.cn>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Cc: Rafael Aquini <aquini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
mm/page_owner.c