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I think I found the bug.
This patch should fix it.
Please let me know if it works
Thanks
Renato
diff -r 7422afed66ee xen/common/xenoprof.c
--- a/xen/common/xenoprof.c Mon Sep 07 08:53:07 2009 +0100
+++ b/xen/common/xenoprof.c Tue Nov 10 23:45:48 2009 -0800
@@ -681,8 +681,9 @@ int do_xenoprof_op(int op, XEN_GUEST_HAN
{
case XENOPROF_init:
ret = xenoprof_op_init(arg);
- if ( !ret )
- xenoprof_state = XENOPROF_INITIALIZED;
+ if ( (ret == 0) &&
+ (current->domain == xenoprof_primary_profiler) )
+ xenoprof_state = XENOPROF_INITIALIZED;
break;
case XENOPROF_get_buffer:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dante Cinco [mailto:dantecinco@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 11:21 AM
> To: Santos, Jose Renato G
> Cc: Xen-users
> Subject: Re: xenoprof: operation 9 failed for dom0 (status: -1)
>
> As you can see from the output of "opreport -l" below, most
> of the cycles are coming from domain1-modules so I do need to
> focus on --active-domains=1 since --passive-domains=1 does
> not provide the profiling details for the domU modules.
>
> The steps described in the xenoprof tutorial for active
> domains is pretty straightforward but I cannot get past the
> "write error" when I run "opcontrol --start" in dom0.
>
> After running "opcontrol --start" in domU, I see the response
> below and I use lsmod to verify that oprofile module is
> loaded. Given the results from --passive-domains=1, the dom0
> and Xenoprof interface is working. It's the domU and dom0
> interface that has some problem. Is there some other way I
> can tell from dom0 that domU is "ready" before running
> "opcontrol --start" in dom0?
>
> FYI: I'm using the same oprofile-0.9.3 with xen-r2.patch in
> dom0 and domU. If I boot the Debian 2.6.30.1 kernel (the same
> one I'm using in domU) in bare-metal (no Xen VMM), I'm able
> to successfully run oprofile-0.9.3.
>
> opcontrol --start (from domU before "opcontrol --start" in dom0):
> Using 2.6+ OProfile kernel interface.
> Reading module info.
> Using log file /var/lib/oprofile/samples/oprofiled.log
> Daemon started.
> Profiler running.
>
> opreport -l (from dom0 using --passive-domains=1
> --passive-images=/boot/vmlinux-2.6.30.1):
> CPU: Core 2, speed 2533.51 MHz (estimated) Counted
> CPU_CLK_UNHALTED events (Clock cycles when not halted) with a
> unit mask of 0x00 (Unhalted core cycles) count 100000
> samples % image name app name
> symbol name
> 617835 38.6156 domain1-modules domain1-modules
> (no symbols)
> 448911 28.0576 domain1-xen-unknown
> domain1-xen-unknown (no symbols)
> 72460 4.5289 domain1-kernel domain1-kernel
> __down
> 43294 2.7059 domain1-kernel domain1-kernel
> __down_killable
> 34145 2.1341 domain1-kernel domain1-kernel
> validate_slab_slab
>
> Dante
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Santos, Jose Renato G
> <joserenato.santos@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> With passive domains you cannot have detailed profiling
> information on modules, only in kernel builtin functions and
> on Xen. All the samples associated with modules will be
> grouped under the same symbol "domain1-modules".
> If you are interested in one particular module you
> should try to recompile the kernel with the associated code
> builtin (or you can use active domains, but follow the steps
> on the xenoprof tutorial to coordinate opcontrol in dom0 and
> in the guest)
>
> Renato
>
>
> ________________________________
>
>
> From: Dante Cinco [mailto:dantecinco@xxxxxxxxx]
>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:13 AM
>
> To: Santos, Jose Renato G
> Cc: Xen-users
> Subject: Re: xenoprof: operation 9 failed for
> dom0 (status: -1)
>
>
> Renato,
>
> I think I'm making progress. I followed your
> suggestion of using --passive-domains and --passive-images.
> When I run opreport, it is unable to find /domain1-modules
> and /domain1-xen-unknown. Where or how do I specify the
> kernel modules I have running in domU/domain1? I tried
> copying the *.ko files in /boot in dom0 and used
> --image-path=/boot in opreport and it is still not finding them.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dante
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Santos, Jose
> Renato G <joserenato.santos@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Try replacing "--active-domains=1" with
> "--passive-domains=1 passive-images=<domU-kernel-image>" (use
> the uncompressed version of your kernel image for the guest,
> vmlinux-*)
>
> To use "active-domains" you need to run
> opcontrol in the guest in addition to running it in dom0 and
> you need to coordinate the execution of both instances.. This
> require the guest opcontrol to be ready before running
> "opcontrol --start" in dom0. That is why it is failing. I
> suspect you have not executed opcontrol in the guest
> Using active-domains is very tricky. I
> suggest that you use --passive-domains, unless you really
> need active domains (it is only useful in case you need
> detailed profiles for user processes running in the guest)
>
> Renato
>
>
> ________________________________
>
>
> From: Dante Cinco
> [mailto:dantecinco@xxxxxxxxx]
>
> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 6:13 PM
>
> To: Santos, Jose Renato G
>
> Cc: Xen-users
> Subject: Re: xenoprof:
> operation 9 failed for dom0 (status: -1)
>
>
> Renato,
>
> I've narrowed down the
> opcontrol command sequence that causes the "write error" I'm
> having. If I just run "opcontrol --start" in dom0, it runs
> with no error and after "opcontrol --shutdown" I can run
> "opreport" and get a real report.
>
> If I run "opcontrol
> --start-daemon --active-domains=1" in dom0, run "opcontrol
> --start" in domU (ID#1) and go back to dom0 and run
> "opcontrol --start" I get the "write error" message. It's as
> if "--start-daemon" is grabbing the file handle for
> /dev/oprofile/enable so when "--start" tries to write "1" to
> /dev/oprofile/enable, it is unable to do so because it is
> already locked.
>
> So I can run OProfile in normal
> (non-Xen) mode but as soon I start using "--start-daemon" I
> have problems. To me it seems like a Xenoprofile problem.
>
> I'm using OProfile 0.9.3 and
> oprofile-0.9.3-xen-r2.patch applied successfully.
>
> Dante
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 6:05 PM,
> Santos, Jose Renato G <joserenato.santos@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> What version of
> OProfile are you using?
> Did you apply the Xen
> patch available in http://xenoprof.sourceforge.net ?
>
> Renato
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Dante
> Cinco [mailto:dantecinco@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday,
> November 05, 2009 5:16 PM
> To: Santos,
> Jose Renato G
> Cc: Xen-devel
> Subject:
> xenoprof: operation 9 failed for dom0 (status: -1)
>
> Renato,
>
> When I tried
> running "opcontrol --start" (after previously running
> "opcontrol --start-daemon") in dom0, I get this error message:
>
>
> /usr/local/bin/opcontrol: line 1639: echo: write error:
> Operation not permitted
>
> and this
> message in the Xen console:
>
> (XEN) xenoprof:
> operation 9 failed for dom 0 (status : -1)
>
> It looks like
> opcontrol is trying to do this: echo 1 > /dev/oprofile/enable
>
> and it is
> failing. "operation 9" maps to XENOPROF_start which is
> consistent with running "opcontrol --start." At first, I
> ignored the error because it gave the indication "Profiler
> running" but after I ran "opcontrol --shutdown" followed by
> "opreport" in dom0, I got this error message:
>
> error: no
> sample files found: profile specification too strict ?
>
> Do you know why
> the write error is occurring? I followed the steps in
> xenoprof_tutorial.ppt.
>
> Dante
>
>
>
>
>
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