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[cachetop] top-like cachestat
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- tools/[btrfsdist](tools/btrfsdist.py): Summarize btrfs operation latency distribution as a histogram. [Examples](tools/btrfsdist_example.txt).
- tools/[btrfsslower](tools/btrfsslower.py): Trace slow btrfs operations. [Examples](tools/btrfsslower_example.txt).
- tools/[cachestat](tools/cachestat.py): Trace page cache hit/miss ratio. [Examples](tools/cachestat_example.txt).
- tools/[cachetop](tools/cachetop.py): Trace page cache hit/miss ratio by processes. [Examples](tools/cachetop_example.txt).
- tools/[cpudist](tools/cpudist.py): Summarize on- and off-CPU time per task as a histogram. [Examples](tools/cpudist_example.txt)
- tools/[dcsnoop](tools/dcsnoop.py): Trace directory entry cache (dcache) lookups. [Examples](tools/dcsnoop_example.txt).
- tools/[dcstat](tools/dcstat.py): Directory entry cache (dcache) stats. [Examples](tools/dcstat_example.txt).
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.TH cachetop 8 "2016-01-30" "USER COMMANDS"
.SH NAME
cachetop \- Statistics for linux page cache hit/miss ratios per processes. Uses Linux eBPF/bcc.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B cachetop
[interval]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This traces four kernel functions and prints per-processes summaries every
\fBinterval\fR seconds. This can be useful for processes workload characterization,
and looking for patterns in operation usage over time. It provides a \fBtop\fR-like interface
which by default sorts by \fBHITS\fR in ascending order.

This works by tracing kernel page cache functions using dynamic tracing, and will
need updating to match any changes to these functions. Edit the script to
customize which functions are traced.

Since this uses BPF, only the root user can use this tool.
.SH KEYBINDINGS
The following keybindings can be used to control the output of \fBcachetop\fR.
.TP
.B <
Use the previous column for sorting.
.TP
.B >
Use the next column for sorting.
.TP
.B r
Toggle sorting order (default ascending).
.TP
.B q
Quit cachetop.
.SH REQUIREMENTS
CONFIG_BPF and bcc.
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
Update summaries every five second:
#
.B cachetop
.TP
Print summaries each second:
#
.B cachetop 1
.SH FIELDS
.TP
PID
Process ID of the process causing the cache activity.
.TP
UID
User ID of the process causing the cache activity.
.TP
HITS
Number of page cache hits.
.TP
MISSES
Number of page cache misses.
.TP
DIRTIES
Number of dirty pages added to the page cache.
.TP
READ_HIT%
Read hit percent of page cache usage.
.TP
WRITE_HIT%
Write hit percent of page cache usage.
.TP
BUFFERS_MB
Buffers size taken from /proc/meminfo.
.TP
CACHED_MB
Cached amount of data in current page cache taken from /proc/meminfo.
.SH OVERHEAD
This traces various kernel page cache functions and maintains in-kernel counts, which
are asynchronously copied to user-space. While the rate of operations can
be very high (>1G/sec) we can have up to 34% overhead, this is still a relatively efficient way to trace
these events, and so the overhead is expected to be small for normal workloads.
Measure in a test environment.
.SH SOURCE
This is from bcc.
.IP
https://github.com/iovisor/bcc
.PP
Also look in the bcc distribution for a companion _examples.txt file containing
example usage, output, and commentary for this tool.
.SH OS
Linux
.SH STABILITY
Unstable - in development.
.SH AUTHOR
Emmanuel Bretelle
.SH SEE ALSO
cachestat (8)
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abs_file = string(dstack.cwd()) + "/" + file;
}

// -fno-color-diagnostics: this is a workaround for a bug in llvm terminalHasColors() as of
// 22 Jul 2016. Also see bcc #615.
vector<const char *> flags_cstr({"-O0", "-emit-llvm", "-I", dstack.cwd(),
"-Wno-deprecated-declarations",
"-Wno-gnu-variable-sized-type-not-at-end",
"-fno-color-diagnostics",
"-x", "c", "-c", abs_file.c_str()});

KBuildHelper kbuild_helper(kdir);
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#!/usr/bin/env python
# @lint-avoid-python-3-compatibility-imports
#
# cachetop Count cache kernel function calls per processes
# For Linux, uses BCC, eBPF.
#
# USAGE: cachetop
# Taken from cachestat by Brendan Gregg
#
# Copyright (c) 2016-present, Facebook, Inc.
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
#
# 13-Jul-2016 Emmanuel Bretelle first version

from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import division
# Do not import unicode_literals until #623 is fixed
# from __future__ import unicode_literals
from __future__ import print_function

from bcc import BPF
from collections import defaultdict
from time import strftime

import argparse
import curses
import pwd
import re
import signal
from time import sleep

FIELDS = (
"PID",
"UID",
"CMD",
"HITS",
"MISSES",
"DIRTIES",
"READ_HIT%",
"WRITE_HIT%"
)
DEFAULT_FIELD = "HITS"


# signal handler
def signal_ignore(signal, frame):
print()


# Function to gather data from /proc/meminfo
# return dictionary for quicker lookup of both values
def get_meminfo():
result = {}

for line in open('/proc/meminfo'):
k = line.split(':', 3)
v = k[1].split()
result[k[0]] = int(v[0])
return result


def get_processes_stats(
bpf,
sort_field=FIELDS.index(DEFAULT_FIELD),
sort_reverse=False):
'''
Return a tuple containing:
buffer
cached
list of tuple with per process cache stats
'''
rtaccess = 0
wtaccess = 0
mpa = 0
mbd = 0
apcl = 0
apd = 0
access = 0
misses = 0
rhits = 0
whits = 0

counts = bpf.get_table("counts")
stats = defaultdict(lambda: defaultdict(int))
for k, v in counts.items():
stats["%d-%d-%s" % (k.pid, k.uid, k.comm)][k.ip] = v.value
stats_list = []

for pid, count in sorted(stats.items(), key=lambda stat: stat[0]):
for k, v in count.items():
if re.match('mark_page_accessed', bpf.ksym(k)) is not None:
mpa = v
if mpa < 0:
mpa = 0

if re.match('mark_buffer_dirty', bpf.ksym(k)) is not None:
mbd = v
if mbd < 0:
mbd = 0

if re.match('add_to_page_cache_lru', bpf.ksym(k)) is not None:
apcl = v
if apcl < 0:
apcl = 0

if re.match('account_page_dirtied', bpf.ksym(k)) is not None:
apd = v
if apd < 0:
apd = 0

# access = total cache access incl. reads(mpa) and writes(mbd)
# misses = total of add to lru which we do when we write(mbd)
# and also the mark the page dirty(same as mbd)
access = (mpa + mbd)
misses = (apcl + apd)

# rtaccess is the read hit % during the sample period.
# wtaccess is the write hit % during the smaple period.
if mpa > 0:
rtaccess = float(mpa) / (access + misses)
if apcl > 0:
wtaccess = float(apcl) / (access + misses)

if wtaccess != 0:
whits = 100 * wtaccess
if rtaccess != 0:
rhits = 100 * rtaccess

_pid, uid, comm = pid.split('-', 2)
stats_list.append(
(int(_pid), uid, comm,
access, misses, mbd,
rhits, whits))

stats_list = sorted(
stats_list, key=lambda stat: stat[sort_field], reverse=sort_reverse
)
counts.clear()
return stats_list


def handle_loop(stdscr, args):
# don't wait on key press
stdscr.nodelay(1)
# set default sorting field
sort_field = FIELDS.index(DEFAULT_FIELD)
sort_reverse = False

# load BPF program
bpf_text = """
#include <uapi/linux/ptrace.h>
struct key_t {
u64 ip;
u32 pid;
u32 uid;
char comm[16];
};
BPF_HASH(counts, struct key_t);
int do_count(struct pt_regs *ctx) {
struct key_t key = {};
u64 zero = 0 , *val;
u64 pid = bpf_get_current_pid_tgid();
u32 uid = bpf_get_current_uid_gid();
key.ip = PT_REGS_IP(ctx);
key.pid = pid & 0xFFFFFFFF;
key.uid = uid & 0xFFFFFFFF;
bpf_get_current_comm(&(key.comm), 16);
val = counts.lookup_or_init(&key, &zero); // update counter
(*val)++;
return 0;
}
"""
b = BPF(text=bpf_text)
b.attach_kprobe(event="add_to_page_cache_lru", fn_name="do_count")
b.attach_kprobe(event="mark_page_accessed", fn_name="do_count")
b.attach_kprobe(event="account_page_dirtied", fn_name="do_count")
b.attach_kprobe(event="mark_buffer_dirty", fn_name="do_count")

exiting = 0

while 1:
s = stdscr.getch()
if s == ord('q'):
exiting = 1
elif s == ord('r'):
sort_reverse = not sort_reverse
elif s == ord('<'):
sort_field = max(0, sort_field - 1)
elif s == ord('>'):
sort_field = min(len(FIELDS) - 1, sort_field + 1)
try:
sleep(args.interval)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
exiting = 1
# as cleanup can take many seconds, trap Ctrl-C:
signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal_ignore)

# Get memory info
mem = get_meminfo()
cached = int(mem["Cached"]) / 1024
buff = int(mem["Buffers"]) / 1024

process_stats = get_processes_stats(
b,
sort_field=sort_field,
sort_reverse=sort_reverse)
stdscr.clear()
stdscr.addstr(
0, 0,
"%-8s Buffers MB: %.0f / Cached MB: %.0f" % (
strftime("%H:%M:%S"), buff, cached
)
)

# header
stdscr.addstr(
1, 0,
"{0:8} {1:8} {2:16} {3:8} {4:8} {5:8} {6:10} {7:10}".format(
*FIELDS
),
curses.A_REVERSE
)
(height, width) = stdscr.getmaxyx()
for i, stat in enumerate(process_stats):
stdscr.addstr(
i + 2, 0,
"{0:8} {username:8.8} {2:16} {3:8} {4:8} "
"{5:8} {6:9.1f}% {7:9.1f}%".format(
*stat, username=pwd.getpwuid(int(stat[1]))[0]
)
)
if i > height - 4:
break
stdscr.refresh()
if exiting:
print("Detaching...")
return


def parse_arguments():
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description='show Linux page cache hit/miss statistics including read '
'and write hit % per processes in a UI like top.'
)
parser.add_argument(
'interval', type=int, default=5, nargs='?',
help='Interval between probes.'
)

args = parser.parse_args()
return args

args = parse_arguments()
curses.wrapper(handle_loop, args)
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