Hello,
The cgroup v2 freezer controller is useful for freezing background applications so they don't contend with foreground tasks. However, this may disrupt any internal monitoring that the application is performing, as it may not be aware that it was frozen.
To illustrate, an application might implement a watchdog thread to monitor a high-priority task by periodically checking its state to ensure progress. The challenge is that the task only advances when the application is running, but watchdog timers are set relative to system time, not app time. If the app is frozen and misses the expected deadline, the watchdog, unaware of this pause, may kill a healthy process.
This series tracks the time that each cgroup spends "freezing" and exposes it via cgroup.stat.local. Include several basic selftests to demonstrate the expected behavior of this interface, including that: 1. Freeze time will increase while a cgroup is freezing, regardless of whether it is frozen or not. 2. Each cgroup's freeze time is independent from the other cgroups in its hierarchy.
Thanks, Tiffany
Signed-off-by: Tiffany Yang ynaffit@google.com --- v3: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250805032940.3587891-4-ynaffit@google.com/ v2: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250714050008.2167786-2-ynaffit@google.com/ v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250603224304.3198729-3-ynaffit@google.com/
Cc: John Stultz jstultz@google.com Cc: Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de Cc: Stephen Boyd sboyd@kernel.org Cc: Anna-Maria Behnsen anna-maria@linutronix.de Cc: Frederic Weisbecker frederic@kernel.org Cc: Tejun Heo tj@kernel.org Cc: Johannes Weiner hannes@cmpxchg.org Cc: Michal Koutný mkoutny@suse.com Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" rafael@kernel.org Cc: Pavel Machek pavel@kernel.org Cc: Roman Gushchin roman.gushchin@linux.dev Cc: Chen Ridong chenridong@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Tiffany Yang ynaffit@google.com
Tiffany Yang (2): cgroup: cgroup.stat.local time accounting cgroup: selftests: Add tests for freezer time
Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst | 18 + include/linux/cgroup-defs.h | 17 + kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c | 28 + kernel/cgroup/freezer.c | 16 +- tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_freezer.c | 663 ++++++++++++++++++ 5 files changed, 738 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
There isn't yet a clear way to identify a set of "lost" time that everyone (or at least a wider group of users) cares about. However, users can perform some delay accounting by iterating over components of interest. This patch allows cgroup v2 freezing time to be one of those components.
Track the cumulative time that each v2 cgroup spends freezing and expose it to userland via a new local stat file in cgroupfs. Thank you to Michal, who provided the ASCII art in the updated documentation.
To access this value: $ mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/test $ cat /sys/fs/cgroup/test/cgroup.stat.local freeze_time_total 0
Ensure consistent freeze time reads with freeze_seq, a per-cgroup sequence counter. Writes are serialized using the css_set_lock.
Signed-off-by: Tiffany Yang ynaffit@google.com Cc: Tejun Heo tj@kernel.org Cc: Michal Koutný mkoutny@suse.com --- v3 -> v4: * Replace "freeze_time_total" with "frozen" and expose stats via cgroup.stat.local, as recommended by Tejun. * Use the same timestamp when freezing/unfreezing a cgroup as its descendants, as suggested by Michal.
v2 -> v3: * Use seqcount along with css_set_lock to guard freeze time accesses, as suggested by Michal.
v1 -> v2: * Track per-cgroup freezing time instead of per-task frozen time, as suggested by Tejun. --- Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst | 18 ++++++++++++++++ include/linux/cgroup-defs.h | 17 +++++++++++++++ kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ kernel/cgroup/freezer.c | 16 ++++++++++---- 4 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst index 51c0bc4c2dc5..a1e3d431974c 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst @@ -1001,6 +1001,24 @@ All cgroup core files are prefixed with "cgroup." Total number of dying cgroup subsystems (e.g. memory cgroup) at and beneath the current cgroup.
+ cgroup.stat.local + A read-only flat-keyed file which exists in non-root cgroups. + The following entry is defined: + + frozen_usec + Cumulative time that this cgroup has spent between freezing and + thawing, regardless of whether by self or ancestor groups. + NB: (not) reaching "frozen" state is not accounted here. + + Using the following ASCII representation of a cgroup's freezer + state, :: + + 1 _____ + frozen 0 __/ __ + ab cd + + the duration being measured is the span between a and c. + cgroup.freeze A read-write single value file which exists on non-root cgroups. Allowed values are "0" and "1". The default is "0". diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h index 6b93a64115fe..539c64eeef38 100644 --- a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h +++ b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h @@ -433,6 +433,23 @@ struct cgroup_freezer_state { * frozen, SIGSTOPped, and PTRACEd. */ int nr_frozen_tasks; + + /* Freeze time data consistency protection */ + seqcount_t freeze_seq; + + /* + * Most recent time the cgroup was requested to freeze. + * Accesses guarded by freeze_seq counter. Writes serialized + * by css_set_lock. + */ + u64 freeze_start_nsec; + + /* + * Total duration the cgroup has spent freezing. + * Accesses guarded by freeze_seq counter. Writes serialized + * by css_set_lock. + */ + u64 frozen_nsec; };
struct cgroup { diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c index 312c6a8b55bb..ab096b884bbc 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c @@ -3763,6 +3763,27 @@ static int cgroup_stat_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v) return 0; }
+static int cgroup_core_local_stat_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v) +{ + struct cgroup *cgrp = seq_css(seq)->cgroup; + unsigned int sequence; + u64 freeze_time; + + do { + sequence = read_seqcount_begin(&cgrp->freezer.freeze_seq); + freeze_time = cgrp->freezer.frozen_nsec; + /* Add in current freezer interval if the cgroup is freezing. */ + if (test_bit(CGRP_FREEZE, &cgrp->flags)) + freeze_time += (ktime_get_ns() - + cgrp->freezer.freeze_start_nsec); + } while (read_seqcount_retry(&cgrp->freezer.freeze_seq, sequence)); + + seq_printf(seq, "frozen_usec %llu\n", + (unsigned long long) freeze_time / NSEC_PER_USEC); + + return 0; +} + #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED /** * cgroup_tryget_css - try to get a cgroup's css for the specified subsystem @@ -5354,6 +5375,11 @@ static struct cftype cgroup_base_files[] = { .name = "cgroup.stat", .seq_show = cgroup_stat_show, }, + { + .name = "cgroup.stat.local", + .flags = CFTYPE_NOT_ON_ROOT, + .seq_show = cgroup_core_local_stat_show, + }, { .name = "cgroup.freeze", .flags = CFTYPE_NOT_ON_ROOT, @@ -5763,6 +5789,7 @@ static struct cgroup *cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, const char *name, * if the parent has to be frozen, the child has too. */ cgrp->freezer.e_freeze = parent->freezer.e_freeze; + seqcount_init(&cgrp->freezer.freeze_seq); if (cgrp->freezer.e_freeze) { /* * Set the CGRP_FREEZE flag, so when a process will be @@ -5771,6 +5798,7 @@ static struct cgroup *cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, const char *name, * consider it frozen immediately. */ set_bit(CGRP_FREEZE, &cgrp->flags); + cgrp->freezer.freeze_start_nsec = ktime_get_ns(); set_bit(CGRP_FROZEN, &cgrp->flags); }
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/freezer.c b/kernel/cgroup/freezer.c index bf1690a167dd..6c18854bff34 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup/freezer.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup/freezer.c @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static void cgroup_freeze_task(struct task_struct *task, bool freeze) /* * Freeze or unfreeze all tasks in the given cgroup. */ -static void cgroup_do_freeze(struct cgroup *cgrp, bool freeze) +static void cgroup_do_freeze(struct cgroup *cgrp, bool freeze, u64 ts_nsec) { struct css_task_iter it; struct task_struct *task; @@ -179,10 +179,16 @@ static void cgroup_do_freeze(struct cgroup *cgrp, bool freeze) lockdep_assert_held(&cgroup_mutex);
spin_lock_irq(&css_set_lock); - if (freeze) + write_seqcount_begin(&cgrp->freezer.freeze_seq); + if (freeze) { set_bit(CGRP_FREEZE, &cgrp->flags); - else + cgrp->freezer.freeze_start_nsec = ts_nsec; + } else { clear_bit(CGRP_FREEZE, &cgrp->flags); + cgrp->freezer.frozen_nsec += (ts_nsec - + cgrp->freezer.freeze_start_nsec); + } + write_seqcount_end(&cgrp->freezer.freeze_seq); spin_unlock_irq(&css_set_lock);
if (freeze) @@ -260,6 +266,7 @@ void cgroup_freeze(struct cgroup *cgrp, bool freeze) struct cgroup *parent; struct cgroup *dsct; bool applied = false; + u64 ts_nsec; bool old_e;
lockdep_assert_held(&cgroup_mutex); @@ -271,6 +278,7 @@ void cgroup_freeze(struct cgroup *cgrp, bool freeze) return;
cgrp->freezer.freeze = freeze; + ts_nsec = ktime_get_ns();
/* * Propagate changes downwards the cgroup tree. @@ -298,7 +306,7 @@ void cgroup_freeze(struct cgroup *cgrp, bool freeze) /* * Do change actual state: freeze or unfreeze. */ - cgroup_do_freeze(dsct, freeze); + cgroup_do_freeze(dsct, freeze, ts_nsec); applied = true; }
On 2025/8/22 9:37, Tiffany Yang wrote:
There isn't yet a clear way to identify a set of "lost" time that everyone (or at least a wider group of users) cares about. However, users can perform some delay accounting by iterating over components of interest. This patch allows cgroup v2 freezing time to be one of those components.
Track the cumulative time that each v2 cgroup spends freezing and expose it to userland via a new local stat file in cgroupfs. Thank you to Michal, who provided the ASCII art in the updated documentation.
To access this value: $ mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/test $ cat /sys/fs/cgroup/test/cgroup.stat.local freeze_time_total 0
Ensure consistent freeze time reads with freeze_seq, a per-cgroup sequence counter. Writes are serialized using the css_set_lock.
Signed-off-by: Tiffany Yang ynaffit@google.com Cc: Tejun Heo tj@kernel.org Cc: Michal Koutný mkoutny@suse.com
v3 -> v4:
- Replace "freeze_time_total" with "frozen" and expose stats via cgroup.stat.local, as recommended by Tejun.
- Use the same timestamp when freezing/unfreezing a cgroup as its descendants, as suggested by Michal.
v2 -> v3:
- Use seqcount along with css_set_lock to guard freeze time accesses, as suggested by Michal.
v1 -> v2:
- Track per-cgroup freezing time instead of per-task frozen time, as suggested by Tejun.
Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst | 18 ++++++++++++++++ include/linux/cgroup-defs.h | 17 +++++++++++++++ kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ kernel/cgroup/freezer.c | 16 ++++++++++---- 4 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst index 51c0bc4c2dc5..a1e3d431974c 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst @@ -1001,6 +1001,24 @@ All cgroup core files are prefixed with "cgroup." Total number of dying cgroup subsystems (e.g. memory cgroup) at and beneath the current cgroup.
- cgroup.stat.local
- A read-only flat-keyed file which exists in non-root cgroups.
- The following entry is defined:
frozen_usec
Cumulative time that this cgroup has spent between freezing and
thawing, regardless of whether by self or ancestor groups.
NB: (not) reaching "frozen" state is not accounted here.
Using the following ASCII representation of a cgroup's freezer
state, ::
1 _____
frozen 0 __/ \__
ab cd
the duration being measured is the span between a and c.
- cgroup.freeze A read-write single value file which exists on non-root cgroups. Allowed values are "0" and "1". The default is "0".
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h index 6b93a64115fe..539c64eeef38 100644 --- a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h +++ b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h @@ -433,6 +433,23 @@ struct cgroup_freezer_state { * frozen, SIGSTOPped, and PTRACEd. */ int nr_frozen_tasks;
- /* Freeze time data consistency protection */
- seqcount_t freeze_seq;
- /*
* Most recent time the cgroup was requested to freeze.
* Accesses guarded by freeze_seq counter. Writes serialized
* by css_set_lock.
*/
- u64 freeze_start_nsec;
- /*
* Total duration the cgroup has spent freezing.
* Accesses guarded by freeze_seq counter. Writes serialized
* by css_set_lock.
*/
- u64 frozen_nsec;
}; struct cgroup { diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c index 312c6a8b55bb..ab096b884bbc 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c @@ -3763,6 +3763,27 @@ static int cgroup_stat_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v) return 0; } +static int cgroup_core_local_stat_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v) +{
- struct cgroup *cgrp = seq_css(seq)->cgroup;
- unsigned int sequence;
- u64 freeze_time;
- do {
sequence = read_seqcount_begin(&cgrp->freezer.freeze_seq);
freeze_time = cgrp->freezer.frozen_nsec;
/* Add in current freezer interval if the cgroup is freezing. */
if (test_bit(CGRP_FREEZE, &cgrp->flags))
freeze_time += (ktime_get_ns() -
cgrp->freezer.freeze_start_nsec);
- } while (read_seqcount_retry(&cgrp->freezer.freeze_seq, sequence));
- seq_printf(seq, "frozen_usec %llu\n",
(unsigned long long) freeze_time / NSEC_PER_USEC);
- return 0;
+}
#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED /**
- cgroup_tryget_css - try to get a cgroup's css for the specified subsystem
@@ -5354,6 +5375,11 @@ static struct cftype cgroup_base_files[] = { .name = "cgroup.stat", .seq_show = cgroup_stat_show, },
- {
.name = "cgroup.stat.local",
.flags = CFTYPE_NOT_ON_ROOT,
.seq_show = cgroup_core_local_stat_show,
- }, { .name = "cgroup.freeze", .flags = CFTYPE_NOT_ON_ROOT,
@@ -5763,6 +5789,7 @@ static struct cgroup *cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, const char *name, * if the parent has to be frozen, the child has too. */ cgrp->freezer.e_freeze = parent->freezer.e_freeze;
- seqcount_init(&cgrp->freezer.freeze_seq); if (cgrp->freezer.e_freeze) { /*
- Set the CGRP_FREEZE flag, so when a process will be
@@ -5771,6 +5798,7 @@ static struct cgroup *cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, const char *name, * consider it frozen immediately. */ set_bit(CGRP_FREEZE, &cgrp->flags);
set_bit(CGRP_FROZEN, &cgrp->flags); }cgrp->freezer.freeze_start_nsec = ktime_get_ns();
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/freezer.c b/kernel/cgroup/freezer.c index bf1690a167dd..6c18854bff34 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup/freezer.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup/freezer.c @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static void cgroup_freeze_task(struct task_struct *task, bool freeze) /*
- Freeze or unfreeze all tasks in the given cgroup.
*/ -static void cgroup_do_freeze(struct cgroup *cgrp, bool freeze) +static void cgroup_do_freeze(struct cgroup *cgrp, bool freeze, u64 ts_nsec) { struct css_task_iter it; struct task_struct *task; @@ -179,10 +179,16 @@ static void cgroup_do_freeze(struct cgroup *cgrp, bool freeze) lockdep_assert_held(&cgroup_mutex); spin_lock_irq(&css_set_lock);
- if (freeze)
- write_seqcount_begin(&cgrp->freezer.freeze_seq);
- if (freeze) { set_bit(CGRP_FREEZE, &cgrp->flags);
- else
cgrp->freezer.freeze_start_nsec = ts_nsec;
- } else { clear_bit(CGRP_FREEZE, &cgrp->flags);
cgrp->freezer.frozen_nsec += (ts_nsec -
cgrp->freezer.freeze_start_nsec);
- }
- write_seqcount_end(&cgrp->freezer.freeze_seq); spin_unlock_irq(&css_set_lock);
Hello Tiffany,
I wanted to check if there are any specific considerations regarding how we should input the ts_nsec value.
Would it be possible to define this directly within the cgroup_do_freeze function rather than passing it as a parameter? This approach might simplify the implementation and potentially improve timing accuracy when it have lots of descendants.
On 2025/8/22 14:14, Chen Ridong wrote:
On 2025/8/22 9:37, Tiffany Yang wrote:
There isn't yet a clear way to identify a set of "lost" time that everyone (or at least a wider group of users) cares about. However, users can perform some delay accounting by iterating over components of interest. This patch allows cgroup v2 freezing time to be one of those components.
Track the cumulative time that each v2 cgroup spends freezing and expose it to userland via a new local stat file in cgroupfs. Thank you to Michal, who provided the ASCII art in the updated documentation.
To access this value: $ mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/test $ cat /sys/fs/cgroup/test/cgroup.stat.local freeze_time_total 0
Ensure consistent freeze time reads with freeze_seq, a per-cgroup sequence counter. Writes are serialized using the css_set_lock.
Signed-off-by: Tiffany Yang ynaffit@google.com Cc: Tejun Heo tj@kernel.org Cc: Michal Koutný mkoutny@suse.com
v3 -> v4:
- Replace "freeze_time_total" with "frozen" and expose stats via cgroup.stat.local, as recommended by Tejun.
- Use the same timestamp when freezing/unfreezing a cgroup as its descendants, as suggested by Michal.
v2 -> v3:
- Use seqcount along with css_set_lock to guard freeze time accesses, as suggested by Michal.
v1 -> v2:
- Track per-cgroup freezing time instead of per-task frozen time, as suggested by Tejun.
Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst | 18 ++++++++++++++++ include/linux/cgroup-defs.h | 17 +++++++++++++++ kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ kernel/cgroup/freezer.c | 16 ++++++++++---- 4 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst index 51c0bc4c2dc5..a1e3d431974c 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst @@ -1001,6 +1001,24 @@ All cgroup core files are prefixed with "cgroup." Total number of dying cgroup subsystems (e.g. memory cgroup) at and beneath the current cgroup.
- cgroup.stat.local
- A read-only flat-keyed file which exists in non-root cgroups.
- The following entry is defined:
frozen_usec
Cumulative time that this cgroup has spent between freezing and
thawing, regardless of whether by self or ancestor groups.
NB: (not) reaching "frozen" state is not accounted here.
Using the following ASCII representation of a cgroup's freezer
state, ::
1 _____
frozen 0 __/ \__
ab cd
the duration being measured is the span between a and c.
- cgroup.freeze A read-write single value file which exists on non-root cgroups. Allowed values are "0" and "1". The default is "0".
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h index 6b93a64115fe..539c64eeef38 100644 --- a/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h +++ b/include/linux/cgroup-defs.h @@ -433,6 +433,23 @@ struct cgroup_freezer_state { * frozen, SIGSTOPped, and PTRACEd. */ int nr_frozen_tasks;
- /* Freeze time data consistency protection */
- seqcount_t freeze_seq;
- /*
* Most recent time the cgroup was requested to freeze.
* Accesses guarded by freeze_seq counter. Writes serialized
* by css_set_lock.
*/
- u64 freeze_start_nsec;
- /*
* Total duration the cgroup has spent freezing.
* Accesses guarded by freeze_seq counter. Writes serialized
* by css_set_lock.
*/
- u64 frozen_nsec;
}; struct cgroup { diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c index 312c6a8b55bb..ab096b884bbc 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c @@ -3763,6 +3763,27 @@ static int cgroup_stat_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v) return 0; } +static int cgroup_core_local_stat_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v) +{
- struct cgroup *cgrp = seq_css(seq)->cgroup;
- unsigned int sequence;
- u64 freeze_time;
- do {
sequence = read_seqcount_begin(&cgrp->freezer.freeze_seq);
freeze_time = cgrp->freezer.frozen_nsec;
/* Add in current freezer interval if the cgroup is freezing. */
if (test_bit(CGRP_FREEZE, &cgrp->flags))
freeze_time += (ktime_get_ns() -
cgrp->freezer.freeze_start_nsec);
- } while (read_seqcount_retry(&cgrp->freezer.freeze_seq, sequence));
- seq_printf(seq, "frozen_usec %llu\n",
(unsigned long long) freeze_time / NSEC_PER_USEC);
- return 0;
+}
#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED /**
- cgroup_tryget_css - try to get a cgroup's css for the specified subsystem
@@ -5354,6 +5375,11 @@ static struct cftype cgroup_base_files[] = { .name = "cgroup.stat", .seq_show = cgroup_stat_show, },
- {
.name = "cgroup.stat.local",
.flags = CFTYPE_NOT_ON_ROOT,
.seq_show = cgroup_core_local_stat_show,
- }, { .name = "cgroup.freeze", .flags = CFTYPE_NOT_ON_ROOT,
@@ -5763,6 +5789,7 @@ static struct cgroup *cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, const char *name, * if the parent has to be frozen, the child has too. */ cgrp->freezer.e_freeze = parent->freezer.e_freeze;
- seqcount_init(&cgrp->freezer.freeze_seq); if (cgrp->freezer.e_freeze) { /*
- Set the CGRP_FREEZE flag, so when a process will be
@@ -5771,6 +5798,7 @@ static struct cgroup *cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, const char *name, * consider it frozen immediately. */ set_bit(CGRP_FREEZE, &cgrp->flags);
set_bit(CGRP_FROZEN, &cgrp->flags); }cgrp->freezer.freeze_start_nsec = ktime_get_ns();
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/freezer.c b/kernel/cgroup/freezer.c index bf1690a167dd..6c18854bff34 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup/freezer.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup/freezer.c @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static void cgroup_freeze_task(struct task_struct *task, bool freeze) /*
- Freeze or unfreeze all tasks in the given cgroup.
*/ -static void cgroup_do_freeze(struct cgroup *cgrp, bool freeze) +static void cgroup_do_freeze(struct cgroup *cgrp, bool freeze, u64 ts_nsec) { struct css_task_iter it; struct task_struct *task; @@ -179,10 +179,16 @@ static void cgroup_do_freeze(struct cgroup *cgrp, bool freeze) lockdep_assert_held(&cgroup_mutex); spin_lock_irq(&css_set_lock);
- if (freeze)
- write_seqcount_begin(&cgrp->freezer.freeze_seq);
- if (freeze) { set_bit(CGRP_FREEZE, &cgrp->flags);
- else
cgrp->freezer.freeze_start_nsec = ts_nsec;
- } else { clear_bit(CGRP_FREEZE, &cgrp->flags);
cgrp->freezer.frozen_nsec += (ts_nsec -
cgrp->freezer.freeze_start_nsec);
- }
- write_seqcount_end(&cgrp->freezer.freeze_seq); spin_unlock_irq(&css_set_lock);
Hello Tiffany,
I wanted to check if there are any specific considerations regarding how we should input the ts_nsec value.
Would it be possible to define this directly within the cgroup_do_freeze function rather than passing it as a parameter? This approach might simplify the implementation and potentially improve timing accuracy when it have lots of descendants.
I revisited v3, and this was Michal's point. p / | \ 1 ... n When we freeze the parent group p, is it expected that all descendant cgroups (1 to n) should share the same frozen timestamp?
If the cgroup tree structure is stable, the exact frozen time may not be really matter. However, if the tree is not stable, obtaining the same frozen time is acceptable?
Hi Chen,
Thanks again for taking a look!
Chen Ridong chenridong@huaweicloud.com writes:
On 2025/8/22 14:14, Chen Ridong wrote:
On 2025/8/22 9:37, Tiffany Yang wrote:
There isn't yet a clear way to identify a set of "lost" time that everyone (or at least a wider group of users) cares about. However, users can perform some delay accounting by iterating over components of interest. This patch allows cgroup v2 freezing time to be one of those components.
Track the cumulative time that each v2 cgroup spends freezing and expose it to userland via a new local stat file in cgroupfs. Thank you to Michal, who provided the ASCII art in the updated documentation.
To access this value: $ mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/test $ cat /sys/fs/cgroup/test/cgroup.stat.local freeze_time_total 0
Ensure consistent freeze time reads with freeze_seq, a per-cgroup sequence counter. Writes are serialized using the css_set_lock.
...
spin_lock_irq(&css_set_lock);
- if (freeze)
- write_seqcount_begin(&cgrp->freezer.freeze_seq);
- if (freeze) { set_bit(CGRP_FREEZE, &cgrp->flags);
- else
cgrp->freezer.freeze_start_nsec = ts_nsec;
- } else { clear_bit(CGRP_FREEZE, &cgrp->flags);
cgrp->freezer.frozen_nsec += (ts_nsec -
cgrp->freezer.freeze_start_nsec);
- }
- write_seqcount_end(&cgrp->freezer.freeze_seq); spin_unlock_irq(&css_set_lock);
Hello Tiffany,
I wanted to check if there are any specific considerations regarding how we should input the ts_nsec value.
Would it be possible to define this directly within the cgroup_do_freeze function rather than passing it as a parameter? This approach might simplify the implementation and potentially improve timing accuracy when it have lots of descendants.
I revisited v3, and this was Michal's point. p / | \ 1 ... n When we freeze the parent group p, is it expected that all descendant cgroups (1 to n) should share the same frozen timestamp?
Yes, this is the expectation from the current change. I understand your concern about the accuracy of this measurement (especially when there are many descendants), but I agree with Michal's point that the time to traverse the descendant cgroups is basically noise relative to the quantity we're trying to measure here.
If the cgroup tree structure is stable, the exact frozen time may not be really matter. However, if the tree is not stable, obtaining the same frozen time is acceptable?
I'm a little unclear as to what you mean about when the cgroup tree is unstable. In the case where a new descendant of p is being created, I believe the cgroup_mutex prevents that from happening at the same time as we are freezing p's other descendants. If it won the race, was created unfrozen under p, and then became frozen during cgroup_freeze, it would have the same timestamp as the other descendants. If it lost the race and was created as a frozen cgroup under p, it would get its own timestamp in cgroup_create, so its freezing duration would be slightly less than that of the others in the hierarchy. Both values would be acceptable for our purposes, but if there was a different case you had in mind, please let me know!
Thanks,
On 2025/8/23 3:32, Tiffany Yang wrote:
Hi Chen,
Thanks again for taking a look!
Chen Ridong chenridong@huaweicloud.com writes:
On 2025/8/22 14:14, Chen Ridong wrote:
On 2025/8/22 9:37, Tiffany Yang wrote:
There isn't yet a clear way to identify a set of "lost" time that everyone (or at least a wider group of users) cares about. However, users can perform some delay accounting by iterating over components of interest. This patch allows cgroup v2 freezing time to be one of those components.
Track the cumulative time that each v2 cgroup spends freezing and expose it to userland via a new local stat file in cgroupfs. Thank you to Michal, who provided the ASCII art in the updated documentation.
To access this value: $ mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/test $ cat /sys/fs/cgroup/test/cgroup.stat.local freeze_time_total 0
Ensure consistent freeze time reads with freeze_seq, a per-cgroup sequence counter. Writes are serialized using the css_set_lock.
...
spin_lock_irq(&css_set_lock); - if (freeze) + write_seqcount_begin(&cgrp->freezer.freeze_seq); + if (freeze) { set_bit(CGRP_FREEZE, &cgrp->flags); - else + cgrp->freezer.freeze_start_nsec = ts_nsec; + } else { clear_bit(CGRP_FREEZE, &cgrp->flags); + cgrp->freezer.frozen_nsec += (ts_nsec - + cgrp->freezer.freeze_start_nsec); + } + write_seqcount_end(&cgrp->freezer.freeze_seq); spin_unlock_irq(&css_set_lock);
Hello Tiffany,
I wanted to check if there are any specific considerations regarding how we should input the ts_nsec value.
Would it be possible to define this directly within the cgroup_do_freeze function rather than passing it as a parameter? This approach might simplify the implementation and potentially improve timing accuracy when it have lots of descendants.
I revisited v3, and this was Michal's point. p / | \ 1 ... n When we freeze the parent group p, is it expected that all descendant cgroups (1 to n) should share the same frozen timestamp?
Yes, this is the expectation from the current change. I understand your concern about the accuracy of this measurement (especially when there are many descendants), but I agree with Michal's point that the time to traverse the descendant cgroups is basically noise relative to the quantity we're trying to measure here.
If the cgroup tree structure is stable, the exact frozen time may not be really matter. However, if the tree is not stable, obtaining the same frozen time is acceptable?
I'm a little unclear as to what you mean about when the cgroup tree is unstable. In the case where a new descendant of p is being created, I believe the cgroup_mutex prevents that from happening at the same time as we are freezing p's other descendants. If it won the race, was created unfrozen under p, and then became frozen during cgroup_freeze, it would have the same timestamp as the other descendants. If it lost the race and was created as a frozen cgroup under p, it would get its own timestamp in cgroup_create, so its freezing duration would be slightly less than that of the others in the hierarchy. Both values would be acceptable for our purposes, but if there was a different case you had in mind, please let me know!
Thanks,
What I mean by "stable" is that while cgroup 1 through n might be deleted or have more descendants created. For example:
n n-1 n-2 ... 1 frozen a a+1 a+2 a+n unfozen b b+1 b+2 ... b+n nsec b-a ...
In this case, all frozen_nsec values are b - a, which I believe is correct. However, consider a scenario where some cgroups are deleted:
n n-1 n-2 ... 1 frozen a a+1 a+2 a+n // 2 ... n-1 are deleted. unfozen b b+1
Here, the frozen_nsec for cgroup n would be b - a, but for cgroup 1 it would be (b + 1) - (a + n). This could introduce some discrepancy / timing inaccuracies.
Test cgroup v2 freezer time stat. Freezer time accounting should be independent of other cgroups in the hierarchy and should increase iff a cgroup is CGRP_FREEZE (regardless of whether it reaches CGRP_FROZEN).
Skip these tests on systems without freeze time accounting.
Signed-off-by: Tiffany Yang ynaffit@google.com Cc: Michal Koutný mkoutny@suse.com --- v3 -> v4: * Clean up logic around skipping selftests and decrease granularity of sleep times, as suggested by Michal. --- tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_freezer.c | 663 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 663 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_freezer.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_freezer.c index 8730645d363a..dfb763819581 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_freezer.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_freezer.c @@ -804,6 +804,662 @@ static int test_cgfreezer_vfork(const char *root) return ret; }
+/* + * Get the current frozen_usec for the cgroup. + */ +static long cg_check_freezetime(const char *cgroup) +{ + return cg_read_key_long(cgroup, "cgroup.stat.local", + "frozen_usec "); +} + +/* + * Test that the freeze time will behave as expected for an empty cgroup. + */ +static int test_cgfreezer_time_empty(const char *root) +{ + int ret = KSFT_FAIL; + char *cgroup = NULL; + long prev, curr; + + cgroup = cg_name(root, "cg_time_test_empty"); + if (!cgroup) + goto cleanup; + + /* + * 1) Create an empty cgroup and check that its freeze time + * is 0. + */ + if (cg_create(cgroup)) + goto cleanup; + + curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup); + if (curr < 0) { + ret = KSFT_SKIP; + goto cleanup; + } + if (curr > 0) { + debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr); + goto cleanup; + } + + if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup, true)) + goto cleanup; + + /* + * 2) Sleep for 1000 us. Check that the freeze time is at + * least 1000 us. + */ + usleep(1000); + curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup); + if (curr < 1000) { + debug("Expect time (%ld) to be at least 1000 us\n", + curr); + goto cleanup; + } + + /* + * 3) Unfreeze the cgroup. Check that the freeze time is + * larger than at 2). + */ + if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup, false)) + goto cleanup; + prev = curr; + curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup); + if (curr <= prev) { + debug("Expect time (%ld) to be more than previous check (%ld)\n", + curr, prev); + goto cleanup; + } + + /* + * 4) Check the freeze time again to ensure that it has not + * changed. + */ + prev = curr; + curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup); + if (curr != prev) { + debug("Expect time (%ld) to be unchanged from previous check (%ld)\n", + curr, prev); + goto cleanup; + } + + ret = KSFT_PASS; + +cleanup: + if (cgroup) + cg_destroy(cgroup); + free(cgroup); + return ret; +} + +/* + * A simple test for cgroup freezer time accounting. This test follows + * the same flow as test_cgfreezer_time_empty, but with a single process + * in the cgroup. + */ +static int test_cgfreezer_time_simple(const char *root) +{ + int ret = KSFT_FAIL; + char *cgroup = NULL; + long prev, curr; + + cgroup = cg_name(root, "cg_time_test_simple"); + if (!cgroup) + goto cleanup; + + /* + * 1) Create a cgroup and check that its freeze time is 0. + */ + if (cg_create(cgroup)) + goto cleanup; + + curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup); + if (curr < 0) { + ret = KSFT_SKIP; + goto cleanup; + } + if (curr > 0) { + debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr); + goto cleanup; + } + + /* + * 2) Populate the cgroup with one child and check that the + * freeze time is still 0. + */ + cg_run_nowait(cgroup, child_fn, NULL); + prev = curr; + curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup); + if (curr > prev) { + debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr); + goto cleanup; + } + + if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup, true)) + goto cleanup; + + /* + * 3) Sleep for 1000 us. Check that the freeze time is at + * least 1000 us. + */ + usleep(1000); + prev = curr; + curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup); + if (curr < 1000) { + debug("Expect time (%ld) to be at least 1000 us\n", + curr); + goto cleanup; + } + + /* + * 4) Unfreeze the cgroup. Check that the freeze time is + * larger than at 3). + */ + if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup, false)) + goto cleanup; + prev = curr; + curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup); + if (curr <= prev) { + debug("Expect time (%ld) to be more than previous check (%ld)\n", + curr, prev); + goto cleanup; + } + + /* + * 5) Sleep for 1000 us. Check that the freeze time is the + * same as at 4). + */ + usleep(1000); + prev = curr; + curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup); + if (curr != prev) { + debug("Expect time (%ld) to be unchanged from previous check (%ld)\n", + curr, prev); + goto cleanup; + } + + ret = KSFT_PASS; + +cleanup: + if (cgroup) + cg_destroy(cgroup); + free(cgroup); + return ret; +} + +/* + * Test that freezer time accounting works as expected, even while we're + * populating a cgroup with processes. + */ +static int test_cgfreezer_time_populate(const char *root) +{ + int ret = KSFT_FAIL; + char *cgroup = NULL; + long prev, curr; + int i; + + cgroup = cg_name(root, "cg_time_test_populate"); + if (!cgroup) + goto cleanup; + + if (cg_create(cgroup)) + goto cleanup; + + curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup); + if (curr < 0) { + ret = KSFT_SKIP; + goto cleanup; + } + if (curr > 0) { + debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr); + goto cleanup; + } + + /* + * 1) Populate the cgroup with 100 processes. Check that + * the freeze time is 0. + */ + for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) + cg_run_nowait(cgroup, child_fn, NULL); + prev = curr; + curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup); + if (curr != prev) { + debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr); + goto cleanup; + } + + /* + * 2) Wait for the group to become fully populated. Check + * that the freeze time is 0. + */ + if (cg_wait_for_proc_count(cgroup, 100)) + goto cleanup; + prev = curr; + curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup); + if (curr != prev) { + debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr); + goto cleanup; + } + + /* + * 3) Freeze the cgroup and then populate it with 100 more + * processes. Check that the freeze time continues to grow. + */ + if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup, true)) + goto cleanup; + prev = curr; + curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup); + if (curr <= prev) { + debug("Expect time (%ld) to be more than previous check (%ld)\n", + curr, prev); + goto cleanup; + } + + for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) + cg_run_nowait(cgroup, child_fn, NULL); + prev = curr; + curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup); + if (curr <= prev) { + debug("Expect time (%ld) to be more than previous check (%ld)\n", + curr, prev); + goto cleanup; + } + + /* + * 4) Wait for the group to become fully populated. Check + * that the freeze time is larger than at 3). + */ + if (cg_wait_for_proc_count(cgroup, 200)) + goto cleanup; + prev = curr; + curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup); + if (curr <= prev) { + debug("Expect time (%ld) to be more than previous check (%ld)\n", + curr, prev); + goto cleanup; + } + + /* + * 5) Unfreeze the cgroup. Check that the freeze time is + * larger than at 4). + */ + if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup, false)) + goto cleanup; + prev = curr; + curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup); + if (curr <= prev) { + debug("Expect time (%ld) to be more than previous check (%ld)\n", + curr, prev); + goto cleanup; + } + + /* + * 6) Kill the processes. Check that the freeze time is the + * same as it was at 5). + */ + if (cg_killall(cgroup)) + goto cleanup; + prev = curr; + curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup); + if (curr != prev) { + debug("Expect time (%ld) to be unchanged from previous check (%ld)\n", + curr, prev); + goto cleanup; + } + + /* + * 7) Freeze and unfreeze the cgroup. Check that the freeze + * time is larger than it was at 6). + */ + if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup, true)) + goto cleanup; + if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup, false)) + goto cleanup; + prev = curr; + curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup); + if (curr <= prev) { + debug("Expect time (%ld) to be more than previous check (%ld)\n", + curr, prev); + goto cleanup; + } + + ret = KSFT_PASS; + +cleanup: + if (cgroup) + cg_destroy(cgroup); + free(cgroup); + return ret; +} + +/* + * Test that frozen time for a cgroup continues to work as expected, + * even as processes are migrated. Frozen cgroup A's freeze time should + * continue to increase and running cgroup B's should stay 0. + */ +static int test_cgfreezer_time_migrate(const char *root) +{ + long prev_A, curr_A, curr_B; + char *cgroup[2] = {0}; + int ret = KSFT_FAIL; + int pid; + + cgroup[0] = cg_name(root, "cg_time_test_migrate_A"); + if (!cgroup[0]) + goto cleanup; + + cgroup[1] = cg_name(root, "cg_time_test_migrate_B"); + if (!cgroup[1]) + goto cleanup; + + if (cg_create(cgroup[0])) + goto cleanup; + + if (cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[0]) < 0) { + ret = KSFT_SKIP; + goto cleanup; + } + + if (cg_create(cgroup[1])) + goto cleanup; + + pid = cg_run_nowait(cgroup[0], child_fn, NULL); + if (pid < 0) + goto cleanup; + + if (cg_wait_for_proc_count(cgroup[0], 1)) + goto cleanup; + + curr_A = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[0]); + if (curr_A) { + debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr_A); + goto cleanup; + } + curr_B = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[1]); + if (curr_B) { + debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr_B); + goto cleanup; + } + + /* + * Freeze cgroup A. + */ + if (cg_freeze_wait(cgroup[0], true)) + goto cleanup; + prev_A = curr_A; + curr_A = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[0]); + if (curr_A <= prev_A) { + debug("Expect time (%ld) to be > 0\n", curr_A); + goto cleanup; + } + + /* + * Migrate from A (frozen) to B (running). + */ + if (cg_enter(cgroup[1], pid)) + goto cleanup; + + usleep(1000); + curr_B = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[1]); + if (curr_B) { + debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr_B); + goto cleanup; + } + + prev_A = curr_A; + curr_A = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[0]); + if (curr_A <= prev_A) { + debug("Expect time (%ld) to be more than previous check (%ld)\n", + curr_A, prev_A); + goto cleanup; + } + + ret = KSFT_PASS; + +cleanup: + if (cgroup[0]) + cg_destroy(cgroup[0]); + free(cgroup[0]); + if (cgroup[1]) + cg_destroy(cgroup[1]); + free(cgroup[1]); + return ret; +} + +/* + * The test creates a cgroup and freezes it. Then it creates a child cgroup. + * After that it checks that the child cgroup has a non-zero freeze time + * that is less than the parent's. Next, it freezes the child, unfreezes + * the parent, and sleeps. Finally, it checks that the child's freeze + * time has grown larger than the parent's. + */ +static int test_cgfreezer_time_parent(const char *root) +{ + char *parent, *child = NULL; + int ret = KSFT_FAIL; + long ptime, ctime; + + parent = cg_name(root, "cg_test_parent_A"); + if (!parent) + goto cleanup; + + child = cg_name(parent, "cg_test_parent_B"); + if (!child) + goto cleanup; + + if (cg_create(parent)) + goto cleanup; + + if (cg_check_freezetime(parent) < 0) { + ret = KSFT_SKIP; + goto cleanup; + } + + if (cg_freeze_wait(parent, true)) + goto cleanup; + + usleep(1000); + if (cg_create(child)) + goto cleanup; + + if (cg_check_frozen(child, true)) + goto cleanup; + + /* + * Since the parent was frozen the entire time the child cgroup + * was being created, we expect the parent's freeze time to be + * larger than the child's. + * + * Ideally, we would be able to check both times simultaneously, + * but here we get the child's after we get the parent's. + */ + ptime = cg_check_freezetime(parent); + ctime = cg_check_freezetime(child); + if (ptime <= ctime) { + debug("Expect ptime (%ld) > ctime (%ld)\n", ptime, ctime); + goto cleanup; + } + + if (cg_freeze_nowait(child, true)) + goto cleanup; + + if (cg_freeze_wait(parent, false)) + goto cleanup; + + if (cg_check_frozen(child, true)) + goto cleanup; + + usleep(100000); + + ctime = cg_check_freezetime(child); + ptime = cg_check_freezetime(parent); + + if (ctime <= ptime) { + debug("Expect ctime (%ld) > ptime (%ld)\n", ctime, ptime); + goto cleanup; + } + + ret = KSFT_PASS; + +cleanup: + if (child) + cg_destroy(child); + free(child); + if (parent) + cg_destroy(parent); + free(parent); + return ret; +} + +/* + * The test creates a parent cgroup and a child cgroup. Then, it freezes + * the child and checks that the child's freeze time is greater than the + * parent's, which should be zero. + */ +static int test_cgfreezer_time_child(const char *root) +{ + char *parent, *child = NULL; + int ret = KSFT_FAIL; + long ptime, ctime; + + parent = cg_name(root, "cg_test_child_A"); + if (!parent) + goto cleanup; + + child = cg_name(parent, "cg_test_child_B"); + if (!child) + goto cleanup; + + if (cg_create(parent)) + goto cleanup; + + if (cg_check_freezetime(parent) < 0) { + ret = KSFT_SKIP; + goto cleanup; + } + + if (cg_create(child)) + goto cleanup; + + if (cg_freeze_wait(child, true)) + goto cleanup; + + ctime = cg_check_freezetime(child); + ptime = cg_check_freezetime(parent); + if (ptime != 0) { + debug("Expect ptime (%ld) to be 0\n", ptime); + goto cleanup; + } + + if (ctime <= ptime) { + debug("Expect ctime (%ld) <= ptime (%ld)\n", ctime, ptime); + goto cleanup; + } + + ret = KSFT_PASS; + +cleanup: + if (child) + cg_destroy(child); + free(child); + if (parent) + cg_destroy(parent); + free(parent); + return ret; +} + +/* + * The test creates the following hierarchy: + * A + * | + * B + * | + * C + * + * Then it freezes the cgroups in the order C, B, A. + * Then it unfreezes the cgroups in the order A, B, C. + * Then it checks that C's freeze time is larger than B's and + * that B's is larger than A's. + */ +static int test_cgfreezer_time_nested(const char *root) +{ + char *cgroup[3] = {0}; + int ret = KSFT_FAIL; + long time[3] = {0}; + int i; + + cgroup[0] = cg_name(root, "cg_test_time_A"); + if (!cgroup[0]) + goto cleanup; + + cgroup[1] = cg_name(cgroup[0], "B"); + if (!cgroup[1]) + goto cleanup; + + cgroup[2] = cg_name(cgroup[1], "C"); + if (!cgroup[2]) + goto cleanup; + + if (cg_create(cgroup[0])) + goto cleanup; + + if (cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[0]) < 0) { + ret = KSFT_SKIP; + goto cleanup; + } + + if (cg_create(cgroup[1])) + goto cleanup; + + if (cg_create(cgroup[2])) + goto cleanup; + + if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup[2], true)) + goto cleanup; + + if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup[1], true)) + goto cleanup; + + if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup[0], true)) + goto cleanup; + + usleep(1000); + + if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup[0], false)) + goto cleanup; + + if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup[1], false)) + goto cleanup; + + if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup[2], false)) + goto cleanup; + + time[2] = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[2]); + time[1] = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[1]); + time[0] = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[0]); + + if (time[2] <= time[1]) { + debug("Expect C's time (%ld) > B's time (%ld)", time[2], time[1]); + goto cleanup; + } + + if (time[1] <= time[0]) { + debug("Expect B's time (%ld) > A's time (%ld)", time[1], time[0]); + goto cleanup; + } + + ret = KSFT_PASS; + +cleanup: + for (i = 2; i >= 0 && cgroup[i]; i--) { + cg_destroy(cgroup[i]); + free(cgroup[i]); + } + + return ret; +} + #define T(x) { x, #x } struct cgfreezer_test { int (*fn)(const char *root); @@ -819,6 +1475,13 @@ struct cgfreezer_test { T(test_cgfreezer_stopped), T(test_cgfreezer_ptraced), T(test_cgfreezer_vfork), + T(test_cgfreezer_time_empty), + T(test_cgfreezer_time_simple), + T(test_cgfreezer_time_populate), + T(test_cgfreezer_time_migrate), + T(test_cgfreezer_time_parent), + T(test_cgfreezer_time_child), + T(test_cgfreezer_time_nested), }; #undef T
On 2025/8/22 9:37, Tiffany Yang wrote:
Test cgroup v2 freezer time stat. Freezer time accounting should be independent of other cgroups in the hierarchy and should increase iff a cgroup is CGRP_FREEZE (regardless of whether it reaches CGRP_FROZEN).
Skip these tests on systems without freeze time accounting.
Signed-off-by: Tiffany Yang ynaffit@google.com Cc: Michal Koutný mkoutny@suse.com
v3 -> v4:
- Clean up logic around skipping selftests and decrease granularity of sleep times, as suggested by Michal.
tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_freezer.c | 663 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 663 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_freezer.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_freezer.c index 8730645d363a..dfb763819581 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_freezer.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_freezer.c @@ -804,6 +804,662 @@ static int test_cgfreezer_vfork(const char *root) return ret; } +/*
- Get the current frozen_usec for the cgroup.
- */
+static long cg_check_freezetime(const char *cgroup) +{
- return cg_read_key_long(cgroup, "cgroup.stat.local",
"frozen_usec ");
+}
+/*
- Test that the freeze time will behave as expected for an empty cgroup.
- */
+static int test_cgfreezer_time_empty(const char *root) +{
- int ret = KSFT_FAIL;
- char *cgroup = NULL;
- long prev, curr;
- cgroup = cg_name(root, "cg_time_test_empty");
- if (!cgroup)
goto cleanup;
- /*
* 1) Create an empty cgroup and check that its freeze time
* is 0.
*/
- if (cg_create(cgroup))
goto cleanup;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr < 0) {
ret = KSFT_SKIP;
goto cleanup;
- }
- if (curr > 0) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr);
goto cleanup;
- }
Perhaps we can simply use if (curr != 0) for the condition?
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup, true))
goto cleanup;
- /*
* 2) Sleep for 1000 us. Check that the freeze time is at
* least 1000 us.
*/
- usleep(1000);
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr < 1000) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be at least 1000 us\n",
curr);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* 3) Unfreeze the cgroup. Check that the freeze time is
* larger than at 2).
*/
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup, false))
goto cleanup;
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr <= prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be more than previous check (%ld)\n",
curr, prev);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* 4) Check the freeze time again to ensure that it has not
* changed.
*/
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr != prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be unchanged from previous check (%ld)\n",
curr, prev);
goto cleanup;
- }
- ret = KSFT_PASS;
+cleanup:
- if (cgroup)
cg_destroy(cgroup);
- free(cgroup);
- return ret;
+}
+/*
- A simple test for cgroup freezer time accounting. This test follows
- the same flow as test_cgfreezer_time_empty, but with a single process
- in the cgroup.
- */
+static int test_cgfreezer_time_simple(const char *root) +{
- int ret = KSFT_FAIL;
- char *cgroup = NULL;
- long prev, curr;
- cgroup = cg_name(root, "cg_time_test_simple");
- if (!cgroup)
goto cleanup;
- /*
* 1) Create a cgroup and check that its freeze time is 0.
*/
- if (cg_create(cgroup))
goto cleanup;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr < 0) {
ret = KSFT_SKIP;
goto cleanup;
- }
- if (curr > 0) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* 2) Populate the cgroup with one child and check that the
* freeze time is still 0.
*/
- cg_run_nowait(cgroup, child_fn, NULL);
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr > prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr);
goto cleanup;
- }
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup, true))
goto cleanup;
- /*
* 3) Sleep for 1000 us. Check that the freeze time is at
* least 1000 us.
*/
- usleep(1000);
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr < 1000) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be at least 1000 us\n",
curr);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* 4) Unfreeze the cgroup. Check that the freeze time is
* larger than at 3).
*/
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup, false))
goto cleanup;
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr <= prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be more than previous check (%ld)\n",
curr, prev);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* 5) Sleep for 1000 us. Check that the freeze time is the
* same as at 4).
*/
- usleep(1000);
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr != prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be unchanged from previous check (%ld)\n",
curr, prev);
goto cleanup;
- }
- ret = KSFT_PASS;
+cleanup:
- if (cgroup)
cg_destroy(cgroup);
- free(cgroup);
- return ret;
+}
+/*
- Test that freezer time accounting works as expected, even while we're
- populating a cgroup with processes.
- */
+static int test_cgfreezer_time_populate(const char *root) +{
- int ret = KSFT_FAIL;
- char *cgroup = NULL;
- long prev, curr;
- int i;
- cgroup = cg_name(root, "cg_time_test_populate");
- if (!cgroup)
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_create(cgroup))
goto cleanup;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr < 0) {
ret = KSFT_SKIP;
goto cleanup;
- }
- if (curr > 0) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* 1) Populate the cgroup with 100 processes. Check that
* the freeze time is 0.
*/
- for (i = 0; i < 100; i++)
cg_run_nowait(cgroup, child_fn, NULL);
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr != prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* 2) Wait for the group to become fully populated. Check
* that the freeze time is 0.
*/
- if (cg_wait_for_proc_count(cgroup, 100))
goto cleanup;
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr != prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* 3) Freeze the cgroup and then populate it with 100 more
* processes. Check that the freeze time continues to grow.
*/
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup, true))
goto cleanup;
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr <= prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be more than previous check (%ld)\n",
curr, prev);
goto cleanup;
- }
- for (i = 0; i < 100; i++)
cg_run_nowait(cgroup, child_fn, NULL);
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr <= prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be more than previous check (%ld)\n",
curr, prev);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* 4) Wait for the group to become fully populated. Check
* that the freeze time is larger than at 3).
*/
- if (cg_wait_for_proc_count(cgroup, 200))
goto cleanup;
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr <= prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be more than previous check (%ld)\n",
curr, prev);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* 5) Unfreeze the cgroup. Check that the freeze time is
* larger than at 4).
*/
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup, false))
goto cleanup;
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr <= prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be more than previous check (%ld)\n",
curr, prev);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* 6) Kill the processes. Check that the freeze time is the
* same as it was at 5).
*/
- if (cg_killall(cgroup))
goto cleanup;
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr != prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be unchanged from previous check (%ld)\n",
curr, prev);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* 7) Freeze and unfreeze the cgroup. Check that the freeze
* time is larger than it was at 6).
*/
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup, true))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup, false))
goto cleanup;
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr <= prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be more than previous check (%ld)\n",
curr, prev);
goto cleanup;
- }
- ret = KSFT_PASS;
+cleanup:
- if (cgroup)
cg_destroy(cgroup);
- free(cgroup);
- return ret;
+}
+/*
- Test that frozen time for a cgroup continues to work as expected,
- even as processes are migrated. Frozen cgroup A's freeze time should
- continue to increase and running cgroup B's should stay 0.
- */
+static int test_cgfreezer_time_migrate(const char *root) +{
- long prev_A, curr_A, curr_B;
- char *cgroup[2] = {0};
- int ret = KSFT_FAIL;
- int pid;
- cgroup[0] = cg_name(root, "cg_time_test_migrate_A");
- if (!cgroup[0])
goto cleanup;
- cgroup[1] = cg_name(root, "cg_time_test_migrate_B");
- if (!cgroup[1])
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_create(cgroup[0]))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[0]) < 0) {
ret = KSFT_SKIP;
goto cleanup;
- }
- if (cg_create(cgroup[1]))
goto cleanup;
- pid = cg_run_nowait(cgroup[0], child_fn, NULL);
- if (pid < 0)
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_wait_for_proc_count(cgroup[0], 1))
goto cleanup;
- curr_A = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[0]);
- if (curr_A) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr_A);
goto cleanup;
- }
- curr_B = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[1]);
- if (curr_B) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr_B);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* Freeze cgroup A.
*/
- if (cg_freeze_wait(cgroup[0], true))
goto cleanup;
- prev_A = curr_A;
- curr_A = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[0]);
- if (curr_A <= prev_A) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be > 0\n", curr_A);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* Migrate from A (frozen) to B (running).
*/
- if (cg_enter(cgroup[1], pid))
goto cleanup;
- usleep(1000);
- curr_B = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[1]);
- if (curr_B) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr_B);
goto cleanup;
- }
- prev_A = curr_A;
- curr_A = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[0]);
- if (curr_A <= prev_A) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be more than previous check (%ld)\n",
curr_A, prev_A);
goto cleanup;
- }
- ret = KSFT_PASS;
+cleanup:
- if (cgroup[0])
cg_destroy(cgroup[0]);
- free(cgroup[0]);
- if (cgroup[1])
cg_destroy(cgroup[1]);
- free(cgroup[1]);
- return ret;
+}
+/*
- The test creates a cgroup and freezes it. Then it creates a child cgroup.
- After that it checks that the child cgroup has a non-zero freeze time
- that is less than the parent's. Next, it freezes the child, unfreezes
- the parent, and sleeps. Finally, it checks that the child's freeze
- time has grown larger than the parent's.
- */
+static int test_cgfreezer_time_parent(const char *root) +{
- char *parent, *child = NULL;
- int ret = KSFT_FAIL;
- long ptime, ctime;
- parent = cg_name(root, "cg_test_parent_A");
- if (!parent)
goto cleanup;
- child = cg_name(parent, "cg_test_parent_B");
- if (!child)
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_create(parent))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_check_freezetime(parent) < 0) {
ret = KSFT_SKIP;
goto cleanup;
- }
- if (cg_freeze_wait(parent, true))
goto cleanup;
- usleep(1000);
- if (cg_create(child))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_check_frozen(child, true))
goto cleanup;
- /*
* Since the parent was frozen the entire time the child cgroup
* was being created, we expect the parent's freeze time to be
* larger than the child's.
*
* Ideally, we would be able to check both times simultaneously,
* but here we get the child's after we get the parent's.
*/
- ptime = cg_check_freezetime(parent);
- ctime = cg_check_freezetime(child);
- if (ptime <= ctime) {
debug("Expect ptime (%ld) > ctime (%ld)\n", ptime, ctime);
goto cleanup;
- }
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(child, true))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_freeze_wait(parent, false))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_check_frozen(child, true))
goto cleanup;
- usleep(100000);
- ctime = cg_check_freezetime(child);
- ptime = cg_check_freezetime(parent);
- if (ctime <= ptime) {
debug("Expect ctime (%ld) > ptime (%ld)\n", ctime, ptime);
goto cleanup;
- }
- ret = KSFT_PASS;
+cleanup:
- if (child)
cg_destroy(child);
- free(child);
- if (parent)
cg_destroy(parent);
- free(parent);
- return ret;
+}
+/*
- The test creates a parent cgroup and a child cgroup. Then, it freezes
- the child and checks that the child's freeze time is greater than the
- parent's, which should be zero.
- */
+static int test_cgfreezer_time_child(const char *root) +{
- char *parent, *child = NULL;
- int ret = KSFT_FAIL;
- long ptime, ctime;
- parent = cg_name(root, "cg_test_child_A");
- if (!parent)
goto cleanup;
- child = cg_name(parent, "cg_test_child_B");
- if (!child)
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_create(parent))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_check_freezetime(parent) < 0) {
ret = KSFT_SKIP;
goto cleanup;
- }
- if (cg_create(child))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_freeze_wait(child, true))
goto cleanup;
- ctime = cg_check_freezetime(child);
- ptime = cg_check_freezetime(parent);
- if (ptime != 0) {
debug("Expect ptime (%ld) to be 0\n", ptime);
goto cleanup;
- }
- if (ctime <= ptime) {
debug("Expect ctime (%ld) <= ptime (%ld)\n", ctime, ptime);
goto cleanup;
- }
- ret = KSFT_PASS;
+cleanup:
- if (child)
cg_destroy(child);
- free(child);
- if (parent)
cg_destroy(parent);
- free(parent);
- return ret;
+}
+/*
- The test creates the following hierarchy:
- A
- |
- B
- |
- C
- Then it freezes the cgroups in the order C, B, A.
- Then it unfreezes the cgroups in the order A, B, C.
- Then it checks that C's freeze time is larger than B's and
- that B's is larger than A's.
- */
+static int test_cgfreezer_time_nested(const char *root) +{
- char *cgroup[3] = {0};
- int ret = KSFT_FAIL;
- long time[3] = {0};
- int i;
- cgroup[0] = cg_name(root, "cg_test_time_A");
- if (!cgroup[0])
goto cleanup;
- cgroup[1] = cg_name(cgroup[0], "B");
- if (!cgroup[1])
goto cleanup;
- cgroup[2] = cg_name(cgroup[1], "C");
- if (!cgroup[2])
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_create(cgroup[0]))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[0]) < 0) {
ret = KSFT_SKIP;
goto cleanup;
- }
- if (cg_create(cgroup[1]))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_create(cgroup[2]))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup[2], true))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup[1], true))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup[0], true))
goto cleanup;
- usleep(1000);
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup[0], false))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup[1], false))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup[2], false))
goto cleanup;
- time[2] = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[2]);
- time[1] = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[1]);
- time[0] = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[0]);
- if (time[2] <= time[1]) {
debug("Expect C's time (%ld) > B's time (%ld)", time[2], time[1]);
goto cleanup;
- }
- if (time[1] <= time[0]) {
debug("Expect B's time (%ld) > A's time (%ld)", time[1], time[0]);
goto cleanup;
- }
- ret = KSFT_PASS;
+cleanup:
- for (i = 2; i >= 0 && cgroup[i]; i--) {
cg_destroy(cgroup[i]);
free(cgroup[i]);
- }
- return ret;
+}
#define T(x) { x, #x } struct cgfreezer_test { int (*fn)(const char *root); @@ -819,6 +1475,13 @@ struct cgfreezer_test { T(test_cgfreezer_stopped), T(test_cgfreezer_ptraced), T(test_cgfreezer_vfork),
- T(test_cgfreezer_time_empty),
- T(test_cgfreezer_time_simple),
- T(test_cgfreezer_time_populate),
- T(test_cgfreezer_time_migrate),
- T(test_cgfreezer_time_parent),
- T(test_cgfreezer_time_child),
- T(test_cgfreezer_time_nested),
}; #undef T
Thanks for taking the time to look at these patches!
Chen Ridong chenridong@huaweicloud.com writes:
On 2025/8/22 9:37, Tiffany Yang wrote:
Test cgroup v2 freezer time stat. Freezer time accounting should be independent of other cgroups in the hierarchy and should increase iff a cgroup is CGRP_FREEZE (regardless of whether it reaches CGRP_FROZEN).
...
- if (curr < 0) {
ret = KSFT_SKIP;
goto cleanup;
- }
- if (curr > 0) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr);
goto cleanup;
- }
Perhaps we can simply use if (curr != 0) for the condition?
Here we have 2 separate conditions because in the case where curr < 0, it means that the interface is not available and we should skip this test instead of failing it. In the case where curr > 0, the feature is not working correctly, and the test should fail as a result.
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup, true))
goto cleanup;
- /*
* 2) Sleep for 1000 us. Check that the freeze time is at
* least 1000 us.
*/
- usleep(1000);
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr < 1000) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be at least 1000 us\n",
curr);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* 3) Unfreeze the cgroup. Check that the freeze time is
* larger than at 2).
*/
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup, false))
goto cleanup;
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr <= prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be more than previous check (%ld)\n",
curr, prev);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* 4) Check the freeze time again to ensure that it has not
* changed.
*/
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr != prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be unchanged from previous check (%ld)\n",
curr, prev);
goto cleanup;
- }
- ret = KSFT_PASS;
+cleanup:
- if (cgroup)
cg_destroy(cgroup);
- free(cgroup);
- return ret;
+}
+/*
- A simple test for cgroup freezer time accounting. This test follows
- the same flow as test_cgfreezer_time_empty, but with a single process
- in the cgroup.
- */
+static int test_cgfreezer_time_simple(const char *root) +{
- int ret = KSFT_FAIL;
- char *cgroup = NULL;
- long prev, curr;
- cgroup = cg_name(root, "cg_time_test_simple");
- if (!cgroup)
goto cleanup;
- /*
* 1) Create a cgroup and check that its freeze time is 0.
*/
- if (cg_create(cgroup))
goto cleanup;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr < 0) {
ret = KSFT_SKIP;
goto cleanup;
- }
- if (curr > 0) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* 2) Populate the cgroup with one child and check that the
* freeze time is still 0.
*/
- cg_run_nowait(cgroup, child_fn, NULL);
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr > prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr);
goto cleanup;
- }
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup, true))
goto cleanup;
- /*
* 3) Sleep for 1000 us. Check that the freeze time is at
* least 1000 us.
*/
- usleep(1000);
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr < 1000) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be at least 1000 us\n",
curr);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* 4) Unfreeze the cgroup. Check that the freeze time is
* larger than at 3).
*/
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup, false))
goto cleanup;
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr <= prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be more than previous check (%ld)\n",
curr, prev);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* 5) Sleep for 1000 us. Check that the freeze time is the
* same as at 4).
*/
- usleep(1000);
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr != prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be unchanged from previous check (%ld)\n",
curr, prev);
goto cleanup;
- }
- ret = KSFT_PASS;
+cleanup:
- if (cgroup)
cg_destroy(cgroup);
- free(cgroup);
- return ret;
+}
+/*
- Test that freezer time accounting works as expected, even while we're
- populating a cgroup with processes.
- */
+static int test_cgfreezer_time_populate(const char *root) +{
- int ret = KSFT_FAIL;
- char *cgroup = NULL;
- long prev, curr;
- int i;
- cgroup = cg_name(root, "cg_time_test_populate");
- if (!cgroup)
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_create(cgroup))
goto cleanup;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr < 0) {
ret = KSFT_SKIP;
goto cleanup;
- }
- if (curr > 0) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* 1) Populate the cgroup with 100 processes. Check that
* the freeze time is 0.
*/
- for (i = 0; i < 100; i++)
cg_run_nowait(cgroup, child_fn, NULL);
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr != prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* 2) Wait for the group to become fully populated. Check
* that the freeze time is 0.
*/
- if (cg_wait_for_proc_count(cgroup, 100))
goto cleanup;
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr != prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* 3) Freeze the cgroup and then populate it with 100 more
* processes. Check that the freeze time continues to grow.
*/
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup, true))
goto cleanup;
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr <= prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be more than previous check (%ld)\n",
curr, prev);
goto cleanup;
- }
- for (i = 0; i < 100; i++)
cg_run_nowait(cgroup, child_fn, NULL);
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr <= prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be more than previous check (%ld)\n",
curr, prev);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* 4) Wait for the group to become fully populated. Check
* that the freeze time is larger than at 3).
*/
- if (cg_wait_for_proc_count(cgroup, 200))
goto cleanup;
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr <= prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be more than previous check (%ld)\n",
curr, prev);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* 5) Unfreeze the cgroup. Check that the freeze time is
* larger than at 4).
*/
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup, false))
goto cleanup;
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr <= prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be more than previous check (%ld)\n",
curr, prev);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* 6) Kill the processes. Check that the freeze time is the
* same as it was at 5).
*/
- if (cg_killall(cgroup))
goto cleanup;
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr != prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be unchanged from previous check (%ld)\n",
curr, prev);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* 7) Freeze and unfreeze the cgroup. Check that the freeze
* time is larger than it was at 6).
*/
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup, true))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup, false))
goto cleanup;
- prev = curr;
- curr = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup);
- if (curr <= prev) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be more than previous check (%ld)\n",
curr, prev);
goto cleanup;
- }
- ret = KSFT_PASS;
+cleanup:
- if (cgroup)
cg_destroy(cgroup);
- free(cgroup);
- return ret;
+}
+/*
- Test that frozen time for a cgroup continues to work as expected,
- even as processes are migrated. Frozen cgroup A's freeze time should
- continue to increase and running cgroup B's should stay 0.
- */
+static int test_cgfreezer_time_migrate(const char *root) +{
- long prev_A, curr_A, curr_B;
- char *cgroup[2] = {0};
- int ret = KSFT_FAIL;
- int pid;
- cgroup[0] = cg_name(root, "cg_time_test_migrate_A");
- if (!cgroup[0])
goto cleanup;
- cgroup[1] = cg_name(root, "cg_time_test_migrate_B");
- if (!cgroup[1])
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_create(cgroup[0]))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[0]) < 0) {
ret = KSFT_SKIP;
goto cleanup;
- }
- if (cg_create(cgroup[1]))
goto cleanup;
- pid = cg_run_nowait(cgroup[0], child_fn, NULL);
- if (pid < 0)
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_wait_for_proc_count(cgroup[0], 1))
goto cleanup;
- curr_A = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[0]);
- if (curr_A) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr_A);
goto cleanup;
- }
- curr_B = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[1]);
- if (curr_B) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr_B);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* Freeze cgroup A.
*/
- if (cg_freeze_wait(cgroup[0], true))
goto cleanup;
- prev_A = curr_A;
- curr_A = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[0]);
- if (curr_A <= prev_A) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be > 0\n", curr_A);
goto cleanup;
- }
- /*
* Migrate from A (frozen) to B (running).
*/
- if (cg_enter(cgroup[1], pid))
goto cleanup;
- usleep(1000);
- curr_B = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[1]);
- if (curr_B) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be 0\n", curr_B);
goto cleanup;
- }
- prev_A = curr_A;
- curr_A = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[0]);
- if (curr_A <= prev_A) {
debug("Expect time (%ld) to be more than previous check (%ld)\n",
curr_A, prev_A);
goto cleanup;
- }
- ret = KSFT_PASS;
+cleanup:
- if (cgroup[0])
cg_destroy(cgroup[0]);
- free(cgroup[0]);
- if (cgroup[1])
cg_destroy(cgroup[1]);
- free(cgroup[1]);
- return ret;
+}
+/*
- The test creates a cgroup and freezes it. Then it creates a child
cgroup.
- After that it checks that the child cgroup has a non-zero freeze time
- that is less than the parent's. Next, it freezes the child, unfreezes
- the parent, and sleeps. Finally, it checks that the child's freeze
- time has grown larger than the parent's.
- */
+static int test_cgfreezer_time_parent(const char *root) +{
- char *parent, *child = NULL;
- int ret = KSFT_FAIL;
- long ptime, ctime;
- parent = cg_name(root, "cg_test_parent_A");
- if (!parent)
goto cleanup;
- child = cg_name(parent, "cg_test_parent_B");
- if (!child)
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_create(parent))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_check_freezetime(parent) < 0) {
ret = KSFT_SKIP;
goto cleanup;
- }
- if (cg_freeze_wait(parent, true))
goto cleanup;
- usleep(1000);
- if (cg_create(child))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_check_frozen(child, true))
goto cleanup;
- /*
* Since the parent was frozen the entire time the child cgroup
* was being created, we expect the parent's freeze time to be
* larger than the child's.
*
* Ideally, we would be able to check both times simultaneously,
* but here we get the child's after we get the parent's.
*/
- ptime = cg_check_freezetime(parent);
- ctime = cg_check_freezetime(child);
- if (ptime <= ctime) {
debug("Expect ptime (%ld) > ctime (%ld)\n", ptime, ctime);
goto cleanup;
- }
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(child, true))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_freeze_wait(parent, false))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_check_frozen(child, true))
goto cleanup;
- usleep(100000);
- ctime = cg_check_freezetime(child);
- ptime = cg_check_freezetime(parent);
- if (ctime <= ptime) {
debug("Expect ctime (%ld) > ptime (%ld)\n", ctime, ptime);
goto cleanup;
- }
- ret = KSFT_PASS;
+cleanup:
- if (child)
cg_destroy(child);
- free(child);
- if (parent)
cg_destroy(parent);
- free(parent);
- return ret;
+}
+/*
- The test creates a parent cgroup and a child cgroup. Then, it freezes
- the child and checks that the child's freeze time is greater than the
- parent's, which should be zero.
- */
+static int test_cgfreezer_time_child(const char *root) +{
- char *parent, *child = NULL;
- int ret = KSFT_FAIL;
- long ptime, ctime;
- parent = cg_name(root, "cg_test_child_A");
- if (!parent)
goto cleanup;
- child = cg_name(parent, "cg_test_child_B");
- if (!child)
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_create(parent))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_check_freezetime(parent) < 0) {
ret = KSFT_SKIP;
goto cleanup;
- }
- if (cg_create(child))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_freeze_wait(child, true))
goto cleanup;
- ctime = cg_check_freezetime(child);
- ptime = cg_check_freezetime(parent);
- if (ptime != 0) {
debug("Expect ptime (%ld) to be 0\n", ptime);
goto cleanup;
- }
- if (ctime <= ptime) {
debug("Expect ctime (%ld) <= ptime (%ld)\n", ctime, ptime);
goto cleanup;
- }
- ret = KSFT_PASS;
+cleanup:
- if (child)
cg_destroy(child);
- free(child);
- if (parent)
cg_destroy(parent);
- free(parent);
- return ret;
+}
+/*
- The test creates the following hierarchy:
- A
- |
- B
- |
- C
- Then it freezes the cgroups in the order C, B, A.
- Then it unfreezes the cgroups in the order A, B, C.
- Then it checks that C's freeze time is larger than B's and
- that B's is larger than A's.
- */
+static int test_cgfreezer_time_nested(const char *root) +{
- char *cgroup[3] = {0};
- int ret = KSFT_FAIL;
- long time[3] = {0};
- int i;
- cgroup[0] = cg_name(root, "cg_test_time_A");
- if (!cgroup[0])
goto cleanup;
- cgroup[1] = cg_name(cgroup[0], "B");
- if (!cgroup[1])
goto cleanup;
- cgroup[2] = cg_name(cgroup[1], "C");
- if (!cgroup[2])
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_create(cgroup[0]))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[0]) < 0) {
ret = KSFT_SKIP;
goto cleanup;
- }
- if (cg_create(cgroup[1]))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_create(cgroup[2]))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup[2], true))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup[1], true))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup[0], true))
goto cleanup;
- usleep(1000);
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup[0], false))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup[1], false))
goto cleanup;
- if (cg_freeze_nowait(cgroup[2], false))
goto cleanup;
- time[2] = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[2]);
- time[1] = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[1]);
- time[0] = cg_check_freezetime(cgroup[0]);
- if (time[2] <= time[1]) {
debug("Expect C's time (%ld) > B's time (%ld)", time[2], time[1]);
goto cleanup;
- }
- if (time[1] <= time[0]) {
debug("Expect B's time (%ld) > A's time (%ld)", time[1], time[0]);
goto cleanup;
- }
- ret = KSFT_PASS;
+cleanup:
- for (i = 2; i >= 0 && cgroup[i]; i--) {
cg_destroy(cgroup[i]);
free(cgroup[i]);
- }
- return ret;
+}
- #define T(x) { x, #x } struct cgfreezer_test { int (*fn)(const char *root);
@@ -819,6 +1475,13 @@ struct cgfreezer_test { T(test_cgfreezer_stopped), T(test_cgfreezer_ptraced), T(test_cgfreezer_vfork),
- T(test_cgfreezer_time_empty),
- T(test_cgfreezer_time_simple),
- T(test_cgfreezer_time_populate),
- T(test_cgfreezer_time_migrate),
- T(test_cgfreezer_time_parent),
- T(test_cgfreezer_time_child),
- T(test_cgfreezer_time_nested), }; #undef T
On 2025/8/23 2:50, Tiffany Yang wrote:
Perhaps we can simply use if (curr != 0) for the condition?
Here we have 2 separate conditions because in the case where curr < 0, it means that the interface is not available and we should skip this test instead of failing it. In the case where curr > 0, the feature is not working correctly, and the test should fail as a result.
Thank you for your explanation. See now.
On Thu, Aug 21, 2025 at 06:37:51PM -0700, Tiffany Yang wrote:
Hello,
The cgroup v2 freezer controller is useful for freezing background applications so they don't contend with foreground tasks. However, this may disrupt any internal monitoring that the application is performing, as it may not be aware that it was frozen.
To illustrate, an application might implement a watchdog thread to monitor a high-priority task by periodically checking its state to ensure progress. The challenge is that the task only advances when the application is running, but watchdog timers are set relative to system time, not app time. If the app is frozen and misses the expected deadline, the watchdog, unaware of this pause, may kill a healthy process.
This series tracks the time that each cgroup spends "freezing" and exposes it via cgroup.stat.local. Include several basic selftests to demonstrate the expected behavior of this interface, including that:
- Freeze time will increase while a cgroup is freezing, regardless of whether it is frozen or not.
- Each cgroup's freeze time is independent from the other cgroups in its hierarchy.
Thanks, Tiffany
Signed-off-by: Tiffany Yang ynaffit@google.com
Applied to cgroup/for-6.18. Let's address further issues incrementally.
Thanks.
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