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Both TAU (Tuning and Analysis Utilities) and its Linux kernel counterpart, KTAU have been ported to ZeptoOS. In addition the build system of the ZeptoOS kernel has been modified to simplify the integration of KTAU patches. The following sections describe how to acquire, configure, build and use TAU and KTAU under ZeptoOS, with Surveyor at ANL as the test platform. The KTAU section appears first as the TAU section has some dependencies on that information.

KTAU

Acquiring KTAU

You can download a gzipped tarball of KTAU (version: 1.7.15-bgpzepto) from http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/research/ktau/downloads.php .

Integrating KTAU into ZeptoOS

For the below examples showing the configuration and build steps, it is assumed that the KTAU tarball has been expanded into the location /home/anataraj/ktau-1.7.15-bgpzepto and that the ZeptoOS tarball has been expanded into /home/anataraj/BGP.

Configure ZeptoOS to point to KTAU path and patch

Begin by configuring the ZeptoOS by pointing it to the correct KTAU path and the name of the patch to be used.

[email protected]:~/BGP> ./configure --edit

Once this is done, the changes will be saved to the Make.rules file as can be checked.

[email protected]:~/BGP> cat Make.rules
#
# Automatically generated make config: don't edit
#

#
# BG/P DIST_DIR
#
DRV_DIR="/bgsys/drivers/ppcfloor/"
BGP_CROSS="$(DRV_DIR)/gnu-linux/bin/powerpc-bgp-linux-"
BGCNS_H_PATH="$(DRV_DIR)/mcp-2.6.16.46/include/"
BGCNS_H="$(BGCNS_H_PATH)/bgcns.h"
OS_DIR="/bgsys/linux/1.3.020081029"

#
# KTAU
#
KTAU_DIR="/home/anataraj/ktau-1.7.15-bgpzepto"
KTAU_PATCH="patch-2.6.19.2-ktau-1.7.15-bgpzepto"

Patching ZeptoOS with KTAU

Step down into the "kernel" directory of ZeptoOS next. Issuing a 'make help' will show all the targets, including the KTAU specific ones.

[email protected]:~/BGP> cd kernel/

[email protected]:~/BGP/kernel> make help

[menu]

bgp-ion-linux                 : Simply use recent built or prebuilt ION kernel (no kernel rebuild)
bgp-ion-linux-prebuilt        : Use prebuilt ION kernel
bgp-ion-linux-menuconfig      : Invoke ION kernel menuconfig
bgp-ion-linux-build           : Rebuild ION kernel and copy
bgp-ion-linux-try-patching    : Try to apply new patch to ION kernel
bgp-ion-linux-update-prebuilt : Copy ION kernel from tmp dir to prebuilt dir (no rebuild)

bgp-cn-linux                  : Rebuild CN ramdisk and merge with recent built or prebuilt CN kernel objs
bgp-cn-linux-prebuilt         : Use prebuilt CN kernel
bgp-cn-linux-menuconfig       : Invoke CN kernel menuconfig
bgp-cn-linux-build            : Rebuild CN kernel objs and CN ramdisk, then merge them into CN Kernel
bgp-cn-linux-try-patching     : Try to apply new patch to CN kernel
bgp-cn-linux-update-prebuilt  : Copy CN kernel objs from tmp dir to prebuilt dir (no build)
bgp-cn-linux-add-ktau         : Patch CN kernel with KTAU and link in KTAU headers & sources
bgp-cn-linux-del-ktau         : Remove KTAU patch and links from CN kernel

NOTE:
- The following targets copy prebuilt or newly built kernel image to the top dir
  bgp-ion-linux, bgp-ion-linux-build, bgp-cn-linux, bgp-cn-linux-build and bgp-cn-linux-ramdisk

- 'make GIT=1 ...' clone repo from public git repo via http and use them as target source tree
- By default, kernel tarballs are extracted and use them as target source tree

Issuing 'make bgp-cn-linux-add-ktau' target patches the ZeptoOS compute node Linux kernel with KTAU the configured patch and then links to headers and sources from the KTAU path.

[email protected]:~/BGP/kernel> make bgp-cn-linux-add-ktau 
[ -d work ] || mkdir work
tar xfj tarball/linux-2.6.19.2-BGP-V1R3.tar.bz2 -C work
if [ -f tarball/linux-2.6.19.2-BGP-V1R3.patch ] ; then \
	( cd work/linux-2.6.19.2-BGP-V1R3 ; patch -p1 < ../../tarball/linux-2.6.19.2-BGP-V1R3.patch ) ; \
	cp tarball/linux-2.6.19.2-BGP-V1R3.patch work/linux-2.6.19.2-BGP-V1R3.patch.applied ; \
fi
patching file Makefile
patching file arch/ppc/Kconfig
patching file arch/ppc/kernel/head_44x.S
patching file arch/ppc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
patching file arch/ppc/mm/zepto_flatmem.c
patching file arch/ppc/syslib/bgdd/bluegene_console.c
patching file arch/ppc/syslib/bgdd/bluegene_dma.c
patching file bgp-cn-2.6.19.2-dot-config
patching file bgp-ion-flatmem-2.6.19.2-dot-config
patching file fs/Kconfig
patching file include/asm-ppc/page.h
patching file include/asm-ppc/pgtable.h
patching file include/linux/mmzone.h
patching file kernel/exit.c
touch work/.cn_kernel_prepared
Linking to KTAU headers...
Linking to KTAU sources...
Linking to KTAU make...
Applying KTAU patch...
patching file arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
patching file arch/powerpc/oprofile/Kconfig
patching file arch/ppc/kernel/entry.S
Hunk #4 succeeded at 306 (offset -6 lines).
patching file arch/ppc/kernel/smp.c
patching file arch/ppc/kernel/time.c
patching file arch/ppc/kernel/traps.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 69 (offset -7 lines).
patching file arch/ppc/syslib/bgdd/bluegene_network.c
Hunk #2 succeeded at 496 (offset -34 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 513 (offset -34 lines).
patching file include/linux/sched.h
patching file init/main.c
patching file kernel/fork.c
patching file kernel/irq/handle.c
patching file kernel/Makefile
patching file kernel/sched.c
patching file kernel/softirq.c
patching file kernel/timer.c
patching file kernel/workqueue.c
patching file Makefile
NOTE: Integration of KTAU into ZeptoOS is complete. Next, please configure KTAU kernel options using "make bgp-cn-linux-menuconfig". After that, please follow the standard ZeptoOS build steps (e.g. "make bgp-cn-linux-build").

Configuring KTAU parameters of the patched ZeptoOS CN Linux

Next the KTAU parameters of the kernel configuration need to be set. This can be done by issuing a 'make bgp-cn-linux-menuconfig'.

[email protected]:~/BGP/kernel> make bgp-cn-linux-menuconfig 

Building ZeptoOS with KTAU

After configuration is performed and saved, the kernel needs to be built.

[email protected]:~/BGP/kernel> make bgp-cn-linux-build

Do not forget to update the prebuilt binaries with the kernel image you just built.

[email protected]:~/BGP/kernel> make bgp-cn-linux-update-prebuilt 
Copying kernel objs from tmp/cnkernelobjs to prebuilt/2.6.19/objs/ ...
done
CN kernel prebuilt objs and kernel image has been updated

Lastly, go back up to the root-level ZeptoOS directory and perform a 'make' to set / update / build any other targets.

[email protected]:~/BGP/kernel> cd ..

[email protected]:~/BGP> pwd
/home/anataraj/BGP

[email protected]:~/BGP> make 
Create root password for I/O Node
   Leave the password field empty if you want to disable root login
   New password:
   Retype new password:
<snipped out>
Zepto Kernel and ramdisk images are ready:
BGP-CN-zImage-with-initrd.elf
BGP-ION-ramdisk.elf
BGP-ION-ramdisk-for-CNL.elf
BGP-ION-zImage.elf

You should now have a KTAU-patched and configured ZeptoOS Compute Node Linux kernel ready for use.

Using TAU with KTAU : Integrated Profiles

Example Run

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