ddtrace 1.0.0 → 1.10.1

data/ext/ddtrace_profiling_native_extension/collectors_cpu_and_wall_time_worker.c

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+#include <ruby.h>
+#include <ruby/thread.h>
+#include <ruby/thread_native.h>
+#include <ruby/debug.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdatomic.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include "helpers.h"
+#include "ruby_helpers.h"
+#include "collectors_thread_context.h"
+#include "collectors_dynamic_sampling_rate.h"
+#include "collectors_idle_sampling_helper.h"
+#include "private_vm_api_access.h"
+#include "setup_signal_handler.h"
+#include "time_helpers.h"
+
+// Used to trigger the execution of Collectors::ThreadState, which implements all of the sampling logic
+// itself; this class only implements the "when to do it" part.
+//
+// This file implements the native bits of the Datadog::Profiling::Collectors::CpuAndWallTimeWorker class
+
+// ---
+// Here be dragons: This component is quite fiddly and probably one of the more complex in the profiler as it deals with
+// multiple threads, signal handlers, global state, etc.
+//
+// ## Design notes for this class:
+//
+// ### Constraints
+//
+// Currently, sampling Ruby threads requires calling Ruby VM APIs that are only safe to call while holding on to the
+// global VM lock (and are not async-signal safe -- cannot be called from a signal handler).
+//
+// @ivoanjo: As a note, I don't think we should think of this constraint as set in stone. Since can reach into the Ruby
+// internals, we may be able to figure out a way of overcoming it. But it's definitely going to be hard so for now
+// we're considering it as a given.
+//
+// ### Flow for triggering CPU/Wall-time samples
+//
+// The flow for triggering samples is as follows:
+//
+// 1. Inside the `run_sampling_trigger_loop` function (running in the `CpuAndWallTimeWorker` background thread),
+// a `SIGPROF` signal gets sent to the current process.
+//
+// 2. The `handle_sampling_signal` signal handler function gets called to handle the `SIGPROF` signal.
+//
+//   Which thread the signal handler function gets called on by the operating system is quite important. We need to perform
+// an operation -- calling the `rb_postponed_job_register_one` API -- that can only be called from the thread that
+// is holding on to the global VM lock. So this is the thread we're "hoping" our signal lands on.
+//
+//   The signal never lands on the `CpuAndWallTimeWorker` background thread because we explicitly block it off from that
+// thread in `block_sigprof_signal_handler_from_running_in_current_thread`.
+//
+//   If the signal lands on a thread that is not holding onto the global VM lock, we can't proceed to the next step,
+// and we need to restart the sampling flow from step 1. (There's still quite a few improvements we can make here,
+// but this is the current state of the implementation).
+//
+// 3. Inside `handle_sampling_signal`, if it's getting executed by the Ruby thread that is holding the global VM lock,
+// we can call `rb_postponed_job_register_one` to ask the Ruby VM to call our `sample_from_postponed_job` function
+// "as soon as it can".
+//
+// 4. The Ruby VM calls our `sample_from_postponed_job` from a thread holding the global VM lock. A sample is recorded by
+// calling `thread_context_collector_sample`.
+//
+// ### TracePoints and Forking
+//
+// When the Ruby VM forks, the CPU/Wall-time profiling stops naturally because it's triggered by a background thread
+// that doesn't get automatically restarted by the VM on the child process. (The profiler does trigger its restart at
+// some point -- see `Profiling::Tasks::Setup` for details).
+//
+// But this doesn't apply to any `TracePoint`s this class may use, which will continue to be active. Thus, we need to
+// always remember consider this case of -- the worker thread may not be alive but the `TracePoint`s can continue to
+// trigger samples.
+//
+// ---
+
+// Contains state for a single CpuAndWallTimeWorker instance
+struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state {
+  atomic_bool should_run;
+
+  bool gc_profiling_enabled;
+  bool allocation_counting_enabled;
+  VALUE self_instance;
+  VALUE thread_context_collector_instance;
+  VALUE idle_sampling_helper_instance;
+  VALUE owner_thread;
+  dynamic_sampling_rate_state dynamic_sampling_rate;
+
+  // When something goes wrong during sampling, we record the Ruby exception here, so that it can be "re-raised" on
+  // the CpuAndWallTimeWorker thread
+  VALUE failure_exception;
+  // Used by `_native_stop` to flag the worker thread to start (see comment on `_native_sampling_loop`)
+  VALUE stop_thread;
+
+  // Used to get gc start/finish information
+  VALUE gc_tracepoint;
+
+  VALUE object_allocation_tracepoint;
+
+  struct stats {
+    // How many times we tried to trigger a sample
+    unsigned int trigger_sample_attempts;
+    // How many times we tried to simulate signal delivery
+    unsigned int trigger_simulated_signal_delivery_attempts;
+    // How many times we actually simulated signal delivery
+    unsigned int simulated_signal_delivery;
+    // How many times we actually called rb_postponed_job_register_one from a signal handler
+    unsigned int signal_handler_enqueued_sample;
+    // How many times the signal handler was called from the wrong thread
+    unsigned int signal_handler_wrong_thread;
+    // How many times we actually sampled (except GC samples)
+    unsigned int sampled;
+    // Min/max/total wall-time spent sampling (except GC samples)
+    uint64_t sampling_time_ns_min;
+    uint64_t sampling_time_ns_max;
+    uint64_t sampling_time_ns_total;
+  } stats;
+};
+
+static VALUE _native_new(VALUE klass);
+static VALUE _native_initialize(
+  DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE _self,
+  VALUE self_instance,
+  VALUE thread_context_collector_instance,
+  VALUE gc_profiling_enabled,
+  VALUE idle_sampling_helper_instance,
+  VALUE allocation_counting_enabled
+);
+static void cpu_and_wall_time_worker_typed_data_mark(void *state_ptr);
+static VALUE _native_sampling_loop(VALUE self, VALUE instance);
+static VALUE _native_stop(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE _self, VALUE self_instance, VALUE worker_thread);
+static VALUE stop(VALUE self_instance, VALUE optional_exception);
+static void handle_sampling_signal(DDTRACE_UNUSED int _signal, DDTRACE_UNUSED siginfo_t *_info, DDTRACE_UNUSED void *_ucontext);
+static void *run_sampling_trigger_loop(void *state_ptr);
+static void interrupt_sampling_trigger_loop(void *state_ptr);
+static void sample_from_postponed_job(DDTRACE_UNUSED void *_unused);
+static VALUE rescued_sample_from_postponed_job(VALUE self_instance);
+static VALUE handle_sampling_failure(VALUE self_instance, VALUE exception);
+static VALUE _native_current_sigprof_signal_handler(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE self);
+static VALUE release_gvl_and_run_sampling_trigger_loop(VALUE instance);
+static VALUE _native_is_running(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE self, VALUE instance);
+static void testing_signal_handler(DDTRACE_UNUSED int _signal, DDTRACE_UNUSED siginfo_t *_info, DDTRACE_UNUSED void *_ucontext);
+static VALUE _native_install_testing_signal_handler(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE self);
+static VALUE _native_remove_testing_signal_handler(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE self);
+static VALUE _native_trigger_sample(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE self);
+static VALUE _native_gc_tracepoint(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE self, VALUE instance);
+static void on_gc_event(VALUE tracepoint_data, DDTRACE_UNUSED void *unused);
+static void after_gc_from_postponed_job(DDTRACE_UNUSED void *_unused);
+static VALUE safely_call(VALUE (*function_to_call_safely)(VALUE), VALUE function_to_call_safely_arg, VALUE instance);
+static VALUE _native_simulate_handle_sampling_signal(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE self);
+static VALUE _native_simulate_sample_from_postponed_job(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE self);
+static VALUE _native_reset_after_fork(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE self, VALUE instance);
+static VALUE _native_is_sigprof_blocked_in_current_thread(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE self);
+static VALUE _native_stats(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE self, VALUE instance);
+void *simulate_sampling_signal_delivery(DDTRACE_UNUSED void *_unused);
+static void grab_gvl_and_sample(void);
+static void reset_stats(struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *state);
+static void sleep_for(uint64_t time_ns);
+static VALUE _native_allocation_count(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE self);
+static void on_newobj_event(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE tracepoint_data, DDTRACE_UNUSED void *unused);
+static void disable_tracepoints(struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *state);
+
+// Note on sampler global state safety:
+//
+// Both `active_sampler_instance` and `active_sampler_instance_state` are **GLOBAL** state. Be careful when accessing
+// or modifying them.
+// In particular, it's important to only mutate them while holding the global VM lock, to ensure correctness.
+//
+// This global state is needed because a bunch of functions on this file need to access it from situations
+// (e.g. signal handler) where it's impossible or just awkward to pass it as an argument.
+static VALUE active_sampler_instance = Qnil;
+static struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *active_sampler_instance_state = NULL;
+
+// Used to implement CpuAndWallTimeWorker._native_allocation_count . To be able to use cheap thread-local variables
+// (here with `__thread`, see https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Thread-Local.html), this needs to be global.
+//
+// Carryover of state between profiler instances can happen and is not considered to be a problem -- see expectations for this
+// API documented in profiling.rb .
+__thread uint64_t allocation_count = 0;
+
+void collectors_cpu_and_wall_time_worker_init(VALUE profiling_module) {
+  rb_global_variable(&active_sampler_instance);
+
+  VALUE collectors_module = rb_define_module_under(profiling_module, "Collectors");
+  VALUE collectors_cpu_and_wall_time_worker_class = rb_define_class_under(collectors_module, "CpuAndWallTimeWorker", rb_cObject);
+  // Hosts methods used for testing the native code using RSpec
+  VALUE testing_module = rb_define_module_under(collectors_cpu_and_wall_time_worker_class, "Testing");
+
+  // Instances of the CpuAndWallTimeWorker class are "TypedData" objects.
+  // "TypedData" objects are special objects in the Ruby VM that can wrap C structs.
+  // In this case, it wraps the cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state.
+  //
+  // Because Ruby doesn't know how to initialize native-level structs, we MUST override the allocation function for objects
+  // of this class so that we can manage this part. Not overriding or disabling the allocation function is a common
+  // gotcha for "TypedData" objects that can very easily lead to VM crashes, see for instance
+  // https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18007 for a discussion around this.
+  rb_define_alloc_func(collectors_cpu_and_wall_time_worker_class, _native_new);
+
+  rb_define_singleton_method(collectors_cpu_and_wall_time_worker_class, "_native_initialize", _native_initialize, 5);
+  rb_define_singleton_method(collectors_cpu_and_wall_time_worker_class, "_native_sampling_loop", _native_sampling_loop, 1);
+  rb_define_singleton_method(collectors_cpu_and_wall_time_worker_class, "_native_stop", _native_stop, 2);
+  rb_define_singleton_method(collectors_cpu_and_wall_time_worker_class, "_native_reset_after_fork", _native_reset_after_fork, 1);
+  rb_define_singleton_method(collectors_cpu_and_wall_time_worker_class, "_native_stats", _native_stats, 1);
+  rb_define_singleton_method(collectors_cpu_and_wall_time_worker_class, "_native_allocation_count", _native_allocation_count, 0);
+  rb_define_singleton_method(testing_module, "_native_current_sigprof_signal_handler", _native_current_sigprof_signal_handler, 0);
+  rb_define_singleton_method(testing_module, "_native_is_running?", _native_is_running, 1);
+  rb_define_singleton_method(testing_module, "_native_install_testing_signal_handler", _native_install_testing_signal_handler, 0);
+  rb_define_singleton_method(testing_module, "_native_remove_testing_signal_handler", _native_remove_testing_signal_handler, 0);
+  rb_define_singleton_method(testing_module, "_native_trigger_sample", _native_trigger_sample, 0);
+  rb_define_singleton_method(testing_module, "_native_gc_tracepoint", _native_gc_tracepoint, 1);
+  rb_define_singleton_method(testing_module, "_native_simulate_handle_sampling_signal", _native_simulate_handle_sampling_signal, 0);
+  rb_define_singleton_method(testing_module, "_native_simulate_sample_from_postponed_job", _native_simulate_sample_from_postponed_job, 0);
+  rb_define_singleton_method(testing_module, "_native_is_sigprof_blocked_in_current_thread", _native_is_sigprof_blocked_in_current_thread, 0);
+}
+
+// This structure is used to define a Ruby object that stores a pointer to a struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state
+// See also https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/master/doc/extension.rdoc for how this works
+static const rb_data_type_t cpu_and_wall_time_worker_typed_data = {
+  .wrap_struct_name = "Datadog::Profiling::Collectors::CpuAndWallTimeWorker",
+  .function = {
+    .dmark = cpu_and_wall_time_worker_typed_data_mark,
+    .dfree = RUBY_DEFAULT_FREE,
+    .dsize = NULL, // We don't track memory usage (although it'd be cool if we did!)
+    //.dcompact = NULL, // FIXME: Add support for compaction
+  },
+  .flags = RUBY_TYPED_FREE_IMMEDIATELY
+};
+
+static VALUE _native_new(VALUE klass) {
+  struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *state = ruby_xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state));
+
+  atomic_init(&state->should_run, false);
+  state->gc_profiling_enabled = false;
+  state->allocation_counting_enabled = false;
+  state->thread_context_collector_instance = Qnil;
+  state->idle_sampling_helper_instance = Qnil;
+  state->owner_thread = Qnil;
+  dynamic_sampling_rate_init(&state->dynamic_sampling_rate);
+  state->failure_exception = Qnil;
+  state->stop_thread = Qnil;
+  state->gc_tracepoint = Qnil;
+  state->object_allocation_tracepoint = Qnil;
+  reset_stats(state);
+
+  return state->self_instance = TypedData_Wrap_Struct(klass, &cpu_and_wall_time_worker_typed_data, state);
+}
+
+static VALUE _native_initialize(
+  DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE _self,
+  VALUE self_instance,
+  VALUE thread_context_collector_instance,
+  VALUE gc_profiling_enabled,
+  VALUE idle_sampling_helper_instance,
+  VALUE allocation_counting_enabled
+) {
+  ENFORCE_BOOLEAN(gc_profiling_enabled);
+  ENFORCE_BOOLEAN(allocation_counting_enabled);
+
+  struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *state;
+  TypedData_Get_Struct(self_instance, struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state, &cpu_and_wall_time_worker_typed_data, state);
+
+  state->gc_profiling_enabled = (gc_profiling_enabled == Qtrue);
+  state->allocation_counting_enabled = (allocation_counting_enabled == Qtrue);
+  state->thread_context_collector_instance = enforce_thread_context_collector_instance(thread_context_collector_instance);
+  state->idle_sampling_helper_instance = idle_sampling_helper_instance;
+  state->gc_tracepoint = rb_tracepoint_new(Qnil, RUBY_INTERNAL_EVENT_GC_ENTER | RUBY_INTERNAL_EVENT_GC_EXIT, on_gc_event, NULL /* unused */);
+  state->object_allocation_tracepoint = rb_tracepoint_new(Qnil, RUBY_INTERNAL_EVENT_NEWOBJ, on_newobj_event, NULL /* unused */);
+
+  return Qtrue;
+}
+
+// Since our state contains references to Ruby objects, we need to tell the Ruby GC about them
+static void cpu_and_wall_time_worker_typed_data_mark(void *state_ptr) {
+  struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *state = (struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *) state_ptr;
+
+  rb_gc_mark(state->thread_context_collector_instance);
+  rb_gc_mark(state->idle_sampling_helper_instance);
+  rb_gc_mark(state->owner_thread);
+  rb_gc_mark(state->failure_exception);
+  rb_gc_mark(state->stop_thread);
+  rb_gc_mark(state->gc_tracepoint);
+  rb_gc_mark(state->object_allocation_tracepoint);
+}
+
+// Called in a background thread created in CpuAndWallTimeWorker#start
+static VALUE _native_sampling_loop(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE _self, VALUE instance) {
+  struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *state;
+  TypedData_Get_Struct(instance, struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state, &cpu_and_wall_time_worker_typed_data, state);
+
+  struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *old_state = active_sampler_instance_state;
+  if (old_state != NULL) {
+    if (is_thread_alive(old_state->owner_thread)) {
+      rb_raise(
+        rb_eRuntimeError,
+        "Could not start CpuAndWallTimeWorker: There's already another instance of CpuAndWallTimeWorker active in a different thread"
+      );
+    } else {
+      // The previously active thread seems to have died without cleaning up after itself.
+      // In this case, we can still go ahead and start the profiler BUT we make sure to disable any existing tracepoint
+      // first as:
+      // a) If this is a new instance of the CpuAndWallTimeWorker, we don't want the tracepoint from the old instance
+      //    being kept around
+      // b) If this is the same instance of the CpuAndWallTimeWorker if we call enable on a tracepoint that is already
+      //    enabled, it will start firing more than once, see https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19114 for details.
+      disable_tracepoints(old_state);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // We use `stop_thread` to distinguish when `_native_stop` was called before we actually had a chance to start. In this
+  // situation we stop immediately and never even start the sampling trigger loop.
+  if (state->stop_thread == rb_thread_current()) return Qnil;
+
+  // Reset the dynamic sampling rate state, if any (reminder: the monotonic clock reference may change after a fork)
+  dynamic_sampling_rate_reset(&state->dynamic_sampling_rate);
+
+  // This write to a global is thread-safe BECAUSE we're still holding on to the global VM lock at this point
+  active_sampler_instance_state = state;
+  active_sampler_instance = instance;
+  state->owner_thread = rb_thread_current();
+
+  atomic_store(&state->should_run, true);
+
+  block_sigprof_signal_handler_from_running_in_current_thread(); // We want to interrupt the thread with the global VM lock, never this one
+
+  // Release GVL, get to the actual work!
+  int exception_state;
+  rb_protect(release_gvl_and_run_sampling_trigger_loop, instance, &exception_state);
+
+  // The sample trigger loop finished (either cleanly or with an error); let's clean up
+
+  disable_tracepoints(state);
+
+  active_sampler_instance_state = NULL;
+  active_sampler_instance = Qnil;
+  state->owner_thread = Qnil;
+
+  // If this `Thread` is about to die, why is this important? It's because Ruby caches native threads for a period after
+  // the `Thread` dies, and reuses them if a new Ruby `Thread` gets created. This means that while conceptually the
+  // worker background `Thread` is about to die, the low-level native OS thread can be reused for something else in the Ruby app.
+  // Then, the reused thread would "inherit" the SIGPROF blocking, which is... really unexpected.
+  // This actually caused a flaky test -- the `native_extension_spec.rb` creates a `Thread` and tries to specifically
+  // send SIGPROF signals to it, and oops it could fail if it got the reused native thread from the worker which still
+  // had SIGPROF delivery blocked. :hide_the_pain_harold:
+  unblock_sigprof_signal_handler_from_running_in_current_thread();
+
+  // Why replace and not use remove the signal handler? We do this because when a process receives a SIGPROF without
+  // having an explicit signal handler set up, the process will instantly terminate with a confusing
+  // "Profiling timer expired" message left behind. (This message doesn't come from us -- it's the default message for
+  // an unhandled SIGPROF. Pretty confusing UNIX/POSIX behavior...)
+  //
+  // Unfortunately, because signal delivery is asynchronous, there's no way to guarantee that there are no pending
+  // profiler-sent signals by the time we get here and want to clean up.
+  // @ivoanjo: I suspect this will never happen, but the cost of getting it wrong is really high (VM terminates) so this
+  // is a just-in-case situation.
+  //
+  // Note 2: This can raise exceptions as well, so make sure that all cleanups are done by the time we get here.
+  replace_sigprof_signal_handler_with_empty_handler(handle_sampling_signal);
+
+  // Ensure that instance is not garbage collected while the native sampling loop is running; this is probably not needed, but just in case
+  RB_GC_GUARD(instance);
+
+  if (exception_state) rb_jump_tag(exception_state); // Re-raise any exception that happened
+
+  return Qnil;
+}
+
+static VALUE _native_stop(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE _self, VALUE self_instance, VALUE worker_thread) {
+  struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *state;
+  TypedData_Get_Struct(self_instance, struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state, &cpu_and_wall_time_worker_typed_data, state);
+
+  state->stop_thread = worker_thread;
+
+  return stop(self_instance, /* optional_exception: */ Qnil);
+}
+
+static VALUE stop(VALUE self_instance, VALUE optional_exception) {
+  struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *state;
+  TypedData_Get_Struct(self_instance, struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state, &cpu_and_wall_time_worker_typed_data, state);
+
+  atomic_store(&state->should_run, false);
+  state->failure_exception = optional_exception;
+
+  // Disable the tracepoints as soon as possible, so the VM doesn't keep on calling them
+  disable_tracepoints(state);
+
+  return Qtrue;
+}
+
+// NOTE: Remember that this will run in the thread and within the scope of user code, including user C code.
+// We need to be careful not to change any state that may be observed OR to restore it if we do. For instance, if anything
+// we do here can set `errno`, then we must be careful to restore the old `errno` after the fact.
+static void handle_sampling_signal(DDTRACE_UNUSED int _signal, DDTRACE_UNUSED siginfo_t *_info, DDTRACE_UNUSED void *_ucontext) {
+  struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *state = active_sampler_instance_state; // Read from global variable, see "sampler global state safety" note above
+
+  // This can potentially happen if the CpuAndWallTimeWorker was stopped while the signal delivery was happening; nothing to do
+  if (state == NULL) return;
+
+  if (
+    !ruby_native_thread_p() || // Not a Ruby thread
+    !is_current_thread_holding_the_gvl() || // Not safe to enqueue a sample from this thread
+    !ddtrace_rb_ractor_main_p() // We're not on the main Ractor; we currently don't support profiling non-main Ractors
+  ) {
+    state->stats.signal_handler_wrong_thread++;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // We implicitly assume there can be no concurrent nor nested calls to handle_sampling_signal because
+  // a) we get triggered using SIGPROF, and the docs state second SIGPROF will not interrupt an existing one
+  // b) we validate we are in the thread that has the global VM lock; if a different thread gets a signal, it will return early
+  //    because it will not have the global VM lock
+
+  // Note: rb_postponed_job_register_one ensures that if there's a previous sample_from_postponed_job queued for execution
+  // then we will not queue a second one. It does this by doing a linear scan on the existing jobs; in the future we
+  // may want to implement that check ourselves.
+
+  state->stats.signal_handler_enqueued_sample++;
+
+  // Note: If we ever want to get rid of rb_postponed_job_register_one, remember not to clobber Ruby exceptions, as
+  // this function does this helpful job for us now -- https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/a98e343d39c4d7bf1e2190b076720f32d9f298b3.
+  /*int result =*/ rb_postponed_job_register_one(0, sample_from_postponed_job, NULL);
+  // TODO: Do something with result (potentially update tracking counters?)
+}
+
+// The actual sampling trigger loop always runs **without** the global vm lock.
+static void *run_sampling_trigger_loop(void *state_ptr) {
+  struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *state = (struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *) state_ptr;
+
+  uint64_t minimum_time_between_signals = MILLIS_AS_NS(10);
+
+  while (atomic_load(&state->should_run)) {
+    state->stats.trigger_sample_attempts++;
+
+    // TODO: This is still a placeholder for a more complex mechanism. In particular:
+    // * We want to do more than having a fixed sampling rate
+
+    current_gvl_owner owner = gvl_owner();
+    if (owner.valid) {
+      // Note that reading the GVL owner and sending them a signal is a race -- the Ruby VM keeps on executing while
+      // we're doing this, so we may still not signal the correct thread from time to time, but our signal handler
+      // includes a check to see if it got called in the right thread
+      pthread_kill(owner.owner, SIGPROF);
+    } else {
+      // If no thread owns the Global VM Lock, the application is probably idle at the moment. We still want to sample
+      // so we "ask a friend" (the IdleSamplingHelper component) to grab the GVL and simulate getting a SIGPROF.
+      //
+      // In a previous version of the code, we called `grab_gvl_and_sample` directly BUT this was problematic because
+      // Ruby may concurrently get busy and so the CpuAndWallTimeWorker would be blocked in line to acquire the GVL
+      // for an uncontrolled amount of time. (This can still happen to the IdleSamplingHelper, but the
+      // CpuAndWallTimeWorker will still be free to interrupt the Ruby VM and keep sampling for the entire blocking period).
+      state->stats.trigger_simulated_signal_delivery_attempts++;
+      idle_sampling_helper_request_action(state->idle_sampling_helper_instance, grab_gvl_and_sample);
+    }
+
+    sleep_for(minimum_time_between_signals);
+
+    // The dynamic sampling rate module keeps track of how long samples are taking, and in here we extend our sleep time
+    // to take that into account.
+    // Note that we deliberately should NOT combine this sleep_for with the one above because the result of
+    // `dynamic_sampling_rate_get_sleep` may have changed while the above sleep was ongoing.
+    uint64_t extra_sleep =
+      dynamic_sampling_rate_get_sleep(&state->dynamic_sampling_rate, monotonic_wall_time_now_ns(DO_NOT_RAISE_ON_FAILURE));
+    if (extra_sleep > 0) sleep_for(extra_sleep);
+  }
+
+  return NULL; // Unused
+}
+
+// This is called by the Ruby VM when it wants to shut down the background thread
+static void interrupt_sampling_trigger_loop(void *state_ptr) {
+  struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *state = (struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *) state_ptr;
+
+  atomic_store(&state->should_run, false);
+}
+
+static void sample_from_postponed_job(DDTRACE_UNUSED void *_unused) {
+  struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *state = active_sampler_instance_state; // Read from global variable, see "sampler global state safety" note above
+
+  // This can potentially happen if the CpuAndWallTimeWorker was stopped while the postponed job was waiting to be executed; nothing to do
+  if (state == NULL) return;
+
+  // @ivoanjo: I'm not sure this can ever happen because `handle_sampling_signal` only enqueues this callback if
+  // it's running on the main Ractor, but just in case...
+  if (!ddtrace_rb_ractor_main_p()) {
+    return; // We're not on the main Ractor; we currently don't support profiling non-main Ractors
+  }
+
+  // Rescue against any exceptions that happen during sampling
+  safely_call(rescued_sample_from_postponed_job, state->self_instance, state->self_instance);
+}
+
+static VALUE rescued_sample_from_postponed_job(VALUE self_instance) {
+  struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *state;
+  TypedData_Get_Struct(self_instance, struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state, &cpu_and_wall_time_worker_typed_data, state);
+
+  long wall_time_ns_before_sample = monotonic_wall_time_now_ns(RAISE_ON_FAILURE);
+
+  if (!dynamic_sampling_rate_should_sample(&state->dynamic_sampling_rate, wall_time_ns_before_sample)) {
+    // TODO: Add a counter for this
+    return Qnil;
+  }
+
+  state->stats.sampled++;
+
+  VALUE profiler_overhead_stack_thread = state->owner_thread; // Used to attribute profiler overhead to a different stack
+  thread_context_collector_sample(state->thread_context_collector_instance, wall_time_ns_before_sample, profiler_overhead_stack_thread);
+
+  long wall_time_ns_after_sample = monotonic_wall_time_now_ns(RAISE_ON_FAILURE);
+  long delta_ns = wall_time_ns_after_sample - wall_time_ns_before_sample;
+
+  // Guard against wall-time going backwards, see https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-rb/pull/2336 for discussion.
+  uint64_t sampling_time_ns = delta_ns < 0 ? 0 : delta_ns;
+
+  state->stats.sampling_time_ns_min = uint64_min_of(sampling_time_ns, state->stats.sampling_time_ns_min);
+  state->stats.sampling_time_ns_max = uint64_max_of(sampling_time_ns, state->stats.sampling_time_ns_max);
+  state->stats.sampling_time_ns_total += sampling_time_ns;
+
+  dynamic_sampling_rate_after_sample(&state->dynamic_sampling_rate, wall_time_ns_after_sample, sampling_time_ns);
+
+  // Return a dummy VALUE because we're called from rb_rescue2 which requires it
+  return Qnil;
+}
+
+static VALUE handle_sampling_failure(VALUE self_instance, VALUE exception) {
+  stop(self_instance, exception);
+  return Qnil;
+}
+
+// This method exists only to enable testing Datadog::Profiling::Collectors::CpuAndWallTimeWorker behavior using RSpec.
+// It SHOULD NOT be used for other purposes.
+static VALUE _native_current_sigprof_signal_handler(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE self) {
+  struct sigaction existing_signal_handler_config = {.sa_sigaction = NULL};
+  if (sigaction(SIGPROF, NULL, &existing_signal_handler_config) != 0) {
+    rb_sys_fail("Failed to probe existing handler");
+  }
+
+  if (existing_signal_handler_config.sa_sigaction == handle_sampling_signal) {
+    return ID2SYM(rb_intern("profiling"));
+  } else if (existing_signal_handler_config.sa_sigaction == empty_signal_handler) {
+    return ID2SYM(rb_intern("empty"));
+  } else if (existing_signal_handler_config.sa_sigaction != NULL) {
+    return ID2SYM(rb_intern("other"));
+  } else {
+    return Qnil;
+  }
+}
+
+static VALUE release_gvl_and_run_sampling_trigger_loop(VALUE instance) {
+  struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *state;
+  TypedData_Get_Struct(instance, struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state, &cpu_and_wall_time_worker_typed_data, state);
+
+  // Final preparations: Setup signal handler and enable tracepoints. We run these here and not in `_native_sampling_loop`
+  // because they may raise exceptions.
+  install_sigprof_signal_handler(handle_sampling_signal, "handle_sampling_signal");
+  if (state->gc_profiling_enabled) rb_tracepoint_enable(state->gc_tracepoint);
+  if (state->allocation_counting_enabled) rb_tracepoint_enable(state->object_allocation_tracepoint);
+
+  rb_thread_call_without_gvl(run_sampling_trigger_loop, state, interrupt_sampling_trigger_loop, state);
+
+  // If we stopped sampling due to an exception, re-raise it (now in the worker thread)
+  if (state->failure_exception != Qnil) rb_exc_raise(state->failure_exception);
+
+  return Qnil;
+}
+
+// This method exists only to enable testing Datadog::Profiling::Collectors::CpuAndWallTimeWorker behavior using RSpec.
+// It SHOULD NOT be used for other purposes.
+static VALUE _native_is_running(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE self, VALUE instance) {
+  struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *state = active_sampler_instance_state; // Read from global variable, see "sampler global state safety" note above
+
+  return (state != NULL && is_thread_alive(state->owner_thread) && state->self_instance == instance) ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
+}
+
+static void testing_signal_handler(DDTRACE_UNUSED int _signal, DDTRACE_UNUSED siginfo_t *_info, DDTRACE_UNUSED void *_ucontext) {
+  /* Does nothing on purpose */
+}
+
+// This method exists only to enable testing Datadog::Profiling::Collectors::CpuAndWallTimeWorker behavior using RSpec.
+// It SHOULD NOT be used for other purposes.
+static VALUE _native_install_testing_signal_handler(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE self) {
+  install_sigprof_signal_handler(testing_signal_handler, "testing_signal_handler");
+  return Qtrue;
+}
+
+// This method exists only to enable testing Datadog::Profiling::Collectors::CpuAndWallTimeWorker behavior using RSpec.
+// It SHOULD NOT be used for other purposes.
+static VALUE _native_remove_testing_signal_handler(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE self) {
+  remove_sigprof_signal_handler();
+  return Qtrue;
+}
+
+// This method exists only to enable testing Datadog::Profiling::Collectors::CpuAndWallTimeWorker behavior using RSpec.
+// It SHOULD NOT be used for other purposes.
+static VALUE _native_trigger_sample(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE self) {
+  sample_from_postponed_job(NULL);
+  return Qtrue;
+}
+
+// This method exists only to enable testing Datadog::Profiling::Collectors::CpuAndWallTimeWorker behavior using RSpec.
+// It SHOULD NOT be used for other purposes.
+static VALUE _native_gc_tracepoint(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE self, VALUE instance) {
+  struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *state;
+  TypedData_Get_Struct(instance, struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state, &cpu_and_wall_time_worker_typed_data, state);
+
+  return state->gc_tracepoint;
+}
+
+// Implements tracking of cpu-time and wall-time spent doing GC. This function is called by Ruby from the `gc_tracepoint`
+// when the RUBY_INTERNAL_EVENT_GC_ENTER and RUBY_INTERNAL_EVENT_GC_EXIT events are triggered.
+//
+// See the comments on
+// * thread_context_collector_on_gc_start
+// * thread_context_collector_on_gc_finish
+// * thread_context_collector_sample_after_gc
+//
+// For the expected times in which to call them, and their assumptions.
+//
+// Safety: This function gets called while Ruby is doing garbage collection. While Ruby is doing garbage collection,
+// *NO ALLOCATION* is allowed. This function, and any it calls must never trigger memory or object allocation.
+// This includes exceptions and use of ruby_xcalloc (because xcalloc can trigger GC)!
+static void on_gc_event(VALUE tracepoint_data, DDTRACE_UNUSED void *unused) {
+  if (!ddtrace_rb_ractor_main_p()) {
+    return; // We're not on the main Ractor; we currently don't support profiling non-main Ractors
+  }
+
+  int event = rb_tracearg_event_flag(rb_tracearg_from_tracepoint(tracepoint_data));
+  if (event != RUBY_INTERNAL_EVENT_GC_ENTER && event != RUBY_INTERNAL_EVENT_GC_EXIT) return; // Unknown event
+
+  struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *state = active_sampler_instance_state; // Read from global variable, see "sampler global state safety" note above
+
+  // This should not happen in a normal situation because the tracepoint is always enabled after the instance is set
+  // and disabled before it is cleared, but just in case...
+  if (state == NULL) return;
+
+  if (event == RUBY_INTERNAL_EVENT_GC_ENTER) {
+    thread_context_collector_on_gc_start(state->thread_context_collector_instance);
+  } else if (event == RUBY_INTERNAL_EVENT_GC_EXIT) {
+    // Design: In an earlier iteration of this feature (see https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-rb/pull/2308) we
+    // actually had a single method to implement the behavior of both thread_context_collector_on_gc_finish
+    // and thread_context_collector_sample_after_gc (the latter is called via after_gc_from_postponed_job).
+    //
+    // Unfortunately, then we discovered the safety issue around no allocations, and thus decided to separate them -- so that
+    // the sampling could run outside the tight safety constraints of the garbage collection process.
+    //
+    // There is a downside: The sample is now taken very very shortly afterwards the GC finishes, and not immediately
+    // as the GC finishes, which means the stack captured may by affected by "skid", e.g. point slightly after where
+    // it should be pointing at.
+    // Alternatives to solve this would be to capture no stack for garbage collection (as we do for Java and .net);
+    // making the sampling process allocation-safe (very hard); or separate stack sampling from sample recording,
+    // e.g. enabling us to capture the stack in thread_context_collector_on_gc_finish and do the rest later
+    // (medium hard).
+
+    thread_context_collector_on_gc_finish(state->thread_context_collector_instance);
+    // We use rb_postponed_job_register_one to ask Ruby to run thread_context_collector_sample_after_gc after if
+    // fully finishes the garbage collection, so that one is allowed to do allocations and throw exceptions as usual.
+    //
+    // Note: If we ever want to get rid of rb_postponed_job_register_one, remember not to clobber Ruby exceptions, as
+    // this function does this helpful job for us now -- https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/a98e343d39c4d7bf1e2190b076720f32d9f298b3.
+    rb_postponed_job_register_one(0, after_gc_from_postponed_job, NULL);
+  }
+}
+
+static void after_gc_from_postponed_job(DDTRACE_UNUSED void *_unused) {
+  struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *state = active_sampler_instance_state; // Read from global variable, see "sampler global state safety" note above
+
+  // This can potentially happen if the CpuAndWallTimeWorker was stopped while the postponed job was waiting to be executed; nothing to do
+  if (state == NULL) return;
+
+  // @ivoanjo: I'm not sure this can ever happen because `on_gc_event` only enqueues this callback if
+  // it's running on the main Ractor, but just in case...
+  if (!ddtrace_rb_ractor_main_p()) {
+    return; // We're not on the main Ractor; we currently don't support profiling non-main Ractors
+  }
+
+  // Trigger sampling using the Collectors::ThreadState; rescue against any exceptions that happen during sampling
+  safely_call(thread_context_collector_sample_after_gc, state->thread_context_collector_instance, state->self_instance);
+}
+
+// Equivalent to Ruby begin/rescue call, where we call a C function and jump to the exception handler if an
+// exception gets raised within
+static VALUE safely_call(VALUE (*function_to_call_safely)(VALUE), VALUE function_to_call_safely_arg, VALUE instance) {
+  VALUE exception_handler_function_arg = instance;
+  return rb_rescue2(
+    function_to_call_safely,
+    function_to_call_safely_arg,
+    handle_sampling_failure,
+    exception_handler_function_arg,
+    rb_eException, // rb_eException is the base class of all Ruby exceptions
+    0 // Required by API to be the last argument
+  );
+}
+
+// This method exists only to enable testing Datadog::Profiling::Collectors::CpuAndWallTimeWorker behavior using RSpec.
+// It SHOULD NOT be used for other purposes.
+static VALUE _native_simulate_handle_sampling_signal(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE self) {
+  handle_sampling_signal(0, NULL, NULL);
+  return Qtrue;
+}
+
+// This method exists only to enable testing Datadog::Profiling::Collectors::CpuAndWallTimeWorker behavior using RSpec.
+// It SHOULD NOT be used for other purposes.
+static VALUE _native_simulate_sample_from_postponed_job(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE self) {
+  sample_from_postponed_job(NULL);
+  return Qtrue;
+}
+
+// After the Ruby VM forks, this method gets called in the child process to clean up any leftover state from the parent.
+//
+// Assumption: This method gets called BEFORE restarting profiling. Note that profiling-related tracepoints may still
+// be active, so we make sure to disable them before calling into anything else, so that there are no components
+// attempting to trigger samples at the same time as the reset is done.
+//
+// In the future, if we add more other components with tracepoints, we will need to coordinate stopping all such
+// tracepoints before doing the other cleaning steps.
+static VALUE _native_reset_after_fork(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE self, VALUE instance) {
+  struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *state;
+  TypedData_Get_Struct(instance, struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state, &cpu_and_wall_time_worker_typed_data, state);
+
+  // Disable all tracepoints, so that there are no more attempts to mutate the profile
+  disable_tracepoints(state);
+
+  reset_stats(state);
+
+  // Remove all state from the `Collectors::ThreadState` and connected downstream components
+  rb_funcall(state->thread_context_collector_instance, rb_intern("reset_after_fork"), 0);
+
+  return Qtrue;
+}
+
+static VALUE _native_is_sigprof_blocked_in_current_thread(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE self) {
+  return is_sigprof_blocked_in_current_thread();
+}
+
+static VALUE _native_stats(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE self, VALUE instance) {
+  struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *state;
+  TypedData_Get_Struct(instance, struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state, &cpu_and_wall_time_worker_typed_data, state);
+
+  VALUE pretty_sampling_time_ns_min = state->stats.sampling_time_ns_min == UINT64_MAX ? Qnil : ULL2NUM(state->stats.sampling_time_ns_min);
+  VALUE pretty_sampling_time_ns_max = state->stats.sampling_time_ns_max == 0 ? Qnil : ULL2NUM(state->stats.sampling_time_ns_max);
+  VALUE pretty_sampling_time_ns_total = state->stats.sampling_time_ns_total == 0 ? Qnil : ULL2NUM(state->stats.sampling_time_ns_total);
+  VALUE pretty_sampling_time_ns_avg =
+    state->stats.sampled == 0 ? Qnil : DBL2NUM(((double) state->stats.sampling_time_ns_total) / state->stats.sampled);
+
+  VALUE stats_as_hash = rb_hash_new();
+  VALUE arguments[] = {
+    ID2SYM(rb_intern("trigger_sample_attempts")),                    /* => */ UINT2NUM(state->stats.trigger_sample_attempts),
+    ID2SYM(rb_intern("trigger_simulated_signal_delivery_attempts")), /* => */ UINT2NUM(state->stats.trigger_simulated_signal_delivery_attempts),
+    ID2SYM(rb_intern("simulated_signal_delivery")),                  /* => */ UINT2NUM(state->stats.simulated_signal_delivery),
+    ID2SYM(rb_intern("signal_handler_enqueued_sample")),             /* => */ UINT2NUM(state->stats.signal_handler_enqueued_sample),
+    ID2SYM(rb_intern("signal_handler_wrong_thread")),                /* => */ UINT2NUM(state->stats.signal_handler_wrong_thread),
+    ID2SYM(rb_intern("sampled")),                                    /* => */ UINT2NUM(state->stats.sampled),
+    ID2SYM(rb_intern("sampling_time_ns_min")),                       /* => */ pretty_sampling_time_ns_min,
+    ID2SYM(rb_intern("sampling_time_ns_max")),                       /* => */ pretty_sampling_time_ns_max,
+    ID2SYM(rb_intern("sampling_time_ns_total")),                     /* => */ pretty_sampling_time_ns_total,
+    ID2SYM(rb_intern("sampling_time_ns_avg")),                       /* => */ pretty_sampling_time_ns_avg,
+  };
+  for (long unsigned int i = 0; i < VALUE_COUNT(arguments); i += 2) rb_hash_aset(stats_as_hash, arguments[i], arguments[i+1]);
+  return stats_as_hash;
+}
+
+void *simulate_sampling_signal_delivery(DDTRACE_UNUSED void *_unused) {
+  struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *state = active_sampler_instance_state; // Read from global variable, see "sampler global state safety" note above
+
+  // This can potentially happen if the CpuAndWallTimeWorker was stopped while the IdleSamplingHelper was trying to execute this action
+  if (state == NULL) return NULL;
+
+  state->stats.simulated_signal_delivery++;
+
+  // @ivoanjo: We could instead directly call sample_from_postponed_job, but I chose to go through the signal handler
+  // so that the simulated case is as close to the original one as well (including any metrics increases, etc).
+  handle_sampling_signal(0, NULL, NULL);
+
+  return NULL; // Unused
+}
+
+static void grab_gvl_and_sample(void) { rb_thread_call_with_gvl(simulate_sampling_signal_delivery, NULL); }
+
+static void reset_stats(struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *state) {
+  state->stats = (struct stats) {}; // Resets all stats back to zero
+  state->stats.sampling_time_ns_min = UINT64_MAX; // Since we always take the min between existing and latest sample
+}
+
+static void sleep_for(uint64_t time_ns) {
+  // As a simplification, we currently only support setting .tv_nsec
+  if (time_ns >= SECONDS_AS_NS(1)) {
+    grab_gvl_and_raise(rb_eArgError, "sleep_for can only sleep for less than 1 second, time_ns: %"PRIu64, time_ns);
+  }
+
+  struct timespec time_to_sleep = {.tv_nsec = time_ns};
+
+  while (nanosleep(&time_to_sleep, &time_to_sleep) != 0) {
+    if (errno == EINTR) {
+      // We were interrupted. nanosleep updates "time_to_sleep" to contain only the remaining time, so we just let the
+      // loop keep going.
+    } else {
+      ENFORCE_SUCCESS_NO_GVL(errno);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+static VALUE _native_allocation_count(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE self) {
+  bool is_profiler_running = active_sampler_instance_state != NULL;
+
+  return is_profiler_running ? ULL2NUM(allocation_count) : Qnil;
+}
+
+// Implements memory-related profiling events. This function is called by Ruby via the `object_allocation_tracepoint`
+// when the RUBY_INTERNAL_EVENT_NEWOBJ event is triggered.
+static void on_newobj_event(DDTRACE_UNUSED VALUE tracepoint_data, DDTRACE_UNUSED void *unused) {
+  // Update thread-local allocation count
+  if (RB_UNLIKELY(allocation_count == UINT64_MAX)) {
+    allocation_count = 0;
+  } else {
+    allocation_count++;
+  }
+}
+
+static void disable_tracepoints(struct cpu_and_wall_time_worker_state *state) {
+  rb_tracepoint_disable(state->gc_tracepoint);
+  rb_tracepoint_disable(state->object_allocation_tracepoint);
+}