2020-03-09 18:16:42

by Ahmed S. Darwish

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Subject: [PATCH] sched/clock: expire timer in hardirq context

To minimize latency, PREEMPT_RT kernels expires hrtimes in preemptible
softirq context by default. This can be overriden by marking the timer's
expiry with HRTIMER_MODE_HARD.

sched_clock_timer is missing this annotation: if its callback is
preempted and the duration of the preemption exceeds the wrap around
time of the underlying clocksource, sched clock will get out of sync.

Mark the sched_clock_timer for expiry in hard interrupt context.

Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <[email protected]>
---
kernel/time/sched_clock.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/sched_clock.c b/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
index e4332e3e2d56..fa3f800d7d76 100644
--- a/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
+++ b/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ sched_clock_register(u64 (*read)(void), int bits, unsigned long rate)

if (sched_clock_timer.function != NULL) {
/* update timeout for clock wrap */
- hrtimer_start(&sched_clock_timer, cd.wrap_kt, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+ hrtimer_start(&sched_clock_timer, cd.wrap_kt,
+ HRTIMER_MODE_REL_HARD);
}

r = rate;
@@ -254,9 +255,9 @@ void __init generic_sched_clock_init(void)
* Start the timer to keep sched_clock() properly updated and
* sets the initial epoch.
*/
- hrtimer_init(&sched_clock_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+ hrtimer_init(&sched_clock_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL_HARD);
sched_clock_timer.function = sched_clock_poll;
- hrtimer_start(&sched_clock_timer, cd.wrap_kt, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+ hrtimer_start(&sched_clock_timer, cd.wrap_kt, HRTIMER_MODE_REL_HARD);
}

/*
@@ -293,7 +294,7 @@ void sched_clock_resume(void)
struct clock_read_data *rd = &cd.read_data[0];

rd->epoch_cyc = cd.actual_read_sched_clock();
- hrtimer_start(&sched_clock_timer, cd.wrap_kt, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+ hrtimer_start(&sched_clock_timer, cd.wrap_kt, HRTIMER_MODE_REL_HARD);
rd->read_sched_clock = cd.actual_read_sched_clock;
}

--
2.20.1


Subject: [tip: timers/core] time/sched_clock: Expire timer in hardirq context

The following commit has been merged into the timers/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 2c8bd58812ee3dbf0d78b566822f7eacd34bdd7b
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/2c8bd58812ee3dbf0d78b566822f7eacd34bdd7b
Author: Ahmed S. Darwish <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 18:15:29
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
CommitterDate: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 09:45:08 +01:00

time/sched_clock: Expire timer in hardirq context

To minimize latency, PREEMPT_RT kernels expires hrtimers in preemptible
softirq context by default. This can be overriden by marking the timer's
expiry with HRTIMER_MODE_HARD.

sched_clock_timer is missing this annotation: if its callback is preempted
and the duration of the preemption exceeds the wrap around time of the
underlying clocksource, sched clock will get out of sync.

Mark the sched_clock_timer for expiry in hard interrupt context.

Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]

---
kernel/time/sched_clock.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/sched_clock.c b/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
index e4332e3..fa3f800 100644
--- a/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
+++ b/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ sched_clock_register(u64 (*read)(void), int bits, unsigned long rate)

if (sched_clock_timer.function != NULL) {
/* update timeout for clock wrap */
- hrtimer_start(&sched_clock_timer, cd.wrap_kt, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+ hrtimer_start(&sched_clock_timer, cd.wrap_kt,
+ HRTIMER_MODE_REL_HARD);
}

r = rate;
@@ -254,9 +255,9 @@ void __init generic_sched_clock_init(void)
* Start the timer to keep sched_clock() properly updated and
* sets the initial epoch.
*/
- hrtimer_init(&sched_clock_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+ hrtimer_init(&sched_clock_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL_HARD);
sched_clock_timer.function = sched_clock_poll;
- hrtimer_start(&sched_clock_timer, cd.wrap_kt, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+ hrtimer_start(&sched_clock_timer, cd.wrap_kt, HRTIMER_MODE_REL_HARD);
}

/*
@@ -293,7 +294,7 @@ void sched_clock_resume(void)
struct clock_read_data *rd = &cd.read_data[0];

rd->epoch_cyc = cd.actual_read_sched_clock();
- hrtimer_start(&sched_clock_timer, cd.wrap_kt, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+ hrtimer_start(&sched_clock_timer, cd.wrap_kt, HRTIMER_MODE_REL_HARD);
rd->read_sched_clock = cd.actual_read_sched_clock;
}