2024-02-01 16:44:19

by Frederic Weisbecker

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 18/20] timers: Implement the hierarchical pull model

Le Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 03:37:41PM +0100, Anna-Maria Behnsen a ?crit :
> +static bool tmigr_handle_remote_up(struct tmigr_group *group,
> + struct tmigr_group *child,
> + void *ptr)
> +{
> + struct tmigr_remote_data *data = ptr;
> + u64 now, next = KTIME_MAX;
> + struct tmigr_event *evt;
> + unsigned long jif;
> + u8 childmask;
> +
> + jif = data->basej;
> + now = data->now;
> +
> + childmask = data->childmask;
> +
> +again:
> + /*
> + * Handle the group only if @childmask is the migrator or if the
> + * group has no migrator. Otherwise the group is active and is
> + * handled by its own migrator.
> + */
> + if (!tmigr_check_migrator(group, childmask))
> + return true;
> +
> + raw_spin_lock_irq(&group->lock);
> +
> + evt = tmigr_next_expired_groupevt(group, now);
> +
> + if (evt) {
> + unsigned int remote_cpu = evt->cpu;
> +
> + raw_spin_unlock_irq(&group->lock);
> +
> + next = tmigr_handle_remote_cpu(remote_cpu, now, jif);
> +
> + /* check if there is another event, that needs to be handled */
> + goto again;
> + } else {
> + raw_spin_unlock_irq(&group->lock);
> + }
> +
> + /*
> + * Update of childmask for the next level and keep track of the expiry
> + * of the first event that needs to be handled
> + */
> + data->childmask = group->childmask;
> + data->firstexp = next;

So assume we have:

[GRP1:0]
migrator = [GRP0:0]
active = [GRP0:0]
nextevt = TIMER3
/ \
[GRP0:0] [GRP0:1]
migrator = CPU0 migrator = NONE
active = CPU0 active = NONE
nextevt = KTIME_MAX nextevt = TIMER3
/ \ / \
0 1 2 3
idle idle idle idle (TIMER3)

Then CPU 0 goes idle:

[GRP1:0]
migrator = NONE
active = NONE
nextevt = TIMER3
/ \
[GRP0:0] [GRP0:1]
migrator = NONE migrator = NONE
active = NONE active = NONE
nextevt = KTIME_MAX nextevt = TIMER3
/ \ / \
0 1 2 3
idle idle idle idle (TIMER3)

CPU 0 is the idle migrator and its tmc->wakeup is TIMER3.
But CPU 0 has a local timer that expires before TIMER3.

When that timer interrupt fires, it raises the softirq, which
executes on IRQ tail. So CPU0 eventually calls tmigr_handle_remote()
before TIMER3 has expired.

This leads to tmigr_next_expired_groupevt() to return NULL and then
data->firstexp = KTIME_MAX and then tmc->wakeup = KTIME_MAX.

Later on, tmigr_new_timer() is called with a KTIME_MAX global
event and so tmc->wakeup stays with KTIME_MAX, ignoring TIMER3.

It looks like you need to handle the tmigr_next_expired_groupevt()
case returning NULL.

Thanks.


2024-02-05 16:03:06

by Anna-Maria Behnsen

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 18/20] timers: Implement the hierarchical pull model

Frederic Weisbecker <[email protected]> writes:

> Le Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 03:37:41PM +0100, Anna-Maria Behnsen a écrit :
>> +static bool tmigr_handle_remote_up(struct tmigr_group *group,
>> + struct tmigr_group *child,
>> + void *ptr)
>> +{
>> + struct tmigr_remote_data *data = ptr;
>> + u64 now, next = KTIME_MAX;
>> + struct tmigr_event *evt;
>> + unsigned long jif;
>> + u8 childmask;
>> +
>> + jif = data->basej;
>> + now = data->now;
>> +
>> + childmask = data->childmask;
>> +
>> +again:
>> + /*
>> + * Handle the group only if @childmask is the migrator or if the
>> + * group has no migrator. Otherwise the group is active and is
>> + * handled by its own migrator.
>> + */
>> + if (!tmigr_check_migrator(group, childmask))
>> + return true;
>> +
>> + raw_spin_lock_irq(&group->lock);
>> +
>> + evt = tmigr_next_expired_groupevt(group, now);
>> +
>> + if (evt) {
>> + unsigned int remote_cpu = evt->cpu;
>> +
>> + raw_spin_unlock_irq(&group->lock);
>> +
>> + next = tmigr_handle_remote_cpu(remote_cpu, now, jif);
>> +
>> + /* check if there is another event, that needs to be handled */
>> + goto again;
>> + } else {
>> + raw_spin_unlock_irq(&group->lock);
>> + }
>> +
>> + /*
>> + * Update of childmask for the next level and keep track of the expiry
>> + * of the first event that needs to be handled
>> + */
>> + data->childmask = group->childmask;
>> + data->firstexp = next;
>
> So assume we have:
>
> [GRP1:0]
> migrator = [GRP0:0]
> active = [GRP0:0]
> nextevt = TIMER3
> / \
> [GRP0:0] [GRP0:1]
> migrator = CPU0 migrator = NONE
> active = CPU0 active = NONE
> nextevt = KTIME_MAX nextevt = TIMER3
> / \ / \
> 0 1 2 3
> idle idle idle idle (TIMER3)
>
> Then CPU 0 goes idle:
>
> [GRP1:0]
> migrator = NONE
> active = NONE
> nextevt = TIMER3
> / \
> [GRP0:0] [GRP0:1]
> migrator = NONE migrator = NONE
> active = NONE active = NONE
> nextevt = KTIME_MAX nextevt = TIMER3
> / \ / \
> 0 1 2 3
> idle idle idle idle (TIMER3)
>
> CPU 0 is the idle migrator and its tmc->wakeup is TIMER3.
> But CPU 0 has a local timer that expires before TIMER3.
>
> When that timer interrupt fires, it raises the softirq, which
> executes on IRQ tail. So CPU0 eventually calls tmigr_handle_remote()
> before TIMER3 has expired.
>
> This leads to tmigr_next_expired_groupevt() to return NULL and then
> data->firstexp = KTIME_MAX and then tmc->wakeup = KTIME_MAX.
>
> Later on, tmigr_new_timer() is called with a KTIME_MAX global
> event and so tmc->wakeup stays with KTIME_MAX, ignoring TIMER3.
>
> It looks like you need to handle the tmigr_next_expired_groupevt()
> case returning NULL.

Yes. You are right. group->next_expiry is updated via
tmigr_next_expired_groupevt(). So I should take this value to rely on
for the firstevt.

But with this, we do not need the return value of
tmigr_handle_remote_cpu(). When the upperst level is inactive and there
is a timer (e.g. propagated there by tmigr_handle_remote_cpu()), the
return value of tmigr_handle_remote_cpu() is the next_expiry of the top
level group. But this value is also noticed by walking the hierarchy up
to the top level with tmigr_handle_remote_up().

Thanks,

Anna-Maria




2024-02-05 21:49:13

by Frederic Weisbecker

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 18/20] timers: Implement the hierarchical pull model

Le Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 04:59:45PM +0100, Anna-Maria Behnsen a ?crit :
> Frederic Weisbecker <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Le Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 03:37:41PM +0100, Anna-Maria Behnsen a ?crit :
> >> +static bool tmigr_handle_remote_up(struct tmigr_group *group,
> >> + struct tmigr_group *child,
> >> + void *ptr)
> >> +{
> >> + struct tmigr_remote_data *data = ptr;
> >> + u64 now, next = KTIME_MAX;
> >> + struct tmigr_event *evt;
> >> + unsigned long jif;
> >> + u8 childmask;
> >> +
> >> + jif = data->basej;
> >> + now = data->now;
> >> +
> >> + childmask = data->childmask;
> >> +
> >> +again:
> >> + /*
> >> + * Handle the group only if @childmask is the migrator or if the
> >> + * group has no migrator. Otherwise the group is active and is
> >> + * handled by its own migrator.
> >> + */
> >> + if (!tmigr_check_migrator(group, childmask))
> >> + return true;
> >> +
> >> + raw_spin_lock_irq(&group->lock);
> >> +
> >> + evt = tmigr_next_expired_groupevt(group, now);
> >> +
> >> + if (evt) {
> >> + unsigned int remote_cpu = evt->cpu;
> >> +
> >> + raw_spin_unlock_irq(&group->lock);
> >> +
> >> + next = tmigr_handle_remote_cpu(remote_cpu, now, jif);
> >> +
> >> + /* check if there is another event, that needs to be handled */
> >> + goto again;
> >> + } else {
> >> + raw_spin_unlock_irq(&group->lock);
> >> + }
> >> +
> >> + /*
> >> + * Update of childmask for the next level and keep track of the expiry
> >> + * of the first event that needs to be handled
> >> + */
> >> + data->childmask = group->childmask;
> >> + data->firstexp = next;
> >
> > So assume we have:
> >
> > [GRP1:0]
> > migrator = [GRP0:0]
> > active = [GRP0:0]
> > nextevt = TIMER3
> > / \
> > [GRP0:0] [GRP0:1]
> > migrator = CPU0 migrator = NONE
> > active = CPU0 active = NONE
> > nextevt = KTIME_MAX nextevt = TIMER3
> > / \ / \
> > 0 1 2 3
> > idle idle idle idle (TIMER3)
> >
> > Then CPU 0 goes idle:
> >
> > [GRP1:0]
> > migrator = NONE
> > active = NONE
> > nextevt = TIMER3
> > / \
> > [GRP0:0] [GRP0:1]
> > migrator = NONE migrator = NONE
> > active = NONE active = NONE
> > nextevt = KTIME_MAX nextevt = TIMER3
> > / \ / \
> > 0 1 2 3
> > idle idle idle idle (TIMER3)
> >
> > CPU 0 is the idle migrator and its tmc->wakeup is TIMER3.
> > But CPU 0 has a local timer that expires before TIMER3.
> >
> > When that timer interrupt fires, it raises the softirq, which
> > executes on IRQ tail. So CPU0 eventually calls tmigr_handle_remote()
> > before TIMER3 has expired.
> >
> > This leads to tmigr_next_expired_groupevt() to return NULL and then
> > data->firstexp = KTIME_MAX and then tmc->wakeup = KTIME_MAX.
> >
> > Later on, tmigr_new_timer() is called with a KTIME_MAX global
> > event and so tmc->wakeup stays with KTIME_MAX, ignoring TIMER3.
> >
> > It looks like you need to handle the tmigr_next_expired_groupevt()
> > case returning NULL.
>
> Yes. You are right. group->next_expiry is updated via
> tmigr_next_expired_groupevt(). So I should take this value to rely on
> for the firstevt.
>
> But with this, we do not need the return value of
> tmigr_handle_remote_cpu(). When the upperst level is inactive and there
> is a timer (e.g. propagated there by tmigr_handle_remote_cpu()), the
> return value of tmigr_handle_remote_cpu() is the next_expiry of the top
> level group. But this value is also noticed by walking the hierarchy up
> to the top level with tmigr_handle_remote_up().

Indeed that's a nice simplification!

This also cure an issue with KTIME_MAX overwriting data->firstexp in
tmigr_handle_remote_up() while walking upper level after an expiration
on below level.

Thanks.