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Date:   Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:46:39 +0800
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] tick/broadcast: Do not set oneshot_mask except
 was_periodic was true
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From:   Victor Hassan <victor@allwinnertech.com>
To:     fweisbec@gmail.com, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@kernel.org,
        jindong.yue@nxp.com
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On 3/28/2023 2:36 PM, Victor Hassan wrote:
> If a broadcast timer is registered after the system switched to oneshot
> mode, a hang_task err could occur like that:
> 
> INFO: task kworker/u15:0:7 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
>        Tainted: G            E     5.15.41-android13-8-00002-xxx #1
> "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
> task:kworker/u16:0   state:D stack: 9808 pid:  7 ppid: 2 flags:0x00000008
> Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func.cfi_jt
> Call trace:
>   __switch_to+0y240/0x490
>   __schedule+0x620/0xafc
>   schedule+0x110/0x204
>   schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock+0x9c/0x118
>   usleep_range_state+0x150/0x1ac
>   _regulator_do_enable+0x528/0x878
>   set_machine_constraints+0x6a0/0xf2c
>   regulator_register+0x3ac/0x7ac
>   devm_regulator_register+0xbc/0x120
>   pmu_ext_regulator_probe+0xb0/0x1b4 [pmu_ext_regulator]
>   platform_probe+0x70/0x194
>   really_proe+0x320/0x68c
>   __driver_probe_device+0x204/0x260
>   driver_probe_device+0x48/0x1e0
> 
> When the new broadcast timer was registered after the system switched
> to oneshot mode, the broadcast timer was not used as periodic. If the
> oneshot mask was set incorrectly, all cores which did not enter cpu_idle
> state can't enter cpu_idle normally, causing the hrtimer mechanism to
> break.
> 
> This patch fixes the issue by moving the update action about oneshot
> mask to a more strict conditions. The tick_broadcast_setup_oneshot would
> be called in two typical condition, and they all will work.
> 
> 1. tick_handle_periodic -> tick_broadcast_setup_oneshot
> 
> The origin broadcast was periodic, so it can set the oneshot_mask bits
> for those waiting for periodic broadcast and program the broadcast timer
> to fire.
> 
> 2. tick_install_broadcast_device -> tick_broadcast_setup_oneshot
> 
> The origin broadcast was oneshot, so the cores which enter the cpu_idle
> already used the oneshot_mask bits. It is unnecessary to update the
> oneshot_mask.
> 
> Fixes: 9c336c9935cf ("tick/broadcast: Allow late registered device to enter oneshot mode")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Victor Hassan <victor@allwinnertech.com>
> ---
>   kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c | 5 +++--
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
> index 93bf2b4e47e5..fdbbba487978 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
> @@ -1041,12 +1041,13 @@ static void tick_broadcast_setup_oneshot(struct clock_event_device *bc)
>   		 */
>   		cpumask_copy(tmpmask, tick_broadcast_mask);
>   		cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, tmpmask);
> -		cpumask_or(tick_broadcast_oneshot_mask,
> -			   tick_broadcast_oneshot_mask, tmpmask);
>   
>   		if (was_periodic && !cpumask_empty(tmpmask)) {
>   			ktime_t nextevt = tick_get_next_period();
>   
> +			cpumask_or(tick_broadcast_oneshot_mask,
> +				   tick_broadcast_oneshot_mask, tmpmask);
> +
>   			clockevents_switch_state(bc, CLOCK_EVT_STATE_ONESHOT);
>   			tick_broadcast_init_next_event(tmpmask, nextevt);
>   			tick_broadcast_set_event(bc, cpu, nextevt);

Friendly ping.