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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/time/tick-sched.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 222 |
1 files changed, 124 insertions, 98 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c index 55cbc49f70..ca2d59579f 100644 --- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c +++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ * Copyright(C) 2005-2007, Red Hat, Inc., Ingo Molnar * Copyright(C) 2006-2007 Timesys Corp., Thomas Gleixner * - * No idle tick implementation for low and high resolution timers + * NOHZ implementation for low and high resolution timers * * Started by: Thomas Gleixner and Ingo Molnar */ @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ struct tick_sched *tick_get_tick_sched(int cpu) #if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON) || defined(CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS) /* - * The time, when the last jiffy update happened. Write access must hold + * The time when the last jiffy update happened. Write access must hold * jiffies_lock and jiffies_seq. tick_nohz_next_event() needs to get a * consistent view of jiffies and last_jiffies_update. */ @@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ static void tick_do_update_jiffies64(ktime_t now) ktime_t delta, nextp; /* - * 64bit can do a quick check without holding jiffies lock and + * 64-bit can do a quick check without holding the jiffies lock and * without looking at the sequence count. The smp_load_acquire() * pairs with the update done later in this function. * - * 32bit cannot do that because the store of tick_next_period - * consists of two 32bit stores and the first store could move it - * to a random point in the future. + * 32-bit cannot do that because the store of 'tick_next_period' + * consists of two 32-bit stores, and the first store could be + * moved by the CPU to a random point in the future. */ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_64BIT)) { if (ktime_before(now, smp_load_acquire(&tick_next_period))) @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static void tick_do_update_jiffies64(ktime_t now) unsigned int seq; /* - * Avoid contention on jiffies_lock and protect the quick + * Avoid contention on 'jiffies_lock' and protect the quick * check with the sequence count. */ do { @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static void tick_do_update_jiffies64(ktime_t now) /* Quick check failed, i.e. update is required. */ raw_spin_lock(&jiffies_lock); /* - * Reevaluate with the lock held. Another CPU might have done the + * Re-evaluate with the lock held. Another CPU might have done the * update already. */ if (ktime_before(now, tick_next_period)) { @@ -114,25 +114,23 @@ static void tick_do_update_jiffies64(ktime_t now) TICK_NSEC); } - /* Advance jiffies to complete the jiffies_seq protected job */ + /* Advance jiffies to complete the 'jiffies_seq' protected job */ jiffies_64 += ticks; - /* - * Keep the tick_next_period variable up to date. - */ + /* Keep the tick_next_period variable up to date */ nextp = ktime_add_ns(last_jiffies_update, TICK_NSEC); if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_64BIT)) { /* * Pairs with smp_load_acquire() in the lockless quick - * check above and ensures that the update to jiffies_64 is - * not reordered vs. the store to tick_next_period, neither + * check above, and ensures that the update to 'jiffies_64' is + * not reordered vs. the store to 'tick_next_period', neither * by the compiler nor by the CPU. */ smp_store_release(&tick_next_period, nextp); } else { /* - * A plain store is good enough on 32bit as the quick check + * A plain store is good enough on 32-bit, as the quick check * above is protected by the sequence count. */ tick_next_period = nextp; @@ -140,7 +138,7 @@ static void tick_do_update_jiffies64(ktime_t now) /* * Release the sequence count. calc_global_load() below is not - * protected by it, but jiffies_lock needs to be held to prevent + * protected by it, but 'jiffies_lock' needs to be held to prevent * concurrent invocations. */ write_seqcount_end(&jiffies_seq); @@ -160,7 +158,8 @@ static ktime_t tick_init_jiffy_update(void) raw_spin_lock(&jiffies_lock); write_seqcount_begin(&jiffies_seq); - /* Did we start the jiffies update yet ? */ + + /* Have we started the jiffies update yet ? */ if (last_jiffies_update == 0) { u32 rem; @@ -175,8 +174,10 @@ static ktime_t tick_init_jiffy_update(void) last_jiffies_update = tick_next_period; } period = last_jiffies_update; + write_seqcount_end(&jiffies_seq); raw_spin_unlock(&jiffies_lock); + return period; } @@ -192,10 +193,10 @@ static void tick_sched_do_timer(struct tick_sched *ts, ktime_t now) * concurrency: This happens only when the CPU in charge went * into a long sleep. If two CPUs happen to assign themselves to * this duty, then the jiffies update is still serialized by - * jiffies_lock. + * 'jiffies_lock'. * * If nohz_full is enabled, this should not happen because the - * tick_do_timer_cpu never relinquishes. + * 'tick_do_timer_cpu' CPU never relinquishes. */ if (unlikely(tick_do_timer_cpu == TICK_DO_TIMER_NONE)) { #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL @@ -205,12 +206,12 @@ static void tick_sched_do_timer(struct tick_sched *ts, ktime_t now) } #endif - /* Check, if the jiffies need an update */ + /* Check if jiffies need an update */ if (tick_do_timer_cpu == cpu) tick_do_update_jiffies64(now); /* - * If jiffies update stalled for too long (timekeeper in stop_machine() + * If the jiffies update stalled for too long (timekeeper in stop_machine() * or VMEXIT'ed for several msecs), force an update. */ if (ts->last_tick_jiffies != jiffies) { @@ -234,10 +235,10 @@ static void tick_sched_handle(struct tick_sched *ts, struct pt_regs *regs) /* * When we are idle and the tick is stopped, we have to touch * the watchdog as we might not schedule for a really long - * time. This happens on complete idle SMP systems while + * time. This happens on completely idle SMP systems while * waiting on the login prompt. We also increment the "start of * idle" jiffy stamp so the idle accounting adjustment we do - * when we go busy again does not account too much ticks. + * when we go busy again does not account too many ticks. */ if (ts->tick_stopped) { touch_softlockup_watchdog_sched(); @@ -362,7 +363,7 @@ static void tick_nohz_kick_task(struct task_struct *tsk) /* * If the task is not running, run_posix_cpu_timers() - * has nothing to elapse, IPI can then be spared. + * has nothing to elapse, and an IPI can then be optimized out. * * activate_task() STORE p->tick_dep_mask * STORE p->on_rq @@ -425,7 +426,7 @@ static void tick_nohz_dep_set_all(atomic_t *dep, /* * Set a global tick dependency. Used by perf events that rely on freq and - * by unstable clock. + * unstable clocks. */ void tick_nohz_dep_set(enum tick_dep_bits bit) { @@ -439,7 +440,7 @@ void tick_nohz_dep_clear(enum tick_dep_bits bit) /* * Set per-CPU tick dependency. Used by scheduler and perf events in order to - * manage events throttling. + * manage event-throttling. */ void tick_nohz_dep_set_cpu(int cpu, enum tick_dep_bits bit) { @@ -455,7 +456,7 @@ void tick_nohz_dep_set_cpu(int cpu, enum tick_dep_bits bit) if (cpu == smp_processor_id()) { tick_nohz_full_kick(); } else { - /* Remote irq work not NMI-safe */ + /* Remote IRQ work not NMI-safe */ if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(in_nmi())) tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu(cpu); } @@ -473,7 +474,7 @@ void tick_nohz_dep_clear_cpu(int cpu, enum tick_dep_bits bit) EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tick_nohz_dep_clear_cpu); /* - * Set a per-task tick dependency. RCU need this. Also posix CPU timers + * Set a per-task tick dependency. RCU needs this. Also posix CPU timers * in order to elapse per task timers. */ void tick_nohz_dep_set_task(struct task_struct *tsk, enum tick_dep_bits bit) @@ -546,7 +547,7 @@ void __init tick_nohz_full_setup(cpumask_var_t cpumask) bool tick_nohz_cpu_hotpluggable(unsigned int cpu) { /* - * The tick_do_timer_cpu CPU handles housekeeping duty (unbound + * The 'tick_do_timer_cpu' CPU handles housekeeping duty (unbound * timers, workqueues, timekeeping, ...) on behalf of full dynticks * CPUs. It must remain online when nohz full is enabled. */ @@ -568,12 +569,12 @@ void __init tick_nohz_init(void) return; /* - * Full dynticks uses irq work to drive the tick rescheduling on safe - * locking contexts. But then we need irq work to raise its own - * interrupts to avoid circular dependency on the tick + * Full dynticks uses IRQ work to drive the tick rescheduling on safe + * locking contexts. But then we need IRQ work to raise its own + * interrupts to avoid circular dependency on the tick. */ if (!arch_irq_work_has_interrupt()) { - pr_warn("NO_HZ: Can't run full dynticks because arch doesn't support irq work self-IPIs\n"); + pr_warn("NO_HZ: Can't run full dynticks because arch doesn't support IRQ work self-IPIs\n"); cpumask_clear(tick_nohz_full_mask); tick_nohz_full_running = false; return; @@ -643,7 +644,7 @@ bool tick_nohz_tick_stopped_cpu(int cpu) * In case the sched_tick was stopped on this CPU, we have to check if jiffies * must be updated. Otherwise an interrupt handler could use a stale jiffy * value. We do this unconditionally on any CPU, as we don't know whether the - * CPU, which has the update task assigned is in a long sleep. + * CPU, which has the update task assigned, is in a long sleep. */ static void tick_nohz_update_jiffies(ktime_t now) { @@ -726,7 +727,7 @@ static u64 get_cpu_sleep_time_us(struct tick_sched *ts, ktime_t *sleeptime, * counters if NULL. * * Return the cumulative idle time (since boot) for a given - * CPU, in microseconds. Note this is partially broken due to + * CPU, in microseconds. Note that this is partially broken due to * the counter of iowait tasks that can be remotely updated without * any synchronization. Therefore it is possible to observe backward * values within two consecutive reads. @@ -787,7 +788,7 @@ static void tick_nohz_restart(struct tick_sched *ts, ktime_t now) } /* - * Reset to make sure next tick stop doesn't get fooled by past + * Reset to make sure the next tick stop doesn't get fooled by past * cached clock deadline. */ ts->next_tick = 0; @@ -816,11 +817,11 @@ static ktime_t tick_nohz_next_event(struct tick_sched *ts, int cpu) /* * Keep the periodic tick, when RCU, architecture or irq_work * requests it. - * Aside of that check whether the local timer softirq is - * pending. If so its a bad idea to call get_next_timer_interrupt() + * Aside of that, check whether the local timer softirq is + * pending. If so, its a bad idea to call get_next_timer_interrupt(), * because there is an already expired timer, so it will request * immediate expiry, which rearms the hardware timer with a - * minimal delta which brings us back to this place + * minimal delta, which brings us back to this place * immediately. Lather, rinse and repeat... */ if (rcu_needs_cpu() || arch_needs_cpu() || @@ -861,7 +862,7 @@ static ktime_t tick_nohz_next_event(struct tick_sched *ts, int cpu) /* * If this CPU is the one which had the do_timer() duty last, we limit - * the sleep time to the timekeeping max_deferment value. + * the sleep time to the timekeeping 'max_deferment' value. * Otherwise we can sleep as long as we want. */ delta = timekeeping_max_deferment(); @@ -895,8 +896,8 @@ static void tick_nohz_stop_tick(struct tick_sched *ts, int cpu) * If this CPU is the one which updates jiffies, then give up * the assignment and let it be taken by the CPU which runs * the tick timer next, which might be this CPU as well. If we - * don't drop this here the jiffies might be stale and - * do_timer() never invoked. Keep track of the fact that it + * don't drop this here, the jiffies might be stale and + * do_timer() never gets invoked. Keep track of the fact that it * was the one which had the do_timer() duty last. */ if (cpu == tick_do_timer_cpu) { @@ -906,7 +907,7 @@ static void tick_nohz_stop_tick(struct tick_sched *ts, int cpu) ts->do_timer_last = 0; } - /* Skip reprogram of event if its not changed */ + /* Skip reprogram of event if it's not changed */ if (ts->tick_stopped && (expires == ts->next_tick)) { /* Sanity check: make sure clockevent is actually programmed */ if (tick == KTIME_MAX || ts->next_tick == hrtimer_get_expires(&ts->sched_timer)) @@ -919,11 +920,11 @@ static void tick_nohz_stop_tick(struct tick_sched *ts, int cpu) } /* - * nohz_stop_sched_tick can be called several times before - * the nohz_restart_sched_tick is called. This happens when + * nohz_stop_sched_tick() can be called several times before + * nohz_restart_sched_tick() is called. This happens when * interrupts arrive which do not cause a reschedule. In the * first call we save the current tick time, so we can restart - * the scheduler tick in nohz_restart_sched_tick. + * the scheduler tick in nohz_restart_sched_tick(). */ if (!ts->tick_stopped) { calc_load_nohz_start(); @@ -985,9 +986,8 @@ static void tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(struct tick_sched *ts, ktime_t now) calc_load_nohz_stop(); touch_softlockup_watchdog_sched(); - /* - * Cancel the scheduled timer and restore the tick - */ + + /* Cancel the scheduled timer and restore the tick: */ ts->tick_stopped = 0; tick_nohz_restart(ts, now); } @@ -1019,11 +1019,11 @@ static void tick_nohz_full_update_tick(struct tick_sched *ts) /* * A pending softirq outside an IRQ (or softirq disabled section) context * should be waiting for ksoftirqd to handle it. Therefore we shouldn't - * reach here due to the need_resched() early check in can_stop_idle_tick(). + * reach this code due to the need_resched() early check in can_stop_idle_tick(). * * However if we are between CPUHP_AP_SMPBOOT_THREADS and CPU_TEARDOWN_CPU on the * cpu_down() process, softirqs can still be raised while ksoftirqd is parked, - * triggering the below since wakep_softirqd() is ignored. + * triggering the code below, since wakep_softirqd() is ignored. * */ static bool report_idle_softirq(void) @@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ static bool report_idle_softirq(void) if (ratelimit >= 10) return false; - /* On RT, softirqs handling may be waiting on some lock */ + /* On RT, softirq handling may be waiting on some lock */ if (local_bh_blocked()) return false; @@ -1061,8 +1061,8 @@ static bool can_stop_idle_tick(int cpu, struct tick_sched *ts) * If this CPU is offline and it is the one which updates * jiffies, then give up the assignment and let it be taken by * the CPU which runs the tick timer next. If we don't drop - * this here the jiffies might be stale and do_timer() never - * invoked. + * this here, the jiffies might be stale and do_timer() never + * gets invoked. */ if (unlikely(!cpu_online(cpu))) { if (cpu == tick_do_timer_cpu) @@ -1175,12 +1175,23 @@ void tick_nohz_idle_enter(void) } /** - * tick_nohz_irq_exit - update next tick event from interrupt exit + * tick_nohz_irq_exit - Notify the tick about IRQ exit + * + * A timer may have been added/modified/deleted either by the current IRQ, + * or by another place using this IRQ as a notification. This IRQ may have + * also updated the RCU callback list. These events may require a + * re-evaluation of the next tick. Depending on the context: + * + * 1) If the CPU is idle and no resched is pending, just proceed with idle + * time accounting. The next tick will be re-evaluated on the next idle + * loop iteration. + * + * 2) If the CPU is nohz_full: * - * When an interrupt fires while we are idle and it doesn't cause - * a reschedule, it may still add, modify or delete a timer, enqueue - * an RCU callback, etc... - * So we need to re-calculate and reprogram the next tick event. + * 2.1) If there is any tick dependency, restart the tick if stopped. + * + * 2.2) If there is no tick dependency, (re-)evaluate the next tick and + * stop/update it accordingly. */ void tick_nohz_irq_exit(void) { @@ -1208,7 +1219,7 @@ bool tick_nohz_idle_got_tick(void) /** * tick_nohz_get_next_hrtimer - return the next expiration time for the hrtimer - * or the tick, whatever that expires first. Note that, if the tick has been + * or the tick, whichever expires first. Note that, if the tick has been * stopped, it returns the next hrtimer. * * Called from power state control code with interrupts disabled @@ -1252,7 +1263,7 @@ ktime_t tick_nohz_get_sleep_length(ktime_t *delta_next) return *delta_next; /* - * If the next highres timer to expire is earlier than next_event, the + * If the next highres timer to expire is earlier than 'next_event', the * idle governor needs to know that. */ next_event = min_t(u64, next_event, @@ -1296,9 +1307,9 @@ static void tick_nohz_account_idle_time(struct tick_sched *ts, if (vtime_accounting_enabled_this_cpu()) return; /* - * We stopped the tick in idle. Update process times would miss the - * time we slept as update_process_times does only a 1 tick - * accounting. Enforce that this is accounted to idle ! + * We stopped the tick in idle. update_process_times() would miss the + * time we slept, as it does only a 1 tick accounting. + * Enforce that this is accounted to idle ! */ ticks = jiffies - ts->idle_jiffies; /* @@ -1330,11 +1341,20 @@ static void tick_nohz_idle_update_tick(struct tick_sched *ts, ktime_t now) } /** - * tick_nohz_idle_exit - restart the idle tick from the idle task + * tick_nohz_idle_exit - Update the tick upon idle task exit + * + * When the idle task exits, update the tick depending on the + * following situations: + * + * 1) If the CPU is not in nohz_full mode (most cases), then + * restart the tick. + * + * 2) If the CPU is in nohz_full mode (corner case): + * 2.1) If the tick can be kept stopped (no tick dependencies) + * then re-evaluate the next tick and try to keep it stopped + * as long as possible. + * 2.2) If the tick has dependencies, restart the tick. * - * Restart the idle tick when the CPU is woken up from idle - * This also exit the RCU extended quiescent state. The CPU - * can use RCU again after this function is called. */ void tick_nohz_idle_exit(void) { @@ -1364,9 +1384,15 @@ void tick_nohz_idle_exit(void) } /* - * The nohz low res interrupt handler + * In low-resolution mode, the tick handler must be implemented directly + * at the clockevent level. hrtimer can't be used instead, because its + * infrastructure actually relies on the tick itself as a backend in + * low-resolution mode (see hrtimer_run_queues()). + * + * This low-resolution handler still makes use of some hrtimer APIs meanwhile + * for convenience with expiration calculation and forwarding. */ -static void tick_nohz_handler(struct clock_event_device *dev) +static void tick_nohz_lowres_handler(struct clock_event_device *dev) { struct tick_sched *ts = this_cpu_ptr(&tick_cpu_sched); struct pt_regs *regs = get_irq_regs(); @@ -1377,18 +1403,16 @@ static void tick_nohz_handler(struct clock_event_device *dev) tick_sched_do_timer(ts, now); tick_sched_handle(ts, regs); - if (unlikely(ts->tick_stopped)) { - /* - * The clockevent device is not reprogrammed, so change the - * clock event device to ONESHOT_STOPPED to avoid spurious - * interrupts on devices which might not be truly one shot. - */ - tick_program_event(KTIME_MAX, 1); - return; + /* + * In dynticks mode, tick reprogram is deferred: + * - to the idle task if in dynticks-idle + * - to IRQ exit if in full-dynticks. + */ + if (likely(!ts->tick_stopped)) { + hrtimer_forward(&ts->sched_timer, now, TICK_NSEC); + tick_program_event(hrtimer_get_expires(&ts->sched_timer), 1); } - hrtimer_forward(&ts->sched_timer, now, TICK_NSEC); - tick_program_event(hrtimer_get_expires(&ts->sched_timer), 1); } static inline void tick_nohz_activate(struct tick_sched *ts, int mode) @@ -1402,7 +1426,7 @@ static inline void tick_nohz_activate(struct tick_sched *ts, int mode) } /** - * tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz - switch to nohz mode + * tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz - switch to NOHZ mode */ static void tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz(void) { @@ -1412,12 +1436,12 @@ static void tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz(void) if (!tick_nohz_enabled) return; - if (tick_switch_to_oneshot(tick_nohz_handler)) + if (tick_switch_to_oneshot(tick_nohz_lowres_handler)) return; /* - * Recycle the hrtimer in ts, so we can share the - * hrtimer_forward with the highres code. + * Recycle the hrtimer in 'ts', so we can share the + * hrtimer_forward_now() function with the highres code. */ hrtimer_init(&ts->sched_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_HARD); /* Get the next period */ @@ -1440,7 +1464,7 @@ static inline void tick_nohz_irq_enter(void) if (ts->idle_active) tick_nohz_stop_idle(ts, now); /* - * If all CPUs are idle. We may need to update a stale jiffies value. + * If all CPUs are idle we may need to update a stale jiffies value. * Note nohz_full is a special case: a timekeeper is guaranteed to stay * alive but it might be busy looping with interrupts disabled in some * rare case (typically stop machine). So we must make sure we have a @@ -1459,7 +1483,7 @@ static inline void tick_nohz_activate(struct tick_sched *ts, int mode) { } #endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */ /* - * Called from irq_enter to notify about the possible interruption of idle() + * Called from irq_enter() to notify about the possible interruption of idle() */ void tick_irq_enter(void) { @@ -1475,7 +1499,7 @@ void tick_irq_enter(void) * We rearm the timer until we get disabled by the idle code. * Called with interrupts disabled. */ -static enum hrtimer_restart tick_sched_timer(struct hrtimer *timer) +static enum hrtimer_restart tick_nohz_highres_handler(struct hrtimer *timer) { struct tick_sched *ts = container_of(timer, struct tick_sched, sched_timer); @@ -1485,15 +1509,19 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart tick_sched_timer(struct hrtimer *timer) tick_sched_do_timer(ts, now); /* - * Do not call, when we are not in irq context and have - * no valid regs pointer + * Do not call when we are not in IRQ context and have + * no valid 'regs' pointer */ if (regs) tick_sched_handle(ts, regs); else ts->next_tick = 0; - /* No need to reprogram if we are in idle or full dynticks mode */ + /* + * In dynticks mode, tick reprogram is deferred: + * - to the idle task if in dynticks-idle + * - to IRQ exit if in full-dynticks. + */ if (unlikely(ts->tick_stopped)) return HRTIMER_NORESTART; @@ -1520,16 +1548,14 @@ void tick_setup_sched_timer(void) struct tick_sched *ts = this_cpu_ptr(&tick_cpu_sched); ktime_t now = ktime_get(); - /* - * Emulate tick processing via per-CPU hrtimers: - */ + /* Emulate tick processing via per-CPU hrtimers: */ hrtimer_init(&ts->sched_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_HARD); - ts->sched_timer.function = tick_sched_timer; + ts->sched_timer.function = tick_nohz_highres_handler; /* Get the next period (per-CPU) */ hrtimer_set_expires(&ts->sched_timer, tick_init_jiffy_update()); - /* Offset the tick to avert jiffies_lock contention. */ + /* Offset the tick to avert 'jiffies_lock' contention. */ if (sched_skew_tick) { u64 offset = TICK_NSEC >> 1; do_div(offset, num_possible_cpus()); @@ -1589,10 +1615,10 @@ void tick_oneshot_notify(void) } /* - * Check, if a change happened, which makes oneshot possible. + * Check if a change happened, which makes oneshot possible. * - * Called cyclic from the hrtimer softirq (driven by the timer - * softirq) allow_nohz signals, that we can switch into low-res nohz + * Called cyclically from the hrtimer softirq (driven by the timer + * softirq). 'allow_nohz' signals that we can switch into low-res NOHZ * mode, because high resolution timers are disabled (either compile * or runtime). Called with interrupts disabled. */ |