linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 14/19] tick-sched: add comment about 'idle_active' in tick_nohz_idle

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Date:	Tue, 22 Apr 2014 01:20:50 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org,
	linaro-networking@...aro.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 14/19] tick-sched: add comment about 'idle_active' in
 tick_nohz_idle_exit()

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 03:25:10PM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> The sequence of calls for dynticks CPUs is a bit confusing. Add a comment in
> tick_nohz_idle_exit() to mention it clearly. All information required is in
> commit and this conversation with Frederic.
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/10/355
> 
> Suggested-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
> ---
>  kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> index 71f64ee..c3aed50 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> @@ -922,6 +922,22 @@ void tick_nohz_idle_exit(void)
>  
>  	ts->inidle = 0;
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Can idle_active be false here?
> +	 * Ideally this would be the sequence of calls:
> +	 * - tick_nohz_idle_enter(), i.e. idle_active = true;
> +	 * - local_irq_disable()
> +	 * - IDLE
> +	 * - wake up due to IPI or other interrupt
> +	 * - local_irq_enable()
> +	 * - tick_nohz_irq_enter(), i.e. idle_active = false;
> +	 * - tick_nohz_irq_exit(), i.e. idle_active = true; This is not called
> +	 *   in case of IPI's as need_resched() will prevent that in
> +	 *   tick_irq_exit(), as we don't need to account any more for idle time
> +	 *   or try to enter dyntics mode (We are going to exit idle state).
> +	 *
> +	 * - tick_nohz_idle_exit()
> +	 */
>  	if (ts->idle_active || ts->tick_stopped)
>  		now = ktime_get();

It's still over-detailed. Much of the above is easily deduced after common review. OTOH
I proposed to summarize there: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/11/334
The below disambiguates it a bit further.

Now it's eventually getting as big as your comment ;-)


          /*
           * ts->idle_active drives the idle time which typically elapses in the idle loop
           * but breaks on IRQs interrupting idle loop.
           *
           * Hence ts->idle_active can be 1 here if we exit the idle loop without the help of
           * an IRQ. OTOH it can be 0 on idle exit if a wake up IPI pulled the CPU out of
           * the idle loop. Since we know that we'll be exiting the idle task after the wake
           * up IPI, all the pending idle sleep time is flushed on irq entry and no more is
           * accounted further thanks to the need_resched() check on irq_exit().
           */

Thanks.
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