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Date:	Thu, 24 Apr 2014 02:37:19 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@...fujitsu.com>,
	Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando_b1@....ntt.co.jp>,
	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] nohz: Fix iowait overcounting if iowait task migrates

On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 09:00:36PM +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> Before this change, if last IO-blocked task wakes up
> on a different CPU, the original CPU may stay idle for much longer,
> and the entire time it stays idle is accounted as iowait time.
> 
> This change adds struct tick_sched::iowait_exittime member.
> On entry to idle, it is set to KTIME_MAX.
> Last IO-blocked task, if migrated, sets it to current time.
> Note that this can happen only once per each idle period:
> new iowaiting tasks can't magically appear on idle CPU's rq.
> 
> If iowait_exittime is set, then (iowait_exittime - idle_entrytime)
> gets accounted as iowait, and the remaining (now - iowait_exittime)
> as "true" idle.
> 
> Run-tested: /proc/stats no longer go backwards.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
> Cc: Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@...fujitsu.com>
> Cc: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando_b1@....ntt.co.jp>
> Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/tick.h     |  3 ++
>  kernel/sched/core.c      | 20 ++++++++++++++
>  kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  3 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/tick.h b/include/linux/tick.h
> index b84773c..2a27883 100644
> --- a/include/linux/tick.h
> +++ b/include/linux/tick.h
> @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ struct tick_sched {
>  	ktime_t				idle_exittime;
>  	ktime_t				idle_sleeptime;
>  	ktime_t				iowait_sleeptime;
> +	ktime_t				iowait_exittime;
>  	ktime_t				sleep_length;
>  	unsigned long			last_jiffies;
>  	unsigned long			next_jiffies;
> @@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ extern void tick_nohz_irq_exit(void);
>  extern ktime_t tick_nohz_get_sleep_length(void);
>  extern u64 get_cpu_idle_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time);
>  extern u64 get_cpu_iowait_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time);
> +extern void tick_nohz_iowait_to_idle(int cpu);
>  
>  # else /* !CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */
>  static inline int tick_nohz_tick_stopped(void)
> @@ -157,6 +159,7 @@ static inline ktime_t tick_nohz_get_sleep_length(void)
>  }
>  static inline u64 get_cpu_idle_time_us(int cpu, u64 *unused) { return -1; }
>  static inline u64 get_cpu_iowait_time_us(int cpu, u64 *unused) { return -1; }
> +static inline void tick_nohz_iowait_to_idle(int cpu) { }
>  # endif /* !CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> index 9cae286..08dd220 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> @@ -4255,6 +4255,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(yield_to);
>   */
>  void __sched io_schedule(void)
>  {
> +#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
> +	int cpu_on_entry = smp_processor_id();
> +#endif
>  	struct rq *rq = raw_rq();
>  
>  	delayacct_blkio_start();
> @@ -4263,13 +4266,23 @@ void __sched io_schedule(void)
>  	current->in_iowait = 1;
>  	schedule();
>  	current->in_iowait = 0;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
> +	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&rq->nr_iowait)) {
> +		if (smp_processor_id() != cpu_on_entry)
> +			tick_nohz_iowait_to_idle(cpu_on_entry);

The update on tick_nohz_iowait_to_idle() can happen anytime,
possibly too late.

There can be races like this:

               CPU 0                     CPU 1
               --------------------------------

     //task A goes to sleep (iowait)
                                         //task A wakes up
                                         atomic_dec_and_test(nr_iowait) {
                                            now  = ktime_get(); // now == X
     //task B runs
     //Pending iowait time i flushed
     //task B sleeps (iowait)
     //now = Y
                                         //task A is preempted
                                         //task B runs
                                         atomic_dec_and_test(nr_iowait) {
                                            now  = ktime_get(); // now == Y
                                         //task B is preempted
                                         //task A runs back
                                            iowait_exittime = Z
     // account pending iowait time
     // delta = X - Y

Here the delta accounted is X - Y, which is probably a negative delta. So the
whole time between Z and Y is forgotten.

Now the race is tight and maybe not important in practice because preemption slices
should be short so only tiny chuncks may be overriden.

> +	}
> +#else
>  	atomic_dec(&rq->nr_iowait);
> +#endif
>  	delayacct_blkio_end();
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(io_schedule);
>  
>  long __sched io_schedule_timeout(long timeout)
>  {
> +#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
> +	int cpu_on_entry = smp_processor_id();
> +#endif
>  	struct rq *rq = raw_rq();
>  	long ret;
>  
> @@ -4279,7 +4292,14 @@ long __sched io_schedule_timeout(long timeout)
>  	current->in_iowait = 1;
>  	ret = schedule_timeout(timeout);
>  	current->in_iowait = 0;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
> +	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&rq->nr_iowait)) {
> +		if (smp_processor_id() != cpu_on_entry)
> +			tick_nohz_iowait_to_idle(cpu_on_entry);
> +	}
> +#else
>  	atomic_dec(&rq->nr_iowait);
> +#endif
>  	delayacct_blkio_end();
>  	return ret;
>  }
> diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> index a99770e..679a577 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> @@ -403,17 +403,48 @@ static void tick_nohz_update_jiffies(ktime_t now)
>  	touch_softlockup_watchdog();
>  }
>  
> +/*
> + * Race prevention for idle/iowait counters:
> + *
> + * On entry and exit to idle/iowait states,
> + * ts->idle_entrytime, ts->{idle,iowait}_sleeptime and ts->idle_active
> + * fields are updated in this order, serialized with smp_wmb().
> + * On exit, ts->idle_entrytime is zeroed.
> + *
> + * The readers - get_cpu_{idle,iowait}_time_us() - fetch these fields
> + * in reversed order, serialized with smp_rmb().
> + * If ts->idle_active == 0, reading of ts->idle_entrytime (and one smp_rmb())
> + * are not necessary. If ts->idle_active != 0, ts->idle_entrytime
> + * (which is needed anyway for calculations)
> + * needs to be checked for zero, and reads need to be done anew if it is zeroed.
> + *
> + * This implements a seqlock-like race detection without needing additional
> + * data fields and read-modify-write ops on them.
> + */
>  static void tick_nohz_stop_idle(struct tick_sched *ts, ktime_t now)
>  {
> -	ktime_t delta;
> +	ktime_t delta, entry;
>  
>  	/* Updates the per cpu time idle statistics counters */
> -	delta = ktime_sub(now, ts->idle_entrytime);
> +	entry = ts->idle_entrytime;
> +	delta = ktime_sub(now, entry);
>  	ts->idle_entrytime.tv64 = 0;
>  	smp_wmb();
>  
> -	if (ts->idle_active == 2)
> +	if (ts->idle_active == 2) {
> +		ktime_t end = ts->iowait_exittime;
> +
> +		if (end.tv64 != KTIME_MAX) {
> +			/*
> +			 * Last iowaiting task on our rq was woken up on other CPU
> +			 * sometime in the past, it updated ts->iowait_exittime.
> +			 */
> +			delta = ktime_sub(now, end);
> +			ts->idle_sleeptime = ktime_add(ts->idle_sleeptime, delta);
> +			delta = ktime_sub(end, entry);
> +		}
>  		ts->iowait_sleeptime = ktime_add(ts->iowait_sleeptime, delta);
> +	}
>  	else
>  		ts->idle_sleeptime = ktime_add(ts->idle_sleeptime, delta);
>  
> @@ -430,10 +461,18 @@ static ktime_t tick_nohz_start_idle(struct tick_sched *ts)
>  	ts->idle_entrytime = now;
>  	smp_wmb();
>  	ts->idle_active = nr_iowait_cpu(smp_processor_id()) ? 2 : 1;
> +	ts->iowait_exittime.tv64 = KTIME_MAX;
>  	sched_clock_idle_sleep_event();
>  	return now;
>  }
>  
> +void tick_nohz_iowait_to_idle(int cpu)
> +{
> +	struct tick_sched *ts = tick_get_tick_sched(cpu);
> +
> +	ts->iowait_exittime = ktime_get();
> +}
> +
>  /**
>   * get_cpu_idle_time_us - get the total idle time of a cpu
>   * @cpu: CPU number to query
> @@ -467,7 +506,7 @@ u64 get_cpu_idle_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time)
>  	active = ACCESS_ONCE(ts->idle_active);
>  	smp_rmb();
>  	count = ACCESS_ONCE(ts->idle_sleeptime);
> -	if (active == 1) {
> +	if (active /* either 1 or 2 */) {
>  		ktime_t delta, start;
>  
>  		smp_rmb();
> @@ -479,6 +518,18 @@ u64 get_cpu_idle_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time)
>  			 */
>  			goto again;
>  		}
> +		if (active == 2) {
> +			/* This idle period started as "iowait idle" */
> +			ktime_t iowait_exit = ACCESS_ONCE(ts->iowait_exittime);
> +
> +			if (iowait_exit.tv64 == KTIME_MAX)
> +				goto skip; /* and it still is */
> +			/*
> +			 * This CPU used to be "iowait idle", but iowait task
> +			 * has migrated. The rest of idle time is "true idle":
> +			 */
> +			start = iowait_exit;
> +		}
>  		delta = ktime_sub(now, start);
>  		count = ktime_add(count, delta);
>  	} else {
> @@ -488,6 +539,7 @@ u64 get_cpu_idle_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time)
>  		 * we fetched idle_active, so count must be valid.
>  		 */
>  	}
> + skip:
>  
>  	return ktime_to_us(count);
>  }
> @@ -527,7 +579,7 @@ u64 get_cpu_iowait_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time)
>  	smp_rmb();
>  	count = ACCESS_ONCE(ts->iowait_sleeptime);
>  	if (active == 2) {
> -		ktime_t delta, start;
> +		ktime_t delta, start, end;
>  
>  		smp_rmb();
>  		start = ACCESS_ONCE(ts->idle_entrytime);
> @@ -538,7 +590,15 @@ u64 get_cpu_iowait_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time)
>  			 */
>  			goto again;
>  		}
> -		delta = ktime_sub(now, start);
> +		/*
> +		 * If last iowaiting task on our rq was woken up on other CPU
> +		 * sometime in the past, it updated ts->iowait_exittime.
> +		 * Otherwise, ts->iowait_exittime == KTIME_MAX.
> +		 */
> +		end = ACCESS_ONCE(ts->iowait_exittime);
> +		if (end.tv64 == KTIME_MAX)
> +			end = now;
> +		delta = ktime_sub(end, start);
>  		count = ktime_add(count, delta);
>  	} else {
>  		/*
> -- 
> 1.8.1.4
> 
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