linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] tracing: Don't account for cpu idle time with irqsoff tracers

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Date:	Wed, 28 May 2014 09:28:52 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Corey Minyard <cminyard@...sta.com>,
	Stanislav Meduna <stano@...una.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, rjw@...ysocki.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] tracing: Don't account for cpu idle time with irqsoff
 tracers

On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 07:30:50PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> Paul, Peter, see anything wrong with this?

You mean, aside from that it won't actually apply due to that code
having been massively overhauled?

I suppose the same thing Arnd mentioned, the cpuidle_enter() thing can
be huge, but is we're going to have to push this down into all cpuidle
drivers we're not going to be happy.

So I think we're going to have to draw a line and impose restrictions on
what cpuidle_enter() implementations can and can not do.

> diff --git a/kernel/sched/idle.c b/kernel/sched/idle.c
> index 8f4390a..f5e6a64 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/idle.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/idle.c
> @@ -88,12 +88,6 @@ static int cpuidle_idle_call(void)
>  	}
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * During the idle period, stop measuring the disabled irqs
> -	 * critical sections latencies
> -	 */
> -	stop_critical_timings();
> -
> -	/*
>  	 * Tell the RCU framework we are entering an idle section,
>  	 * so no more rcu read side critical sections and one more
>  	 * step to the grace period
> @@ -144,6 +138,12 @@ static int cpuidle_idle_call(void)
>  				trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(next_state, dev->cpu);
>  
>  				/*
> +				 * During the idle period, stop measuring the
> +				 * disabled irqs critical sections latencies
> +				 */
> +				stop_critical_timings();
> +
> +				/*
>  				 * Enter the idle state previously
>  				 * returned by the governor
>  				 * decision. This function will block
> @@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ static int cpuidle_idle_call(void)
>  				entered_state = cpuidle_enter(drv, dev,
>  							      next_state);
>  
> +				start_critical_timings();
> +
>  				trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(PWR_EVENT_EXIT,
>  						       dev->cpu);
>  



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