linux-kernel - Re: [Update] Re: [PATCH v3]PM/Sleep: Timer quiesce in freeze state

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Date:	Fri, 06 Feb 2015 23:36:12 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Li, Aubrey" <aubrey.li@...ux.intel.com>,
	"Brown, Len" <len.brown@...el.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux PM list <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Update] Re: [PATCH v3]PM/Sleep: Timer quiesce in freeze state

On Friday, February 06, 2015 07:29:22 PM Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 05:14:54PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 02:20:13AM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > >  void freeze_wake(void)
> > >  {
> > > +	unsigned long flags;
> > > +
> > > +	spin_lock_irqsave(&suspend_freeze_lock, flags);
> > > +	if (suspend_freeze_state > FREEZE_STATE_NONE) {
> > > +		suspend_freeze_state = FREEZE_STATE_WAKE;
> > > +		wake_up(&suspend_freeze_wait_head);
> > > +	}
> > > +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&suspend_freeze_lock, flags);
> > >  }
> > 
> > 
> > > +static void enter_freeze_proper(struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
> > > +				struct cpuidle_device *dev, int index)
> > > +{
> > > +	tick_freeze();
> > > +	drv->states[index].enter_freeze(dev, drv, index);
> > > +	/*
> > > +	 * timekeeping_resume() that will be called by tick_unfreeze() for the
> > > +	 * last CPU executing it calls functions containing RCU read-side
> > > +	 * critical sections, so tell RCU about that.
> > > +	 */
> > > +	RCU_NONIDLE(tick_unfreeze());
> > > +}
> > 
> > So I'm a wee bit confused; if we use an enter_freeze() state that keeps
> > interrupts disabled; who is going to call the freeze_wake() thing?
> 
> Ah, I think I see, so we wake up, keep the interrupt pending, re-enable
> the tick and time and everybody, then re-enable interrupts, take the
> interrupt and go around the idle loop to find we need a reschedule etc..

Exactly.

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