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Date:   Tue, 28 Feb 2017 09:08:55 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: Re: tip.today - scheduler bam boom crash (cpu hotplug)

On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 09:51:07AM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
> index 4e95b2e..ed8eda4 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
> @@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ static void early_init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
>          set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC);
>          if (check_tsc_unstable())
>              clear_sched_clock_stable();
> -    } else {
> +    } else if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR)) {
>          clear_sched_clock_stable();
>      }

That's wrong, you can have HYPERVISOR and still use
native_sched_clock() (lguest does that for one).


I suspect we can do something like the below. Since we fixed the
clocksource watchdog to mark TSC unstable, and we're already fairly
careful with using TSC for timekeeping anyway.

---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c       |  4 ----
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/centaur.c   |  2 --
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c    |  3 ---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c     |  1 -
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c     |  4 ----
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/transmeta.c |  2 --
 arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c           | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 7 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index 35a5d5dca2fa..c36140d788fe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -556,10 +556,6 @@ static void early_init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	if (c->x86_power & (1 << 8)) {
 		set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC);
 		set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC);
-		if (check_tsc_unstable())
-			clear_sched_clock_stable();
-	} else {
-		clear_sched_clock_stable();
 	}
 
 	/* Bit 12 of 8000_0007 edx is accumulated power mechanism. */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/centaur.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/centaur.c
index 106bd3318121..44207b71fee1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/centaur.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/centaur.c
@@ -105,8 +105,6 @@ static void early_init_centaur(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_SYSENTER32);
 #endif
-
-	clear_sched_clock_stable();
 }
 
 static void init_centaur(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index c188ae5a5d9f..0209907a63b1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ static void default_init(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 			strcpy(c->x86_model_id, "386");
 	}
 #endif
-	clear_sched_clock_stable();
 }
 
 static const struct cpu_dev default_cpu = {
@@ -1077,8 +1076,6 @@ static void identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	 */
 	if (this_cpu->c_init)
 		this_cpu->c_init(c);
-	else
-		clear_sched_clock_stable();
 
 	/* Disable the PN if appropriate */
 	squash_the_stupid_serial_number(c);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
index 0a3bc19de017..a70fd61095f8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ static void early_init_cyrix(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 		set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_CYRIX_ARR);
 		break;
 	}
-	clear_sched_clock_stable();
 }
 
 static void init_cyrix(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index fe0a615a051b..063197771b8d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -162,10 +162,6 @@ static void early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	if (c->x86_power & (1 << 8)) {
 		set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC);
 		set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC);
-		if (check_tsc_unstable())
-			clear_sched_clock_stable();
-	} else {
-		clear_sched_clock_stable();
 	}
 
 	/* Penwell and Cloverview have the TSC which doesn't sleep on S3 */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/transmeta.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/transmeta.c
index 8457b4978668..d77d07ab310b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/transmeta.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/transmeta.c
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ static void early_init_transmeta(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 		if (xlvl >= 0x80860001)
 			c->x86_capability[CPUID_8086_0001_EDX] = cpuid_edx(0x80860001);
 	}
-
-	clear_sched_clock_stable();
 }
 
 static void init_transmeta(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index 46bcda4cb1c2..5ca0f52e1ba1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -327,9 +327,16 @@ unsigned long long sched_clock(void)
 {
 	return paravirt_sched_clock();
 }
+
+static inline bool using_native_sched_clock(void)
+{
+	return pv_time_ops.sched_clock == native_sched_clock;
+}
 #else
 unsigned long long
 sched_clock(void) __attribute__((alias("native_sched_clock")));
+
+static inline bool using_native_sched_clock(void) { return true; }
 #endif
 
 int check_tsc_unstable(void)
@@ -1112,8 +1119,10 @@ static void tsc_cs_mark_unstable(struct clocksource *cs)
 {
 	if (tsc_unstable)
 		return;
+
 	tsc_unstable = 1;
-	clear_sched_clock_stable();
+	if (using_native_sched_clock())
+		clear_sched_clock_stable();
 	disable_sched_clock_irqtime();
 	pr_info("Marking TSC unstable due to clocksource watchdog\n");
 }
@@ -1135,18 +1144,20 @@ static struct clocksource clocksource_tsc = {
 
 void mark_tsc_unstable(char *reason)
 {
-	if (!tsc_unstable) {
-		tsc_unstable = 1;
+	if (tsc_unstable)
+		return;
+
+	tsc_unstable = 1;
+	if (using_native_sched_clock())
 		clear_sched_clock_stable();
-		disable_sched_clock_irqtime();
-		pr_info("Marking TSC unstable due to %s\n", reason);
-		/* Change only the rating, when not registered */
-		if (clocksource_tsc.mult)
-			clocksource_mark_unstable(&clocksource_tsc);
-		else {
-			clocksource_tsc.flags |= CLOCK_SOURCE_UNSTABLE;
-			clocksource_tsc.rating = 0;
-		}
+	disable_sched_clock_irqtime();
+	pr_info("Marking TSC unstable due to %s\n", reason);
+	/* Change only the rating, when not registered */
+	if (clocksource_tsc.mult)
+		clocksource_mark_unstable(&clocksource_tsc);
+	else {
+		clocksource_tsc.flags |= CLOCK_SOURCE_UNSTABLE;
+		clocksource_tsc.rating = 0;
 	}
 }
 

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