linux-kernel - [106/115] sched: Call tick_check_idle before __irq

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Date:	Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:46:12 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Venkatesh Pallipadi <venki@...gle.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Subject: [106/115] sched: Call tick_check_idle before __irq_enter

2.6.32-longterm review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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Commit: d267f87fb8179c6dba03d08b91952e81bc3723c7 upstream

When CPU is idle and on first interrupt, irq_enter calls tick_check_idle()
to notify interruption from idle. But, there is a problem if this call
is done after __irq_enter, as all routines in __irq_enter may find
stale time due to yet to be done tick_check_idle.

Specifically, trace calls in __irq_enter when they use global clock and also
account_system_vtime change in this patch as it wants to use sched_clock_cpu()
to do proper irq timing.

But, tick_check_idle was moved after __irq_enter intentionally to
prevent problem of unneeded ksoftirqd wakeups by the commit ee5f80a:

    irq: call __irq_enter() before calling the tick_idle_check
    Impact: avoid spurious ksoftirqd wakeups

Moving tick_check_idle() before __irq_enter and wrapping it with
local_bh_enable/disable would solve both the problems.

Fixed-by: Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venki@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
LKML-Reference: <1286237003-12406-9-git-send-email-venki@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
---
 kernel/sched.c   |    2 +-
 kernel/softirq.c |   12 +++++++++---
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -1872,8 +1872,8 @@ void account_system_vtime(struct task_st
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 
-	now = sched_clock();
 	cpu = smp_processor_id();
+	now = sched_clock_cpu(cpu);
 	delta = now - per_cpu(irq_start_time, cpu);
 	per_cpu(irq_start_time, cpu) = now;
 	/*
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -296,10 +296,16 @@ void irq_enter(void)
 
 	rcu_irq_enter();
 	if (idle_cpu(cpu) && !in_interrupt()) {
-		__irq_enter();
+		/*
+		 * Prevent raise_softirq from needlessly waking up ksoftirqd
+		 * here, as softirq will be serviced on return from interrupt.
+		 */
+		local_bh_disable();
 		tick_check_idle(cpu);
-	} else
-		__irq_enter();
+		_local_bh_enable();
+	}
+
+	__irq_enter();
 }
 
 #ifdef __ARCH_IRQ_EXIT_IRQS_DISABLED


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