linux-kernel - [PATCH] tile: nohz: warn if nohz_full uses hypervisor shared cores

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Date:	Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:39:28 -0400
From:	<cmetcalf@...hip.com>
To:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
CC:	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...hip.com>
Subject: [PATCH] tile: nohz: warn if nohz_full uses hypervisor shared cores

From: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...hip.com>

The "hypervisor shared" cores are ones that the Tilera hypervisor
uses to receive interrupts to manage hypervisor-owned devices.
It's a bad idea to try to use those cores with nohz_full, since
they will get interrupted unpredictably -- and invisibly to Linux
tracing tools, since the interrupts are delivered at a higher
privilege level to the Tilera hypervisor.

Generate a clear warning at boot up that this doesn't end well
for the nohz_full cores in question.

Signed-off-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...hip.com>
---
 arch/tile/include/hv/hypervisor.h |  6 +++++-
 arch/tile/kernel/setup.c          | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/tile/include/hv/hypervisor.h b/arch/tile/include/hv/hypervisor.h
index dfcdeb61ba34..e0e6af4e783b 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/hv/hypervisor.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/hv/hypervisor.h
@@ -961,7 +961,11 @@ typedef enum {
   HV_INQ_TILES_HFH_CACHE       = 2,
 
   /** The set of tiles that can be legally used as a LOTAR for a PTE. */
-  HV_INQ_TILES_LOTAR           = 3
+  HV_INQ_TILES_LOTAR           = 3,
+
+  /** The set of "shared" driver tiles that the hypervisor may
+   *  periodically interrupt. */
+  HV_INQ_TILES_SHARED          = 4
 } HV_InqTileSet;
 
 /** Returns specific information about various sets of tiles within the
diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/setup.c b/arch/tile/kernel/setup.c
index f1f579914952..7833b2ccdfbc 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/setup.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <linux/hugetlb.h>
 #include <linux/start_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/screen_info.h>
+#include <linux/tick.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
@@ -1390,6 +1391,28 @@ static int __init dataplane(char *str)
 
 early_param("dataplane", dataplane);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
+/* Warn if hypervisor shared cpus are marked as nohz_full. */
+static int __init check_nohz_full_cpus(void)
+{
+	struct cpumask shared;
+	int cpu;
+
+	if (hv_inquire_tiles(HV_INQ_TILES_SHARED,
+			     (HV_VirtAddr) shared.bits, sizeof(shared)) < 0) {
+		pr_warn("WARNING: No support for inquiring hv shared tiles\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+	for_each_cpu(cpu, &shared) {
+		if (tick_nohz_full_cpu(cpu))
+			pr_warn("WARNING: nohz_full cpu %d receives hypervisor interrupts!\n",
+			       cpu);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+arch_initcall(check_nohz_full_cpus);
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL
 static char __initdata builtin_cmdline[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] = CONFIG_CMDLINE;
 #endif
-- 
2.1.2

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