linux-kernel - [tip:timers/core] timers: Sanitize catchup_timer

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Message-ID: <tip-3bb475a3446facd0425d3f2fe7e85bf03c5c6c05@git.kernel.org>
Date:	Fri, 19 Jun 2015 06:22:24 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, john.stultz@...aro.org,
	joonwoop@...eaurora.org, fweisbec@...il.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
	wenbo.wang@...blaze.com, hpa@...or.com, peterz@...radead.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, viresh.kumar@...aro.org, mingo@...nel.org,
	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: [tip:timers/core] timers: Sanitize catchup_timer_jiffies() usage

Commit-ID:  3bb475a3446facd0425d3f2fe7e85bf03c5c6c05
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/3bb475a3446facd0425d3f2fe7e85bf03c5c6c05
Author:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
AuthorDate: Tue, 26 May 2015 22:50:24 +0000
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitDate: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 15:18:27 +0200

timers: Sanitize catchup_timer_jiffies() usage

catchup_timer_jiffies() has been applied blindly to several functions
without looking for possible better ways to do it.

1) internal_add_timer()

   Move the update to base->all_timers before we actually insert the
   timer into the wheel.

2) detach_if_pending()

   Again the update to base->all_timers allows us to explicitely do
   the timer_jiffies update in place, if this was the last timer which
   got removed.

3) __run_timers()

   We only check on entry, which is silly, because base->timer_jiffies
   can be behind - especially on NOHZ kernels - and if there is a
   single deferrable timer somewhere between base->timer_jiffies and
   jiffies we expire it and then loop until base->timer_jiffies ==
   jiffies.

   Move it into the loop.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Cc: Joonwoo Park <joonwoop@...eaurora.org>
Cc: Wenbo Wang <wenbo.wang@...blaze.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150526224511.662994644@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/time/timer.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index 7775d45..d5e0179 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -351,20 +351,6 @@ void set_timer_slack(struct timer_list *timer, int slack_hz)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(set_timer_slack);
 
-/*
- * If the list is empty, catch up ->timer_jiffies to the current time.
- * The caller must hold the tvec_base lock.  Returns true if the list
- * was empty and therefore ->timer_jiffies was updated.
- */
-static bool catchup_timer_jiffies(struct tvec_base *base)
-{
-	if (!base->all_timers) {
-		base->timer_jiffies = jiffies;
-		return true;
-	}
-	return false;
-}
-
 static void
 __internal_add_timer(struct tvec_base *base, struct timer_list *timer)
 {
@@ -411,7 +397,10 @@ __internal_add_timer(struct tvec_base *base, struct timer_list *timer)
 
 static void internal_add_timer(struct tvec_base *base, struct timer_list *timer)
 {
-	(void)catchup_timer_jiffies(base);
+	/* Advance base->jiffies, if the base is empty */
+	if (!base->all_timers++)
+		base->timer_jiffies = jiffies;
+
 	__internal_add_timer(base, timer);
 	/*
 	 * Update base->active_timers and base->next_timer
@@ -421,7 +410,6 @@ static void internal_add_timer(struct tvec_base *base, struct timer_list *timer)
 		    time_before(timer->expires, base->next_timer))
 			base->next_timer = timer->expires;
 	}
-	base->all_timers++;
 
 	/*
 	 * Check whether the other CPU is in dynticks mode and needs
@@ -718,7 +706,6 @@ detach_expired_timer(struct timer_list *timer, struct tvec_base *base)
 	if (!tbase_get_deferrable(timer->base))
 		base->active_timers--;
 	base->all_timers--;
-	(void)catchup_timer_jiffies(base);
 }
 
 static int detach_if_pending(struct timer_list *timer, struct tvec_base *base,
@@ -733,8 +720,9 @@ static int detach_if_pending(struct timer_list *timer, struct tvec_base *base,
 		if (timer->expires == base->next_timer)
 			base->next_timer = base->timer_jiffies;
 	}
-	base->all_timers--;
-	(void)catchup_timer_jiffies(base);
+	/* If this was the last timer, advance base->jiffies */
+	if (!--base->all_timers)
+		base->timer_jiffies = jiffies;
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -1184,14 +1172,18 @@ static inline void __run_timers(struct tvec_base *base)
 	struct timer_list *timer;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&base->lock);
-	if (catchup_timer_jiffies(base)) {
-		spin_unlock_irq(&base->lock);
-		return;
-	}
+
 	while (time_after_eq(jiffies, base->timer_jiffies)) {
 		struct list_head work_list;
 		struct list_head *head = &work_list;
-		int index = base->timer_jiffies & TVR_MASK;
+		int index;
+
+		if (!base->all_timers) {
+			base->timer_jiffies = jiffies;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		index = base->timer_jiffies & TVR_MASK;
 
 		/*
 		 * Cascade timers:
--
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