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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 17:36:06 +0100
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc: Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.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 Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 05:11:34PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 27/02/2017 16:59, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > Now, I've not yet figured out the ordering between when we set
> > pv_time_ops.sched_clock and when we do the 'normal' TSC init stuff.
>
> I think the ordering is fine:
>
> - pv_time_ops.sched_clock is set here:
>
> start_kernel (init/main.c line 509)
> setup_arch
> kvmclock_init
> kvm_sched_clock_init
>
> - TSC can be declared unstable only after this:
>
> start_kernel (init/main.c line 628)
> late_time_init
> tsc_init
>
> So by the time the tsc_cs_mark_unstable or mark_tsc_unstable can call
> clear_sched_clock_stable, pv_time_ops.sched_clock has been set.
>
> > But it appears to me, we should not be calling
> > clear_sched_clock_stable() on TSC bits when we don't end up using
> > native_sched_clock().
>
> Yes, this makes sense.
Something like the below then (completely untested for now) has a chance
of working. It does however change behaviour a little.
I'm trying to debug something else; after that I'll give this a little
more consideration.
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c | 4 +---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/centaur.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 4 ++--
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c | 4 +---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/transmeta.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++------------
7 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index 4e95b2e0d95f..bc3bbb6a8ab0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -555,10 +555,8 @@ 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();
+ mark_tsc_unstable("not invariant");
}
/* 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 2c234a6d94c4..0fdff183aa30 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/centaur.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/centaur.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static void early_init_centaur(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_SYSENTER32);
#endif
- clear_sched_clock_stable();
+ mark_tsc_unstable("not invariant");
}
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 f07005e6f461..2b7ff648ea25 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static void default_init(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
strcpy(c->x86_model_id, "386");
}
#endif
- clear_sched_clock_stable();
+ mark_tsc_unstable("not invariant");
}
static const struct cpu_dev default_cpu = {
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ static void identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
if (this_cpu->c_init)
this_cpu->c_init(c);
else
- clear_sched_clock_stable();
+ mark_tsc_unstable("not invariant");
/* 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 47416f959a48..35057d67e864 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static void early_init_cyrix(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_CYRIX_ARR);
break;
}
- clear_sched_clock_stable();
+ mark_tsc_unstable("not invariant");
}
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 017ecd3bb553..e0e192e43a4c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -161,10 +161,8 @@ 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();
+ mark_tsc_unstable("not invariant");
}
/* 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 c1ea5b999839..fa243ffd1c84 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/transmeta.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/transmeta.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ static void early_init_transmeta(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
c->x86_capability[CPUID_8086_0001_EDX] = cpuid_edx(0x80860001);
}
- clear_sched_clock_stable();
+ mark_tsc_unstable("not invariant");
}
static void init_transmeta(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index 2724dc82f992..bf6627aff54d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -326,9 +326,16 @@ 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)
@@ -1112,7 +1119,8 @@ 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");
}
@@ -1134,18 +1142,19 @@ 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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