linux-kernel - [PATCH RESEND 0/2] enable hires timer to timeout datagram socket

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Date:   Fri, 18 Aug 2017 18:44:08 +0000
From:   Vallish Vaidyeshwara <vallish@...zon.com>
To:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <shuah@...nel.org>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <eduval@...zon.com>, <anchalag@...zon.com>, <vallish@...zon.com>
Subject: [PATCH RESEND 0/2] enable hires timer to timeout datagram socket

Hello Dave,

Resending the patch series to include netdev mailing list with a
cover letter.

I am submitting 2 patch series to enable hires timer to timeout
datagram sockets (AF_UNIX & AF_INET domain) and test code to test
timeout accuracy on these sockets.

There has been a behavior change in 4.9 kernel with refactoring of Kernel
timer wheel in 4.8. We have a use case wherein our datagram socket
application is sensitive to socket timeout including long timeouts.

One of the test runs with a timeout value of 180 seconds timed out at
190 seconds.
[root@]# ./datagram_sock_timeout 180000
datagram_sock_timeout failed: took 190.00 seconds
[root@]#
The same program when run on a 4.4 kernel would timeout more accurately and
the kernel added slack was not noticeable to user application.

Patch 1: Has core code change of enabling hires timer to timeout datagram
	 socket on AF_UNIX and AF_INET domain
Patch 2: Test code to report regression in timeout behavior related to
	 patch 1

Vallish Vaidyeshwara (2):
  net: enable high resolution timer mode to timeout datagram sockets
  selftests/net: add test to verify datagram socket timeout

 net/core/datagram.c                                |  11 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile               |   3 +-
 .../testing/selftests/net/datagram_sock_timeout.c  | 119 +++++++++++++++++++++
 .../selftests/net/run_datagram_sock_timeout.sh     |  12 +++
 4 files changed, 143 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/net/datagram_sock_timeout.c
 create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/net/run_datagram_sock_timeout.sh

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