linux-kernel - Re: HRTimer causing rtctest to fail

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Date:   Wed, 28 Feb 2018 14:02:20 +0200
From:   Felipe Balbi <felipe.balbi@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: HRTimer causing rtctest to fail


Hi,

Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> writes:
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2018, Felipe Balbi wrote:
>> Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> writes:
>> > All numbers in micro seconds! What happens if you load the system or
>> > restrict C-States?
>> 
>> added intel_idle.max_cstate=0 to cmdline. Still see some failures,
>> albeit a lot more rare, for example, caught one on iteration 8 of
>> 8192Hz:
>> 
>> 8192Hz:	 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
>> PIE delta error: 0.000135 should be close to 0.000122
>> 
>> That is, however, only 13 uS late. Is that within the limits of "we
>> don't quite care"?
>
> I think so. 13us (depending on the machine) can easily happen if multiple
> interrupts/timers happen at the same time or if something keeps interrupts
> disabled for a few microseconds which is certainly possible.
>
> What kind of system is this?

4 core Kabylake.

>> BTW, it took some effort to get that one failure. I'll leave rtctest
>> running in a long loop and try to figure out approximately how frequently
>> it fails, but it seems like it's within the realm of "don't care", would
>> you agree?
>
> Yes.

cool, thanks

-- 
balbi

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