linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched/clock: disable irq for generic_sched_clock

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Message-ID: <20180731131927.GA8906@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Tue, 31 Jul 2018 06:19:27 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...cle.com>
Cc:     steven.sistare@...cle.com, daniel.m.jordan@...cle.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
        peterz@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched/clock: disable irq for generic_sched_clock_init

On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 09:52:52AM -0400, Pavel Tatashin wrote:
> sched_clock_init() used be called early in boot  when IRQs are still
> disabled. Now, it is called when IRQs are already enabled, and this
> triggers some warning:
> 
> WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at kernel/time/sched_clock.c:180
> sched_clock_register+0x44/0x278
> Modules linked in:
> CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 4.18.0-rc6-next-20180724 #1
> Hardware name: ARM Integrator/CP (Device Tree)
> [<c0010cb4>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c000dc24>] (show_stack+0x10/0x18)
> [<c000dc24>] (show_stack) from [<c03ffb94>] (dump_stack+0x18/0x24)
> [<c03ffb94>] (dump_stack) from [<c001a000>] (__warn+0xc8/0xf0)
> [<c001a000>] (__warn) from [<c001a13c>] (warn_slowpath_null+0x3c/0x4c)
> [<c001a13c>] (warn_slowpath_null) from [<c052367c>] (sched_clock_register+0x44/0x278)
> [<c052367c>] (sched_clock_register) from [<c05238d8>] (generic_sched_clock_init+0x28/0x88)
> [<c05238d8>] (generic_sched_clock_init) from [<c0521a00>] (sched_clock_init+0x54/0x74)
> [<c0521a00>] (sched_clock_init) from [<c0519c18>] (start_kernel+0x310/0x3e4)
> [<c0519c18>] (start_kernel) from [<00000000>] (  (null))
> ---[ end trace 08080eb81afa002c ]---
> 
> Disable IRQs for the duration of generic_sched_clock_init().
> 
> Fixes: 857baa87b642 ("sched/clock: Enable sched clock early")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...cle.com>
> Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>

Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>

Guenter