linux-kernel - [patch 09/12] hrtimer: Move unmarked hrtimers to soft interrupt expiry on RT

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Date:   Fri, 26 Jul 2019 20:30:57 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Subject: [patch 09/12] hrtimer: Move unmarked hrtimers to soft interrupt
 expiry on RT

From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>

On PREEMPT_RT not all hrtimers can be expired in hard interrupt context
even if that is perfectly fine on a PREEMPT_RT=n kernel, e.g. because they
take regular spinlocks. Also for latency reasons PREEMPT_RT tries to defer
most hrtimers' expiry into softirq context.

hrtimers marked with HRTIMER_MODE_HARD must be kept in hard interrupt
context expiry mode. Add the required logic.

No functional change for PREEMPT_RT=n kernels.

[ tglx: Split out of a larger combo patch. Added changelog ]

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/time/hrtimer.c |   11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
@@ -1271,8 +1271,16 @@ static void __hrtimer_init(struct hrtime
 			   enum hrtimer_mode mode)
 {
 	bool softtimer = !!(mode & HRTIMER_MODE_SOFT);
-	int base = softtimer ? HRTIMER_MAX_CLOCK_BASES / 2 : 0;
 	struct hrtimer_cpu_base *cpu_base;
+	int base;
+
+	/*
+	 * On PREEMPT_RT enabled kernels hrtimers which are not explicitely
+	 * marked for hard interrupt expiry mode are moved into soft
+	 * interrupt context for latency reasons.
+	 */
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) && !(mode & HRTIMER_MODE_HARD))
+		softtimer = true;
 
 	memset(timer, 0, sizeof(struct hrtimer));
 
@@ -1286,6 +1294,7 @@ static void __hrtimer_init(struct hrtime
 	if (clock_id == CLOCK_REALTIME && mode & HRTIMER_MODE_REL)
 		clock_id = CLOCK_MONOTONIC;
 
+	base = softtimer ? HRTIMER_MAX_CLOCK_BASES / 2 : 0;
 	base += hrtimer_clockid_to_base(clock_id);
 	timer->is_soft = softtimer;
 	timer->base = &cpu_base->clock_base[base];