linux-kernel - [tip: sched/urgent] sched/clock: Use static_branch_likely() with sched_clock

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <157502154611.21853.4555592493571232440.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Fri, 29 Nov 2019 09:59:06 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Zhenzhong Duan" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@...cle.com>,
        "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, bsegall@...gle.com,
        dietmar.eggemann@....com, juri.lelli@...hat.com, mgorman@...e.de,
        vincent.guittot@...aro.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        x86 <x86@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [tip: sched/urgent] sched/clock: Use static_branch_likely() with
 sched_clock_running

The following commit has been merged into the sched/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     c5105d764e0214bcc4c6d40d7ba231d01b2e9dda
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/c5105d764e0214bcc4c6d40d7ba231d01b2e9dda
Author:        Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@...cle.com>
AuthorDate:    Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:37:28 +08:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 08:10:54 +01:00

sched/clock: Use static_branch_likely() with sched_clock_running

sched_clock_running is enabled early at bootup stage and never
disabled. So hint that to the compiler by using static_branch_likely()
rather than static_branch_unlikely().

The branch probability mis-annotation was introduced in the original
commit that converted the plain sched_clock_running flag to a static key:

  46457ea464f5 ("sched/clock: Use static key for sched_clock_running")

Steve further notes:

  | Looks like the confusion was the moving of the "!":
  |
  | -       if (unlikely(!sched_clock_running))
  | +       if (!static_branch_unlikely(&sched_clock_running))
  |
  | Where, it was unlikely that !sched_clock_running would be true, but
  | because the "!" was moved outside the "unlikely()" it makes the test
  | "likely()". That is, if we added an intermediate step, it would have
  | been:
  |
  |         if (!likely(sched_clock_running))
  |
  | which would have prevented the mistake that this patch fixes.

  [ mingo: Edited the changelog. ]

Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@...cle.com>
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: bsegall@...gle.com
Cc: dietmar.eggemann@....com
Cc: juri.lelli@...hat.com
Cc: mgorman@...e.de
Cc: vincent.guittot@...aro.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1574843848-26825-1-git-send-email-zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/sched/clock.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/clock.c b/kernel/sched/clock.c
index 1152259..12bca64 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/clock.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/clock.c
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ u64 sched_clock_cpu(int cpu)
 	if (sched_clock_stable())
 		return sched_clock() + __sched_clock_offset;
 
-	if (!static_branch_unlikely(&sched_clock_running))
+	if (!static_branch_likely(&sched_clock_running))
 		return sched_clock();
 
 	preempt_disable_notrace();
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ void sched_clock_tick(void)
 	if (sched_clock_stable())
 		return;
 
-	if (!static_branch_unlikely(&sched_clock_running))
+	if (!static_branch_likely(&sched_clock_running))
 		return;
 
 	lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ void __init sched_clock_init(void)
 
 u64 sched_clock_cpu(int cpu)
 {
-	if (!static_branch_unlikely(&sched_clock_running))
+	if (!static_branch_likely(&sched_clock_running))
 		return 0;
 
 	return sched_clock();