linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH v3 11/12] xen: Update sched clock offset to avoid system instability in hibernation

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Message-ID: <20200212223519.GA4483@dev-dsk-anchalag-2a-9c2d1d96.us-west-2.amazon.com>
Date:   Wed, 12 Feb 2020 22:35:19 +0000
From:   Anchal Agarwal <anchalag@...zon.com>
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Subject: [RFC PATCH v3 11/12] xen: Update sched clock offset to avoid system
 instability in hibernation

Save/restore xen_sched_clock_offset in syscore suspend/resume during PM
hibernation. Commit '867cefb4cb1012: ("xen: Fix x86 sched_clock() interface
for xen")' fixes xen guest time handling during migration. A similar issue
is seen during PM hibernation when system runs CPU intensive workload.
Post resume pvclock resets the value to 0 however, xen sched_clock_offset
is never updated. System instability is seen during resume from hibernation
when system is under heavy CPU load. Since xen_sched_clock_offset is not
updated, system does not see the monotonic clock value and the scheduler
would then think that heavy CPU hog tasks need more time in CPU, causing
the system to freeze

Signed-off-by: Anchal Agarwal <anchalag@...zon.com>
---
Changes Since V2:
 * New patch to update sched clock offset during hibernation to avoid
   hungups during resume when running a CPU intensive workload
---
 arch/x86/xen/suspend.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/suspend.c b/arch/x86/xen/suspend.c
index dae0f74f5390..7e5275944810 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/suspend.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/suspend.c
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ static int xen_syscore_suspend(void)
 		xen_save_steal_clock(cpu);
 	}
 
+	xen_save_sched_clock_offset();
+
 	xrfp.domid = DOMID_SELF;
 	xrfp.gpfn = __pa(HYPERVISOR_shared_info) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
@@ -126,6 +128,12 @@ static void xen_syscore_resume(void)
 
 	pvclock_resume();
 
+	/*
+	 * Restore xen_sched_clock_offset during resume to maintain
+	 * monotonic clock value
+	 */
+	xen_restore_sched_clock_offset();
+
 	/* Nonboot CPUs will be resumed when they're brought up */
 	xen_restore_steal_clock(smp_processor_id());
 
-- 
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