linux-kernel - [PATCH v9 clocksource 6/6] clocksource: Reduce WATCHDOG

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Message-Id: <20210425224709.1312655-7-paulmck@kernel.org>
Date:   Sun, 25 Apr 2021 15:47:08 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To:     tglx@...utronix.de
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, john.stultz@...aro.org,
        sboyd@...nel.org, corbet@....net, Mark.Rutland@....com,
        maz@...nel.org, kernel-team@...com, neeraju@...eaurora.org,
        ak@...ux.intel.com, feng.tang@...el.com, zhengjun.xing@...el.com,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, Chris Mason <clm@...com>
Subject: [PATCH v9 clocksource 6/6] clocksource: Reduce WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD

Currently, WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD is set to detect a 62.5-millisecond skew in
a 500-millisecond WATCHDOG_INTERVAL.  This requires that clocks be skewed
by more than 12.5% in order to be marked unstable.  Except that a clock
that is skewed by that much is probably destroying unsuspecting software
right and left.  And given that there are now checks for false-positive
skews due to delays between reading the two clocks, and given that current
hardware clocks all increment well in excess of 1MHz, it should be possible
to greatly decrease WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD.

Therefore, decrease WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD from the current 62.5 milliseconds
down to 200 microseconds.

Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: Mark Rutland <Mark.Rutland@....com>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
[ paulmck: Apply Rik van Riel feedback. ]
Reported-by: Chris Mason <clm@...com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/time/clocksource.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index 2981e293a468..d82ad0492777 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -125,14 +125,14 @@ static void __clocksource_change_rating(struct clocksource *cs, int rating);
  * Interval: 0.5sec Threshold: 0.0625s
  */
 #define WATCHDOG_INTERVAL (HZ >> 1)
-#define WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD (NSEC_PER_SEC >> 4)
+#define WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD (200 * NSEC_PER_USEC)
 
 /*
  * Maximum permissible delay between two readouts of the watchdog
  * clocksource surrounding a read of the clocksource being validated.
  * This delay could be due to SMIs, NMIs, or to VCPU preemptions.
  */
-#define WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW (100 * NSEC_PER_USEC)
+#define WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW (50 * NSEC_PER_USEC)
 
 static void clocksource_watchdog_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-- 
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