linux-kernel - [PATCH RFC smp] Provide boot-time timeout for CSD lock diagnostics

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Date:   Tue, 1 Mar 2022 11:34:45 -0800
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        bigeasy@...utronix.de, jgross@...e.com, riel@...riel.com,
        urezki@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH RFC smp] Provide boot-time timeout for CSD lock diagnostics

Debugging of problems involving insanely long-running SMI handlers
proceeds better if the CSD-lock timeout can be adjusted.  This commit
therefore provides a new smp.csd_lock_timeout kernel boot parameter
that specifies the timeout in milliseconds.  The default remains at the
previously hard-coded value of five seconds.

Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 2ac18d36805cf..6e38727af2552 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5333,6 +5333,17 @@
 	smart2=		[HW]
 			Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
 
+	smp.csd_lock_timeout= [KNL]
+			Specify the period of time in milliseconds
+			that smp_call_function() and friends will wait
+			for a CPU to release the CSD lock.  This is
+			useful when diagnosing bugs involving CPUs
+			disabling interrupts for extended periods
+			of time.  Defaults to 5,000 milliseconds, and
+			setting a value of zero disables this feature.
+			This feature may be more efficiently disabled
+			using the csdlock_debug- kernel parameter.
+
 	smsc-ircc2.nopnp	[HW] Don't use PNP to discover SMC devices
 	smsc-ircc2.ircc_cfg=	[HW] Device configuration I/O port
 	smsc-ircc2.ircc_sir=	[HW] SIR base I/O port
diff --git a/kernel/smp.c b/kernel/smp.c
index 01a7c1706a58b..d82439bac4016 100644
--- a/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/kernel/smp.c
@@ -183,7 +183,9 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(smp_call_func_t, cur_csd_func);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(void *, cur_csd_info);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cfd_seq_local, cfd_seq_local);
 
-#define CSD_LOCK_TIMEOUT (5ULL * NSEC_PER_SEC)
+static ulong csd_lock_timeout = 5000;  /* CSD lock timeout in milliseconds. */
+module_param(csd_lock_timeout, ulong, 0444);
+
 static atomic_t csd_bug_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 static u64 cfd_seq;
 
@@ -329,6 +331,7 @@ static bool csd_lock_wait_toolong(struct __call_single_data *csd, u64 ts0, u64 *
 	u64 ts2, ts_delta;
 	call_single_data_t *cpu_cur_csd;
 	unsigned int flags = READ_ONCE(csd->node.u_flags);
+	unsigned long long csd_lock_timeout_ns = csd_lock_timeout * NSEC_PER_MSEC;
 
 	if (!(flags & CSD_FLAG_LOCK)) {
 		if (!unlikely(*bug_id))
@@ -341,7 +344,7 @@ static bool csd_lock_wait_toolong(struct __call_single_data *csd, u64 ts0, u64 *
 
 	ts2 = sched_clock();
 	ts_delta = ts2 - *ts1;
-	if (likely(ts_delta <= CSD_LOCK_TIMEOUT))
+	if (likely(ts_delta <= csd_lock_timeout_ns || csd_lock_timeout_ns <= 0))
 		return false;
 
 	firsttime = !*bug_id;