linux-kernel - [PATCH clocksource 2/2] clocksource: Exponential backoff for load-induced bogus watchdog reads

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Message-Id: <20221102184009.1306751-2-paulmck@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed,  2 Nov 2022 11:40:09 -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@...a.com, neeraju@...eaurora.org,
        ak@...ux.intel.com, feng.tang@...el.com, zhengjun.xing@...el.com,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>,
        John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH clocksource 2/2] clocksource: Exponential backoff for load-induced bogus watchdog reads

The clocksource watchdog will reject measurements that are excessively
delayed, that is, by more than 1.5 seconds beyond the intended 0.5-second
watchdog interval.  On an extremely busy system, this can result in a
console message being printed every two seconds.  This is excessively
noisy for a non-error condition.

Therefore, apply exponential backoff to these messages.  This exponential
backoff is capped at 1024 times the watchdog interval, which comes to
not quite one message per ten minutes.

Please note that the bogus watchdog reads that occur when the watchdog
interval is less than 0.125 seconds are still printed unconditionally
because these likely correspond to a serious error condition in the
timer code or hardware.

[ paulmck: Apply Feng Tang feedback. ]

Reported-by: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Reported-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
Cc: John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
Cc: Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
---
 include/linux/clocksource.h |  4 ++++
 kernel/time/clocksource.c   | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/clocksource.h b/include/linux/clocksource.h
index 1d42d4b173271..daac05aedf56a 100644
--- a/include/linux/clocksource.h
+++ b/include/linux/clocksource.h
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ struct clocksource {
 	struct list_head	wd_list;
 	u64			cs_last;
 	u64			wd_last;
+	u64			wd_last_bogus;
+	int			wd_bogus_shift;
+	unsigned long		wd_bogus_count;
+	unsigned long		wd_bogus_count_last;
 #endif
 	struct module		*owner;
 };
diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index 3f5317faf891f..de8047b6720f5 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -442,14 +442,33 @@ static void clocksource_watchdog(struct timer_list *unused)
 
 		/* Check for bogus measurements. */
 		wdi = jiffies_to_nsecs(WATCHDOG_INTERVAL);
-		if (wd_nsec < (wdi >> 2)) {
-			/* This usually indicates broken timer code or hardware. */
-			pr_warn("timekeeping watchdog on CPU%d: Watchdog clocksource '%s' advanced only %lld ns during %d-jiffy time interval, skipping watchdog check.\n", smp_processor_id(), watchdog->name, wd_nsec, WATCHDOG_INTERVAL);
+		if (wd_nsec > (wdi << 2) || cs_nsec > (wdi << 2)) {
+			bool needwarn = false;
+			u64 wd_lb;
+
+			cs->wd_bogus_count++;
+			if (!cs->wd_bogus_shift) {
+				needwarn = true;
+			} else {
+				delta = clocksource_delta(wdnow, cs->wd_last_bogus, watchdog->mask);
+				wd_lb = clocksource_cyc2ns(delta, watchdog->mult, watchdog->shift);
+				if ((1 << cs->wd_bogus_shift) * wdi <= wd_lb)
+					needwarn = true;
+			}
+			if (needwarn) {
+				/* This can happen on busy systems, which can delay the watchdog. */
+				pr_warn("timekeeping watchdog on CPU%d: Watchdog clocksource '%s' advanced an excessive %lld ns during %d-jiffy time interval (%lu additional), probable CPU overutilization, skipping watchdog check.\n", smp_processor_id(), watchdog->name, wd_nsec, WATCHDOG_INTERVAL, cs->wd_bogus_count - cs->wd_bogus_count_last);
+				cs->wd_last_bogus = wdnow;
+				if (cs->wd_bogus_shift < 10)
+					cs->wd_bogus_shift++;
+				cs->wd_bogus_count_last = cs->wd_bogus_count;
+			}
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (wd_nsec > (wdi << 2)) {
-			/* This can happen on busy systems, which can delay the watchdog. */
-			pr_warn("timekeeping watchdog on CPU%d: Watchdog clocksource '%s' advanced an excessive %lld ns during %d-jiffy time interval, probable CPU overutilization, skipping watchdog check.\n", smp_processor_id(), watchdog->name, wd_nsec, WATCHDOG_INTERVAL);
+		/* Check too-short measurements second to handle wrap. */
+		if (wd_nsec < (wdi >> 2) || cs_nsec < (wdi >> 2)) {
+			/* This usually indicates broken timer code or hardware. */
+			pr_warn("timekeeping watchdog on CPU%d: Watchdog clocksource '%s' advanced only %lld ns during %d-jiffy time interval, skipping watchdog check.\n", smp_processor_id(), watchdog->name, wd_nsec, WATCHDOG_INTERVAL);
 			continue;
 		}
 
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