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Date:   Thu, 15 Jun 2023 10:15:24 -0400
From:   Luiz Capitulino <luizcap@...zon.com>
To:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Mathias Krause <minipli@...ecurity.net>
CC:     Sven-Haegar Koch <haegar@...net.de>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Bhatnagar, Rishabh" <risbhat@...zon.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "sashal@...nel.org" <sashal@...nel.org>, <abuehaze@...zon.com>,
        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tick/common: Align tick period during sched_timer setup.



On 2023-06-15 05:18, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> 
> The tick period is aligned very early while the first clock_event_device
> is registered. The system runs in periodic mode and switches later to
> one-shot mode if possible.
> 
> The next wake-up event is programmed based on aligned value
> (tick_next_period) but the delta value, that is used to program the
> clock_event_device, is computed based on ktime_get().
> 
> With the subtracted offset, the devices fires in less than the exacted
> time frame. With a large enough offset the system programs the timer for
> the next wake-up and the remaining time left is too little to make any
> boot progress. The system hangs.
> 
> Move the alignment later to the setup of tick_sched timer. At this point
> the system switches to oneshot mode and a highres clocksource is
> available. It safe to update tick_next_period ktime_get() will now
> return accurate (not jiffies based) time.
> 
> [bigeasy: Patch description + testing].
> 
> Reported-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@...ecurity.net>
> Reported-by: "Bhatnagar, Rishabh" <risbhat@...zon.com>
> Fixes: e9523a0d81899 ("tick/common: Align tick period with the HZ tick.")
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/5a56290d-806e-b9a5-f37c-f21958b5a8c0@grsecurity.net
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/12c6f9a3-d087-b824-0d05-0d18c9bc1bf3@amazon.com


I've tested this against 5.10.184 (which is where it reproduces quick
for me):

Tested-by: Luiz Capitulino <luizcap@...zon.com>

> ---
>   kernel/time/tick-common.c | 11 +----------
>   kernel/time/tick-sched.c  | 13 ++++++++++++-
>   2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-common.c b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
> index 65b8658da829e..b85f2f9c32426 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/tick-common.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
> @@ -218,19 +218,10 @@ static void tick_setup_device(struct tick_device *td,
>                   * this cpu:
>                   */
>                  if (tick_do_timer_cpu == TICK_DO_TIMER_BOOT) {
> -                       ktime_t next_p;
> -                       u32 rem;
> 
>                          tick_do_timer_cpu = cpu;
> 
> -                       next_p = ktime_get();
> -                       div_u64_rem(next_p, TICK_NSEC, &rem);
> -                       if (rem) {
> -                               next_p -= rem;
> -                               next_p += TICK_NSEC;
> -                       }
> -
> -                       tick_next_period = next_p;
> +                       tick_next_period = ktime_get();
>   #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
>                          /*
>                           * The boot CPU may be nohz_full, in which case set
> diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> index 52254679ec489..42c0be3080bde 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> @@ -161,8 +161,19 @@ static ktime_t tick_init_jiffy_update(void)
>          raw_spin_lock(&jiffies_lock);
>          write_seqcount_begin(&jiffies_seq);
>          /* Did we start the jiffies update yet ? */
> -       if (last_jiffies_update == 0)
> +       if (last_jiffies_update == 0) {
> +               u32 rem;
> +
> +               /*
> +                * Ensure that the tick is aligned to a multiple of
> +                * TICK_NSEC.
> +                */
> +               div_u64_rem(tick_next_period, TICK_NSEC, &rem);
> +               if (rem)
> +                       tick_next_period += TICK_NSEC - rem;
> +
>                  last_jiffies_update = tick_next_period;
> +       }
>          period = last_jiffies_update;
>          write_seqcount_end(&jiffies_seq);
>          raw_spin_unlock(&jiffies_lock);
> --
> 2.40.1
>