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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-10-03 00:54:19 +0200 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-10-03 00:54:19 +0200 |
commit | 5021b9182ee805603e3b180220a929af7bd4b960 (patch) | |
tree | 1119398544b8e1e2a954ca613526f4e0f78bf535 /kernel | |
parent | Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/k... (diff) | |
parent | tick: broadcast-hrtimer: Fix a race in bc_set_next (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull timer fix from Ingo Molnar:
"Fix a broadcast-timer handling race that can result in spuriously and
indefinitely delayed hrtimers and even RCU stalls if the system is
otherwise quiet"
* 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
tick: broadcast-hrtimer: Fix a race in bc_set_next
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/time/tick-broadcast-hrtimer.c | 62 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast-hrtimer.c b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast-hrtimer.c index c1f5bb590b5e..b5a65e212df2 100644 --- a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast-hrtimer.c +++ b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast-hrtimer.c @@ -42,39 +42,39 @@ static int bc_shutdown(struct clock_event_device *evt) */ static int bc_set_next(ktime_t expires, struct clock_event_device *bc) { - int bc_moved; /* - * We try to cancel the timer first. If the callback is on - * flight on some other cpu then we let it handle it. If we - * were able to cancel the timer nothing can rearm it as we - * own broadcast_lock. + * This is called either from enter/exit idle code or from the + * broadcast handler. In all cases tick_broadcast_lock is held. * - * However we can also be called from the event handler of - * ce_broadcast_hrtimer itself when it expires. We cannot - * restart the timer because we are in the callback, but we - * can set the expiry time and let the callback return - * HRTIMER_RESTART. + * hrtimer_cancel() cannot be called here neither from the + * broadcast handler nor from the enter/exit idle code. The idle + * code can run into the problem described in bc_shutdown() and the + * broadcast handler cannot wait for itself to complete for obvious + * reasons. * - * Since we are in the idle loop at this point and because - * hrtimer_{start/cancel} functions call into tracing, - * calls to these functions must be bound within RCU_NONIDLE. + * Each caller tries to arm the hrtimer on its own CPU, but if the + * hrtimer callbback function is currently running, then + * hrtimer_start() cannot move it and the timer stays on the CPU on + * which it is assigned at the moment. + * + * As this can be called from idle code, the hrtimer_start() + * invocation has to be wrapped with RCU_NONIDLE() as + * hrtimer_start() can call into tracing. */ - RCU_NONIDLE( - { - bc_moved = hrtimer_try_to_cancel(&bctimer) >= 0; - if (bc_moved) { - hrtimer_start(&bctimer, expires, - HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED_HARD); - } - } - ); - - if (bc_moved) { - /* Bind the "device" to the cpu */ - bc->bound_on = smp_processor_id(); - } else if (bc->bound_on == smp_processor_id()) { - hrtimer_set_expires(&bctimer, expires); - } + RCU_NONIDLE( { + hrtimer_start(&bctimer, expires, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED_HARD); + /* + * The core tick broadcast mode expects bc->bound_on to be set + * correctly to prevent a CPU which has the broadcast hrtimer + * armed from going deep idle. + * + * As tick_broadcast_lock is held, nothing can change the cpu + * base which was just established in hrtimer_start() above. So + * the below access is safe even without holding the hrtimer + * base lock. + */ + bc->bound_on = bctimer.base->cpu_base->cpu; + } ); return 0; } @@ -100,10 +100,6 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart bc_handler(struct hrtimer *t) { ce_broadcast_hrtimer.event_handler(&ce_broadcast_hrtimer); - if (clockevent_state_oneshot(&ce_broadcast_hrtimer)) - if (ce_broadcast_hrtimer.next_event != KTIME_MAX) - return HRTIMER_RESTART; - return HRTIMER_NORESTART; } |