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author | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2016-03-04 15:59:42 +0100 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2016-03-05 09:17:20 +0100 |
commit | e9532e69b8d1d1284e8ecf8d2586de34aec61244 (patch) | |
tree | e63d14fe6e3451ca95b4c16b933fa9d13d6eee9e /tools/testing/selftests/x86/Makefile | |
parent | sched/deadline: Always calculate end of period on sched_yield() (diff) | |
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sched/cputime: Fix steal time accounting vs. CPU hotplug
On CPU hotplug the steal time accounting can keep a stale rq->prev_steal_time
value over CPU down and up. So after the CPU comes up again the delta
calculation in steal_account_process_tick() wreckages itself due to the
unsigned math:
u64 steal = paravirt_steal_clock(smp_processor_id());
steal -= this_rq()->prev_steal_time;
So if steal is smaller than rq->prev_steal_time we end up with an insane large
value which then gets added to rq->prev_steal_time, resulting in a permanent
wreckage of the accounting. As a consequence the per CPU stats in /proc/stat
become stale.
Nice trick to tell the world how idle the system is (100%) while the CPU is
100% busy running tasks. Though we prefer realistic numbers.
None of the accounting values which use a previous value to account for
fractions is reset at CPU hotplug time. update_rq_clock_task() has a sanity
check for prev_irq_time and prev_steal_time_rq, but that sanity check solely
deals with clock warps and limits the /proc/stat visible wreckage. The
prev_time values are still wrong.
Solution is simple: Reset rq->prev_*_time when the CPU is plugged in again.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Glauber Costa <glommer@parallels.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Fixes: commit 095c0aa83e52 "sched: adjust scheduler cpu power for stolen time"
Fixes: commit aa483808516c "sched: Remove irq time from available CPU power"
Fixes: commit e6e6685accfa "KVM guest: Steal time accounting"
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.11.1603041539490.3686@nanos
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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