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diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index 760bbeb1f331..0fc9d066a7be 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ static unsigned long round_jiffies_common(unsigned long j, int cpu,
rem = j % HZ;
/*
- * If the target jiffie is just after a whole second (which can happen
+ * If the target jiffy is just after a whole second (which can happen
* due to delays of the timer irq, long irq off times etc etc) then
* we should round down to the whole second, not up. Use 1/4th second
* as cutoff for this rounding as an extreme upper bound for this.
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ static void enqueue_timer(struct timer_base *base, struct timer_list *timer,
* Set the next expiry time and kick the CPU so it
* can reevaluate the wheel:
*/
- base->next_expiry = bucket_expiry;
+ WRITE_ONCE(base->next_expiry, bucket_expiry);
base->timers_pending = true;
base->next_expiry_recalc = false;
trigger_dyntick_cpu(base, timer);
@@ -1561,6 +1561,8 @@ static inline void timer_base_unlock_expiry(struct timer_base *base)
* the waiter to acquire the lock and make progress.
*/
static void timer_sync_wait_running(struct timer_base *base)
+ __releases(&base->lock) __releases(&base->expiry_lock)
+ __acquires(&base->expiry_lock) __acquires(&base->lock)
{
if (atomic_read(&base->timer_waiters)) {
raw_spin_unlock_irq(&base->lock);
@@ -1898,7 +1900,7 @@ static int next_pending_bucket(struct timer_base *base, unsigned offset,
*
* Store next expiry time in base->next_expiry.
*/
-static void next_expiry_recalc(struct timer_base *base)
+static void timer_recalc_next_expiry(struct timer_base *base)
{
unsigned long clk, next, adj;
unsigned lvl, offset = 0;
@@ -1928,7 +1930,7 @@ static void next_expiry_recalc(struct timer_base *base)
* bits are zero, we look at the next level as is. If not we
* need to advance it by one because that's going to be the
* next expiring bucket in that level. base->clk is the next
- * expiring jiffie. So in case of:
+ * expiring jiffy. So in case of:
*
* LVL5 LVL4 LVL3 LVL2 LVL1 LVL0
* 0 0 0 0 0 0
@@ -1964,7 +1966,7 @@ static void next_expiry_recalc(struct timer_base *base)
clk += adj;
}
- base->next_expiry = next;
+ WRITE_ONCE(base->next_expiry, next);
base->next_expiry_recalc = false;
base->timers_pending = !(next == base->clk + NEXT_TIMER_MAX_DELTA);
}
@@ -1993,7 +1995,7 @@ static u64 cmp_next_hrtimer_event(u64 basem, u64 expires)
return basem;
/*
- * Round up to the next jiffie. High resolution timers are
+ * Round up to the next jiffy. High resolution timers are
* off, so the hrtimers are expired in the tick and we need to
* make sure that this tick really expires the timer to avoid
* a ping pong of the nohz stop code.
@@ -2007,7 +2009,7 @@ static unsigned long next_timer_interrupt(struct timer_base *base,
unsigned long basej)
{
if (base->next_expiry_recalc)
- next_expiry_recalc(base);
+ timer_recalc_next_expiry(base);
/*
* Move next_expiry for the empty base into the future to prevent an
@@ -2018,7 +2020,7 @@ static unsigned long next_timer_interrupt(struct timer_base *base,
* easy comparable to find out which base holds the first pending timer.
*/
if (!base->timers_pending)
- base->next_expiry = basej + NEXT_TIMER_MAX_DELTA;
+ WRITE_ONCE(base->next_expiry, basej + NEXT_TIMER_MAX_DELTA);
return base->next_expiry;
}
@@ -2252,7 +2254,7 @@ static inline u64 __get_next_timer_interrupt(unsigned long basej, u64 basem,
base_global, &tevt);
/*
- * If the next event is only one jiffie ahead there is no need to call
+ * If the next event is only one jiffy ahead there is no need to call
* timer migration hierarchy related functions. The value for the next
* global timer in @tevt struct equals then KTIME_MAX. This is also
* true, when the timer base is idle.
@@ -2411,7 +2413,7 @@ static inline void __run_timers(struct timer_base *base)
* jiffies to avoid endless requeuing to current jiffies.
*/
base->clk++;
- next_expiry_recalc(base);
+ timer_recalc_next_expiry(base);
while (levels--)
expire_timers(base, heads + levels);
@@ -2462,8 +2464,40 @@ static void run_local_timers(void)
hrtimer_run_queues();
for (int i = 0; i < NR_BASES; i++, base++) {
- /* Raise the softirq only if required. */
- if (time_after_eq(jiffies, base->next_expiry) ||
+ /*
+ * Raise the softirq only if required.
+ *
+ * timer_base::next_expiry can be written by a remote CPU while
+ * holding the lock. If this write happens at the same time than
+ * the lockless local read, sanity checker could complain about
+ * data corruption.
+ *
+ * There are two possible situations where
+ * timer_base::next_expiry is written by a remote CPU:
+ *
+ * 1. Remote CPU expires global timers of this CPU and updates
+ * timer_base::next_expiry of BASE_GLOBAL afterwards in
+ * next_timer_interrupt() or timer_recalc_next_expiry(). The
+ * worst outcome is a superfluous raise of the timer softirq
+ * when the not yet updated value is read.
+ *
+ * 2. A new first pinned timer is enqueued by a remote CPU
+ * and therefore timer_base::next_expiry of BASE_LOCAL is
+ * updated. When this update is missed, this isn't a
+ * problem, as an IPI is executed nevertheless when the CPU
+ * was idle before. When the CPU wasn't idle but the update
+ * is missed, then the timer would expire one jiffy late -
+ * bad luck.
+ *
+ * Those unlikely corner cases where the worst outcome is only a
+ * one jiffy delay or a superfluous raise of the softirq are
+ * not that expensive as doing the check always while holding
+ * the lock.
+ *
+ * Possible remote writers are using WRITE_ONCE(). Local reader
+ * uses therefore READ_ONCE().
+ */
+ if (time_after_eq(jiffies, READ_ONCE(base->next_expiry)) ||
(i == BASE_DEF && tmigr_requires_handle_remote())) {
raise_softirq(TIMER_SOFTIRQ);
return;
@@ -2730,7 +2764,7 @@ void __init init_timers(void)
*/
void msleep(unsigned int msecs)
{
- unsigned long timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(msecs) + 1;
+ unsigned long timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(msecs);
while (timeout)
timeout = schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(timeout);
@@ -2744,7 +2778,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(msleep);
*/
unsigned long msleep_interruptible(unsigned int msecs)
{
- unsigned long timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(msecs) + 1;
+ unsigned long timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(msecs);
while (timeout && !signal_pending(current))
timeout = schedule_timeout_interruptible(timeout);