From 2d9a3c9c0e6990cb5e533eafa2386bfc1cf4a5f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 17:32:25 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] clocksource: Retry clock read if long delays detected When the clocksource watchdog marks a clock as unstable, this might be due to that clock being unstable or it might be due to delays that happen to occur between the reads of the two clocks. Yes, interrupts are disabled across those two reads, but there are no shortage of things that can delay interrupts-disabled regions of code ranging from SMI handlers to vCPU preemption. It would be good to have some indication as to why the clock was marked unstable. Therefore, re-read the watchdog clock on either side of the read from the clock under test. If the watchdog clock shows an excessive time delta between its pair of reads, the reads are retried. The maximum number of retries is specified by a new kernel boot parameter clocksource.max_read_retries, which defaults to three, that is, up to four reads, one initial and up to three retries. If more than one retry was required, a message is printed on the console (the occasional single retry is expected behavior, especially in guest OSes). If the maximum number of retries is exceeded, the clock under test will be marked unstable. However, the probability of this happening due to various sorts of delays is quite small. In addition, the reason (clock-read delays) for the unstable marking will be apparent. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/202104291438.PuHsxRkl-lkp@intel.com/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210429140440.GT975577@paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210425224540.GA1312438@paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210420064934.GE31773@xsang-OptiPlex-9020/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210106004013.GA11179@paulmck-ThinkPad-P72/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210414043435.GA2812539@paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210419045155.GA596058@paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1/ Cc: John Stultz Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Stephen Boyd Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Marc Zyngier Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Xing Zhengjun Acked-by: Feng Tang Reported-by: Chris Mason [ paulmck: Per-clocksource retries per Neeraj Upadhyay feedback. ] [ paulmck: Don't reset injectfail per Neeraj Upadhyay feedback. ] [ paulmck: Apply Thomas Gleixner feedback. ] Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 +++ kernel/time/clocksource.c | 52 ++++++++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 04545725f187..4ab93f2612a2 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -583,6 +583,12 @@ loops can be debugged more effectively on production systems. + clocksource.max_read_retries= [KNL] + Number of clocksource_watchdog() retries due to + external delays before the clock will be marked + unstable. Defaults to three retries, that is, + four attempts to read the clock under test. + clearcpuid=BITNUM[,BITNUM...] [X86] Disable CPUID feature X for the kernel. See arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h for the valid bit diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c index cce484a2cc7c..157530ae73ac 100644 --- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c +++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c @@ -124,6 +124,13 @@ static void __clocksource_change_rating(struct clocksource *cs, int rating); #define WATCHDOG_INTERVAL (HZ >> 1) #define WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD (NSEC_PER_SEC >> 4) +/* + * Maximum permissible delay between two readouts of the watchdog + * clocksource surrounding a read of the clocksource being validated. + * This delay could be due to SMIs, NMIs, or to VCPU preemptions. + */ +#define WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW (100 * NSEC_PER_USEC) + static void clocksource_watchdog_work(struct work_struct *work) { /* @@ -184,12 +191,44 @@ void clocksource_mark_unstable(struct clocksource *cs) spin_unlock_irqrestore(&watchdog_lock, flags); } +static ulong max_read_retries = 3; +module_param(max_read_retries, ulong, 0644); + +static bool cs_watchdog_read(struct clocksource *cs, u64 *csnow, u64 *wdnow) +{ + unsigned int nretries; + u64 wd_end, wd_delta; + int64_t wd_delay; + + for (nretries = 0; nretries <= max_read_retries; nretries++) { + local_irq_disable(); + *wdnow = watchdog->read(watchdog); + *csnow = cs->read(cs); + wd_end = watchdog->read(watchdog); + local_irq_enable(); + + wd_delta = clocksource_delta(wd_end, *wdnow, watchdog->mask); + wd_delay = clocksource_cyc2ns(wd_delta, watchdog->mult, watchdog->shift); + if (wd_delay <= WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW) { + if (nretries > 1 || nretries >= max_read_retries) { + pr_warn("timekeeping watchdog on CPU%d: %s retried %d times before success\n", + smp_processor_id(), watchdog->name, nretries); + } + return true; + } + } + + pr_warn("timekeeping watchdog on CPU%d: %s read-back delay of %lldns, attempt %d, marking unstable\n", + smp_processor_id(), watchdog->name, wd_delay, nretries); + return false; +} + static void clocksource_watchdog(struct timer_list *unused) { - struct clocksource *cs; u64 csnow, wdnow, cslast, wdlast, delta; - int64_t wd_nsec, cs_nsec; int next_cpu, reset_pending; + int64_t wd_nsec, cs_nsec; + struct clocksource *cs; spin_lock(&watchdog_lock); if (!watchdog_running) @@ -206,10 +245,11 @@ static void clocksource_watchdog(struct timer_list *unused) continue; } - local_irq_disable(); - csnow = cs->read(cs); - wdnow = watchdog->read(watchdog); - local_irq_enable(); + if (!cs_watchdog_read(cs, &csnow, &wdnow)) { + /* Clock readout unreliable, so give it up. */ + __clocksource_unstable(cs); + continue; + } /* Clocksource initialized ? */ if (!(cs->flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_WATCHDOG) || -- 2.50.1