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-rw-r--r--kernel/time/timer.c50
1 files changed, 41 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index 8f5d1bf18854..f2674a056c26 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ struct timer_base {
bool migration_enabled;
bool nohz_active;
bool is_idle;
+ bool must_forward_clk;
DECLARE_BITMAP(pending_map, WHEEL_SIZE);
struct hlist_head vectors[WHEEL_SIZE];
} ____cacheline_aligned;
@@ -856,13 +857,19 @@ get_target_base(struct timer_base *base, unsigned tflags)
static inline void forward_timer_base(struct timer_base *base)
{
- unsigned long jnow = READ_ONCE(jiffies);
+ unsigned long jnow;
/*
- * We only forward the base when it's idle and we have a delta between
- * base clock and jiffies.
+ * We only forward the base when we are idle or have just come out of
+ * idle (must_forward_clk logic), and have a delta between base clock
+ * and jiffies. In the common case, run_timers will take care of it.
*/
- if (!base->is_idle || (long) (jnow - base->clk) < 2)
+ if (likely(!base->must_forward_clk))
+ return;
+
+ jnow = READ_ONCE(jiffies);
+ base->must_forward_clk = base->is_idle;
+ if ((long)(jnow - base->clk) < 2)
return;
/*
@@ -938,6 +945,11 @@ __mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires, bool pending_only)
* same array bucket then just return:
*/
if (timer_pending(timer)) {
+ /*
+ * The downside of this optimization is that it can result in
+ * larger granularity than you would get from adding a new
+ * timer with this expiry.
+ */
if (timer->expires == expires)
return 1;
@@ -948,6 +960,7 @@ __mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires, bool pending_only)
* dequeue/enqueue dance.
*/
base = lock_timer_base(timer, &flags);
+ forward_timer_base(base);
clk = base->clk;
idx = calc_wheel_index(expires, clk);
@@ -964,6 +977,7 @@ __mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires, bool pending_only)
}
} else {
base = lock_timer_base(timer, &flags);
+ forward_timer_base(base);
}
ret = detach_if_pending(timer, base, false);
@@ -991,12 +1005,10 @@ __mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires, bool pending_only)
raw_spin_lock(&base->lock);
WRITE_ONCE(timer->flags,
(timer->flags & ~TIMER_BASEMASK) | base->cpu);
+ forward_timer_base(base);
}
}
- /* Try to forward a stale timer base clock */
- forward_timer_base(base);
-
timer->expires = expires;
/*
* If 'idx' was calculated above and the base time did not advance
@@ -1112,6 +1124,7 @@ void add_timer_on(struct timer_list *timer, int cpu)
WRITE_ONCE(timer->flags,
(timer->flags & ~TIMER_BASEMASK) | cpu);
}
+ forward_timer_base(base);
debug_activate(timer, timer->expires);
internal_add_timer(base, timer);
@@ -1497,10 +1510,16 @@ u64 get_next_timer_interrupt(unsigned long basej, u64 basem)
if (!is_max_delta)
expires = basem + (u64)(nextevt - basej) * TICK_NSEC;
/*
- * If we expect to sleep more than a tick, mark the base idle:
+ * If we expect to sleep more than a tick, mark the base idle.
+ * Also the tick is stopped so any added timer must forward
+ * the base clk itself to keep granularity small. This idle
+ * logic is only maintained for the BASE_STD base, deferrable
+ * timers may still see large granularity skew (by design).
*/
- if ((expires - basem) > TICK_NSEC)
+ if ((expires - basem) > TICK_NSEC) {
+ base->must_forward_clk = true;
base->is_idle = true;
+ }
}
raw_spin_unlock(&base->lock);
@@ -1611,6 +1630,19 @@ static __latent_entropy void run_timer_softirq(struct softirq_action *h)
{
struct timer_base *base = this_cpu_ptr(&timer_bases[BASE_STD]);
+ /*
+ * must_forward_clk must be cleared before running timers so that any
+ * timer functions that call mod_timer will not try to forward the
+ * base. idle trcking / clock forwarding logic is only used with
+ * BASE_STD timers.
+ *
+ * The deferrable base does not do idle tracking at all, so we do
+ * not forward it. This can result in very large variations in
+ * granularity for deferrable timers, but they can be deferred for
+ * long periods due to idle.
+ */
+ base->must_forward_clk = false;
+
__run_timers(base);
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON) && base->nohz_active)
__run_timers(this_cpu_ptr(&timer_bases[BASE_DEF]));