Update: Len Brown's patch may fix this bug. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13087#c41 Alex >-----Original Message----- >From: Shi, Alex >Sent: 2009年4月23日 17:25 >To: 'Chris Wright'; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; stable@xxxxxxxxxx >Cc: Justin Forbes; Zwane Mwaikambo; Theodore Ts'o; Randy Dunlap; Dave Jones; >Chuck Wolber; Chris Wedgwood; Michael Krufky; Chuck Ebbert; Domenico Andreoli; >Willy Tarreau; Rodrigo Rubira Branco; Jake Edge; Eugene Teo; >torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; >alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Len Brown; linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Pallipadi, >Venkatesh; Zhao, Yakui; Brown, Len >Subject: RE: [patch 012/100] acpi: fix of pmtimer overflow that make Cx states >time incorrect > >It was reported make some latop booting hang. and is not root caused now. :( >http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13087 > >Alex >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Chris Wright [mailto:chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx] >>Sent: 2009年4月23日 15:21 >>To: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; stable@xxxxxxxxxx >>Cc: Justin Forbes; Zwane Mwaikambo; Theodore Ts'o; Randy Dunlap; Dave Jones; >>Chuck Wolber; Chris Wedgwood; Michael Krufky; Chuck Ebbert; Domenico Andreoli; >>Willy Tarreau; Rodrigo Rubira Branco; Jake Edge; Eugene Teo; >>torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; >>alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Len Brown; linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Shi, Alex; >>Pallipadi, Venkatesh; Zhao, Yakui; Brown, Len >>Subject: [patch 012/100] acpi: fix of pmtimer overflow that make Cx states time >>incorrect >> >>-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. >>--------------------- >> >>From: alex.shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxx> >> >>upstream commit: ff69f2bba67bd45514923aaedbf40fe351787c59 >> >>We found Cx states time abnormal in our some of machines which have 16 >>LCPUs, the C0 take too many time while system is really idle when kernel >>enabled tickless and highres. powertop output is below: >> >> PowerTOP version 1.9 (C) 2007 Intel Corporation >> >>Cn Avg residency P-states (frequencies) >>C0 (cpu running) (40.5%) 2.53 Ghz 0.0% >>C1 0.0ms ( 0.0%) 2.53 Ghz 0.0% >>C2 128.8ms (59.5%) 2.40 Ghz 0.0% >> 1.60 Ghz 100.0% >> >>Wakeups-from-idle per second : 4.7 interval: 20.0s >>no ACPI power usage estimate available >> >>Top causes for wakeups: >> 41.4% ( 24.9) <interrupt> : extra timer interrupt >> 20.2% ( 12.2) <kernel core> : usb_hcd_poll_rh_status >>(rh_timer_func) >> >>After tacking detailed for this issue, Yakui and I find it is due to 24 >>bit PM timer overflows when some of cpu sleep more than 4 seconds. With >>tickless kernel, the CPU want to sleep as much as possible when system >>idle. But the Cx sleep time are recorded by pmtimer which length is >>determined by BIOS. The current Cx time was gotten in the following >>function from driver/acpi/processor_idle.c: >> >>static inline u32 ticks_elapsed(u32 t1, u32 t2) >>{ >> if (t2 >= t1) >> return (t2 - t1); >> else if (!(acpi_gbl_FADT.flags & ACPI_FADT_32BIT_TIMER)) >> return (((0x00FFFFFF - t1) + t2) & 0x00FFFFFF); >> else >> return ((0xFFFFFFFF - t1) + t2); >>} >> >>If pmtimer is 24 bits and it take 5 seconds from t1 to t2, in above >>function, just about 1 seconds ticks was recorded. So the Cx time will be >>reduced about 4 seconds. and this is why we see above powertop output. >> >>To resolve this problem, Yakui and I use ktime_get() to record the Cx >>states time instead of PM timer as the following patch. the patch was >>tested with i386/x86_64 modes on several platforms. >> >>Acked-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@xxxxxxxxx> >>Tested-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxx> >>Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxx> >>Signed-off-by: Yakui.zhao <yakui.zhao@xxxxxxxxx> >>Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx> >>Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >>--- >> drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c | 63 >>++++++++++++++++++------------------------ >> 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-) >> >>--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c >>+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c >>@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ >> #define _COMPONENT ACPI_PROCESSOR_COMPONENT >> ACPI_MODULE_NAME("processor_idle"); >> #define ACPI_PROCESSOR_FILE_POWER "power" >>-#define US_TO_PM_TIMER_TICKS(t) ((t * (PM_TIMER_FREQUENCY/1000)) / >>1000) >> #define PM_TIMER_TICK_NS (1000000000ULL/PM_TIMER_FREQUENCY) >> #define C2_OVERHEAD 1 /* 1us */ >> #define C3_OVERHEAD 1 /* 1us */ >>@@ -78,6 +77,10 @@ module_param(nocst, uint, 0000); >> static unsigned int latency_factor __read_mostly = 2; >> module_param(latency_factor, uint, 0644); >> >>+static s64 us_to_pm_timer_ticks(s64 t) >>+{ >>+ return div64_u64(t * PM_TIMER_FREQUENCY, 1000000); >>+} >> /* >> * IBM ThinkPad R40e crashes mysteriously when going into C2 or C3. >> * For now disable this. Probably a bug somewhere else. >>@@ -159,25 +162,6 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __cpuinitdat >> {}, >> }; >> >>-static inline u32 ticks_elapsed(u32 t1, u32 t2) >>-{ >>- if (t2 >= t1) >>- return (t2 - t1); >>- else if (!(acpi_gbl_FADT.flags & ACPI_FADT_32BIT_TIMER)) >>- return (((0x00FFFFFF - t1) + t2) & 0x00FFFFFF); >>- else >>- return ((0xFFFFFFFF - t1) + t2); >>-} >>- >>-static inline u32 ticks_elapsed_in_us(u32 t1, u32 t2) >>-{ >>- if (t2 >= t1) >>- return PM_TIMER_TICKS_TO_US(t2 - t1); >>- else if (!(acpi_gbl_FADT.flags & ACPI_FADT_32BIT_TIMER)) >>- return PM_TIMER_TICKS_TO_US(((0x00FFFFFF - t1) + t2) & 0x00FFFFFF); >>- else >>- return PM_TIMER_TICKS_TO_US((0xFFFFFFFF - t1) + t2); >>-} >> >> /* >> * Callers should disable interrupts before the call and enable >>@@ -853,7 +837,8 @@ static inline void acpi_idle_do_entry(st >> static int acpi_idle_enter_c1(struct cpuidle_device *dev, >> struct cpuidle_state *state) >> { >>- u32 t1, t2; >>+ ktime_t kt1, kt2; >>+ s64 idle_time; >> struct acpi_processor *pr; >> struct acpi_processor_cx *cx = cpuidle_get_statedata(state); >> >>@@ -871,14 +856,15 @@ static int acpi_idle_enter_c1(struct cpu >> return 0; >> } >> >>- t1 = inl(acpi_gbl_FADT.xpm_timer_block.address); >>+ kt1 = ktime_get_real(); >> acpi_idle_do_entry(cx); >>- t2 = inl(acpi_gbl_FADT.xpm_timer_block.address); >>+ kt2 = ktime_get_real(); >>+ idle_time = ktime_to_us(ktime_sub(kt2, kt1)); >> >> local_irq_enable(); >> cx->usage++; >> >>- return ticks_elapsed_in_us(t1, t2); >>+ return idle_time; >> } >> >> /** >>@@ -891,8 +877,9 @@ static int acpi_idle_enter_simple(struct >> { >> struct acpi_processor *pr; >> struct acpi_processor_cx *cx = cpuidle_get_statedata(state); >>- u32 t1, t2; >>- int sleep_ticks = 0; >>+ ktime_t kt1, kt2; >>+ s64 idle_time; >>+ s64 sleep_ticks = 0; >> >> pr = __get_cpu_var(processors); >> >>@@ -925,18 +912,19 @@ static int acpi_idle_enter_simple(struct >> if (cx->type == ACPI_STATE_C3) >> ACPI_FLUSH_CPU_CACHE(); >> >>- t1 = inl(acpi_gbl_FADT.xpm_timer_block.address); >>+ kt1 = ktime_get_real(); >> /* Tell the scheduler that we are going deep-idle: */ >> sched_clock_idle_sleep_event(); >> acpi_idle_do_entry(cx); >>- t2 = inl(acpi_gbl_FADT.xpm_timer_block.address); >>+ kt2 = ktime_get_real(); >>+ idle_time = ktime_to_us(ktime_sub(kt2, kt1)); >> >> #if defined (CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME) && defined (CONFIG_X86) >> /* TSC could halt in idle, so notify users */ >> if (tsc_halts_in_c(cx->type)) >> mark_tsc_unstable("TSC halts in idle");; >> #endif >>- sleep_ticks = ticks_elapsed(t1, t2); >>+ sleep_ticks = us_to_pm_timer_ticks(idle_time); >> >> /* Tell the scheduler how much we idled: */ >> sched_clock_idle_wakeup_event(sleep_ticks*PM_TIMER_TICK_NS); >>@@ -948,7 +936,7 @@ static int acpi_idle_enter_simple(struct >> >> acpi_state_timer_broadcast(pr, cx, 0); >> cx->time += sleep_ticks; >>- return ticks_elapsed_in_us(t1, t2); >>+ return idle_time; >> } >> >> static int c3_cpu_count; >>@@ -966,8 +954,10 @@ static int acpi_idle_enter_bm(struct cpu >> { >> struct acpi_processor *pr; >> struct acpi_processor_cx *cx = cpuidle_get_statedata(state); >>- u32 t1, t2; >>- int sleep_ticks = 0; >>+ ktime_t kt1, kt2; >>+ s64 idle_time; >>+ s64 sleep_ticks = 0; >>+ >> >> pr = __get_cpu_var(processors); >> >>@@ -1034,9 +1024,10 @@ static int acpi_idle_enter_bm(struct cpu >> ACPI_FLUSH_CPU_CACHE(); >> } >> >>- t1 = inl(acpi_gbl_FADT.xpm_timer_block.address); >>+ kt1 = ktime_get_real(); >> acpi_idle_do_entry(cx); >>- t2 = inl(acpi_gbl_FADT.xpm_timer_block.address); >>+ kt2 = ktime_get_real(); >>+ idle_time = ktime_to_us(ktime_sub(kt2, kt1)); >> >> /* Re-enable bus master arbitration */ >> if (pr->flags.bm_check && pr->flags.bm_control) { >>@@ -1051,7 +1042,7 @@ static int acpi_idle_enter_bm(struct cpu >> if (tsc_halts_in_c(ACPI_STATE_C3)) >> mark_tsc_unstable("TSC halts in idle"); >> #endif >>- sleep_ticks = ticks_elapsed(t1, t2); >>+ sleep_ticks = us_to_pm_timer_ticks(idle_time); >> /* Tell the scheduler how much we idled: */ >> sched_clock_idle_wakeup_event(sleep_ticks*PM_TIMER_TICK_NS); >> >>@@ -1062,7 +1053,7 @@ static int acpi_idle_enter_bm(struct cpu >> >> acpi_state_timer_broadcast(pr, cx, 0); >> cx->time += sleep_ticks; >>- return ticks_elapsed_in_us(t1, t2); >>+ return idle_time; >> } >> >> struct cpuidle_driver acpi_idle_driver = { ?韬{.n?????%??檩??w?{.n???{饼??Ф?塄}?财??j:+v??????2??璀??摺?囤??z夸z罐?+?????w棹f