On 2016-08-29 12:27 PM, Chris Metcalf wrote:
> On 8/16/2016 5:19 PM, Chris Metcalf wrote:
>> Here is a respin of the task-isolation patch set.
>
> No concerns have been raised yet with the v15 version of the patch series
> in the two weeks since I posted it, and I think I have addressed all
> previously-raised concerns (or perhaps people have just given up arguing
> with me).
There is a cycle with header include in the v15 patch set on x86_64 that cause a compilation error. You will find the patch (and other fixes) in the following branch:
https://github.com/giraldeau/linux/commits/dataplane-x86-fix-inc
In the test file, it is indicated to change timer-tick.c to disable the 1Hz tick, is there a reason why the change is not in the patch set? I added this trivial change in the branch dataplane-x86-fix-inc above.
The syscall test fails on x86:
$ sudo ./isolation
[...]
test_syscall: FAIL (0x100)
test_syscall (SIGUSR1): FAIL (0x100)
I wanted to debug this problem with gdb and a KVM virtual machine. However, the TSC clock source is detected as non reliable, even with the boot parameter tsc=reliable, and therefore prctl(PR_SET_TASK_ISOLATION, PR_TASK_ISOLATION_ENABLE) always returns EAGAIN. Is there a trick to run task isolation in a VM (at least for debugging purposes)?
BTW, this was causing the test to enter an infinite loop. If the clock source is not reliable, maybe a different error code should be returned, because this situation not transient. In the mean time, I added a check for 100 max retries in the test (prctl_safe()).
When running only the test_jitter(), the isolation mode is lost:
[ 6741.566048] isolation/9515: task_isolation mode lost due to irq_work
With ftrace (events/workqueue/workqueue_execute_start), I get a bit more info:
kworker/1:1-676 [001] .... 6610.097128: workqueue_execute_start: work struct ffff8801a784ca20: function dbs_work_handler
The governor was ondemand, so I tried to set the frequency scaling governor to performance, but that does not solve the issue. Is there a way to suppress this irq_work? Should we run the isolated task with high real-time priority, such that it never get preempted?
Thanks!
Francis
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