* Gary Robertson | 2015-05-18 08:23:16 [-0500]: >I have been following this thread and was able to obtain a copy of the full >log from Anders. >My initial impression based upon the log entries is that the excessive >latencies did not occur during the fpsimd calls - >but the actual progress of an individual task is a bit difficult to follow >through the logs, so in my spare time >I started writing a parser to sort it into a format easier to follow. I >hope to have it completed shortly. >This parser will sort the log first by CPU and then by thread so the cause >of the delay will be easier to see. There is a smaller version of it at https://breakpoint.cc/arm64_simd_trace_cpu.txt which contains only CPU0 around that "event. Here are a few pieces: |cyclicte-964 0....1.. 511965877us : __schedule <-schedule cyclictest goes away |kworker/-353 0....111 511965906us : rt_spin_unlock <-process_one_work kworker is now active |kworker/-353 0....112 511965954us : kernel_neon_begin_partial <-virt_efi_set_time |kworker/-353 0....112 511965955us : preempt_count_add <-kernel_neon_begin_partial and kworker invokes virt_efi_set_time which does the neon save thingy. |kworker/-353 0d...212 511966764us : __handle_domain_irq <-gic_handle_irq now we have an interrupt comming. |kworker/-353 0dn.h412 511966793us : task_woken_rt <-ttwu_do_wakeup it might be the timer for cyclictest wakeup it might not, however we have the N flag set and kworker has to go. |kworker/-353 0dn..212 511966806us : rcu_sysidle_enter <-rcu_irq_exit |kworker/-353 0dn..212 511967108us : __handle_domain_irq <-gic_handle_irq |kworker/-353 0dn..212 511967109us : irq_enter <-__handle_domain_irq so we finished handling one irq and we contiunue with the next one? This goes on and on and on until finally after a while we have this: |kworker/-353 0dn..212 512064373us : rcu_irq_exit <-irq_exit |kworker/-353 0dn..212 512064374us : rcu_sysidle_enter <-rcu_irq_exit |kworker/-353 0.n..212 512065116us : kernel_neon_end <-virt_efi_set_time |kworker/-353 0.n..212 512065116us : preempt_count_sub <-kernel_neon_end |kworker/-353 0.n..112 512065117us : __schedule <-preempt_schedule and this time we were able to return from rcu_irq_exit and continue with virt_efi_set_time and finally switch the task. So yes, preemption was disabled during kernel_neon_{being|end} but we also received 81 interrupt ("gic_handle_irq invocation") during that time. Why is that? >Regards, > >Gary Robertson Sebastian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html