From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> seqlock consists of a sequence counter and a spinlock_t which is used to serialize the writers. spinlock_t is substituted by a "sleeping" spinlock on PREEMPT_RT enabled kernels which breaks the usage in the timekeeping code as the writers are executed in hard interrupt and therefore non-preemptible context even on PREEMPT_RT. The spinlock in seqlock cannot be unconditionally replaced by a raw_spinlock_t as many seqlock users have nesting spinlock sections or other code which is not suitable to run in truly atomic context on RT. Instead of providing a raw_seqlock API for a single use case, open code the seqlock for the jiffies use case and implement it with a raw_spinlock_t and a sequence counter. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/time/jiffies.c | 7 ++++--- kernel/time/tick-common.c | 10 ++++++---- kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 19 ++++++++++++------- kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 6 ++++-- kernel/time/timekeeping.h | 3 ++- 5 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/time/jiffies.c +++ b/kernel/time/jiffies.c @@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ static struct clocksource clocksource_ji .max_cycles = 10, }; -__cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SEQLOCK(jiffies_lock); +__cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(jiffies_lock); +__cacheline_aligned_in_smp seqcount_t jiffies_seq; #if (BITS_PER_LONG < 64) u64 get_jiffies_64(void) @@ -67,9 +68,9 @@ u64 get_jiffies_64(void) u64 ret; do { - seq = read_seqbegin(&jiffies_lock); + seq = read_seqcount_begin(&jiffies_seq); ret = jiffies_64; - } while (read_seqretry(&jiffies_lock, seq)); + } while (read_seqcount_retry(&jiffies_seq, seq)); return ret; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_jiffies_64); --- a/kernel/time/tick-common.c +++ b/kernel/time/tick-common.c @@ -84,13 +84,15 @@ int tick_is_oneshot_available(void) static void tick_periodic(int cpu) { if (tick_do_timer_cpu == cpu) { - write_seqlock(&jiffies_lock); + raw_spin_lock(&jiffies_lock); + write_seqcount_begin(&jiffies_seq); /* Keep track of the next tick event */ tick_next_period = ktime_add(tick_next_period, tick_period); do_timer(1); - write_sequnlock(&jiffies_lock); + write_seqcount_end(&jiffies_seq); + raw_spin_unlock(&jiffies_lock); update_wall_time(); } @@ -162,9 +164,9 @@ void tick_setup_periodic(struct clock_ev ktime_t next; do { - seq = read_seqbegin(&jiffies_lock); + seq = read_seqcount_begin(&jiffies_seq); next = tick_next_period; - } while (read_seqretry(&jiffies_lock, seq)); + } while (read_seqcount_retry(&jiffies_seq, seq)); clockevents_switch_state(dev, CLOCK_EVT_STATE_ONESHOT); --- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c +++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c @@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ static void tick_do_update_jiffies64(kti return; /* Reevaluate with jiffies_lock held */ - write_seqlock(&jiffies_lock); + raw_spin_lock(&jiffies_lock); + write_seqcount_begin(&jiffies_seq); delta = ktime_sub(now, last_jiffies_update); if (delta >= tick_period) { @@ -91,10 +92,12 @@ static void tick_do_update_jiffies64(kti /* Keep the tick_next_period variable up to date */ tick_next_period = ktime_add(last_jiffies_update, tick_period); } else { - write_sequnlock(&jiffies_lock); + write_seqcount_end(&jiffies_seq); + raw_spin_unlock(&jiffies_lock); return; } - write_sequnlock(&jiffies_lock); + write_seqcount_end(&jiffies_seq); + raw_spin_unlock(&jiffies_lock); update_wall_time(); } @@ -105,12 +108,14 @@ static ktime_t tick_init_jiffy_update(vo { ktime_t period; - write_seqlock(&jiffies_lock); + raw_spin_lock(&jiffies_lock); + write_seqcount_begin(&jiffies_seq); /* Did we start the jiffies update yet ? */ if (last_jiffies_update == 0) last_jiffies_update = tick_next_period; period = last_jiffies_update; - write_sequnlock(&jiffies_lock); + write_seqcount_end(&jiffies_seq); + raw_spin_unlock(&jiffies_lock); return period; } @@ -676,10 +681,10 @@ static ktime_t tick_nohz_next_event(stru /* Read jiffies and the time when jiffies were updated last */ do { - seq = read_seqbegin(&jiffies_lock); + seq = read_seqcount_begin(&jiffies_seq); basemono = last_jiffies_update; basejiff = jiffies; - } while (read_seqretry(&jiffies_lock, seq)); + } while (read_seqcount_retry(&jiffies_seq, seq)); ts->last_jiffies = basejiff; ts->timer_expires_base = basemono; --- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c +++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c @@ -2397,8 +2397,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(hardpps); */ void xtime_update(unsigned long ticks) { - write_seqlock(&jiffies_lock); + raw_spin_lock(&jiffies_lock); + write_seqcount_begin(&jiffies_seq); do_timer(ticks); - write_sequnlock(&jiffies_lock); + write_seqcount_end(&jiffies_seq); + raw_spin_unlock(&jiffies_lock); update_wall_time(); } --- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.h +++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.h @@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ static inline void sched_clock_resume(vo extern void do_timer(unsigned long ticks); extern void update_wall_time(void); -extern seqlock_t jiffies_lock; +extern raw_spinlock_t jiffies_lock; +extern seqcount_t jiffies_seq; #define CS_NAME_LEN 32