Re: [PATCH 5.15 2/3] timers/nohz: Switch to ONESHOT_STOPPED in the low-res handler when the tick is stopped

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On Sun, Aug 13, 2023 at 03:16:19AM +0000, Joel Fernandes (Google) wrote:
> From: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> [ Upstream commit 5417ddc1cf1f5c8cba31ab217cf57ada7ab6ea88 ]

I have the wrong SHA here, it should be: 62c1256d544747b38e77ca9b5bfe3a26f9592576

If you don't mind correcting it, please go ahead. Or I can resend the patch
in the future.

thanks,

 - Joel



> 
> When tick_nohz_stop_tick() stops the tick and high resolution timers are
> disabled, then the clock event device is not put into ONESHOT_STOPPED
> mode. This can lead to spurious timer interrupts with some clock event
> device drivers that don't shut down entirely after firing.
> 
> Eliminate these by putting the device into ONESHOT_STOPPED mode at points
> where it is not being reprogrammed. When there are no timers active, then
> tick_program_event() with KTIME_MAX can be used to stop the device. When
> there is a timer active, the device can be stopped at the next tick (any
> new timer added by timers will reprogram the tick).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220422141446.915024-1-npiggin@xxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 12 ++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> index 7701c720dc1f..5786e2794ae1 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> @@ -950,6 +950,8 @@ static void tick_nohz_stop_tick(struct tick_sched *ts, int cpu)
>  	if (unlikely(expires == KTIME_MAX)) {
>  		if (ts->nohz_mode == NOHZ_MODE_HIGHRES)
>  			hrtimer_cancel(&ts->sched_timer);
> +		else
> +			tick_program_event(KTIME_MAX, 1);
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> @@ -1356,9 +1358,15 @@ static void tick_nohz_handler(struct clock_event_device *dev)
>  	tick_sched_do_timer(ts, now);
>  	tick_sched_handle(ts, regs);
>  
> -	/* No need to reprogram if we are running tickless  */
> -	if (unlikely(ts->tick_stopped))
> +	if (unlikely(ts->tick_stopped)) {
> +		/*
> +		 * The clockevent device is not reprogrammed, so change the
> +		 * clock event device to ONESHOT_STOPPED to avoid spurious
> +		 * interrupts on devices which might not be truly one shot.
> +		 */
> +		tick_program_event(KTIME_MAX, 1);
>  		return;
> +	}
>  
>  	hrtimer_forward(&ts->sched_timer, now, TICK_NSEC);
>  	tick_program_event(hrtimer_get_expires(&ts->sched_timer), 1);
> -- 
> 2.41.0.640.ga95def55d0-goog
> 



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