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timers: Expand clk forward logic beyond nohz 

As for next_expiry, the base->clk catch up logic will be expanded beyond
NOHZ in order to avoid triggering useless softirqs.

If softirqs should only fire to expire pending timers, periodic base->clk
increments must be skippable for random amounts of time.  Therefore prepare
to catch-up with missing updates whenever an up-to-date base clock is
needed.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Tested-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200717140551.29076-10-frederic@kernel.org
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Frederic Weisbecker 2020-07-17 16:05:48 +02:00 committed by Thomas Gleixner
parent 90d52f65f3
commit 1f8a4212dc
1 changed files with 4 additions and 22 deletions
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@ -888,19 +888,12 @@ get_target_base(struct timer_base *base, unsigned tflags)
static inline void forward_timer_base(struct timer_base *base)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
unsigned long jnow;
/*
* We only forward the base when we are idle or have just come out of
* idle (must_forward_clk logic), and have a delta between base clock
* and jiffies. In the common case, run_timers will take care of it.
*/
if (likely(!base->must_forward_clk))
if (!base->must_forward_clk)
return;
jnow = READ_ONCE(jiffies);
base->must_forward_clk = base->is_idle;
if ((long)(jnow - base->clk) < 2)
return;
@ -915,7 +908,6 @@ static inline void forward_timer_base(struct timer_base *base)
return;
base->clk = base->next_expiry;
}
#endif
}
@ -1667,10 +1659,8 @@ u64 get_next_timer_interrupt(unsigned long basej, u64 basem)
* logic is only maintained for the BASE_STD base, deferrable
* timers may still see large granularity skew (by design).
*/
if ((expires - basem) > TICK_NSEC) {
base->must_forward_clk = true;
if ((expires - basem) > TICK_NSEC)
base->is_idle = true;
}
}
raw_spin_unlock(&base->lock);
@ -1769,16 +1759,7 @@ static inline void __run_timers(struct timer_base *base)
/*
* timer_base::must_forward_clk must be cleared before running
* timers so that any timer functions that call mod_timer() will
* not try to forward the base. Idle tracking / clock forwarding
* logic is only used with BASE_STD timers.
*
* The must_forward_clk flag is cleared unconditionally also for
* the deferrable base. The deferrable base is not affected by idle
* tracking and never forwarded, so clearing the flag is a NOOP.
*
* The fact that the deferrable base is never forwarded can cause
* large variations in granularity for deferrable timers, but they
* can be deferred for long periods due to idle anyway.
* not try to forward the base.
*/
base->must_forward_clk = false;
@ -1791,6 +1772,7 @@ static inline void __run_timers(struct timer_base *base)
while (levels--)
expire_timers(base, heads + levels);
}
base->must_forward_clk = true;
raw_spin_unlock_irq(&base->lock);
timer_base_unlock_expiry(base);
}