Anna-Maria Behnsen
7a96a84bfb
Commit4b6f4c5a67("timer/migration: Remove buggy early return on deactivation") removed the logic to return early in tmigr_update_events() on deactivation. With this the problem with a not properly updated first global event in a hierarchy containing only a single group was fixed. But when having a look at this code path with a hierarchy with more than a single level, now unnecessary work is done (example is partially copied from the message of the commit mentioned above): [GRP1:0] migrator = GRP0:0 active = GRP0:0 nextevt = T0:0i, T0:1 / \ [GRP0:0] [GRP0:1] migrator = 0 migrator = NONE active = 0 active = NONE nextevt = T0i, T1 nextevt = T2 / \ / \ 0 (T0i) 1 (T1) 2 (T2) 3 active idle idle idle 0) CPU 0 is active thus its event is ignored (the letter 'i') and so are upper levels' events. CPU 1 is idle and has the timer T1 enqueued. CPU 2 also has a timer. The expiry order is T0 (ignored) < T1 < T2 [GRP1:0] migrator = GRP0:0 active = GRP0:0 nextevt = T0:0i, T0:1 / \ [GRP0:0] [GRP0:1] migrator = NONE migrator = NONE active = NONE active = NONE nextevt = T1 nextevt = T2 / \ / \ 0 (T0i) 1 (T1) 2 (T2) 3 idle idle idle idle 1) CPU 0 goes idle without global event queued. Therefore KTIME_MAX is pushed as its next expiry and its own event kept as "ignore". Without this early return the following steps happen in tmigr_update_events() when child = null and group = GRP0:0 : lock(GRP0:0->lock); timerqueue_del(GRP0:0, T0i); unlock(GRP0:0->lock); [GRP1:0] migrator = NONE active = NONE nextevt = T0:0, T0:1 / \ [GRP0:0] [GRP0:1] migrator = NONE migrator = NONE active = NONE active = NONE nextevt = T1 nextevt = T2 / \ / \ 0 (T0i) 1 (T1) 2 (T2) 3 idle idle idle idle 2) The change now propagates up to the top. Then tmigr_update_events() updates the group event of GRP0:0 and executes the following steps (child = GRP0:0 and group = GRP0:0): lock(GRP0:0->lock); lock(GRP1:0->lock); evt = tmigr_next_groupevt(GRP0:0); -> this removes the ignored events in GRP0:0 ... update GRP1:0 group event and timerqueue ... unlock(GRP1:0->lock); unlock(GRP0:0->lock); So the dance in 1) with locking the GRP0:0->lock and removing the T0i from the timerqueue is redundand as this is done nevertheless in 2) when tmigr_next_groupevt(GRP0:0) is executed. Revert commit4b6f4c5a67("timer/migration: Remove buggy early return on deactivation") and add a condition into return path to skip the return only, when hierarchy contains a single group. Adapt comments accordingly. Fixes:4b6f4c5a67("timer/migration: Remove buggy early return on deactivation") Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/87cyr49on2.fsf@somnus
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.