Re: [crash, bisected] Re: clocksource: Resolve cpu hotplug dead lock with TSC unstable

[Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>]

On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:19:58 +0200
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:

> Now another box crashes during bootup. Reverting these two:
> 
>  f79e025: clocksource: Resolve cpu hotplug dead lock with TSC unstable, fix crash
>  7285dd7: clocksource: Resolve cpu hotplug dead lock with TSC unstable
> 
> allows me to boot it.
> 
> plain 32-bit defconfig.

Ok, I forced the situation where the bad thing happens. With the patch below
the crash goes away.

[    0.152056] checking TSC synchronization [CPU#0 -> CPU#1]:
[    0.156001] Measured 0 cycles TSC warp between CPUs, turning off TSC clock.
[    0.156001] Marking TSC unstable due to check_tsc_sync_source failed

Is there a reason why we need the TSC as a clocksource early in the boot
process?

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Subject: clocksource: delay tsc clocksource registration

From: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>

Until the tsc clocksource has been registered it can be
downgraded by setting the CLOCK_SOURCE_UNSTABLE bit and the
rating to zero. Once the tsc clocksource is registered a
work queue is needed to change the rating.

Delay the registration of the tsc clocksource to a point in
the boot process after the work queues have been initialized.

This hopefully finally resolves the boot crash due to the
tsc downgrade.

Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Cc: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
---

Index: linux-2.6-tip/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-tip.orig/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c	2009-09-14 19:25:02.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6-tip/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c	2009-09-14 19:30:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -853,9 +853,16 @@
 		clocksource_tsc.rating = 0;
 		clocksource_tsc.flags &= ~CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS;
 	}
+}
+
+static int __init register_tsc_clocksource(void)
+{
 	clocksource_register(&clocksource_tsc);
+	return 0;
 }
 
+core_initcall(register_tsc_clocksource);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 /*
  * calibrate_cpu is used on systems with fixed rate TSCs to determine
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blue skies,
   Martin.

"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.