From: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
To: "Yan, Zheng" <zheng.z.yan@linux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com,
tglx@linutronix.de, yanzheng@21cn.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: hpet: Fix HPET timer + NMI watchdog panic
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 11:59:14 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110103165914.GA5685@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D1AA079.8040603@linux.intel.com>
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:44:09AM +0800, Yan, Zheng wrote:
> HPET doesn't use timer_interrupt() as interrupt handler now. So count of
> HPET interrupt isn't recorded in per_cpu(irq_stat, cpu).irq0_irqs. This
> confuses NMI watchdog when using HPET as tick device.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yan, Zheng <zheng.z.yan@intel.com>
Not sure if this patch is needed because x86/kerne/apic/nmi.c will most
likely disappear in 2.6.38 (it is already in gone in linux-next). The new
nmi watchdog doesn't rely on HPET stats but instead uses a more generic
approach of a HRES timer.
Cheers,
Don
>
> ---
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/hardirq.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/hardirq.h
> index 55e4de6..cca94f2 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/hardirq.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/hardirq.h
> @@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ typedef struct {
> unsigned int apic_timer_irqs; /* arch dependent */
> unsigned int irq_spurious_count;
> #endif
> +#ifdef CONFIG_HPET_TIMER
> + unsigned int hpet_timer_irqs;
> +#endif
> unsigned int x86_platform_ipis; /* arch dependent */
> unsigned int apic_perf_irqs;
> unsigned int apic_irq_work_irqs;
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/nmi.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/nmi.c
> index c90041c..cdb38d9 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/nmi.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/nmi.c
> @@ -80,8 +80,15 @@ static inline int mce_in_progress(void)
> */
> static inline unsigned int get_timer_irqs(int cpu)
> {
> - return per_cpu(irq_stat, cpu).apic_timer_irqs +
> + unsigned int irqs;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_HPET_TIMER
> + irqs = per_cpu(irq_stat, cpu).hpet_timer_irqs;
> +#else
> + irqs = 0;
> +#endif
> + irqs += per_cpu(irq_stat, cpu).apic_timer_irqs +
> per_cpu(irq_stat, cpu).irq0_irqs;
> + return irqs;
> }
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
> index 4ff5968..b536474c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
> @@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ static irqreturn_t hpet_interrupt_handler(int irq, void *data)
> struct hpet_dev *dev = (struct hpet_dev *)data;
> struct clock_event_device *hevt = &dev->evt;
>
> + inc_irq_stat(hpet_timer_irqs);
> if (!hevt->event_handler) {
> printk(KERN_INFO "Spurious HPET timer interrupt on HPET timer %d\n",
> dev->num);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/time.c b/arch/x86/kernel/time.c
> index fb5cc5e1..2098c56 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/time.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/time.c
> @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ unsigned long profile_pc(struct pt_regs *regs)
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(profile_pc);
>
> /*
> - * Default timer interrupt handler for PIT/HPET
> + * Default timer interrupt handler for PIT
> */
> static irqreturn_t timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
> {
>
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-29 2:44 [PATCH] x86: hpet: Fix HPET timer + NMI watchdog panic Yan, Zheng
2011-01-03 16:59 ` Don Zickus [this message]
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2010-12-29 1:57 Yan, Zheng
2010-12-29 2:43 ` Yan, Zheng
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