Re: Experiencing freezes with kernel 4.16.3 on a desktop with E5500 CPU (bisect included)

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>]

On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 08:49:25AM -0300, Diego Viola wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 8:48 AM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 08:23:24AM -0300, Diego Viola wrote:
> >> > That's a Core2 era chip; does it actually have stable TSC ?
> >>
> >> I'm not sure.
> >
> > dmesg | grep -i tsc
> >
> > should be able to tell you.
> 
> [diego@dualcore ~]$ dmesg | grep -i tsc
> [    0.000000] tsc: Fast TSC calibration using PIT
> [    0.016666] tsc: Fast TSC calibration using PIT
> [    0.019999] tsc: Detected 2793.087 MHz processor
> [    0.019999] clocksource: tsc-early: mask: 0xffffffffffffffff
> max_cycles: 0x2842be30f1f, max_idle_ns: 440795236296 ns
> [    0.162058] clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc-early
> [    0.300076] tsc: Marking TSC unstable due to TSC halts in idle
> [diego@dualcore ~]$

Much thanks.. I suspect there a bunch of fail when marking unstable
before we register clocksource_tsc.

The below patch is a bit ugly, but should cure a number of things; it
compiles but hasn't otherwise been tested, can you give it a spin?

---

 - when TSC is unstable and we've already registered tsc-early, don't
   forget to unregister it; this then leaves us without a tsc
   clocksource entirely -- which is good.

 - when we call mark_tsc_unstable() before we've registered
   clocksource_tsc things go wobbly because it doesn't know about
   clocksource_tsc_early. Fix that by:

    - Make clocksource_mark_unstable() work for unregistered
      clocksources.

       - which means we have to be able to detect this; use cs.list
         for this; initialize it empty.
       - means we also have to place all cs.list manipulation under
         watchdog_lock -- bit ugly.

    - Make __clocksource_unstable() de-rate the clocksource.

    - Call clocksource_mark_unstable() on both tsc and tsc_early.

This way we should either end up with a derated tsc clocksource marked
UNSTABLE or no tsc clocksource at all, either should result in it not
becoming the active clocksource.

---
 arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c     | 22 +++++++++++-----------
 kernel/time/clocksource.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index 91e6da48cbb6..74392d9d51e0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -1067,6 +1067,7 @@ static struct clocksource clocksource_tsc_early = {
 	.resume			= tsc_resume,
 	.mark_unstable		= tsc_cs_mark_unstable,
 	.tick_stable		= tsc_cs_tick_stable,
+	.list			= LIST_HEAD_INIT(clocksource_tsc_early.list),
 };
 
 /*
@@ -1086,6 +1087,7 @@ static struct clocksource clocksource_tsc = {
 	.resume			= tsc_resume,
 	.mark_unstable		= tsc_cs_mark_unstable,
 	.tick_stable		= tsc_cs_tick_stable,
+	.list			= LIST_HEAD_INIT(clocksource_tsc.list),
 };
 
 void mark_tsc_unstable(char *reason)
@@ -1098,13 +1100,9 @@ void mark_tsc_unstable(char *reason)
 		clear_sched_clock_stable();
 	disable_sched_clock_irqtime();
 	pr_info("Marking TSC unstable due to %s\n", reason);
-	/* Change only the rating, when not registered */
-	if (clocksource_tsc.mult) {
-		clocksource_mark_unstable(&clocksource_tsc);
-	} else {
-		clocksource_tsc.flags |= CLOCK_SOURCE_UNSTABLE;
-		clocksource_tsc.rating = 0;
-	}
+
+	clocksource_mark_unstable(&clocksource_tsc_early);
+	clocksource_mark_unstable(&clocksource_tsc);
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mark_tsc_unstable);
@@ -1244,7 +1242,7 @@ static void tsc_refine_calibration_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	/* Don't bother refining TSC on unstable systems */
 	if (tsc_unstable)
-		return;
+		goto unreg;
 
 	/*
 	 * Since the work is started early in boot, we may be
@@ -1297,11 +1295,12 @@ static void tsc_refine_calibration_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 out:
 	if (tsc_unstable)
-		return;
+		goto unreg;
 
 	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ART))
 		art_related_clocksource = &clocksource_tsc;
 	clocksource_register_khz(&clocksource_tsc, tsc_khz);
+unreg:
 	clocksource_unregister(&clocksource_tsc_early);
 }
 
@@ -1311,8 +1310,8 @@ static int __init init_tsc_clocksource(void)
 	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSC) || tsc_disabled > 0 || !tsc_khz)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (check_tsc_unstable())
-		return 0;
+	if (tsc_unstable)
+		goto unreg;
 
 	if (tsc_clocksource_reliable)
 		clocksource_tsc.flags &= ~CLOCK_SOURCE_MUST_VERIFY;
@@ -1328,6 +1327,7 @@ static int __init init_tsc_clocksource(void)
 		if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ART))
 			art_related_clocksource = &clocksource_tsc;
 		clocksource_register_khz(&clocksource_tsc, tsc_khz);
+unreg:
 		clocksource_unregister(&clocksource_tsc_early);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index 0e974cface0b..f689c9e3ff5e 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -119,6 +119,16 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(watchdog_lock);
 static int watchdog_running;
 static atomic_t watchdog_reset_pending;
 
+static void inline clocksource_watchdog_lock(unsigned long *flags)
+{
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&watchdog_lock, *flags);
+}
+
+static void inline clocksource_watchdog_unlock(unsigned long *flags)
+{
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&watchdog_lock, *flags);
+}
+
 static int clocksource_watchdog_kthread(void *data);
 static void __clocksource_change_rating(struct clocksource *cs, int rating);
 
@@ -142,6 +152,13 @@ static void __clocksource_unstable(struct clocksource *cs)
 	cs->flags &= ~(CLOCK_SOURCE_VALID_FOR_HRES | CLOCK_SOURCE_WATCHDOG);
 	cs->flags |= CLOCK_SOURCE_UNSTABLE;
 
+	if (list_empty(&cs->list)) {
+		cs->rating = 0;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	__clocksource_change_rating(cs, 0);
+
 	if (cs->mark_unstable)
 		cs->mark_unstable(cs);
 
@@ -164,7 +181,7 @@ void clocksource_mark_unstable(struct clocksource *cs)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&watchdog_lock, flags);
 	if (!(cs->flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_UNSTABLE)) {
-		if (list_empty(&cs->wd_list))
+		if (!list_empty(&cs->list) && list_empty(&cs->wd_list))
 			list_add(&cs->wd_list, &watchdog_list);
 		__clocksource_unstable(cs);
 	}
@@ -319,9 +336,8 @@ static void clocksource_resume_watchdog(void)
 
 static void clocksource_enqueue_watchdog(struct clocksource *cs)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cs->wd_list);
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&watchdog_lock, flags);
 	if (cs->flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_MUST_VERIFY) {
 		/* cs is a clocksource to be watched. */
 		list_add(&cs->wd_list, &watchdog_list);
@@ -331,7 +347,6 @@ static void clocksource_enqueue_watchdog(struct clocksource *cs)
 		if (cs->flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS)
 			cs->flags |= CLOCK_SOURCE_VALID_FOR_HRES;
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&watchdog_lock, flags);
 }
 
 static void clocksource_select_watchdog(bool fallback)
@@ -373,9 +388,6 @@ static void clocksource_select_watchdog(bool fallback)
 
 static void clocksource_dequeue_watchdog(struct clocksource *cs)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&watchdog_lock, flags);
 	if (cs != watchdog) {
 		if (cs->flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_MUST_VERIFY) {
 			/* cs is a watched clocksource. */
@@ -384,7 +396,6 @@ static void clocksource_dequeue_watchdog(struct clocksource *cs)
 			clocksource_stop_watchdog();
 		}
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&watchdog_lock, flags);
 }
 
 static int __clocksource_watchdog_kthread(void)
@@ -779,14 +790,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__clocksource_update_freq_scale);
  */
 int __clocksource_register_scale(struct clocksource *cs, u32 scale, u32 freq)
 {
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	/* Initialize mult/shift and max_idle_ns */
 	__clocksource_update_freq_scale(cs, scale, freq);
 
 	/* Add clocksource to the clocksource list */
 	mutex_lock(&clocksource_mutex);
+
+	clocksource_watchdog_lock(&flags);
 	clocksource_enqueue(cs);
 	clocksource_enqueue_watchdog(cs);
+	clocksource_watchdog_unlock(&flags);
+
 	clocksource_select();
 	clocksource_select_watchdog(false);
 	mutex_unlock(&clocksource_mutex);
@@ -808,8 +824,13 @@ static void __clocksource_change_rating(struct clocksource *cs, int rating)
  */
 void clocksource_change_rating(struct clocksource *cs, int rating)
 {
+	unsigned long flags;
+
 	mutex_lock(&clocksource_mutex);
+	clocksource_watchdog_lock(&flags);
 	__clocksource_change_rating(cs, rating);
+	clocksource_watchdog_unlock(&flags);
+
 	clocksource_select();
 	clocksource_select_watchdog(false);
 	mutex_unlock(&clocksource_mutex);
@@ -821,6 +842,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(clocksource_change_rating);
  */
 static int clocksource_unbind(struct clocksource *cs)
 {
+	unsigned long flags;
+
 	if (clocksource_is_watchdog(cs)) {
 		/* Select and try to install a replacement watchdog. */
 		clocksource_select_watchdog(true);
@@ -834,8 +857,12 @@ static int clocksource_unbind(struct clocksource *cs)
 		if (curr_clocksource == cs)
 			return -EBUSY;
 	}
+
+	clocksource_watchdog_lock(&flags);
 	clocksource_dequeue_watchdog(cs);
 	list_del_init(&cs->list);
+	clocksource_watchdog_lock(&flags);
+
 	return 0;
 }