Re: [PATCH] softirq: wake up ktimer thread in softirq context

Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2023-02-17T17:30:35Z

On 2022-12-08 15:56:04 [+0800], Junxiao Chang wrote:
> Occiaionally timer interrupt might be triggered in softirq context,
> ktimer thread should be woken up with RT kernel, or else ktimer
> thread might stay in sleep state although timer interrupt has been
> triggered.
>
> This change fixes a latency issue that timer handler is delayed for
> more than 4ms in network related test.

Sorry for keeping you waiting. Your observation and patch is correct. I'm
going to apply a slightly modified version of the patch (see below)
after I reworded the commit message on Monday.

diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index ab1fe34326bab..82f3e68fbe220 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -664,13 +664,12 @@ static inline void __irq_exit_rcu(void)
#endif
account_hardirq_exit(current);
preempt_count_sub(HARDIRQ_OFFSET);
- if (!in_interrupt()) {
- if (local_softirq_pending())
- invoke_softirq();
+ if (!in_interrupt() && local_softirq_pending())
+ invoke_softirq();

- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) && local_pending_timers())
- wake_timersd();
- }
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) && local_pending_timers() &&
+ !(in_nmi() | in_hardirq()))
+ wake_timersd();

tick_irq_exit();
}

Sebastian