Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: powernv: Fix the hardlockup by synchronus smp_call in timer interrupt

[Shilpasri G Bhat <shilpa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

Hi,

On 04/24/2018 11:30 AM, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Apr 2018 10:11:46 +0530
> Shilpasri G Bhat <shilpa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
>> gpstate_timer_handler() uses synchronous smp_call to set the pstate
>> on the requested core. This causes the below hard lockup:
>>
>> [c000003fe566b320] [c0000000001d5340] smp_call_function_single+0x110/0x180 (unreliable)
>> [c000003fe566b390] [c0000000001d55e0] smp_call_function_any+0x180/0x250
>> [c000003fe566b3f0] [c000000000acd3e8] gpstate_timer_handler+0x1e8/0x580
>> [c000003fe566b4a0] [c0000000001b46b0] call_timer_fn+0x50/0x1c0
>> [c000003fe566b520] [c0000000001b4958] expire_timers+0x138/0x1f0
>> [c000003fe566b590] [c0000000001b4bf8] run_timer_softirq+0x1e8/0x270
>> [c000003fe566b630] [c000000000d0d6c8] __do_softirq+0x158/0x3e4
>> [c000003fe566b710] [c000000000114be8] irq_exit+0xe8/0x120
>> [c000003fe566b730] [c000000000024d0c] timer_interrupt+0x9c/0xe0
>> [c000003fe566b760] [c000000000009014] decrementer_common+0x114/0x120
>> --- interrupt: 901 at doorbell_global_ipi+0x34/0x50
>> LR = arch_send_call_function_ipi_mask+0x120/0x130
>> [c000003fe566ba50] [c00000000004876c] arch_send_call_function_ipi_mask+0x4c/0x130 (unreliable)
>> [c000003fe566ba90] [c0000000001d59f0] smp_call_function_many+0x340/0x450
>> [c000003fe566bb00] [c000000000075f18] pmdp_invalidate+0x98/0xe0
>> [c000003fe566bb30] [c0000000003a1120] change_huge_pmd+0xe0/0x270
>> [c000003fe566bba0] [c000000000349278] change_protection_range+0xb88/0xe40
>> [c000003fe566bcf0] [c0000000003496c0] mprotect_fixup+0x140/0x340
>> [c000003fe566bdb0] [c000000000349a74] SyS_mprotect+0x1b4/0x350
>> [c000003fe566be30] [c00000000000b184] system_call+0x58/0x6c
>>
>> Fix this by using the asynchronus smp_call in the timer interrupt handler.
>> We don't have to wait in this handler until the pstates are changed on
>> the core. This change will not have any impact on the global pstate
>> ramp-down algorithm.
>>
>> Reported-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
>> Reported-by: Pridhiviraj Paidipeddi <ppaidipe@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Shilpasri G Bhat <shilpa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
>> index 0591874..7e0c752 100644
>> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
>> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
>> @@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ void gpstate_timer_handler(struct timer_list *t)
>>  	spin_unlock(&gpstates->gpstate_lock);
>>  
>>  	/* Timer may get migrated to a different cpu on cpu hot unplug */
>> -	smp_call_function_any(policy->cpus, set_pstate, &freq_data, 1);
>> +	smp_call_function_any(policy->cpus, set_pstate, &freq_data, 0);
>>  }
>>  
>>  /*
> 
> This can still deadlock because !wait case still ends up having to wait
> if another !wait smp_call_function caller had previously used the
> call single data for this cpu.
> 
> If you go this way you would have to use smp_call_function_async, which
> is more work.
> 
> As a rule it would be better to avoid smp_call_function entirely if
> possible. Can you ensure the timer is running on the right CPU? Use
> add_timer_on and try again if the timer is on the wrong CPU, perhaps?
> 

Yeah that is doable we can check for the cpu and re-queue it. We will only
ramp-down slower in that case which is no harm.

(If the targeted core turns out to be offline then we will not queue the timer
again as we would have already set the pstate to min in the cpu-down path.)

Thanks and Regards,
Shilpa

> Thanks,
> Nick
>