From: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: llvm@lists.linux.dev, oe-kbuild-all@lists.linux.dev,
x86@kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
ggherdovich@suse.cz, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/aperfmperf: Don't disable scheduler APERF/MPERF on bad samples
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 06:37:09 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <202512050606.C8pVgbHT-lkp@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251204180914.1855553-1-ak@linux.intel.com>
Hi Andi,
kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings:
[auto build test WARNING on tip/x86/core]
[also build test WARNING on tip/master peterz-queue/sched/core linus/master v6.18 next-20251204]
[cannot apply to tip/auto-latest]
[If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]
url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Andi-Kleen/x86-aperfmperf-Don-t-disable-scheduler-APERF-MPERF-on-bad-samples/20251205-021657
base: tip/x86/core
patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251204180914.1855553-1-ak%40linux.intel.com
patch subject: [PATCH] x86/aperfmperf: Don't disable scheduler APERF/MPERF on bad samples
config: x86_64-rhel-9.4-rust (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251205/202512050606.C8pVgbHT-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: clang version 20.1.8 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 87f0227cb60147a26a1eeb4fb06e3b505e9c7261)
rustc: rustc 1.88.0 (6b00bc388 2025-06-23)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251205/202512050606.C8pVgbHT-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)
If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202512050606.C8pVgbHT-lkp@intel.com/
All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
>> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/aperfmperf.c:428:6: warning: variable 'freq_scale' is used uninitialized whenever 'if' condition is true [-Wsometimes-uninitialized]
428 | if (check_shl_overflow(acnt, 2*SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT, &acnt))
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/overflow.h:198:37: note: expanded from macro 'check_shl_overflow'
198 | #define check_shl_overflow(a, s, d) __must_check_overflow(({ \
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
199 | typeof(a) _a = a; \
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
200 | typeof(s) _s = s; \
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
201 | typeof(d) _d = d; \
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
202 | unsigned long long _a_full = _a; \
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
203 | unsigned int _to_shift = \
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
204 | is_non_negative(_s) && _s < 8 * sizeof(*d) ? _s : 0; \
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
205 | *_d = (_a_full << _to_shift); \
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
206 | (_to_shift != _s || is_negative(*_d) || is_negative(_a) || \
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
207 | (*_d >> _to_shift) != _a); \
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
208 | }))
| ~~~
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/aperfmperf.c:449:34: note: uninitialized use occurs here
449 | this_cpu_write(arch_freq_scale, freq_scale);
| ^~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/percpu-defs.h:500:73: note: expanded from macro 'this_cpu_write'
500 | #define this_cpu_write(pcp, val) __pcpu_size_call(this_cpu_write_, pcp, val)
| ^~~
include/linux/percpu-defs.h:372:29: note: expanded from macro '__pcpu_size_call'
372 | case 8: stem##8(variable, __VA_ARGS__);break; \
| ^~~~~~~~~~~
arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:528:72: note: expanded from macro 'this_cpu_write_8'
528 | #define this_cpu_write_8(pcp, val) __raw_cpu_write(8, volatile, pcp, val)
| ^~~
arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:165:52: note: expanded from macro '__raw_cpu_write'
165 | __pcpu_type_##size pto_val__ = __pcpu_cast_##size(_val); \
| ^~~~
arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:118:35: note: expanded from macro '__pcpu_cast_8'
118 | #define __pcpu_cast_8(val) ((u64)(val))
| ^~~
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/aperfmperf.c:428:2: note: remove the 'if' if its condition is always false
428 | if (check_shl_overflow(acnt, 2*SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT, &acnt))
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
429 | goto out;
| ~~~~~~~~
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/aperfmperf.c:418:16: note: initialize the variable 'freq_scale' to silence this warning
418 | u64 freq_scale, freq_ratio;
| ^
| = 0
1 warning generated.
vim +428 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/aperfmperf.c
5a9d10145a54f7a Rafael J. Wysocki 2024-08-28 415
73a5fa7d51366a5 Thomas Gleixner 2022-04-15 416 static void scale_freq_tick(u64 acnt, u64 mcnt)
55cb0b70749361d Thomas Gleixner 2022-04-15 417 {
5a9d10145a54f7a Rafael J. Wysocki 2024-08-28 418 u64 freq_scale, freq_ratio;
55cb0b70749361d Thomas Gleixner 2022-04-15 419
bb6e89df9028b2f Thomas Gleixner 2022-04-15 420 if (!arch_scale_freq_invariant())
bb6e89df9028b2f Thomas Gleixner 2022-04-15 421 return;
bb6e89df9028b2f Thomas Gleixner 2022-04-15 422
b4366dd91793d58 Andi Kleen 2025-12-04 423 /*
b4366dd91793d58 Andi Kleen 2025-12-04 424 * On any over/underflow just ignore the sample. It could
b4366dd91793d58 Andi Kleen 2025-12-04 425 * be due to an unlucky NMI or similar between the
b4366dd91793d58 Andi Kleen 2025-12-04 426 * APERF and MPERF reads.
b4366dd91793d58 Andi Kleen 2025-12-04 427 */
55cb0b70749361d Thomas Gleixner 2022-04-15 @428 if (check_shl_overflow(acnt, 2*SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT, &acnt))
b4366dd91793d58 Andi Kleen 2025-12-04 429 goto out;
55cb0b70749361d Thomas Gleixner 2022-04-15 430
5a9d10145a54f7a Rafael J. Wysocki 2024-08-28 431 if (static_branch_unlikely(&arch_hybrid_cap_scale_key))
5a9d10145a54f7a Rafael J. Wysocki 2024-08-28 432 freq_ratio = READ_ONCE(this_cpu_ptr(arch_cpu_scale)->freq_ratio);
5a9d10145a54f7a Rafael J. Wysocki 2024-08-28 433 else
5a9d10145a54f7a Rafael J. Wysocki 2024-08-28 434 freq_ratio = arch_max_freq_ratio;
5a9d10145a54f7a Rafael J. Wysocki 2024-08-28 435
b4366dd91793d58 Andi Kleen 2025-12-04 436 freq_scale = SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE;
b4366dd91793d58 Andi Kleen 2025-12-04 437
5a9d10145a54f7a Rafael J. Wysocki 2024-08-28 438 if (check_mul_overflow(mcnt, freq_ratio, &mcnt) || !mcnt)
b4366dd91793d58 Andi Kleen 2025-12-04 439 goto out;
55cb0b70749361d Thomas Gleixner 2022-04-15 440
55cb0b70749361d Thomas Gleixner 2022-04-15 441 freq_scale = div64_u64(acnt, mcnt);
55cb0b70749361d Thomas Gleixner 2022-04-15 442 if (!freq_scale)
b4366dd91793d58 Andi Kleen 2025-12-04 443 goto out;
55cb0b70749361d Thomas Gleixner 2022-04-15 444
55cb0b70749361d Thomas Gleixner 2022-04-15 445 if (freq_scale > SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE)
55cb0b70749361d Thomas Gleixner 2022-04-15 446 freq_scale = SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE;
55cb0b70749361d Thomas Gleixner 2022-04-15 447
b4366dd91793d58 Andi Kleen 2025-12-04 448 out:
55cb0b70749361d Thomas Gleixner 2022-04-15 449 this_cpu_write(arch_freq_scale, freq_scale);
55cb0b70749361d Thomas Gleixner 2022-04-15 450 }
bb6e89df9028b2f Thomas Gleixner 2022-04-15 451 #else
bb6e89df9028b2f Thomas Gleixner 2022-04-15 452 static inline void bp_init_freq_invariance(void) { }
bb6e89df9028b2f Thomas Gleixner 2022-04-15 453 static inline void scale_freq_tick(u64 acnt, u64 mcnt) { }
bb6e89df9028b2f Thomas Gleixner 2022-04-15 454 #endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 && CONFIG_SMP */
73a5fa7d51366a5 Thomas Gleixner 2022-04-15 455
--
0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service
https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests/wiki
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-04 22:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-04 18:09 [PATCH] x86/aperfmperf: Don't disable scheduler APERF/MPERF on bad samples Andi Kleen
2025-12-04 20:02 ` Andrew Cooper
2025-12-04 21:16 ` Andi Kleen
2025-12-04 22:37 ` kernel test robot [this message]
2025-12-05 16:10 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-12-07 20:38 ` Andi Kleen
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=202512050606.C8pVgbHT-lkp@intel.com \
--to=lkp@intel.com \
--cc=ak@linux.intel.com \
--cc=ggherdovich@suse.cz \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=llvm@lists.linux.dev \
--cc=oe-kbuild-all@lists.linux.dev \
--cc=peterz@infradead.org \
--cc=rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com \
--cc=x86@kernel.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox