Re: [PATCH] sched/deadline: overrun could happen in start_hrtick_dl

["xiaofeng.yan" <xiaofeng.yan@huawei.com>]

On 2014/7/8 16:53, xiaofeng.yan wrote:

Sorry, I send a old patch and send a new one later.

Thanks
Yan
> It could be wrong for the precision of runtime and deadline
> when the precision is within microsecond level. For example:
> Task runtime deadline period
>   P1   200us   500us   500us
>
> This case need enbale HRTICK feature by the next command
> PC#echo "HRTICK" > /sys/kernel/debug/sched_features
> PC#trace-cmd record -e sched_switch &
> PC#./schedtool -E -t 200000:500000 -e ./test
>
> Some of runtime and deadline run with millisecond level by
> reading kernershark. Some pieces of trace.dat are as follows:
> (remove some irrelevant information)
> <idle>-0   157.603157: sched_switch: :R ==> 2481:4294967295: test
> test-2481  157.603203: sched_switch:  2481:R ==> 0:120: swapper/2
> <idle>-0   157.605657: sched_switch:  :R ==> 2481:4294967295: test
> test-2481  157.608183: sched_switch:  2481:R ==> 2483:120: trace-cmd
> trace-cmd-2483 157.609656: sched_switch:2483:R==>2481:4294967295: test
>
> We can get the runtime from the information at some point.
> runtime = 157.605657 - 157.608183
> runtime = 0.002526(2.526ms)
> The correct runtime should be less than or equal to 200us at some point.
>
> The problem is caused by a conditional judgment "delta > 10000".
> Because no hrtimer start up to control the runtime when runtime is less than 10us.
> So the process will continue to run until tick-period coming.
> For fixing this problem, Let delta is equal to 10us when it is less than 10us.
> So the hrtimer will start up to control the end of process.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiaofeng Yan <xiaofeng.yan@huawei.com>
> ---
>   kernel/sched/deadline.c |    6 ++----
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
> index fc4f98b1..b71c229 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
> @@ -997,10 +997,8 @@ static void check_preempt_curr_dl(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p,
>   #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_HRTICK
>   static void start_hrtick_dl(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
>   {
> -	s64 delta = p->dl.dl_runtime - p->dl.runtime;
> -
> -	if (delta > 10000)
> -		hrtick_start(rq, p->dl.runtime);
> +	delta = max_t(s64, 10000LL, delta);
> +	hrtick_start(rq, delta);
>   }
>   #endif
>