Re: [PATCH v10a] timers: Move marking timer bases idle into tick_nohz_stop_tick()

[Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de>]

Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> writes:

> Le Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 09:52:36AM +0100, Anna-Maria Behnsen a écrit :
>> The timer base is marked idle when get_next_timer_interrupt() is
>> executed. But the decision whether the tick will be stopped and whether the
>> system is able to go idle is done later. When the timer bases is marked
>> idle and a new first timer is enqueued remote an IPI is raised. Even if it
>> is not required because the tick is not stopped and the timer base is
>> evaluated again at the next tick.
>> 
>> To prevent this, the timer base is marked idle in tick_nohz_stop_tick() and
>> get_next_timer_interrupt() is streamlined by only looking for the next timer
>> interrupt. All other work is postponed to timer_base_try_to_set_idle() which is
>> called by tick_nohz_stop_tick(). timer_base_try_to_set_idle() never resets
>> timer_base::is_idle state. This is done when the tick is restarted via
>> tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick().
>> 
>> With this, tick_sched::tick_stopped and timer_base::is_idle are always in
>> sync. So there is no longer the need to execute timer_clear_idle() in
>> tick_nohz_idle_retain_tick(). This was required before, as
>> tick_nohz_next_event() set timer_base::is_idle even if the tick would not be
>> stopped. So timer_clear_idle() is only executed, when timer base is idle. So the
>> check whether timer base is idle, is now no longer required as well.
>> 
>> While at it fix some nearby whitespace damage as well.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de>
>
> Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
>
> Just a small detail below that can be fixed in a further patch:
>
>> @@ -930,6 +947,10 @@ static void tick_nohz_stop_tick(struct tick_sched *ts, int cpu)
>>  	 * scheduler tick in tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick().
>>  	 */
>>  	if (!ts->tick_stopped) {
>> +		/* If the timer base is not idle, retain the tick. */
>> +		if (!timer_idle)
>> +			return;
>
> This happens after tick_do_timer_cpu has been set to TICK_DO_TIMER_NONE. Ideally
> it would be better to do it before. Not that it hurts in practice: another CPU
> or this one will take the duty. But it looks weird to stop halfway.
>

Yes, you are right. I would prefere, to clean it up directly and add
another patch before this patch which simply moves the
TICK_DO_TIMER_NONE related block after the !ts->tick_stopped
block. Because a changed order shouldn't be a problem at the moment as
well, or am I wrong?

Thanks,

	Anna-Maria

---8<----
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 01fb50c1b17e..b93f0e6f273f 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -895,21 +895,6 @@ static void tick_nohz_stop_tick(struct tick_sched *ts, int cpu)
 	/* Make sure we won't be trying to stop it twice in a row. */
 	ts->timer_expires_base = 0;
 
-	/*
-	 * If this CPU is the one which updates jiffies, then give up
-	 * the assignment and let it be taken by the CPU which runs
-	 * the tick timer next, which might be this CPU as well. If we
-	 * don't drop this here, the jiffies might be stale and
-	 * do_timer() never gets invoked. Keep track of the fact that it
-	 * was the one which had the do_timer() duty last.
-	 */
-	if (cpu == tick_do_timer_cpu) {
-		tick_do_timer_cpu = TICK_DO_TIMER_NONE;
-		ts->do_timer_last = 1;
-	} else if (tick_do_timer_cpu != TICK_DO_TIMER_NONE) {
-		ts->do_timer_last = 0;
-	}
-
 	/* Skip reprogram of event if it's not changed */
 	if (ts->tick_stopped && (expires == ts->next_tick)) {
 		/* Sanity check: make sure clockevent is actually programmed */
@@ -938,6 +923,21 @@ static void tick_nohz_stop_tick(struct tick_sched *ts, int cpu)
 		trace_tick_stop(1, TICK_DEP_MASK_NONE);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If this CPU is the one which updates jiffies, then give up
+	 * the assignment and let it be taken by the CPU which runs
+	 * the tick timer next, which might be this CPU as well. If we
+	 * don't drop this here, the jiffies might be stale and
+	 * do_timer() never gets invoked. Keep track of the fact that it
+	 * was the one which had the do_timer() duty last.
+	 */
+	if (cpu == tick_do_timer_cpu) {
+		tick_do_timer_cpu = TICK_DO_TIMER_NONE;
+		ts->do_timer_last = 1;
+	} else if (tick_do_timer_cpu != TICK_DO_TIMER_NONE) {
+		ts->do_timer_last = 0;
+	}
+
 	ts->next_tick = expires;
 
 	/*