Re: [patch 2/2] timekeeping: Always check for negative motion

[Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>]

On Fri, Nov 29 2024 at 08:09, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 11/29/24 04:16, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> [   13.860000] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at kernel/time/timekeeping_internal.h:44 timekeeping_advance+0x844/0x9d0
> [   13.860000] clocksource_delta() time going backward: now=0xd60127 last=0x85170f4 mask=0xffffff ret=0x849033

So this is a idle sleep which took longer than max_idle_ns. The rest is
the consequence of this as timekeeping does not advance and the timers
are rearmed on the stale time.

Can you try the patch below?

Thanks,

        tglx
---
--- a/include/linux/clocksource.h
+++ b/include/linux/clocksource.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ struct module;
  * @archdata:		Optional arch-specific data
  * @max_cycles:		Maximum safe cycle value which won't overflow on
  *			multiplication
+ * @max_raw_delta:	Maximum safe delta value for negative motion detection
  * @name:		Pointer to clocksource name
  * @list:		List head for registration (internal)
  * @freq_khz:		Clocksource frequency in khz.
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ struct clocksource {
 	struct arch_clocksource_data archdata;
 #endif
 	u64			max_cycles;
+	u64			max_raw_delta;
 	const char		*name;
 	struct list_head	list;
 	u32			freq_khz;
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static void clocksource_enqueue(struct c
 
 static noinline u64 cycles_to_nsec_safe(struct clocksource *cs, u64 start, u64 end)
 {
-	u64 delta = clocksource_delta(end, start, cs->mask);
+	u64 delta = clocksource_delta(end, start, cs->mask, cs->max_raw_delta);
 
 	if (likely(delta < cs->max_cycles))
 		return clocksource_cyc2ns(delta, cs->mult, cs->shift);
@@ -993,6 +993,15 @@ static inline void clocksource_update_ma
 	cs->max_idle_ns = clocks_calc_max_nsecs(cs->mult, cs->shift,
 						cs->maxadj, cs->mask,
 						&cs->max_cycles);
+
+	/*
+	 * Threshold for detecting negative motion in clocksource_delta().
+	 *
+	 * Allow for 0.875 of the mask value so that overly long idle
+	 * sleeps which go slightly over mask/2 do not trigger the negative
+	 * motion detection.
+	 */
+	cs->max_raw_delta = (cs->mask >> 1) + (cs->mask >> 2) + (cs->mask >> 3);
 }
 
 static struct clocksource *clocksource_find_best(bool oneshot, bool skipcur)
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -755,7 +755,8 @@ static void timekeeping_forward_now(stru
 	u64 cycle_now, delta;
 
 	cycle_now = tk_clock_read(&tk->tkr_mono);
-	delta = clocksource_delta(cycle_now, tk->tkr_mono.cycle_last, tk->tkr_mono.mask);
+	delta = clocksource_delta(cycle_now, tk->tkr_mono.cycle_last, tk->tkr_mono.mask,
+				  tk->tkr_mono.clock->max_raw_delta);
 	tk->tkr_mono.cycle_last = cycle_now;
 	tk->tkr_raw.cycle_last  = cycle_now;
 
@@ -2230,7 +2231,8 @@ static bool timekeeping_advance(enum tim
 		return false;
 
 	offset = clocksource_delta(tk_clock_read(&tk->tkr_mono),
-				   tk->tkr_mono.cycle_last, tk->tkr_mono.mask);
+				   tk->tkr_mono.cycle_last, tk->tkr_mono.mask,
+				   tk->tkr_mono.clock->max_raw_delta);
 
 	/* Check if there's really nothing to do */
 	if (offset < real_tk->cycle_interval && mode == TK_ADV_TICK)
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping_internal.h
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping_internal.h
@@ -30,15 +30,15 @@ static inline void timekeeping_inc_mg_fl
 
 #endif
 
-static inline u64 clocksource_delta(u64 now, u64 last, u64 mask)
+static inline u64 clocksource_delta(u64 now, u64 last, u64 mask, u64 max_delta)
 {
 	u64 ret = (now - last) & mask;
 
 	/*
-	 * Prevent time going backwards by checking the MSB of mask in
-	 * the result. If set, return 0.
+	 * Prevent time going backwards by checking against the result
+	 * against @max_delta. If greater, return 0.
 	 */
-	return ret & ~(mask >> 1) ? 0 : ret;
+	return ret > max_delta ? 0 : ret;
 }
 
 /* Semi public for serialization of non timekeeper VDSO updates. */