From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>,
Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@linutronix.de>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/10] timer: Prevent base->clk from moving backward
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2020 11:48:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sgea9riw.fsf@nanos.tec.linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200701011030.14324-2-frederic@kernel.org>
Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> writes:
> When a timer is enqueued with a negative delta (ie: expiry is below
> base->clk), it gets added to the wheel as expiring now (base->clk).
>
> Yet the value that gets stored in base->next_expiry, while calling
> trigger_dyntick_cpu(), is the initial timer->expires value. The
> resulting state becomes:
>
> base->next_expiry < base->clk
>
> On the next timer enqueue, forward_timer_base() may accidentally
> rewind base->clk. As a possible outcome, timers may expire way too
> early, the worst case being that the highest wheel levels get spuriously
> processed again.
Bah. Nice catch.
> To prevent from that, make sure that base->next_expiry doesn't get below
> base->clk.
That wants a Fixes: tag and a CC stable.
Thanks,
tglx
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-07-02 9:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-01 1:10 [RFC PATCH 00/10] timer: Reduce timers softirq (and other optimizations) Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-01 1:10 ` [RFC PATCH 01/10] timer: Prevent base->clk from moving backward Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-01 16:35 ` Juri Lelli
2020-07-01 23:20 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-02 9:59 ` Juri Lelli
2020-07-02 14:04 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-02 14:32 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-02 15:57 ` Juri Lelli
2020-07-02 9:48 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2020-07-01 1:10 ` [RFC PATCH 02/10] timer: Move trigger_dyntick_cpu() to enqueue_timer() Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-01 1:10 ` [RFC PATCH 03/10] timer: Simplify LVL_START() and calc_index() Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-02 11:59 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-07-02 12:27 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-01 1:10 ` [RFC PATCH 04/10] timer: Optimize _next_timer_interrupt() level iteration Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-01 1:10 ` [RFC PATCH 05/10] timers: Always keep track of next expiry Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-01 1:10 ` [RFC PATCH 06/10] timer: Reuse next expiry cache after nohz exit Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-01 1:10 ` [RFC PATCH 07/10] timer: Expand clk forward logic beyond nohz Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-01 1:10 ` [RFC PATCH 08/10] timer: Spare timer softirq until next expiry Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-01 1:10 ` [RFC PATCH 09/10] timer: Remove must_forward_clk Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-01 1:10 ` [RFC PATCH 10/10] timer: Lower base clock forwarding threshold Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-02 13:21 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-07-02 13:32 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-02 15:14 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-07-03 0:12 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-07-03 9:13 ` Thomas Gleixner
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