From b2cf7507e18649a30512515ec0ca89f26b2c2d0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anna-Maria Behnsen Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:05:48 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] timers: Always queue timers on the local CPU The timer pull model is in place so we can remove the heuristics which try to guess the best target CPU at enqueue/modification time. All non pinned timers are queued on the local CPU in the separate storage and eventually pulled at expiry time to a remote CPU. Originally-by: Richard Cochran (linutronix GmbH) Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240221090548.36600-21-anna-maria@linutronix.de --- include/linux/timer.h | 14 ++++---------- kernel/time/timer.c | 36 +++++++++++++++--------------------- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/timer.h b/include/linux/timer.h index 2be8be6dd317..14a633ba61d6 100644 --- a/include/linux/timer.h +++ b/include/linux/timer.h @@ -36,16 +36,10 @@ * workqueue locking issues. It's not meant for executing random crap * with interrupts disabled. Abuse is monitored! * - * @TIMER_PINNED: A pinned timer will not be affected by any timer - * placement heuristics (like, NOHZ) and will always expire on the CPU - * on which the timer was enqueued. - * - * Note: Because enqueuing of timers can migrate the timer from one - * CPU to another, pinned timers are not guaranteed to stay on the - * initialy selected CPU. They move to the CPU on which the enqueue - * function is invoked via mod_timer() or add_timer(). If the timer - * should be placed on a particular CPU, then add_timer_on() has to be - * used. + * @TIMER_PINNED: A pinned timer will always expire on the CPU on which the + * timer was enqueued. When a particular CPU is required, add_timer_on() + * has to be used. Enqueue via mod_timer() and add_timer() is always done + * on the local CPU. */ #define TIMER_CPUMASK 0x0003FFFF #define TIMER_MIGRATING 0x00040000 diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c index 3ed135c8de43..4f4930da6448 100644 --- a/kernel/time/timer.c +++ b/kernel/time/timer.c @@ -635,11 +635,16 @@ trigger_dyntick_cpu(struct timer_base *base, struct timer_list *timer) /* * We might have to IPI the remote CPU if the base is idle and the - * timer is not deferrable. If the other CPU is on the way to idle - * then it can't set base->is_idle as we hold the base lock: + * timer is pinned. If it is a non pinned timer, it is only queued + * on the remote CPU, when timer was running during queueing. Then + * everything is handled by remote CPU anyway. If the other CPU is + * on the way to idle then it can't set base->is_idle as we hold + * the base lock: */ - if (base->is_idle) + if (base->is_idle) { + WARN_ON_ONCE(!(timer->flags & TIMER_PINNED)); wake_up_nohz_cpu(base->cpu); + } } /* @@ -986,17 +991,6 @@ static inline struct timer_base *get_timer_base(u32 tflags) return get_timer_cpu_base(tflags, tflags & TIMER_CPUMASK); } -static inline struct timer_base * -get_target_base(struct timer_base *base, unsigned tflags) -{ -#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON) - if (static_branch_likely(&timers_migration_enabled) && - !(tflags & TIMER_PINNED)) - return get_timer_cpu_base(tflags, get_nohz_timer_target()); -#endif - return get_timer_this_cpu_base(tflags); -} - static inline void __forward_timer_base(struct timer_base *base, unsigned long basej) { @@ -1151,7 +1145,7 @@ __mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires, unsigned int option if (!ret && (options & MOD_TIMER_PENDING_ONLY)) goto out_unlock; - new_base = get_target_base(base, timer->flags); + new_base = get_timer_this_cpu_base(timer->flags); if (base != new_base) { /* @@ -2297,7 +2291,7 @@ static inline u64 __get_next_timer_interrupt(unsigned long basej, u64 basem, * granularity skew (by design). */ if (!base_local->is_idle && time_after(nextevt, basej + 1)) { - base_local->is_idle = base_global->is_idle = true; + base_local->is_idle = true; trace_timer_base_idle(true, base_local->cpu); } *idle = base_local->is_idle; @@ -2363,13 +2357,13 @@ u64 timer_base_try_to_set_idle(unsigned long basej, u64 basem, bool *idle) void timer_clear_idle(void) { /* - * We do this unlocked. The worst outcome is a remote enqueue sending - * a pointless IPI, but taking the lock would just make the window for - * sending the IPI a few instructions smaller for the cost of taking - * the lock in the exit from idle path. + * We do this unlocked. The worst outcome is a remote pinned timer + * enqueue sending a pointless IPI, but taking the lock would just + * make the window for sending the IPI a few instructions smaller + * for the cost of taking the lock in the exit from idle + * path. Required for BASE_LOCAL only. */ __this_cpu_write(timer_bases[BASE_LOCAL].is_idle, false); - __this_cpu_write(timer_bases[BASE_GLOBAL].is_idle, false); trace_timer_base_idle(false, smp_processor_id()); /* Activate without holding the timer_base->lock */