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SubjectRe: Latency histogram broken after "hrtimer: Set expiry time before switch_hrtimer_base()"
On 06/22/2014 06:24 AM, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> [..]
> On Sun, 2014-06-22 at 06:10 +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote:
>> On Sun, 2014-06-22 at 02:04 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>>> In an rt-kernel with CONFIG_MISSED_TIMER_OFFSETS_HIST enabled,
>>> __hrtimer_start_range_ns() now crashes, as new_base is not assigned
>>> before it is used.
>>
>> Oh yeah, forgot about this.
>>
>>> I'm not sure how this should be fixed; is it:
>>
>> My (3.12-ish tree) merge resolution was the later, but it shouldn't
>> matter which you choose, what's stored where is unchanged pre/post.
I can confirm that 3.12.22-rt34 systems with
CONFIG_MISSED_TIMER_OFFSETS_HIST enabled crash at an early boot stage.
After applying Ben's second patch proposal, all is back to normal.

>>
>>> --- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
>>> +++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
>>> @@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ int __hrtimer_start_range_ns(struct hrti
>>>
>>> #ifdef CONFIG_MISSED_TIMER_OFFSETS_HIST
>>> {
>>> - ktime_t now = new_base->get_time();
>>> + ktime_t now = base->get_time();
>>>
>>> if (ktime_to_ns(tim) < ktime_to_ns(now))
>>> timer->praecox = now;
>>> --- END ---
>>>
>>> or:
Didn't use this one.

>>> --- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
>>> +++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
>>> @@ -1106,6 +1106,11 @@ int __hrtimer_start_range_ns(struct hrti
>>> #endif
>>> }
>>>
>>> + hrtimer_set_expires_range_ns(timer, tim, delta_ns);
>>> +
>>> + /* Switch the timer base, if necessary: */
>>> + new_base = switch_hrtimer_base(timer, base, mode & HRTIMER_MODE_PINNED);
>>> +
>>> #ifdef CONFIG_MISSED_TIMER_OFFSETS_HIST
>>> {
>>> ktime_t now = new_base->get_time();
>>> @@ -1117,11 +1122,6 @@ int __hrtimer_start_range_ns(struct hrti
>>> }
>>> #endif
>>>
>>> - hrtimer_set_expires_range_ns(timer, tim, delta_ns);
>>> -
>>> - /* Switch the timer base, if necessary: */
>>> - new_base = switch_hrtimer_base(timer, base, mode & HRTIMER_MODE_PINNED);
>>> -
>>> timer_stats_hrtimer_set_start_info(timer);
>>>
>>> leftmost = enqueue_hrtimer(timer, new_base);
>>> --- END ---
>>> or something else?
Tested-by: Carsten Emde <C.Emde@osadl.org>

Thanks,
-Carsten.


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