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SubjectRe: [PATCH v8 clocksource 3/5] clocksource: Check per-CPU clock synchronization when marked unstable
On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 02:28:22PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 13 2021 at 21:36, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
> > index 1fc0962c89c0..97eeaf164296 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
> > @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ struct clocksource kvm_clock = {
> > .read = kvm_clock_get_cycles,
> > .rating = 400,
> > .mask = CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(64),
> > - .flags = CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS,
> > + .flags = CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS | CLOCK_SOURCE_VERIFY_PERCPU,
>
> kvm_clock is not marked with CLOCK_SOURCE_MUST_VERIFY, so what's the
> point of adding this here? It's not subject to be monitored by the
> watchdog muck.

Good point, removed.

> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
> > index f70dffc2771f..56289170753c 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
> > @@ -1151,7 +1151,8 @@ static struct clocksource clocksource_tsc = {
> > .mask = CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(64),
> > .flags = CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS |
> > CLOCK_SOURCE_VALID_FOR_HRES |
> > - CLOCK_SOURCE_MUST_VERIFY,
> > + CLOCK_SOURCE_MUST_VERIFY |
> > + CLOCK_SOURCE_VERIFY_PERCPU,
>
> While this one is part of the horror show.

It probably would be good to decorate other arch's per-CPU clocks
with CLOCK_SOURCE_VERIFY_PERCPU, but no takers thus far.

Thanx, Paul

> > +static u64 csnow_mid;
> > +static cpumask_t cpus_ahead;
> > +static cpumask_t cpus_behind;
> > +
> > +static void clocksource_verify_one_cpu(void *csin)
> > +{
> > + struct clocksource *cs = (struct clocksource *)csin;
> > +
> > + csnow_mid = cs->read(cs);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void clocksource_verify_percpu(struct clocksource *cs)
> > +{
> > + int64_t cs_nsec, cs_nsec_max, cs_nsec_min;
> > + u64 csnow_begin, csnow_end;
> > + bool firsttime = 1;
> > + int testcpu;
> > + s64 delta;
> > + int cpu;
>
> int testcpu, cpu; :)
>

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