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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/time/clocksource.c | 45 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c index d0538a75f4c6..23336eecb4f4 100644 --- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c +++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c @@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ static u64 suspend_start; /* * Threshold: 0.0312s, when doubled: 0.0625s. - * Also a default for cs->uncertainty_margin when registering clocks. */ #define WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD (NSEC_PER_SEC >> 5) @@ -125,6 +124,13 @@ static u64 suspend_start; * * The default of 500 parts per million is based on NTP's limits. * If a clocksource is good enough for NTP, it is good enough for us! + * + * In other words, by default, even if a clocksource is extremely + * precise (for example, with a sub-nanosecond period), the maximum + * permissible skew between the clocksource watchdog and the clocksource + * under test is not permitted to go below the 500ppm minimum defined + * by MAX_SKEW_USEC. This 500ppm minimum may be overridden using the + * CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW_US Kconfig option. */ #ifdef CONFIG_CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW_US #define MAX_SKEW_USEC CONFIG_CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW_US @@ -132,6 +138,13 @@ static u64 suspend_start; #define MAX_SKEW_USEC (125 * WATCHDOG_INTERVAL / HZ) #endif +/* + * Default for maximum permissible skew when cs->uncertainty_margin is + * not specified, and the lower bound even when cs->uncertainty_margin + * is specified. This is also the default that is used when registering + * clocks with unspecifed cs->uncertainty_margin, so this macro is used + * even in CONFIG_CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG=n kernels. + */ #define WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW (MAX_SKEW_USEC * NSEC_PER_USEC) #ifdef CONFIG_CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG @@ -231,6 +244,7 @@ enum wd_read_status { static enum wd_read_status cs_watchdog_read(struct clocksource *cs, u64 *csnow, u64 *wdnow) { + int64_t md = 2 * watchdog->uncertainty_margin; unsigned int nretries, max_retries; int64_t wd_delay, wd_seq_delay; u64 wd_end, wd_end2; @@ -245,7 +259,7 @@ static enum wd_read_status cs_watchdog_read(struct clocksource *cs, u64 *csnow, local_irq_enable(); wd_delay = cycles_to_nsec_safe(watchdog, *wdnow, wd_end); - if (wd_delay <= WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW) { + if (wd_delay <= md + cs->uncertainty_margin) { if (nretries > 1 && nretries >= max_retries) { pr_warn("timekeeping watchdog on CPU%d: %s retried %d times before success\n", smp_processor_id(), watchdog->name, nretries); @@ -258,12 +272,12 @@ static enum wd_read_status cs_watchdog_read(struct clocksource *cs, u64 *csnow, * there is too much external interferences that cause * significant delay in reading both clocksource and watchdog. * - * If consecutive WD read-back delay > WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW/2, - * report system busy, reinit the watchdog and skip the current + * If consecutive WD read-back delay > md, report + * system busy, reinit the watchdog and skip the current * watchdog test. */ wd_seq_delay = cycles_to_nsec_safe(watchdog, wd_end, wd_end2); - if (wd_seq_delay > WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW/2) + if (wd_seq_delay > md) goto skip_test; } @@ -1146,14 +1160,19 @@ void __clocksource_update_freq_scale(struct clocksource *cs, u32 scale, u32 freq } /* - * If the uncertainty margin is not specified, calculate it. - * If both scale and freq are non-zero, calculate the clock - * period, but bound below at 2*WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW. However, - * if either of scale or freq is zero, be very conservative and - * take the tens-of-milliseconds WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD value for the - * uncertainty margin. Allow stupidly small uncertainty margins - * to be specified by the caller for testing purposes, but warn - * to discourage production use of this capability. + * If the uncertainty margin is not specified, calculate it. If + * both scale and freq are non-zero, calculate the clock period, but + * bound below at 2*WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW, that is, 500ppm by default. + * However, if either of scale or freq is zero, be very conservative + * and take the tens-of-milliseconds WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD value + * for the uncertainty margin. Allow stupidly small uncertainty + * margins to be specified by the caller for testing purposes, + * but warn to discourage production use of this capability. + * + * Bottom line: The sum of the uncertainty margins of the + * watchdog clocksource and the clocksource under test will be at + * least 500ppm by default. For more information, please see the + * comment preceding CONFIG_CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW_US above. */ if (scale && freq && !cs->uncertainty_margin) { cs->uncertainty_margin = NSEC_PER_SEC / (scale * freq); |