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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: paulmck@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: john.stultz@linaro.org, sboyd@kernel.org, corbet@lwn.net,
	Mark.Rutland@arm.com, maz@kernel.org, kernel-team@fb.com,
	neeraju@codeaurora.org, ak@linux.intel.com,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 clocksource 2/5] clocksource: Retry clock read if long delays detected
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 10:41:21 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87eefi4jm6.ffs@nanos.tec.linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210402224906.3912-2-paulmck@kernel.org>

On Fri, Apr 02 2021 at 15:49, paulmck wrote:
> This commit therefore re-reads the watchdog clock on either side of

'This commit' is not any better than 'This patch' and this sentence
makes no sense. I might be missing something, but how exactly does "the
commit" re-read the watchdog clock?

 git grep 'This patch' Documentation/process/

> the read from the clock under test.  If the watchdog clock shows an
> +retry:
>  		local_irq_disable();
> -		csnow = cs->read(cs);
> -		clocksource_watchdog_inject_delay();
>  		wdnow = watchdog->read(watchdog);
> +		clocksource_watchdog_inject_delay();
> +		csnow = cs->read(cs);
> +		wdagain = watchdog->read(watchdog);
>  		local_irq_enable();
> +		delta = clocksource_delta(wdagain, wdnow, watchdog->mask);
> +		wdagain_nsec = clocksource_cyc2ns(delta, watchdog->mult, watchdog->shift);

That variable naming is confusing as hell. This is about the delta and
not about the second readout of the watchdog.

> +		if (wdagain_nsec < 0 || wdagain_nsec > WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW) {

How exactly is this going negative especially with clocksources which
have a limited bitwidth? See clocksource_delta().

> +			wderr_nsec = wdagain_nsec;
> +			if (nretries++ < max_read_retries)
> +				goto retry;
> +		}
> +		if (nretries)
> +			pr_warn("timekeeping watchdog on CPU%d: %s read-back delay of %lldns, attempt %d\n",
> +				smp_processor_id(), watchdog->name, wderr_nsec, nretries);

Lacks curly braces around the pr_warn() simply because it's not a single
line. Breaks my parser :)

But if this ever happens to exceed max_read_retries, then what's the
point of continuing at all? The data is known to be crap already.

>  		/* Clocksource initialized ? */
>  		if (!(cs->flags & CLOCK_SOURCE_WATCHDOG) ||

Thanks,

        tglx

  reply	other threads:[~2021-04-10  8:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 72+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-01-06  0:40 [PATCH RFC clocksource] Do not mark clocks unstable due to delays Paul E. McKenney
2021-01-06  0:41 ` [PATCH RFC clocksource 1/5] clocksource: Provide module parameters to inject delays in watchdog paulmck
2021-01-06  0:41 ` [PATCH RFC clocksource 2/5] clocksource: Retry clock read if long delays detected paulmck
2021-01-06 16:28   ` Rik van Riel
2021-01-06 19:53     ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-01-06 20:59       ` Rik van Riel
2021-01-06  0:41 ` [PATCH RFC clocksource 3/5] clocksource: Check per-CPU clock synchronization when marked unstable paulmck
2021-01-06  0:41 ` [PATCH RFC clocksource 4/5] clocksource: Provide a module parameter to fuzz per-CPU clock checking paulmck
2021-01-06  0:41 ` [PATCH RFC clocksource 5/5] clocksource: Do pairwise clock-desynchronization checking paulmck
2021-01-12  0:42 ` [PATCH v2 clocksource] Do not mark clocks unstable due to delays Paul E. McKenney
2021-01-12  0:45   ` [PATCH v2 clocksource 1/5] clocksource: Provide module parameters to inject delays in watchdog paulmck
2021-01-12  0:45   ` [PATCH v2 clocksource 2/5] clocksource: Retry clock read if long delays detected paulmck
2021-01-12  0:45   ` [PATCH v2 clocksource 3/5] clocksource: Check per-CPU clock synchronization when marked unstable paulmck
2021-01-12  0:45   ` [PATCH v2 clocksource 4/5] clocksource: Provide a module parameter to fuzz per-CPU clock checking paulmck
2021-01-12  0:45   ` [PATCH v2 clocksource 5/5] clocksource: Do pairwise clock-desynchronization checking paulmck
2021-02-02 17:04   ` [PATCH v3 clocksource] Do not mark clocks unstable due to delays Paul E. McKenney
2021-02-02 17:06     ` [PATCH clocksource 1/5] clocksource: Provide module parameters to inject delays in watchdog paulmck
2021-02-02 17:06     ` [PATCH clocksource 2/5] clocksource: Retry clock read if long delays detected paulmck
2021-02-02 17:06     ` [PATCH clocksource 3/5] clocksource: Check per-CPU clock synchronization when marked unstable paulmck
2021-02-02 17:06     ` [PATCH clocksource 4/5] clocksource: Provide a module parameter to fuzz per-CPU clock checking paulmck
2021-02-02 19:51       ` Randy Dunlap
2021-02-03  0:50         ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-02-03  1:31           ` Randy Dunlap
2021-02-03  1:40             ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-02-02 17:06     ` [PATCH clocksource 5/5] clocksource: Do pairwise clock-desynchronization checking paulmck
2021-02-17 21:28     ` [PATCH v3 clocksource] Do not mark clocks unstable due to delays Paul E. McKenney
2021-02-17 21:29       ` [PATCH clocksource 1/5] clocksource: Provide module parameters to inject delays in watchdog paulmck
2021-02-17 21:29       ` [PATCH clocksource 2/5] clocksource: Retry clock read if long delays detected paulmck
2021-02-17 21:29       ` [PATCH clocksource 3/5] clocksource: Check per-CPU clock synchronization when marked unstable paulmck
2021-02-17 21:29       ` [PATCH clocksource 4/5] clocksource: Provide a module parameter to fuzz per-CPU clock checking paulmck
2021-02-17 21:29       ` [PATCH clocksource 5/5] clocksource: Do pairwise clock-desynchronization checking paulmck
2021-03-04  0:49       ` [PATCH v5 clocksource] Do not mark clocks unstable due to delays for v5.13 Paul E. McKenney
2021-03-04  0:53         ` [PATCH kernel/time 1/5] clocksource: Provide module parameters to inject delays in watchdog paulmck
2021-03-04  0:53         ` [PATCH kernel/time 2/5] clocksource: Retry clock read if long delays detected paulmck
2021-03-04  0:53         ` [PATCH kernel/time 3/5] clocksource: Check per-CPU clock synchronization when marked unstable paulmck
2021-03-04  0:53         ` [PATCH kernel/time 4/5] clocksource: Provide a module parameter to fuzz per-CPU clock checking paulmck
2021-03-04  0:53         ` [PATCH kernel/time 5/5] clocksource: Do pairwise clock-desynchronization checking paulmck
2021-04-02 20:29         ` [PATCH v5 clocksource] Do not mark clocks unstable due to delays for v5.13 Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-02 20:31           ` [PATCH v6 clocksource] Do not mark clocks unstable dueclocksource: Provide module parameters to inject delays in watchdog paulmck
2021-04-02 22:22             ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-04-02 22:37               ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-02 22:48               ` [PATCH v7 clocksource] Do not mark clocks unstable due to delays for v5.13 Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-02 22:49                 ` [PATCH v7 clocksource 1/5] clocksource: Provide module parameters to inject delays in watchdog paulmck
2021-04-02 22:49                 ` [PATCH v7 clocksource 2/5] clocksource: Retry clock read if long delays detected paulmck
2021-04-10  8:41                   ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2021-04-10 23:50                     ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-02 22:49                 ` [PATCH v7 clocksource 3/5] clocksource: Check per-CPU clock synchronization when marked unstable paulmck
2021-04-10  9:00                   ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-04-11  0:20                     ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-11 10:33                       ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-04-11 16:46                         ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-12  4:21                           ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-12 13:08                             ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-04-12 18:20                               ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-12 18:54                                 ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-04-12 19:57                                   ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-12 20:37                                     ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-04-12 23:18                                       ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-13 20:49                                         ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-04-14  4:48                                           ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-02 22:49                 ` [PATCH v7 clocksource 4/5] clocksource: Provide a module parameter to fuzz per-CPU clock checking paulmck
2021-04-02 22:49                 ` [PATCH v7 clocksource 5/5] clocksource: Do pairwise clock-desynchronization checking paulmck
2021-04-10  9:04                   ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-04-11  0:21                     ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-10  8:01                 ` [PATCH v7 clocksource] Do not mark clocks unstable due to delays for v5.13 Thomas Gleixner
2021-04-10 23:26                   ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-11 10:58                     ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-04-11 16:50                       ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-02 20:31           ` [PATCH v6 clocksource] Do not mark clocks unstable dueclocksource: Retry clock read if long delays detected paulmck
2021-04-02 20:31           ` [PATCH v6 clocksource] Do not mark clocks unstable dueclocksource: Check per-CPU clock synchronization when marked unstable paulmck
2021-04-02 20:31           ` [PATCH v6 clocksource] Do not mark clocks unstable dueclocksource: Provide a module parameter to fuzz per-CPU clock checking paulmck
2021-04-02 20:31           ` [PATCH v6 clocksource] Do not mark clocks unstable dueclocksource: Do pairwise clock-desynchronization checking paulmck

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