From: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzju@redhat.com>
To: feng.tang@intel.com, tglx@linutronix.de
Cc: andi.kleen@intel.com, bp@alien8.de, dave.hansen@intel.com,
hpa@zytor.com, len.brown@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
mingo@redhat.com, paulmck@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org,
rui.zhang@intel.com, tim.c.chen@intel.com, x86@kernel.org,
mtosatti@redhat.com, nsaenzju@redhat.com, frederic@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] x86/tsc: add a timer to make sure tsc_adjust is always checked
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 18:52:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220314175207.274870-1-nsaenzju@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211117023751.24190-1-feng.tang@intel.com>
Hi Feng, Thomas,
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 10:37:51AM +0800, Feng Tang wrote:
> Normally the tsc_sync will get checked every time system enters idle state,
> but Thomas Gleixner mentioned there is still a caveat that a system won't
> enter idle [1], either because it's too busy or configured purposely to not
> enter idle. Setup a periodic timer (every 10 minitues) to make sure the
> check is always on.
>
> [1]. https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/875z286xtk.fsf@nanos.tec.linutronix.de/
> Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>
I can see this timer interrupting my system's nohz_full CPUs. It'd be nice to
be able to avoid the noise. A solution is using 'tsc=reliable', but IIUC this
is not what the flag was created for. Any ideas/suggestions?
Regards,
Nicolas
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-03-14 17:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-17 2:37 [PATCH v3 1/2] x86/tsc: add a timer to make sure tsc_adjust is always checked Feng Tang
2021-11-17 2:37 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] x86/tsc: skip tsc watchdog checking for qualified platforms Feng Tang
2021-11-30 6:46 ` Feng Tang
2021-11-30 14:40 ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-11-30 15:02 ` Feng Tang
2021-11-30 16:28 ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-11-30 20:39 ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-11-30 20:47 ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-11-30 21:55 ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-11-30 22:48 ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-11-30 23:19 ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-11-30 23:37 ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-12-01 1:26 ` Feng Tang
2021-12-01 17:52 ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-12-07 1:41 ` Feng Tang
2021-12-01 4:45 ` Luming Yu
2021-12-01 5:19 ` Feng Tang
2021-12-01 10:41 ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-12-01 23:47 ` [tip: x86/urgent] x86/tsc: Disable clocksource watchdog for TSC on qualified platorms tip-bot2 for Feng Tang
2021-12-02 4:47 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] x86/tsc: skip tsc watchdog checking for qualified platforms Luming Yu
2021-12-01 23:47 ` [tip: x86/urgent] x86/tsc: Add a timer to make sure TSC_adjust is always checked tip-bot2 for Feng Tang
2022-03-14 17:52 ` Nicolas Saenz Julienne [this message]
2022-03-15 1:33 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] x86/tsc: add a timer to make sure tsc_adjust " Feng Tang
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