[GIT PULL V11] irq: next irq tracking

[GIT PULL V11] irq: next irq tracking

[Daniel Lezcano]

Hi Thomas,

this pull request contains the next irq prediction as posted for V11
[1] which takes into account all the commments. It is based on top of
irq/core.

As previously discussed the code is not enabled by default, hence compiled out.

The first patch adds the IRQF_TIMER flag to the timers which are percpu in
order to discard any timing measurement when the interrupt is coming from a
timer. All the timers changes have been discarded from V10.

The second patch adds a circular buffer and the small routine to store the
local time when an interrupt occurs. The t-uple <irq,timestamp> are encoded
together into a single 64bits as suggested by Nicolas Pitre.

The third patch provides the mathematic to compute the regular intervals. The
rational is in changelog and the math is commented in details in the code.

Thanks.

  -- Daniel


The following changes since commit b50fb7c99217922ea36d6e38bae34d84c0587cad:

  Merge branch 'linus' into irq/core (2017-06-20 22:08:32 +0200)

are available in the git repository at:

  http://git.linaro.org/people/daniel.lezcano/linux.git next-irq/4.13-v11

for you to fetch changes up to eacb5f29a1ec71ee3e43e2729b8a1b5ec51320d5:

  irq: Compute the periodic interval for interrupts (2017-06-20 23:14:18 +0200)

----------------------------------------------------------------
Daniel Lezcano (3):
      irq: Allow to pass the IRQF_TIMER flag with percpu irq request
      irq: Track the interrupt timings
      irq: Compute the periodic interval for interrupts

 include/linux/interrupt.h |  17 +++++++-
 kernel/irq/Kconfig        |   3 ++
 kernel/irq/Makefile       |   1 +
 kernel/irq/handle.c       |   2 +
 kernel/irq/internals.h    | 103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 kernel/irq/manage.c       |  18 +++++---
 kernel/irq/timings.c      | 366 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 504 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 kernel/irq/timings.c


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[PATCH 1/3] irq: Allow to pass the IRQF_TIMER flag with percpu irq request

[Daniel Lezcano]

In the next changes, we track when the interrupts occur in order to
statistically compute when is supposed to happen the next interrupt.

In all the interruptions, it does not make sense to store the timer interrupt
occurences and try to predict the next interrupt as we know the expiration
time.

The request_irq() has a irq flags parameter and the timer drivers use it to
pass the IRQF_TIMER flag, letting us know the interrupt is coming from a timer.
Based on this flag, we can discard these interrupts when tracking them.

But, the API request_percpu_irq does not allow to pass a flag, hence specifying
if the interrupt type is a timer.

Add a function __request_percpu_irq() where we can specify the flags. The
request_percpu_irq() function is changed to be a wrapper to
__request_percpu_irq() passing a zero flag parameter.

For now, in order to prevent a misusage of this parameter, only the IRQF_TIMER
flag (or zero) is a valid parameter to be passed to the
__request_percpu_irq() function.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
---
Changelog:

   V11:
	- Drop the changes in the timer drivers and rename the function
	  request_percpu_irq_flags to __request_percpu_irq.
   V10:
	- Drop the change for arch arm virtual timer
	  https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/25/184
   V9:
	- Clarified the patch description
	- Fixed EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(request_percpu_irq_flags)

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
---
 include/linux/interrupt.h | 11 ++++++++++-
 kernel/irq/manage.c       | 15 ++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index a6fba48..d4ae50e 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -152,8 +152,17 @@ request_any_context_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
 			unsigned long flags, const char *name, void *dev_id);
 
 extern int __must_check
+__request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
+		     unsigned long flags, const char *devname,
+		     void __percpu *percpu_dev_id);
+
+static inline int __must_check
 request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
-		   const char *devname, void __percpu *percpu_dev_id);
+		   const char *devname, void __percpu *percpu_dev_id)
+{
+	return __request_percpu_irq(irq, handler, 0,
+				    devname, percpu_dev_id);
+}
 
 extern const void *free_irq(unsigned int, void *);
 extern void free_percpu_irq(unsigned int, void __percpu *);
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 4c34696..5424cfb 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -1974,9 +1974,10 @@ int setup_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irqaction *act)
 }
 
 /**
- *	request_percpu_irq - allocate a percpu interrupt line
+ *	__request_percpu_irq - allocate a percpu interrupt line
  *	@irq: Interrupt line to allocate
  *	@handler: Function to be called when the IRQ occurs.
+ *	@flags: Interrupt type flags (IRQF_TIMER only)
  *	@devname: An ascii name for the claiming device
  *	@dev_id: A percpu cookie passed back to the handler function
  *
@@ -1989,8 +1990,9 @@ int setup_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irqaction *act)
  *	the handler gets called with the interrupted CPU's instance of
  *	that variable.
  */
-int request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
-		       const char *devname, void __percpu *dev_id)
+int __request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
+			 unsigned long flags, const char *devname,
+			 void __percpu *dev_id)
 {
 	struct irqaction *action;
 	struct irq_desc *desc;
@@ -2004,12 +2006,15 @@ int request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
 	    !irq_settings_is_per_cpu_devid(desc))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (flags && flags != IRQF_TIMER)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	action = kzalloc(sizeof(struct irqaction), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!action)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	action->handler = handler;
-	action->flags = IRQF_PERCPU | IRQF_NO_SUSPEND;
+	action->flags = flags | IRQF_PERCPU | IRQF_NO_SUSPEND;
 	action->name = devname;
 	action->percpu_dev_id = dev_id;
 
@@ -2030,7 +2035,7 @@ int request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
 
 	return retval;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(request_percpu_irq);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__request_percpu_irq);
 
 /**
  *	irq_get_irqchip_state - returns the irqchip state of a interrupt.
-- 
2.7.4

[PATCH 2/3] irq: Track the interrupt timings

[Daniel Lezcano]

The interrupt framework gives a lot of information about each interrupt.

It does not keep track of when those interrupts occur though.

This patch provides a mean to record the timestamp for each interrupt
occurrences in a per-CPU circular buffer to help with the prediction
of the next occurrence using a statistical model.

Each CPU can store IRQ_TIMINGS_SIZE events <irq, timestamp>, the current
value of IRQ_TIMINGS_SIZE is 32.

Each event is encoded into a single u64, where the 48 bits are used for the
timestamp and the next 16 bits are for the irq number.

A static key is introduced so when the irq prediction is switched off at
runtime, we can reduce the overhead near to zero.

It results in most of the code in internals.h for inline reason and a very
few in the new file timings.c. The latter will contain more in the next patch
which will provide the statistical model for the next event prediction.

Note this code is by default *not* compiled in the kernel.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@kernel.org>
Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
---

Changelog:

   V11:
	- No changes
   V10:
	- No changes
   V9:
	- Changed indentation level by inverting the static key condition
	- Encoded interrupt and timestamp into a u64 variable
	- Boolean enable instead of refcount for the static key
   V8:
	- Replaced percpu field in the irqdesc by a percpu array containing the
	  timings and the associated irq. The function irq_timings_get_next()is
	  no longer needed, so it is removed
	- Removed all unused code resulting from the conversion irqdesc->percpu
	  timings storage
   V7:
	- Mentionned in the irq_timings_get_next() function description,
	  the function must be called inside a rcu read locked section
   V6:
	- Renamed handle_irq_timings to record_irq_time
	- Stored the event time instead of the interval time
	- Removed the 'timestamp' field from the timings structure
	- Moved _handle_irq_timings content inside record_irq_time
   V5:
	- Changed comment about 'deterministic' as the comment is confusing
	- Added license comment in the header
	- Replaced irq_timings_get/put by irq_timings_enable/disable
	- Moved IRQS_TIMINGS check in the handle_timings inline function
	- Dropped 'if !prev' as it is pointless
	- Stored time interval in nsec basis with u64 instead of u32
	- Removed redundant store
	- Removed the math
   V4:
	- Added a static key
	- Added more comments for irq_timings_get_next()
	- Unified some function names to be prefixed by 'irq_timings_...'
	- Fixed a rebase error
   V3:
	- Replaced ktime_get() by local_clock()
	- Shared irq are not handled
	- Simplified code by adding the timing in the irqdesc struct
	- Added a function to browse the irq timings
   V2:
	- Fixed kerneldoc comment
	- Removed data field from the struct irq timing
	- Changed the lock section comment
	- Removed semi-colon style with empty stub
	- Replaced macro by static inline
	- Fixed static functions declaration
  RFC:
	- initial posting

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
---
 include/linux/interrupt.h |  5 +++
 kernel/irq/Kconfig        |  3 ++
 kernel/irq/Makefile       |  1 +
 kernel/irq/handle.c       |  2 ++
 kernel/irq/internals.h    | 84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 kernel/irq/manage.c       |  3 ++
 kernel/irq/timings.c      | 30 +++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 128 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 kernel/irq/timings.c

diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index d4ae50e..5f98aa7 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -712,6 +712,11 @@ static inline void init_irq_proc(void)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_IRQ_TIMINGS
+void irq_timings_enable(void);
+void irq_timings_disable(void);
+#endif
+
 struct seq_file;
 int show_interrupts(struct seq_file *p, void *v);
 int arch_show_interrupts(struct seq_file *p, int prec);
diff --git a/kernel/irq/Kconfig b/kernel/irq/Kconfig
index 3bbfd6a..38e551d 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/irq/Kconfig
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ config GENERIC_MSI_IRQ_DOMAIN
 config HANDLE_DOMAIN_IRQ
 	bool
 
+config IRQ_TIMINGS
+	bool
+
 config IRQ_DOMAIN_DEBUG
 	bool "Expose hardware/virtual IRQ mapping via debugfs"
 	depends on IRQ_DOMAIN && DEBUG_FS
diff --git a/kernel/irq/Makefile b/kernel/irq/Makefile
index 1d3ee31..efb5f14 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/irq/Makefile
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PM_SLEEP) += pm.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_MSI_IRQ) += msi.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_IPI) += ipi.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += affinity.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_IRQ_TIMINGS) += timings.o
diff --git a/kernel/irq/handle.c b/kernel/irq/handle.c
index d3f2490..eb4d3e8 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/handle.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/handle.c
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ irqreturn_t __handle_irq_event_percpu(struct irq_desc *desc, unsigned int *flags
 	unsigned int irq = desc->irq_data.irq;
 	struct irqaction *action;
 
+	record_irq_time(desc);
+
 	for_each_action_of_desc(desc, action) {
 		irqreturn_t res;
 
diff --git a/kernel/irq/internals.h b/kernel/irq/internals.h
index bc226e7..df51b5e0 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/internals.h
+++ b/kernel/irq/internals.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <linux/irqdesc.h>
 #include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
 #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
+#include <linux/sched/clock.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ
 # define IRQ_BITMAP_BITS	(NR_IRQS + 8196)
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ enum {
 	IRQS_WAITING		= 0x00000080,
 	IRQS_PENDING		= 0x00000200,
 	IRQS_SUSPENDED		= 0x00000800,
+	IRQS_TIMINGS		= 0x00001000,
 };
 
 #include "debug.h"
@@ -226,3 +228,85 @@ irq_pm_install_action(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *action) { }
 static inline void
 irq_pm_remove_action(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *action) { }
 #endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_IRQ_TIMINGS
+
+#define IRQ_TIMINGS_SHIFT	5
+#define IRQ_TIMINGS_SIZE	(1 << IRQ_TIMINGS_SHIFT)
+#define IRQ_TIMINGS_MASK	(IRQ_TIMINGS_SIZE - 1)
+
+struct irq_timings {
+	u64 values[IRQ_TIMINGS_SIZE]; /* our circular buffer */
+	unsigned int count; /* Number of interruptions since last inspection */
+};
+
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct irq_timings, irq_timings);
+
+static inline void remove_timings(struct irq_desc *desc)
+{
+	desc->istate &= ~IRQS_TIMINGS;
+}
+
+static inline void setup_timings(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *act)
+{
+	/*
+	 * We don't need the measurement because the idle code already
+	 * knows the next expiry event.
+	 */
+	if (act->flags & __IRQF_TIMER)
+		return;
+
+	desc->istate |= IRQS_TIMINGS;
+}
+
+extern void irq_timings_enable(void);
+extern void irq_timings_disable(void);
+
+extern struct static_key_false irq_timing_enabled;
+
+/*
+ * The interrupt number and the timestamp are encoded into a single
+ * u64 variable to optimize the size.
+ * 48 bit time stamp and 16 bit IRQ number is way sufficient.
+ *  Who cares an IRQ after 78 hours of idle time?
+ */
+static inline u64 irq_timing_encode(u64 timestamp, int irq)
+{
+	return (timestamp << 16) | irq;
+}
+
+static inline void irq_timing_decode(u64 value, u64 *timestamp, int *irq)
+{
+	*timestamp = value >> 16;
+	*irq = value & U16_MAX;
+}
+
+/*
+ * The function record_irq_time is only called in one place in the
+ * interrupts handler. We want this function always inline so the code
+ * inside is embedded in the function and the static key branching
+ * code can act at the higher level. Without the explicit
+ * __always_inline we can end up with a function call and a small
+ * overhead in the hotpath for nothing.
+ */
+static __always_inline void record_irq_time(struct irq_desc *desc)
+{
+	if (!static_branch_likely(&irq_timing_enabled))
+		return;
+
+	if (desc->istate & IRQS_TIMINGS) {
+		struct irq_timings *timings = this_cpu_ptr(&irq_timings);
+
+		timings->values[timings->count & IRQ_TIMINGS_MASK] =
+			irq_timing_encode(local_clock(),
+					  irq_desc_get_irq(desc));
+
+		timings->count++;
+	}
+}
+#else
+static inline void remove_timings(struct irq_desc *desc) {}
+static inline void setup_timings(struct irq_desc *desc,
+				 struct irqaction *act) {};
+static inline void record_irq_time(struct irq_desc *desc) {}
+#endif /* CONFIG_IRQ_TIMINGS */
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 5424cfb..d3f63f1 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -1388,6 +1388,8 @@ __setup_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *new)
 
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&desc->lock, flags);
 
+	setup_timings(desc, new);
+
 	/*
 	 * Strictly no need to wake it up, but hung_task complains
 	 * when no hard interrupt wakes the thread up.
@@ -1516,6 +1518,7 @@ static struct irqaction *__free_irq(unsigned int irq, void *dev_id)
 		irq_settings_clr_disable_unlazy(desc);
 		irq_shutdown(desc);
 		irq_release_resources(desc);
+		remove_timings(desc);
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
diff --git a/kernel/irq/timings.c b/kernel/irq/timings.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56cf687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/irq/timings.c
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * linux/kernel/irq/timings.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2016, Linaro Ltd - Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ */
+#include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/static_key.h>
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/irq.h>
+
+#include "internals.h"
+
+DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(irq_timing_enabled);
+
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct irq_timings, irq_timings);
+
+void irq_timings_enable(void)
+{
+	static_branch_enable(&irq_timing_enabled);
+}
+
+void irq_timings_disable(void)
+{
+	static_branch_disable(&irq_timing_enabled);
+}
-- 
2.7.4

[PATCH 3/3] irq: Compute the periodic interval for interrupts

[Daniel Lezcano]

An interrupt behaves with a burst of activity with periodic interval of time
followed by one or two peaks of longer interval.

As the time intervals are periodic, statistically speaking they follow a normal
distribution and each interrupts can be tracked individually.

This patch does statistics on all interrupts, except the timers which are
deterministic by essence. The goal is to extract the periodicity for each
interrupt, with the last timestamp and sum them, so we have the next event.

Taking the earliest prediction gives the expected wakeup on the system (assuming
a timer won't expire before).

As stated in the previous patch, this code is not enabled in the kernel by
default.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@kernel.org>
Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Cc: Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org>
---
Changelog:

   V11:
	- No changes
   V10:
	- Simplified index/count computation
   V9:
	- Deal with 48+16 bits encoded values
	- Changed irq_stat => irqt_stat to prevent name collision on s390
	- Changed div64 by constant IRQ_TIMINGS_SHIFT bit shift for average
	- Changed div64 by constant IRQ_TIMINGS_SHIFT bit shift for variance

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
---
 include/linux/interrupt.h |   1 +
 kernel/irq/internals.h    |  21 ++-
 kernel/irq/timings.c      | 336 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 357 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index 5f98aa7..5ac6e23 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -715,6 +715,7 @@ static inline void init_irq_proc(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_IRQ_TIMINGS
 void irq_timings_enable(void);
 void irq_timings_disable(void);
+u64 irq_timings_next_event(u64 now);
 #endif
 
 struct seq_file;
diff --git a/kernel/irq/internals.h b/kernel/irq/internals.h
index df51b5e0..bf3d827 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/internals.h
+++ b/kernel/irq/internals.h
@@ -237,18 +237,26 @@ irq_pm_remove_action(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *action) { }
 
 struct irq_timings {
 	u64 values[IRQ_TIMINGS_SIZE]; /* our circular buffer */
-	unsigned int count; /* Number of interruptions since last inspection */
+	int count; /* Number of interruptions since last inspection */
 };
 
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct irq_timings, irq_timings);
 
+extern void irq_timings_free(int irq);
+extern int irq_timings_alloc(int irq);
+
 static inline void remove_timings(struct irq_desc *desc)
 {
 	desc->istate &= ~IRQS_TIMINGS;
+
+	irq_timings_free(irq_desc_get_irq(desc));
 }
 
 static inline void setup_timings(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *act)
 {
+	int irq = irq_desc_get_irq(desc);
+	int ret;
+
 	/*
 	 * We don't need the measurement because the idle code already
 	 * knows the next expiry event.
@@ -256,6 +264,17 @@ static inline void setup_timings(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *act)
 	if (act->flags & __IRQF_TIMER)
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * In case the timing allocation fails, we just want to warn,
+	 * not fail, so letting the system boot anyway.
+	 */
+	ret = irq_timings_alloc(irq);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_warn("Failed to allocate irq timing stats for irq%d (%d)",
+			irq, ret);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	desc->istate |= IRQS_TIMINGS;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/irq/timings.c b/kernel/irq/timings.c
index 56cf687..4af7703 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/timings.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/timings.c
@@ -8,10 +8,16 @@
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  *
  */
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/static_key.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <linux/irq.h>
+#include <linux/math64.h>
+
+#include <trace/events/irq.h>
 
 #include "internals.h"
 
@@ -19,6 +25,18 @@ DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(irq_timing_enabled);
 
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct irq_timings, irq_timings);
 
+struct irqt_stat {
+	u64 ne;         /* next event                               */
+	u64 lts;	/* last timestamp                           */
+	u64 variance;	/* variance                                 */
+	u32 avg;	/* mean value                               */
+	u32 count;      /* number of samples                        */
+	int anomalies;  /* number of consecutives anomalies         */
+	int valid;      /* behaviour of the interrupt               */
+};
+
+static DEFINE_IDR(irqt_stats);
+
 void irq_timings_enable(void)
 {
 	static_branch_enable(&irq_timing_enabled);
@@ -28,3 +46,321 @@ void irq_timings_disable(void)
 {
 	static_branch_disable(&irq_timing_enabled);
 }
+
+/**
+ * irqs_update - update the irq timing statistics with a new timestamp
+ *
+ * @irqs: an irqt_stat struct pointer
+ * @ts: the new timestamp
+ *
+ * ** This function must be called with the local irq disabled **
+ *
+ * The statistics are computed online, in other words, the code is
+ * designed to compute the statistics on a stream of values rather
+ * than doing multiple passes on the values to compute the average,
+ * then the variance. The integer division introduces a loss of
+ * precision but with an acceptable error margin regarding the results
+ * we would have with the double floating precision: we are dealing
+ * with nanosec, so big numbers, consequently the mantisse is
+ * negligeable, especially when converting the time in usec
+ * afterwards.
+ *
+ * The computation happens at idle time. When the CPU is not idle, the
+ * interrupts' timestamps are stored in the circular buffer, when the
+ * CPU goes idle and this routine is called, all the buffer's values
+ * are injected in the statistical model continuying to extend the
+ * statistics from the previous busy-idle cycle.
+ *
+ * The observations showed a device will trigger a burst of periodic
+ * interrupts followed by one or two peaks of longer time, for
+ * instance when a SD card device flushes its cache, then the periodic
+ * intervals occur again. A one second inactivity period resets the
+ * stats, that gives us the certitude the statistical values won't
+ * exceed 1x10^9, thus the computation won't overflow.
+ *
+ * Basically, the purpose of the algorithm is to watch the periodic
+ * interrupts and eliminate the peaks.
+ *
+ * An interrupt is considered periodically stable if the interval of
+ * its occurences follow the normal distribution, thus the values
+ * comply with:
+ *
+ *      avg - 3 x stddev < value < avg + 3 x stddev
+ *
+ * Which can be simplified to:
+ *
+ *      -3 x stddev < value - avg < 3 x stddev
+ *
+ *      abs(value - avg) < 3 x stddev
+ *
+ * In order to save a costly square root computation, we use the
+ * variance. For the record, stddev = sqrt(variance). The equation
+ * above becomes:
+ *
+ *      abs(value - avg) < 3 x sqrt(variance)
+ *
+ * And finally we square it:
+ *
+ *      (value - avg) ^ 2 < (3 x sqrt(variance)) ^ 2
+ *
+ *      (value - avg) x (value - avg) < 9 x variance
+ *
+ * Statistically speaking, any values out of this interval is
+ * considered as an anomaly and is discarded. However, a normal
+ * distribution appears when the number of samples is 30 (it is the
+ * rule of thumb in statistics, cf. "30 samples" on Internet). When
+ * there are three consecutive anomalies, the statistics are resetted.
+ *
+ */
+static void irqs_update(struct irqt_stat *irqs, u64 ts)
+{
+	u64 old_ts = irqs->lts;
+	u64 variance = 0;
+	u64 interval;
+	s64 diff;
+
+	/*
+	 * The timestamps are absolute time values, we need to compute
+	 * the timing interval between two interrupts.
+	 */
+	irqs->lts = ts;
+
+	/*
+	 * The interval type is u64 in order to deal with the same
+	 * type in our computation, that prevent mindfuck issues with
+	 * overflow, sign and division.
+	 */
+	interval = ts - old_ts;
+
+	/*
+	 * The interrupt triggered more than one second apart, that
+	 * ends the sequence as predictible for our purpose. In this
+	 * case, assume we have the beginning of a sequence and the
+	 * timestamp is the first value. As it is impossible to
+	 * predict anything at this point, return.
+	 *
+	 * Note the first timestamp of the sequence will always fall
+	 * in this test because the old_ts is zero. That is what we
+	 * want as we need another timestamp to compute an interval.
+	 */
+	if (interval >= NSEC_PER_SEC) {
+		memset(irqs, 0, sizeof(*irqs));
+		irqs->lts = ts;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Pre-compute the delta with the average as the result is
+	 * used several times in this function.
+	 */
+	diff = interval - irqs->avg;
+
+	/*
+	 * Increment the number of samples.
+	 */
+	irqs->count++;
+
+	/*
+	 * Online variance divided by the number of elements if there
+	 * is more than one sample.  Normally the formula is division
+	 * by count - 1 but we assume the number of element will be
+	 * more than 32 and dividing by 32 instead of 31 is enough
+	 * precise.
+	 */
+	if (likely(irqs->count > 1))
+		variance = irqs->variance >> IRQ_TIMINGS_SHIFT;
+
+	/*
+	 * The rule of thumb in statistics for the normal distribution
+	 * is having at least 30 samples in order to have the model to
+	 * apply. Values outside the interval are considered as an
+	 * anomaly.
+	 */
+	if ((irqs->count >= 30) && ((diff * diff) > (9 * variance))) {
+		/*
+		 * After three consecutive anomalies, we reset the
+		 * stats as it is no longer stable enough.
+		 */
+		if (irqs->anomalies++ >= 3) {
+			memset(irqs, 0, sizeof(*irqs));
+			irqs->lts = ts;
+			return;
+		}
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * The anomalies must be consecutives, so at this
+		 * point, we reset the anomalies counter.
+		 */
+		irqs->anomalies = 0;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * The interrupt is considered stable enough to try to predict
+	 * the next event on it.
+	 */
+	irqs->valid = 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * Online average algorithm:
+	 *
+	 *  new_average = average + ((value - average) / count)
+	 *
+	 * The variance computation depends on the new average
+	 * to be computed here first.
+	 *
+	 */
+	irqs->avg = irqs->avg + (diff >> IRQ_TIMINGS_SHIFT);
+
+	/*
+	 * Online variance algorithm:
+	 *
+	 *  new_variance = variance + (value - average) x (value - new_average)
+	 *
+	 * Warning: irqs->avg is updated with the line above, hence
+	 * 'interval - irqs->avg' is no longer equal to 'diff'
+	 */
+	irqs->variance = irqs->variance + (diff * (interval - irqs->avg));
+
+	/*
+	 * Update the next event
+	 */
+	irqs->ne = ts + irqs->avg;
+}
+
+/**
+ * irq_timings_next_event - Return when the next event is supposed to arrive
+ *
+ * *** This function must be called with the local irq disabled ***
+ *
+ * During the last busy cycle, the number of interrupts is incremented
+ * and stored in the irq_timings structure. This information is
+ * necessary to:
+ *
+ * - know if the index in the table wrapped up:
+ *
+ *      If more than the array size interrupts happened during the
+ *      last busy/idle cycle, the index wrapped up and we have to
+ *      begin with the next element in the array which is the last one
+ *      in the sequence, otherwise it is a the index 0.
+ *
+ * - have an indication of the interrupts activity on this CPU
+ *   (eg. irq/sec)
+ *
+ * The values are 'consumed' after inserting in the statistical model,
+ * thus the count is reinitialized.
+ *
+ * The array of values **must** be browsed in the time direction, the
+ * timestamp must increase between an element and the next one.
+ *
+ * Returns a nanosec time based estimation of the earliest interrupt,
+ * U64_MAX otherwise.
+ */
+u64 irq_timings_next_event(u64 now)
+{
+	struct irq_timings *irqts = this_cpu_ptr(&irq_timings);
+	struct irqt_stat *irqs;
+	struct irqt_stat __percpu *s;
+	u64 ts, ne = U64_MAX;
+	int i, irq = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Number of elements in the circular buffer: If it happens it
+	 * was flushed before, then the number of elements could be
+	 * smaller than IRQ_TIMINGS_SIZE, so the count is used,
+	 * otherwise the array size is used as we wrapped. The index
+	 * begins from zero when we did not wrap. That could be done
+	 * in a nicer way with the proper circular array structure
+	 * type but with the cost of extra computation in the
+	 * interrupt handler hot path. We choose efficiency.
+	 *
+	 * Inject measured irq/timestamp to the statistical model
+	 * while decrementing the counter because we consume the data
+	 * from our circular buffer.
+	 */
+	for (i = irqts->count & IRQ_TIMINGS_MASK,
+		     irqts->count = min(IRQ_TIMINGS_SIZE, irqts->count);
+	     irqts->count > 0; irqts->count--, i = (i + 1) & IRQ_TIMINGS_MASK) {
+
+		irq_timing_decode(irqts->values[i], &ts, &irq);
+
+		s = idr_find(&irqt_stats, irq);
+		if (s) {
+			irqs = this_cpu_ptr(s);
+			irqs_update(irqs, ts);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Look in the list of interrupts' statistics, the earliest
+	 * next event.
+	 */
+	idr_for_each_entry(&irqt_stats, s, i) {
+
+		irqs = this_cpu_ptr(s);
+
+		if (!irqs->valid)
+			continue;
+
+		if (irqs->ne <= now) {
+			irq = i;
+			ne = now;
+
+			/*
+			 * This interrupt mustn't use in the future
+			 * until new events occur and update the
+			 * statistics.
+			 */
+			irqs->valid = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (irqs->ne < ne) {
+			irq = i;
+			ne = irqs->ne;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ne;
+}
+
+void irq_timings_free(int irq)
+{
+	struct irqt_stat __percpu *s;
+
+	s = idr_find(&irqt_stats, irq);
+	if (s) {
+		free_percpu(s);
+		idr_remove(&irqt_stats, irq);
+	}
+}
+
+int irq_timings_alloc(int irq)
+{
+	int id;
+	struct irqt_stat __percpu *s;
+
+	/*
+	 * Some platforms can have the same private interrupt per cpu,
+	 * so this function may be be called several times with the
+	 * same interrupt number. Just bail out in case the per cpu
+	 * stat structure is already allocated.
+	 */
+	s = idr_find(&irqt_stats, irq);
+	if (s)
+		return 0;
+
+	s = alloc_percpu(*s);
+	if (!s)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	idr_preload(GFP_KERNEL);
+	id = idr_alloc(&irqt_stats, s, irq, irq + 1, GFP_NOWAIT);
+	idr_preload_end();
+
+	if (id < 0) {
+		free_percpu(s);
+		return id;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
-- 
2.7.4

Re: [GIT PULL V11] irq: next irq tracking

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Tue, 20 Jun 2017, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> The first patch adds the IRQF_TIMER flag to the timers which are percpu in
> order to discard any timing measurement when the interrupt is coming from a
> timer. All the timers changes have been discarded from V10.

I merily asked for splitting them out into a separate patch, but I'm fine
with dropping them completely. But with them dropped, there is no point to
actually change the interface right now. Then 1/3 can be dropped as well
and we do a scripted interface change right before 4.13-rc1 and queue the
timer driver changes for 4.14

Thanks,

	tglx

Re: [GIT PULL V11] irq: next irq tracking

[Daniel Lezcano]

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 12:04:54AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jun 2017, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> > The first patch adds the IRQF_TIMER flag to the timers which are percpu in
> > order to discard any timing measurement when the interrupt is coming from a
> > timer. All the timers changes have been discarded from V10.
> 
> I merily asked for splitting them out into a separate patch, but I'm fine
> with dropping them completely. But with them dropped, there is no point to
> actually change the interface right now. Then 1/3 can be dropped as well
> and we do a scripted interface change right before 4.13-rc1 and queue the
> timer driver changes for 4.14

Ok, I updated the irq timings branch without the 1/3.

 http://git.linaro.org/people/daniel.lezcano/linux.git next-irq/4.13-v11.1

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Re: [PATCH 1/3] irq: Allow to pass the IRQF_TIMER flag with percpu irq request

[Mark Rutland]

Hi Daniel,

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 11:28:55PM +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> In the next changes, we track when the interrupts occur in order to
> statistically compute when is supposed to happen the next interrupt.
> 
> In all the interruptions, it does not make sense to store the timer interrupt
> occurences and try to predict the next interrupt as we know the expiration
> time.
> 
> The request_irq() has a irq flags parameter and the timer drivers use it to
> pass the IRQF_TIMER flag, letting us know the interrupt is coming from a timer.
> Based on this flag, we can discard these interrupts when tracking them.
> 
> But, the API request_percpu_irq does not allow to pass a flag, hence specifying
> if the interrupt type is a timer.
> 
> Add a function __request_percpu_irq() where we can specify the flags. The
> request_percpu_irq() function is changed to be a wrapper to
> __request_percpu_irq() passing a zero flag parameter.
> 
> For now, in order to prevent a misusage of this parameter, only the IRQF_TIMER
> flag (or zero) is a valid parameter to be passed to the
> __request_percpu_irq() function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>

Sorry for leading you round the garden path on the naming.

FWIW:

Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>

Thanks,
Mark.

> ---
> Changelog:
> 
>    V11:
> 	- Drop the changes in the timer drivers and rename the function
> 	  request_percpu_irq_flags to __request_percpu_irq.
>    V10:
> 	- Drop the change for arch arm virtual timer
> 	  https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/25/184
>    V9:
> 	- Clarified the patch description
> 	- Fixed EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(request_percpu_irq_flags)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/interrupt.h | 11 ++++++++++-
>  kernel/irq/manage.c       | 15 ++++++++++-----
>  2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
> index a6fba48..d4ae50e 100644
> --- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
> +++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
> @@ -152,8 +152,17 @@ request_any_context_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
>  			unsigned long flags, const char *name, void *dev_id);
>  
>  extern int __must_check
> +__request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
> +		     unsigned long flags, const char *devname,
> +		     void __percpu *percpu_dev_id);
> +
> +static inline int __must_check
>  request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
> -		   const char *devname, void __percpu *percpu_dev_id);
> +		   const char *devname, void __percpu *percpu_dev_id)
> +{
> +	return __request_percpu_irq(irq, handler, 0,
> +				    devname, percpu_dev_id);
> +}
>  
>  extern const void *free_irq(unsigned int, void *);
>  extern void free_percpu_irq(unsigned int, void __percpu *);
> diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
> index 4c34696..5424cfb 100644
> --- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
> +++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
> @@ -1974,9 +1974,10 @@ int setup_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irqaction *act)
>  }
>  
>  /**
> - *	request_percpu_irq - allocate a percpu interrupt line
> + *	__request_percpu_irq - allocate a percpu interrupt line
>   *	@irq: Interrupt line to allocate
>   *	@handler: Function to be called when the IRQ occurs.
> + *	@flags: Interrupt type flags (IRQF_TIMER only)
>   *	@devname: An ascii name for the claiming device
>   *	@dev_id: A percpu cookie passed back to the handler function
>   *
> @@ -1989,8 +1990,9 @@ int setup_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irqaction *act)
>   *	the handler gets called with the interrupted CPU's instance of
>   *	that variable.
>   */
> -int request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
> -		       const char *devname, void __percpu *dev_id)
> +int __request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
> +			 unsigned long flags, const char *devname,
> +			 void __percpu *dev_id)
>  {
>  	struct irqaction *action;
>  	struct irq_desc *desc;
> @@ -2004,12 +2006,15 @@ int request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
>  	    !irq_settings_is_per_cpu_devid(desc))
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> +	if (flags && flags != IRQF_TIMER)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
>  	action = kzalloc(sizeof(struct irqaction), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!action)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
>  	action->handler = handler;
> -	action->flags = IRQF_PERCPU | IRQF_NO_SUSPEND;
> +	action->flags = flags | IRQF_PERCPU | IRQF_NO_SUSPEND;
>  	action->name = devname;
>  	action->percpu_dev_id = dev_id;
>  
> @@ -2030,7 +2035,7 @@ int request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
>  
>  	return retval;
>  }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(request_percpu_irq);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__request_percpu_irq);
>  
>  /**
>   *	irq_get_irqchip_state - returns the irqchip state of a interrupt.
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 

Re: [PATCH 1/3] irq: Allow to pass the IRQF_TIMER flag with percpu irq request

[Daniel Lezcano]

On 22/06/2017 11:31, Mark Rutland wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 11:28:55PM +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>> In the next changes, we track when the interrupts occur in order to
>> statistically compute when is supposed to happen the next interrupt.
>>
>> In all the interruptions, it does not make sense to store the timer interrupt
>> occurences and try to predict the next interrupt as we know the expiration
>> time.
>>
>> The request_irq() has a irq flags parameter and the timer drivers use it to
>> pass the IRQF_TIMER flag, letting us know the interrupt is coming from a timer.
>> Based on this flag, we can discard these interrupts when tracking them.
>>
>> But, the API request_percpu_irq does not allow to pass a flag, hence specifying
>> if the interrupt type is a timer.
>>
>> Add a function __request_percpu_irq() where we can specify the flags. The
>> request_percpu_irq() function is changed to be a wrapper to
>> __request_percpu_irq() passing a zero flag parameter.
>>
>> For now, in order to prevent a misusage of this parameter, only the IRQF_TIMER
>> flag (or zero) is a valid parameter to be passed to the
>> __request_percpu_irq() function.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
>> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> 
> Sorry for leading you round the garden path on the naming.


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Re: [PATCH 2/3] irq: Track the interrupt timings

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Tue, 20 Jun 2017, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> +
> +struct irq_timings {
> +	u64 values[IRQ_TIMINGS_SIZE]; /* our circular buffer */
> +	unsigned int count; /* Number of interruptions since last inspection */

Groan. These tail comments are horrible.

Please make the struct member names tabular aligned and add proper kernel
doc comments if you want to add useful documentations for the fields.

> +};
> +
> +DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct irq_timings, irq_timings);
> +
> +static inline void remove_timings(struct irq_desc *desc)

irq_remove_timings

> +{
> +	desc->istate &= ~IRQS_TIMINGS;
> +}
> +
> +static inline void setup_timings(struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *act)

...

> +{
> +	/*
> +	 * We don't need the measurement because the idle code already
> +	 * knows the next expiry event.
> +	 */
> +	if (act->flags & __IRQF_TIMER)
> +		return;
> +
> +	desc->istate |= IRQS_TIMINGS;
> +}
> +
> +extern void irq_timings_enable(void);
> +extern void irq_timings_disable(void);
> +
> +extern struct static_key_false irq_timing_enabled;

DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE

> +/*
> + * The interrupt number and the timestamp are encoded into a single
> + * u64 variable to optimize the size.
> + * 48 bit time stamp and 16 bit IRQ number is way sufficient.
> + *  Who cares an IRQ after 78 hours of idle time?
> + */
> +static inline u64 irq_timing_encode(u64 timestamp, int irq)
> +{
> +	return (timestamp << 16) | irq;
> +}
> +
> +static inline void irq_timing_decode(u64 value, u64 *timestamp, int *irq)

What's wrong with using a return value instead of void?

> +{
> +	*timestamp = value >> 16;
> +	*irq = value & U16_MAX;
> +}

Thanks,

	tglx

Re: [PATCH 2/3] irq: Track the interrupt timings

[Daniel Lezcano]

Hi Thomas,

thanks for the review.

On 22/06/2017 16:47, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jun 2017, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>> +
>> +struct irq_timings {
>> +	u64 values[IRQ_TIMINGS_SIZE]; /* our circular buffer */
>> +	unsigned int count; /* Number of interruptions since last inspection */
> 
> Groan. These tail comments are horrible.
> 
> Please make the struct member names tabular aligned and add proper kernel
> doc comments if you want to add useful documentations for the fields.

[ ... ]

Ok.

>> + * The interrupt number and the timestamp are encoded into a single
>> + * u64 variable to optimize the size.
>> + * 48 bit time stamp and 16 bit IRQ number is way sufficient.
>> + *  Who cares an IRQ after 78 hours of idle time?
>> + */
>> +static inline u64 irq_timing_encode(u64 timestamp, int irq)
>> +{
>> +	return (timestamp << 16) | irq;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static inline void irq_timing_decode(u64 value, u64 *timestamp, int *irq)
> 
> What's wrong with using a return value instead of void?

Nothing wrong, as we are expecting two values I don't like the idea to
have one returned and the other one passed as a pointer. It is a matter
of taste. I can return the irq if you prefer.




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Re: [PATCH 3/3] irq: Compute the periodic interval for interrupts

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Tue, 20 Jun 2017, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>  struct irq_timings {
>  	u64 values[IRQ_TIMINGS_SIZE]; /* our circular buffer */
> -	unsigned int count; /* Number of interruptions since last inspection */
> +	int count; /* Number of interruptions since last inspection */

WTF?

> +	ret = irq_timings_alloc(irq);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		pr_warn("Failed to allocate irq timing stats for irq%d (%d)",
> +			irq, ret);

That error code is -ENOMEM always, right?

> @@ -19,6 +25,18 @@ DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(irq_timing_enabled);
>  
>  DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct irq_timings, irq_timings);
>  
> +struct irqt_stat {
> +	u64 ne;         /* next event                               */

Kernel doc format for struct documentation please. And with proper struct
member names you can spare that whole documentation.

What the heck is wrong with next_evt, last_ts, nr_samples or such ?

> +	u64 lts;	/* last timestamp                           */
> +	u64 variance;	/* variance                                 */
> +	u32 avg;	/* mean value                               */
> +	u32 count;      /* number of samples                        */
> +	int anomalies;  /* number of consecutives anomalies         */
> +	int valid;      /* behaviour of the interrupt               */
> +};

That would be too intuitive and spare a permanent lookup of the fricking
acronyms, right?

> +/**
> + * irqs_update - update the irq timing statistics with a new timestamp
> + *
> + * @irqs: an irqt_stat struct pointer
> + * @ts: the new timestamp
> + *
> + * ** This function must be called with the local irq disabled **

No need to yell here. And if you really fear that it's called with
interrupts enabled, then add a proper debug check.

Also instead of making mandatory statements it's better to explain WHY.

> +/**
> + * irq_timings_next_event - Return when the next event is supposed to arrive
> + *
> + * *** This function must be called with the local irq disabled ***

Idem.

> +void irq_timings_free(int irq)
> +{
> +	struct irqt_stat __percpu *s;
> +
> +	s = idr_find(&irqt_stats, irq);
> +	if (s) {
> +		free_percpu(s);
> +		idr_remove(&irqt_stats, irq);
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +int irq_timings_alloc(int irq)
> +{
> +	int id;
> +	struct irqt_stat __percpu *s;

	struct irqt_stat __percpu *s;
	int id;

Please ...

Don't bother to offer me a git tree, I'm going to apply that manually
anyway.

Thanks,

	tglx

Re: [PATCH 3/3] irq: Compute the periodic interval for interrupts

[Daniel Lezcano]

On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 05:25:56PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

[ ... ]

> > +	ret = irq_timings_alloc(irq);
> > +	if (ret) {
> > +		pr_warn("Failed to allocate irq timing stats for irq%d (%d)",
> > +			irq, ret);
> 
> That error code is -ENOMEM always, right?

No, it could be also the value returned by idr_alloc() which could be EINVAL or
ENOSPC (which are values returned also by the low level libraries radix-tree
functions).

[PATCH V11] irq: Allow to pass the IRQF_TIMER flag with percpu irq request

[Daniel Lezcano]

The irq timings infrastructure tracks when the interrupts occur in order to
statistically compute when is supposed to happen an interrupt.

In all the interruptions, it does not make sense to store the timer interrupt
occurences and try to predict the next interrupt as we know the expiration
time.

The request_irq() has a irq flags parameter and the timer drivers use it to
pass the IRQF_TIMER flag, letting us know the interrupt is coming from a timer.
Based on this flag, we can discard these interrupts when tracking them.

But, the API request_percpu_irq does not allow to pass a flag, hence specifying
if the interrupt type is a timer.

Add a function __request_percpu_irq() where we can specify the flags. The
request_percpu_irq() function is changed to be a wrapper to
__request_percpu_irq() passing a zero flag parameter.

For now, in order to prevent a misusage of this parameter, only the IRQF_TIMER
flag (or zero) is a valid parameter to be passed to the
__request_percpu_irq() function.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
---
Changelog:

   V11:
	- Drop the changes in the timer drivers and rename the function
	  request_percpu_irq_flags to __request_percpu_irq.
   V10:
	- Drop the change for arch arm virtual timer
	  https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/25/184
   V9:
	- Clarified the patch description
	- Fixed EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(request_percpu_irq_flags)

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
---
 include/linux/interrupt.h | 11 ++++++++++-
 kernel/irq/manage.c       | 15 ++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index 37f8e35..5ac6e23 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -152,8 +152,17 @@ request_any_context_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
 			unsigned long flags, const char *name, void *dev_id);
 
 extern int __must_check
+__request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
+		     unsigned long flags, const char *devname,
+		     void __percpu *percpu_dev_id);
+
+static inline int __must_check
 request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
-		   const char *devname, void __percpu *percpu_dev_id);
+		   const char *devname, void __percpu *percpu_dev_id)
+{
+	return __request_percpu_irq(irq, handler, 0,
+				    devname, percpu_dev_id);
+}
 
 extern const void *free_irq(unsigned int, void *);
 extern void free_percpu_irq(unsigned int, void __percpu *);
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 5c11c17..f80baf7 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -1935,9 +1935,10 @@ int setup_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irqaction *act)
 }
 
 /**
- *	request_percpu_irq - allocate a percpu interrupt line
+ *	__request_percpu_irq - allocate a percpu interrupt line
  *	@irq: Interrupt line to allocate
  *	@handler: Function to be called when the IRQ occurs.
+ *	@flags: Interrupt type flags (IRQF_TIMER only)
  *	@devname: An ascii name for the claiming device
  *	@dev_id: A percpu cookie passed back to the handler function
  *
@@ -1950,8 +1951,9 @@ int setup_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irqaction *act)
  *	the handler gets called with the interrupted CPU's instance of
  *	that variable.
  */
-int request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
-		       const char *devname, void __percpu *dev_id)
+int __request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
+			 unsigned long flags, const char *devname,
+			 void __percpu *dev_id)
 {
 	struct irqaction *action;
 	struct irq_desc *desc;
@@ -1965,12 +1967,15 @@ int request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
 	    !irq_settings_is_per_cpu_devid(desc))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (flags && flags != IRQF_TIMER)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	action = kzalloc(sizeof(struct irqaction), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!action)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	action->handler = handler;
-	action->flags = IRQF_PERCPU | IRQF_NO_SUSPEND;
+	action->flags = flags | IRQF_PERCPU | IRQF_NO_SUSPEND;
 	action->name = devname;
 	action->percpu_dev_id = dev_id;
 
@@ -1991,7 +1996,7 @@ int request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
 
 	return retval;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(request_percpu_irq);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__request_percpu_irq);
 
 /**
  *	irq_get_irqchip_state - returns the irqchip state of a interrupt.
-- 
2.7.4

[tip:irq/urgent] genirq: Allow to pass the IRQF_TIMER flag with percpu irq request

[tip-bot for Daniel Lezcano]

Commit-ID:  c80081b9209713e0fe86d3def395a9fc66503c58
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/c80081b9209713e0fe86d3def395a9fc66503c58
Author:     Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
AuthorDate: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 14:29:04 +0200
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CommitDate: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 23:16:22 +0200

genirq: Allow to pass the IRQF_TIMER flag with percpu irq request

The irq timings infrastructure tracks when interrupts occur in order to
statistically predict te next interrupt event.

There is no point to track timer interrupts and try to predict them because
the next expiration time is already known. This can be avoided via the
IRQF_TIMER flag which is passed by timer drivers in request_irq(). It marks
the interrupt as timer based which alloes to ignore these interrupts in the
timings code.

Per CPU interrupts which are requested via request_percpu_+irq() have no
flag argument, so marking per cpu timer interrupts is not possible and they
get tracked pointlessly.

Add __request_percpu_irq() as a variant of request_percpu_irq() with a
flags argument and make request_percpu_irq() an inline wrapper passing
flags = 0.

The flag parameter is restricted to IRQF_TIMER as all other IRQF_ flags
make no sense for per cpu interrupts.

The next step is to convert all existing users of request_percpu_irq() and
then remove the wrapper and the underscores.

[ tglx: Massaged changelog ]

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: peterz@infradead.org
Cc: nicolas.pitre@linaro.org
Cc: vincent.guittot@linaro.org
Cc: rafael@kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1499344144-3964-1-git-send-email-daniel.lezcano@linaro.org
---
 include/linux/interrupt.h | 11 ++++++++++-
 kernel/irq/manage.c       | 15 ++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index 37f8e35..5ac6e23 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -152,8 +152,17 @@ request_any_context_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
 			unsigned long flags, const char *name, void *dev_id);
 
 extern int __must_check
+__request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
+		     unsigned long flags, const char *devname,
+		     void __percpu *percpu_dev_id);
+
+static inline int __must_check
 request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
-		   const char *devname, void __percpu *percpu_dev_id);
+		   const char *devname, void __percpu *percpu_dev_id)
+{
+	return __request_percpu_irq(irq, handler, 0,
+				    devname, percpu_dev_id);
+}
 
 extern const void *free_irq(unsigned int, void *);
 extern void free_percpu_irq(unsigned int, void __percpu *);
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 91e1f23..5624b2d 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -1950,9 +1950,10 @@ int setup_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irqaction *act)
 }
 
 /**
- *	request_percpu_irq - allocate a percpu interrupt line
+ *	__request_percpu_irq - allocate a percpu interrupt line
  *	@irq: Interrupt line to allocate
  *	@handler: Function to be called when the IRQ occurs.
+ *	@flags: Interrupt type flags (IRQF_TIMER only)
  *	@devname: An ascii name for the claiming device
  *	@dev_id: A percpu cookie passed back to the handler function
  *
@@ -1965,8 +1966,9 @@ int setup_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irqaction *act)
  *	the handler gets called with the interrupted CPU's instance of
  *	that variable.
  */
-int request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
-		       const char *devname, void __percpu *dev_id)
+int __request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
+			 unsigned long flags, const char *devname,
+			 void __percpu *dev_id)
 {
 	struct irqaction *action;
 	struct irq_desc *desc;
@@ -1980,12 +1982,15 @@ int request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
 	    !irq_settings_is_per_cpu_devid(desc))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (flags && flags != IRQF_TIMER)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	action = kzalloc(sizeof(struct irqaction), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!action)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	action->handler = handler;
-	action->flags = IRQF_PERCPU | IRQF_NO_SUSPEND;
+	action->flags = flags | IRQF_PERCPU | IRQF_NO_SUSPEND;
 	action->name = devname;
 	action->percpu_dev_id = dev_id;
 
@@ -2004,7 +2009,7 @@ int request_percpu_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
 
 	return retval;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(request_percpu_irq);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__request_percpu_irq);
 
 /**
  *	irq_get_irqchip_state - returns the irqchip state of a interrupt.