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From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
To: tglx@linutronix.de
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, 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, feng.tang@intel.com, zhengjun.xing@intel.com,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>, Chris Mason <clm@fb.com>
Subject: [PATCH v10 clocksource 7/7] clocksource: Reduce WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2021 15:47:09 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210425224709.1312655-8-paulmck@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210425224540.GA1312438@paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1>

Currently, WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD is set to detect a 62.5-millisecond skew in
a 500-millisecond WATCHDOG_INTERVAL.  This requires that clocks be skewed
by more than 12.5% in order to be marked unstable.  Except that a clock
that is skewed by that much is probably destroying unsuspecting software
right and left.  And given that there are now checks for false-positive
skews due to delays between reading the two clocks, and given that current
hardware clocks all increment well in excess of 1MHz, it should be possible
to greatly decrease WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD.

Therefore, decrease WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD from the current 62.5 milliseconds
down to 200 microseconds.

Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Mark Rutland <Mark.Rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
[ paulmck: Apply Rik van Riel feedback. ]
Reported-by: Chris Mason <clm@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
---
 kernel/time/clocksource.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index 070b09dab815..a374cf7b6336 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static void __clocksource_change_rating(struct clocksource *cs, int rating);
  * Interval: 0.5sec Threshold: 0.0625s
  */
 #define WATCHDOG_INTERVAL (HZ >> 1)
-#define WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD (NSEC_PER_SEC >> 4)
+#define WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD (200 * NSEC_PER_USEC)
 #define WATCHDOG_SYNC_FORGIVENESS (HZ * 60UL)
 
 /*
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static void __clocksource_change_rating(struct clocksource *cs, int rating);
  * clocksource surrounding a read of the clocksource being validated.
  * This delay could be due to SMIs, NMIs, or to VCPU preemptions.
  */
-#define WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW (100 * NSEC_PER_USEC)
+#define WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW (50 * NSEC_PER_USEC)
 
 static void clocksource_watchdog_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-- 
2.31.1.189.g2e36527f23


      parent reply	other threads:[~2021-04-25 22:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-25 22:45 [PATCH v10 clocksource 0/7] Do not mark clocks unstable due to delays for v5.13 Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-25 22:47 ` [PATCH v10 clocksource 1/7] clocksource: Provide module parameters to inject delays in watchdog Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-26  4:07   ` Andi Kleen
2021-04-26  7:13     ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-04-26 15:28     ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-26 16:00       ` Andi Kleen
2021-04-26 16:14         ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-26 17:56           ` Andi Kleen
2021-04-26 18:24             ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-28  4:49               ` Luming Yu
2021-04-28 13:57                 ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-28 14:24                   ` Luming Yu
2021-04-28 14:37                     ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-04-25 22:47 ` [PATCH v10 clocksource 2/7] clocksource: Retry clock read if long delays detected Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-27  1:44   ` Feng Tang
2021-04-25 22:47 ` [PATCH v10 clocksource 3/7] clocksource: Check per-CPU clock synchronization when marked unstable Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-26  4:12   ` Andi Kleen
2021-04-26  7:16     ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-04-25 22:47 ` [PATCH v10 clocksource 4/7] clocksource: Provide a module parameter to fuzz per-CPU clock checking Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-25 22:47 ` [PATCH v10 clocksource 5/7] clocksource: Limit number of CPUs checked for clock synchronization Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-25 22:47 ` [PATCH v10 clocksource 6/7] clocksource: Forgive tsc_early pre-calibration drift Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-26 15:01   ` Feng Tang
2021-04-26 15:25     ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-26 15:36       ` Feng Tang
2021-04-26 18:26         ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-27  1:13           ` Feng Tang
2021-04-27  3:46             ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-27  4:16               ` Feng Tang
2021-04-26 15:28     ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-04-27 21:03     ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-04-27  7:27   ` [clocksource] 8c30ace35d: WARNING:at_kernel/time/clocksource.c:#clocksource_watchdog kernel test robot
2021-04-27  8:45     ` Feng Tang
2021-04-27 13:37       ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-27 17:50         ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-27 21:09           ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-04-28  1:48             ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-28 10:14               ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-04-28 18:31                 ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-28 13:34             ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-04-28 15:39               ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-04-28 17:00                 ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-04-29  7:38                   ` Feng Tang
2021-04-28 18:31               ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-29  8:27                 ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-04-29 14:26                   ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-29 17:30                     ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-04-29 23:04                       ` Andi Kleen
2021-04-30  0:24                         ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-30  0:59                           ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-30  5:08                       ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-25 22:47 ` [PATCH v9 clocksource 6/6] clocksource: Reduce WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD Paul E. McKenney
2021-04-25 22:47 ` Paul E. McKenney [this message]

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