Re: [PATCH v3 01/17] cpufreq: Prepare timer flags for hierarchical timer pull model

[Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 03:58:34PM +0200, Anna-Maria Behnsen wrote:
> Note: This is a proposal only. I was waiting on input how to change this
> driver properly to use the already existing infrastructure. See therfore
> the thread on linux-pm mailinglist:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/4c99f34b-40f1-e6cc-2669-7854b615b5fd@linutronix.de/
> 
> gpstates timer is the only timer using TIMER_PINNED and TIMER_DEFERRABLE
> flag. When moving to hierarchical timer pull model, pinned and deferrable
> timers are stored in separate bases.
> 
> To ensure gpstates timer always expires on the CPU where it is pinned to,
> keep only TIMER_PINNED flag and drop TIMER_DEFERRABLE flag.

OTOH there are deferrable timers out there that expect to run on a
specific CPU, because there are always queued with add_timer_on().

For example workqueues using DECLARE_DEFERRABLE_WORK() that are queued
with queue_delayed_work_on(). Like vmstat().

Those are not explicitely pinned because they don't rely on __mod_timer()
but they expect CPU affinity.

Thanks.

> 
> While at it, rewrite comment explaining the rule for timer expiry for the
> next interval and fix whitespace damages.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de>
> Cc: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@kernel.org>
> Cc: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c | 15 +++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
> index fddbd1ea1635..08d6bd54539d 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
> @@ -640,18 +640,18 @@ static inline int calc_global_pstate(unsigned int elapsed_time,
>  		return highest_lpstate_idx + index_diff;
>  }
>  
> -static inline void  queue_gpstate_timer(struct global_pstate_info *gpstates)
> +static inline void queue_gpstate_timer(struct global_pstate_info *gpstates)
>  {
>  	unsigned int timer_interval;
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * Setting up timer to fire after GPSTATE_TIMER_INTERVAL ms, But
> -	 * if it exceeds MAX_RAMP_DOWN_TIME ms for ramp down time.
> -	 * Set timer such that it fires exactly at MAX_RAMP_DOWN_TIME
> -	 * seconds of ramp down time.
> +	 * Timer should expire next time after GPSTATE_TIMER_INTERVAL. If
> +	 * the resulting interval (elapsed time + interval) between last
> +	 * and next timer expiry is greater than MAX_RAMP_DOWN_TIME, ensure
> +	 * it is maximum MAX_RAMP_DOWN_TIME when queueing the next timer.
>  	 */
>  	if ((gpstates->elapsed_time + GPSTATE_TIMER_INTERVAL)
> -	     > MAX_RAMP_DOWN_TIME)
> +	    > MAX_RAMP_DOWN_TIME)
>  		timer_interval = MAX_RAMP_DOWN_TIME - gpstates->elapsed_time;
>  	else
>  		timer_interval = GPSTATE_TIMER_INTERVAL;
> @@ -865,8 +865,7 @@ static int powernv_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
>  
>  	/* initialize timer */
>  	gpstates->policy = policy;
> -	timer_setup(&gpstates->timer, gpstate_timer_handler,
> -		    TIMER_PINNED | TIMER_DEFERRABLE);
> +	timer_setup(&gpstates->timer, gpstate_timer_handler, TIMER_PINNED);
>  	gpstates->timer.expires = jiffies +
>  				msecs_to_jiffies(GPSTATE_TIMER_INTERVAL);
>  	spin_lock_init(&gpstates->gpstate_lock);
> -- 
> 2.30.2
>