Re: [PATCH v10a] timers: Move marking timer bases idle into tick_nohz_stop_tick()

[Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>]

Le Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 09:52:36AM +0100, Anna-Maria Behnsen a écrit :
> The timer base is marked idle when get_next_timer_interrupt() is
> executed. But the decision whether the tick will be stopped and whether the
> system is able to go idle is done later. When the timer bases is marked
> idle and a new first timer is enqueued remote an IPI is raised. Even if it
> is not required because the tick is not stopped and the timer base is
> evaluated again at the next tick.
> 
> To prevent this, the timer base is marked idle in tick_nohz_stop_tick() and
> get_next_timer_interrupt() is streamlined by only looking for the next timer
> interrupt. All other work is postponed to timer_base_try_to_set_idle() which is
> called by tick_nohz_stop_tick(). timer_base_try_to_set_idle() never resets
> timer_base::is_idle state. This is done when the tick is restarted via
> tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick().
> 
> With this, tick_sched::tick_stopped and timer_base::is_idle are always in
> sync. So there is no longer the need to execute timer_clear_idle() in
> tick_nohz_idle_retain_tick(). This was required before, as
> tick_nohz_next_event() set timer_base::is_idle even if the tick would not be
> stopped. So timer_clear_idle() is only executed, when timer base is idle. So the
> check whether timer base is idle, is now no longer required as well.
> 
> While at it fix some nearby whitespace damage as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de>

Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>

Just a small detail below that can be fixed in a further patch:

> @@ -930,6 +947,10 @@ static void tick_nohz_stop_tick(struct tick_sched *ts, int cpu)
>  	 * scheduler tick in tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick().
>  	 */
>  	if (!ts->tick_stopped) {
> +		/* If the timer base is not idle, retain the tick. */
> +		if (!timer_idle)
> +			return;

This happens after tick_do_timer_cpu has been set to TICK_DO_TIMER_NONE. Ideally
it would be better to do it before. Not that it hurts in practice: another CPU
or this one will take the duty. But it looks weird to stop halfway.

Thanks!