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<entry>
<title>timers: Rename del_timer_sync() to timer_delete_sync()</title>
<updated>2024-04-03T13:19:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2022-11-23T20:18:44+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 9b13df3fb64ee95e2397585404e442afee2c7d4f ]

The timer related functions do not have a strict timer_ prefixed namespace
which is really annoying.

Rename del_timer_sync() to timer_delete_sync() and provide del_timer_sync()
as a wrapper. Document that del_timer_sync() is not for new code.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Tested-by: Guenter Roeck &lt;linux@roeck-us.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller &lt;jacob.e.keller@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen &lt;anna-maria@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221123201624.954785441@linutronix.de
Stable-dep-of: 0f7352557a35 ("wifi: brcmfmac: Fix use-after-free bug in brcmf_cfg80211_detach")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 9b13df3fb64ee95e2397585404e442afee2c7d4f ]

The timer related functions do not have a strict timer_ prefixed namespace
which is really annoying.

Rename del_timer_sync() to timer_delete_sync() and provide del_timer_sync()
as a wrapper. Document that del_timer_sync() is not for new code.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Tested-by: Guenter Roeck &lt;linux@roeck-us.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller &lt;jacob.e.keller@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen &lt;anna-maria@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221123201624.954785441@linutronix.de
Stable-dep-of: 0f7352557a35 ("wifi: brcmfmac: Fix use-after-free bug in brcmf_cfg80211_detach")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>timers: Use del_timer_sync() even on UP</title>
<updated>2024-04-03T13:19:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2022-11-23T20:18:42+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 168f6b6ffbeec0b9333f3582e4cf637300858db5 ]

del_timer_sync() is assumed to be pointless on uniprocessor systems and can
be mapped to del_timer() because in theory del_timer() can never be invoked
while the timer callback function is executed.

This is not entirely true because del_timer() can be invoked from interrupt
context and therefore hit in the middle of a running timer callback.

Contrary to that del_timer_sync() is not allowed to be invoked from
interrupt context unless the affected timer is marked with TIMER_IRQSAFE.
del_timer_sync() has proper checks in place to detect such a situation.

Give up on the UP optimization and make del_timer_sync() unconditionally
available.

Co-developed-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Tested-by: Guenter Roeck &lt;linux@roeck-us.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller &lt;jacob.e.keller@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen &lt;anna-maria@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220407161745.7d6754b3@gandalf.local.home
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221110064101.429013735@goodmis.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221123201624.888306160@linutronix.de
Stable-dep-of: 0f7352557a35 ("wifi: brcmfmac: Fix use-after-free bug in brcmf_cfg80211_detach")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 168f6b6ffbeec0b9333f3582e4cf637300858db5 ]

del_timer_sync() is assumed to be pointless on uniprocessor systems and can
be mapped to del_timer() because in theory del_timer() can never be invoked
while the timer callback function is executed.

This is not entirely true because del_timer() can be invoked from interrupt
context and therefore hit in the middle of a running timer callback.

Contrary to that del_timer_sync() is not allowed to be invoked from
interrupt context unless the affected timer is marked with TIMER_IRQSAFE.
del_timer_sync() has proper checks in place to detect such a situation.

Give up on the UP optimization and make del_timer_sync() unconditionally
available.

Co-developed-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Tested-by: Guenter Roeck &lt;linux@roeck-us.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller &lt;jacob.e.keller@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen &lt;anna-maria@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220407161745.7d6754b3@gandalf.local.home
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221110064101.429013735@goodmis.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221123201624.888306160@linutronix.de
Stable-dep-of: 0f7352557a35 ("wifi: brcmfmac: Fix use-after-free bug in brcmf_cfg80211_detach")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>timers: Update kernel-doc for various functions</title>
<updated>2024-04-03T13:19:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2022-11-23T20:18:40+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 14f043f1340bf30bc60af127bff39f55889fef26 ]

The kernel-doc of timer related functions is partially uncomprehensible
word salad. Rewrite it to make it useful.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Tested-by: Guenter Roeck &lt;linux@roeck-us.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller &lt;jacob.e.keller@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen &lt;anna-maria@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221123201624.828703870@linutronix.de
Stable-dep-of: 0f7352557a35 ("wifi: brcmfmac: Fix use-after-free bug in brcmf_cfg80211_detach")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 14f043f1340bf30bc60af127bff39f55889fef26 ]

The kernel-doc of timer related functions is partially uncomprehensible
word salad. Rewrite it to make it useful.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Tested-by: Guenter Roeck &lt;linux@roeck-us.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller &lt;jacob.e.keller@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen &lt;anna-maria@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221123201624.828703870@linutronix.de
Stable-dep-of: 0f7352557a35 ("wifi: brcmfmac: Fix use-after-free bug in brcmf_cfg80211_detach")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>timekeeping: Fix cross-timestamp interpolation for non-x86</title>
<updated>2024-03-26T22:20:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Hilber</name>
<email>peter.hilber@opensynergy.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-12-18T07:38:41+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 14274d0bd31b4debf28284604589f596ad2e99f2 ]

So far, get_device_system_crosststamp() unconditionally passes
system_counterval.cycles to timekeeping_cycles_to_ns(). But when
interpolating system time (do_interp == true), system_counterval.cycles is
before tkr_mono.cycle_last, contrary to the timekeeping_cycles_to_ns()
expectations.

On x86, CONFIG_CLOCKSOURCE_VALIDATE_LAST_CYCLE will mitigate on
interpolating, setting delta to 0. With delta == 0, xtstamp-&gt;sys_monoraw
and xtstamp-&gt;sys_realtime are then set to the last update time, as
implicitly expected by adjust_historical_crosststamp(). On other
architectures, the resulting nonsense xtstamp-&gt;sys_monoraw and
xtstamp-&gt;sys_realtime corrupt the xtstamp (ts) adjustment in
adjust_historical_crosststamp().

Fix this by deriving xtstamp-&gt;sys_monoraw and xtstamp-&gt;sys_realtime from
the last update time when interpolating, by using the local variable
"cycles". The local variable already has the right value when
interpolating, unlike system_counterval.cycles.

Fixes: 2c756feb18d9 ("time: Add history to cross timestamp interface supporting slower devices")
Signed-off-by: Peter Hilber &lt;peter.hilber@opensynergy.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: John Stultz &lt;jstultz@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231218073849.35294-4-peter.hilber@opensynergy.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 14274d0bd31b4debf28284604589f596ad2e99f2 ]

So far, get_device_system_crosststamp() unconditionally passes
system_counterval.cycles to timekeeping_cycles_to_ns(). But when
interpolating system time (do_interp == true), system_counterval.cycles is
before tkr_mono.cycle_last, contrary to the timekeeping_cycles_to_ns()
expectations.

On x86, CONFIG_CLOCKSOURCE_VALIDATE_LAST_CYCLE will mitigate on
interpolating, setting delta to 0. With delta == 0, xtstamp-&gt;sys_monoraw
and xtstamp-&gt;sys_realtime are then set to the last update time, as
implicitly expected by adjust_historical_crosststamp(). On other
architectures, the resulting nonsense xtstamp-&gt;sys_monoraw and
xtstamp-&gt;sys_realtime corrupt the xtstamp (ts) adjustment in
adjust_historical_crosststamp().

Fix this by deriving xtstamp-&gt;sys_monoraw and xtstamp-&gt;sys_realtime from
the last update time when interpolating, by using the local variable
"cycles". The local variable already has the right value when
interpolating, unlike system_counterval.cycles.

Fixes: 2c756feb18d9 ("time: Add history to cross timestamp interface supporting slower devices")
Signed-off-by: Peter Hilber &lt;peter.hilber@opensynergy.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: John Stultz &lt;jstultz@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231218073849.35294-4-peter.hilber@opensynergy.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>timekeeping: Fix cross-timestamp interpolation corner case decision</title>
<updated>2024-03-26T22:20:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Hilber</name>
<email>peter.hilber@opensynergy.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-12-18T07:38:40+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 87a41130881995f82f7adbafbfeddaebfb35f0ef ]

The cycle_between() helper checks if parameter test is in the open interval
(before, after). Colloquially speaking, this also applies to the counter
wrap-around special case before &gt; after. get_device_system_crosststamp()
currently uses cycle_between() at the first call site to decide whether to
interpolate for older counter readings.

get_device_system_crosststamp() has the following problem with
cycle_between() testing against an open interval: Assume that, by chance,
cycles == tk-&gt;tkr_mono.cycle_last (in the following, "cycle_last" for
brevity). Then, cycle_between() at the first call site, with effective
argument values cycle_between(cycle_last, cycles, now), returns false,
enabling interpolation. During interpolation,
get_device_system_crosststamp() will then call cycle_between() at the
second call site (if a history_begin was supplied). The effective argument
values are cycle_between(history_begin-&gt;cycles, cycles, cycles), since
system_counterval.cycles == interval_start == cycles, per the assumption.
Due to the test against the open interval, cycle_between() returns false
again. This causes get_device_system_crosststamp() to return -EINVAL.

This failure should be avoided, since get_device_system_crosststamp() works
both when cycles follows cycle_last (no interpolation), and when cycles
precedes cycle_last (interpolation). For the case cycles == cycle_last,
interpolation is actually unneeded.

Fix this by changing cycle_between() into timestamp_in_interval(), which
now checks against the closed interval, rather than the open interval.

This changes the get_device_system_crosststamp() behavior for three corner
cases:

1. Bypass interpolation in the case cycles == tk-&gt;tkr_mono.cycle_last,
   fixing the problem described above.

2. At the first timestamp_in_interval() call site, cycles == now no longer
   causes failure.

3. At the second timestamp_in_interval() call site, history_begin-&gt;cycles
   == system_counterval.cycles no longer causes failure.
   adjust_historical_crosststamp() also works for this corner case,
   where partial_history_cycles == total_history_cycles.

These behavioral changes should not cause any problems.

Fixes: 2c756feb18d9 ("time: Add history to cross timestamp interface supporting slower devices")
Signed-off-by: Peter Hilber &lt;peter.hilber@opensynergy.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231218073849.35294-3-peter.hilber@opensynergy.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 87a41130881995f82f7adbafbfeddaebfb35f0ef ]

The cycle_between() helper checks if parameter test is in the open interval
(before, after). Colloquially speaking, this also applies to the counter
wrap-around special case before &gt; after. get_device_system_crosststamp()
currently uses cycle_between() at the first call site to decide whether to
interpolate for older counter readings.

get_device_system_crosststamp() has the following problem with
cycle_between() testing against an open interval: Assume that, by chance,
cycles == tk-&gt;tkr_mono.cycle_last (in the following, "cycle_last" for
brevity). Then, cycle_between() at the first call site, with effective
argument values cycle_between(cycle_last, cycles, now), returns false,
enabling interpolation. During interpolation,
get_device_system_crosststamp() will then call cycle_between() at the
second call site (if a history_begin was supplied). The effective argument
values are cycle_between(history_begin-&gt;cycles, cycles, cycles), since
system_counterval.cycles == interval_start == cycles, per the assumption.
Due to the test against the open interval, cycle_between() returns false
again. This causes get_device_system_crosststamp() to return -EINVAL.

This failure should be avoided, since get_device_system_crosststamp() works
both when cycles follows cycle_last (no interpolation), and when cycles
precedes cycle_last (interpolation). For the case cycles == cycle_last,
interpolation is actually unneeded.

Fix this by changing cycle_between() into timestamp_in_interval(), which
now checks against the closed interval, rather than the open interval.

This changes the get_device_system_crosststamp() behavior for three corner
cases:

1. Bypass interpolation in the case cycles == tk-&gt;tkr_mono.cycle_last,
   fixing the problem described above.

2. At the first timestamp_in_interval() call site, cycles == now no longer
   causes failure.

3. At the second timestamp_in_interval() call site, history_begin-&gt;cycles
   == system_counterval.cycles no longer causes failure.
   adjust_historical_crosststamp() also works for this corner case,
   where partial_history_cycles == total_history_cycles.

These behavioral changes should not cause any problems.

Fixes: 2c756feb18d9 ("time: Add history to cross timestamp interface supporting slower devices")
Signed-off-by: Peter Hilber &lt;peter.hilber@opensynergy.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231218073849.35294-3-peter.hilber@opensynergy.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>timekeeping: Fix cross-timestamp interpolation on counter wrap</title>
<updated>2024-03-26T22:20:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Hilber</name>
<email>peter.hilber@opensynergy.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-12-18T07:38:39+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 84dccadd3e2a3f1a373826ad71e5ced5e76b0c00 ]

cycle_between() decides whether get_device_system_crosststamp() will
interpolate for older counter readings.

cycle_between() yields wrong results for a counter wrap-around where after
&lt; before &lt; test, and for the case after &lt; test &lt; before.

Fix the comparison logic.

Fixes: 2c756feb18d9 ("time: Add history to cross timestamp interface supporting slower devices")
Signed-off-by: Peter Hilber &lt;peter.hilber@opensynergy.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: John Stultz &lt;jstultz@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231218073849.35294-2-peter.hilber@opensynergy.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 84dccadd3e2a3f1a373826ad71e5ced5e76b0c00 ]

cycle_between() decides whether get_device_system_crosststamp() will
interpolate for older counter readings.

cycle_between() yields wrong results for a counter wrap-around where after
&lt; before &lt; test, and for the case after &lt; test &lt; before.

Fix the comparison logic.

Fixes: 2c756feb18d9 ("time: Add history to cross timestamp interface supporting slower devices")
Signed-off-by: Peter Hilber &lt;peter.hilber@opensynergy.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: John Stultz &lt;jstultz@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231218073849.35294-2-peter.hilber@opensynergy.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>time: test: Fix incorrect format specifier</title>
<updated>2024-03-26T22:20:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Gow</name>
<email>davidgow@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-02-21T09:27:17+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.exis.tech/linux.git/commit/?id=d12ffa03085e580b12a67068472134c980cd2e47'/>
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[ Upstream commit 133e267ef4a26d19c93996a874714e9f3f8c70aa ]

'days' is a s64 (from div_s64), and so should use a %lld specifier.

This was found by extending KUnit's assertion macros to use gcc's
__printf attribute.

Fixes: 276010551664 ("time: Improve performance of time64_to_tm()")
Signed-off-by: David Gow &lt;davidgow@google.com&gt;
Tested-by: Guenter Roeck &lt;linux@roeck-us.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Justin Stitt &lt;justinstitt@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan &lt;skhan@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 133e267ef4a26d19c93996a874714e9f3f8c70aa ]

'days' is a s64 (from div_s64), and so should use a %lld specifier.

This was found by extending KUnit's assertion macros to use gcc's
__printf attribute.

Fixes: 276010551664 ("time: Improve performance of time64_to_tm()")
Signed-off-by: David Gow &lt;davidgow@google.com&gt;
Tested-by: Guenter Roeck &lt;linux@roeck-us.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Justin Stitt &lt;justinstitt@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan &lt;skhan@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>hrtimer: Ignore slack time for RT tasks in schedule_hrtimeout_range()</title>
<updated>2024-02-23T08:12:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Davidlohr Bueso</name>
<email>dave@stgolabs.net</email>
</author>
<published>2023-01-23T17:32:06+00:00</published>
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commit 0c52310f260014d95c1310364379772cb74cf82d upstream.

While in theory the timer can be triggered before expires + delta, for the
cases of RT tasks they really have no business giving any lenience for
extra slack time, so override any passed value by the user and always use
zero for schedule_hrtimeout_range() calls. Furthermore, this is similar to
what the nanosleep(2) family already does with current-&gt;timer_slack_ns.

Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso &lt;dave@stgolabs.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230123173206.6764-3-dave@stgolabs.net
Signed-off-by: Felix Moessbauer &lt;felix.moessbauer@siemens.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 0c52310f260014d95c1310364379772cb74cf82d upstream.

While in theory the timer can be triggered before expires + delta, for the
cases of RT tasks they really have no business giving any lenience for
extra slack time, so override any passed value by the user and always use
zero for schedule_hrtimeout_range() calls. Furthermore, this is similar to
what the nanosleep(2) family already does with current-&gt;timer_slack_ns.

Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso &lt;dave@stgolabs.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230123173206.6764-3-dave@stgolabs.net
Signed-off-by: Felix Moessbauer &lt;felix.moessbauer@siemens.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>clocksource: Skip watchdog check for large watchdog intervals</title>
<updated>2024-02-16T18:06:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jiri Wiesner</name>
<email>jwiesner@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2024-01-22T17:23:50+00:00</published>
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commit 644649553508b9bacf0fc7a5bdc4f9e0165576a5 upstream.

There have been reports of the watchdog marking clocksources unstable on
machines with 8 NUMA nodes:

  clocksource: timekeeping watchdog on CPU373:
  Marking clocksource 'tsc' as unstable because the skew is too large:
  clocksource:   'hpet' wd_nsec: 14523447520
  clocksource:   'tsc'  cs_nsec: 14524115132

The measured clocksource skew - the absolute difference between cs_nsec
and wd_nsec - was 668 microseconds:

  cs_nsec - wd_nsec = 14524115132 - 14523447520 = 667612

The kernel used 200 microseconds for the uncertainty_margin of both the
clocksource and watchdog, resulting in a threshold of 400 microseconds (the
md variable). Both the cs_nsec and the wd_nsec value indicate that the
readout interval was circa 14.5 seconds.  The observed behaviour is that
watchdog checks failed for large readout intervals on 8 NUMA node
machines. This indicates that the size of the skew was directly proportinal
to the length of the readout interval on those machines. The measured
clocksource skew, 668 microseconds, was evaluated against a threshold (the
md variable) that is suited for readout intervals of roughly
WATCHDOG_INTERVAL, i.e. HZ &gt;&gt; 1, which is 0.5 second.

The intention of 2e27e793e280 ("clocksource: Reduce clocksource-skew
threshold") was to tighten the threshold for evaluating skew and set the
lower bound for the uncertainty_margin of clocksources to twice
WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW. Later in c37e85c135ce ("clocksource: Loosen clocksource
watchdog constraints"), the WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW constant was increased to
125 microseconds to fit the limit of NTP, which is able to use a
clocksource that suffers from up to 500 microseconds of skew per second.
Both the TSC and the HPET use default uncertainty_margin. When the
readout interval gets stretched the default uncertainty_margin is no
longer a suitable lower bound for evaluating skew - it imposes a limit
that is far stricter than the skew with which NTP can deal.

The root causes of the skew being directly proportinal to the length of
the readout interval are:

  * the inaccuracy of the shift/mult pairs of clocksources and the watchdog
  * the conversion to nanoseconds is imprecise for large readout intervals

Prevent this by skipping the current watchdog check if the readout
interval exceeds 2 * WATCHDOG_INTERVAL. Considering the maximum readout
interval of 2 * WATCHDOG_INTERVAL, the current default uncertainty margin
(of the TSC and HPET) corresponds to a limit on clocksource skew of 250
ppm (microseconds of skew per second).  To keep the limit imposed by NTP
(500 microseconds of skew per second) for all possible readout intervals,
the margins would have to be scaled so that the threshold value is
proportional to the length of the actual readout interval.

As for why the readout interval may get stretched: Since the watchdog is
executed in softirq context the expiration of the watchdog timer can get
severely delayed on account of a ksoftirqd thread not getting to run in a
timely manner. Surely, a system with such belated softirq execution is not
working well and the scheduling issue should be looked into but the
clocksource watchdog should be able to deal with it accordingly.

Fixes: 2e27e793e280 ("clocksource: Reduce clocksource-skew threshold")
Suggested-by: Feng Tang &lt;feng.tang@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jiri Wiesner &lt;jwiesner@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Tested-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Feng Tang &lt;feng.tang@intel.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240122172350.GA740@incl
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 644649553508b9bacf0fc7a5bdc4f9e0165576a5 upstream.

There have been reports of the watchdog marking clocksources unstable on
machines with 8 NUMA nodes:

  clocksource: timekeeping watchdog on CPU373:
  Marking clocksource 'tsc' as unstable because the skew is too large:
  clocksource:   'hpet' wd_nsec: 14523447520
  clocksource:   'tsc'  cs_nsec: 14524115132

The measured clocksource skew - the absolute difference between cs_nsec
and wd_nsec - was 668 microseconds:

  cs_nsec - wd_nsec = 14524115132 - 14523447520 = 667612

The kernel used 200 microseconds for the uncertainty_margin of both the
clocksource and watchdog, resulting in a threshold of 400 microseconds (the
md variable). Both the cs_nsec and the wd_nsec value indicate that the
readout interval was circa 14.5 seconds.  The observed behaviour is that
watchdog checks failed for large readout intervals on 8 NUMA node
machines. This indicates that the size of the skew was directly proportinal
to the length of the readout interval on those machines. The measured
clocksource skew, 668 microseconds, was evaluated against a threshold (the
md variable) that is suited for readout intervals of roughly
WATCHDOG_INTERVAL, i.e. HZ &gt;&gt; 1, which is 0.5 second.

The intention of 2e27e793e280 ("clocksource: Reduce clocksource-skew
threshold") was to tighten the threshold for evaluating skew and set the
lower bound for the uncertainty_margin of clocksources to twice
WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW. Later in c37e85c135ce ("clocksource: Loosen clocksource
watchdog constraints"), the WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW constant was increased to
125 microseconds to fit the limit of NTP, which is able to use a
clocksource that suffers from up to 500 microseconds of skew per second.
Both the TSC and the HPET use default uncertainty_margin. When the
readout interval gets stretched the default uncertainty_margin is no
longer a suitable lower bound for evaluating skew - it imposes a limit
that is far stricter than the skew with which NTP can deal.

The root causes of the skew being directly proportinal to the length of
the readout interval are:

  * the inaccuracy of the shift/mult pairs of clocksources and the watchdog
  * the conversion to nanoseconds is imprecise for large readout intervals

Prevent this by skipping the current watchdog check if the readout
interval exceeds 2 * WATCHDOG_INTERVAL. Considering the maximum readout
interval of 2 * WATCHDOG_INTERVAL, the current default uncertainty margin
(of the TSC and HPET) corresponds to a limit on clocksource skew of 250
ppm (microseconds of skew per second).  To keep the limit imposed by NTP
(500 microseconds of skew per second) for all possible readout intervals,
the margins would have to be scaled so that the threshold value is
proportional to the length of the actual readout interval.

As for why the readout interval may get stretched: Since the watchdog is
executed in softirq context the expiration of the watchdog timer can get
severely delayed on account of a ksoftirqd thread not getting to run in a
timely manner. Surely, a system with such belated softirq execution is not
working well and the scheduling issue should be looked into but the
clocksource watchdog should be able to deal with it accordingly.

Fixes: 2e27e793e280 ("clocksource: Reduce clocksource-skew threshold")
Suggested-by: Feng Tang &lt;feng.tang@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jiri Wiesner &lt;jwiesner@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Tested-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Feng Tang &lt;feng.tang@intel.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240122172350.GA740@incl
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>hrtimer: Report offline hrtimer enqueue</title>
<updated>2024-02-16T18:06:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Frederic Weisbecker</name>
<email>frederic@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-01-29T23:56:36+00:00</published>
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commit dad6a09f3148257ac1773cd90934d721d68ab595 upstream.

The hrtimers migration on CPU-down hotplug process has been moved
earlier, before the CPU actually goes to die. This leaves a small window
of opportunity to queue an hrtimer in a blind spot, leaving it ignored.

For example a practical case has been reported with RCU waking up a
SCHED_FIFO task right before the CPUHP_AP_IDLE_DEAD stage, queuing that
way a sched/rt timer to the local offline CPU.

Make sure such situations never go unnoticed and warn when that happens.

Fixes: 5c0930ccaad5 ("hrtimers: Push pending hrtimers away from outgoing CPU earlier")
Reported-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240129235646.3171983-4-boqun.feng@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit dad6a09f3148257ac1773cd90934d721d68ab595 upstream.

The hrtimers migration on CPU-down hotplug process has been moved
earlier, before the CPU actually goes to die. This leaves a small window
of opportunity to queue an hrtimer in a blind spot, leaving it ignored.

For example a practical case has been reported with RCU waking up a
SCHED_FIFO task right before the CPUHP_AP_IDLE_DEAD stage, queuing that
way a sched/rt timer to the local offline CPU.

Make sure such situations never go unnoticed and warn when that happens.

Fixes: 5c0930ccaad5 ("hrtimers: Push pending hrtimers away from outgoing CPU earlier")
Reported-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240129235646.3171983-4-boqun.feng@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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