[PATCH v2] sched_clock: Prevent callers from seeing half-updated data
Stephen Boyd
sboyd at codeaurora.org
Fri Feb 7 17:28:58 EST 2014
If two sched_clock sources are registered we may end up in a
situation where a call to sched_clock() may be accessing the
epoch cycle count for the old counter and the cycle count for the
new counter. This can lead to confusing results where
sched_clock() values jump and then are reset to 0 (due to the way
the registration function forces the epoch_ns to be 0). Fix this
by reorganizing the registration function to hold the seqlock for
as short a time as possible while we update the clock_data
structure for a new counter. We also put any accumulated time
into epoch_ns instead of resetting the time to 0 so that the clock
doesn't reset after each successful registration.
Reported-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
Cc: Josh Cartwright <joshc at codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd at codeaurora.org>
---
Changes since v1:
* Put elapsed time into epoch_ns
kernel/time/sched_clock.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/time/sched_clock.c b/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
index 0abb36464281..4d23dc4d8139 100644
--- a/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
+++ b/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
@@ -116,20 +116,42 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart sched_clock_poll(struct hrtimer *hrt)
void __init sched_clock_register(u64 (*read)(void), int bits,
unsigned long rate)
{
+ u64 res, wrap, new_mask, new_epoch, cyc, ns;
+ u32 new_mult, new_shift;
+ ktime_t new_wrap_kt;
unsigned long r;
- u64 res, wrap;
char r_unit;
if (cd.rate > rate)
return;
WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled());
- read_sched_clock = read;
- sched_clock_mask = CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(bits);
- cd.rate = rate;
/* calculate the mult/shift to convert counter ticks to ns. */
- clocks_calc_mult_shift(&cd.mult, &cd.shift, rate, NSEC_PER_SEC, 3600);
+ clocks_calc_mult_shift(&new_mult, &new_shift, rate, NSEC_PER_SEC, 3600);
+
+ new_mask = CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(bits);
+
+ /* calculate how many ns until we wrap */
+ wrap = clocks_calc_max_nsecs(new_mult, new_shift, 0, new_mask);
+ new_wrap_kt = ns_to_ktime(wrap - (wrap >> 3));
+
+ /* update epoch for new counter and update epoch_ns from old counter*/
+ new_epoch = read();
+ cyc = read_sched_clock();
+ ns = cd.epoch_ns + cyc_to_ns((cyc - cd.epoch_cyc) & sched_clock_mask,
+ cd.mult, cd.shift);
+
+ raw_write_seqcount_begin(&cd.seq);
+ read_sched_clock = read;
+ sched_clock_mask = new_mask;
+ cd.rate = rate;
+ cd.wrap_kt = new_wrap_kt;
+ cd.mult = new_mult;
+ cd.shift = new_shift;
+ cd.epoch_cyc = new_epoch;
+ cd.epoch_ns = ns;
+ raw_write_seqcount_end(&cd.seq);
r = rate;
if (r >= 4000000) {
@@ -141,22 +163,12 @@ void __init sched_clock_register(u64 (*read)(void), int bits,
} else
r_unit = ' ';
- /* calculate how many ns until we wrap */
- wrap = clocks_calc_max_nsecs(cd.mult, cd.shift, 0, sched_clock_mask);
- cd.wrap_kt = ns_to_ktime(wrap - (wrap >> 3));
-
/* calculate the ns resolution of this counter */
- res = cyc_to_ns(1ULL, cd.mult, cd.shift);
+ res = cyc_to_ns(1ULL, new_mult, new_shift);
+
pr_info("sched_clock: %u bits at %lu%cHz, resolution %lluns, wraps every %lluns\n",
bits, r, r_unit, res, wrap);
- update_sched_clock();
-
- /*
- * Ensure that sched_clock() starts off at 0ns
- */
- cd.epoch_ns = 0;
-
/* Enable IRQ time accounting if we have a fast enough sched_clock */
if (irqtime > 0 || (irqtime == -1 && rate >= 1000000))
enable_sched_clock_irqtime();
--
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