On 26/06/15 13:34, Preeti U Murthy wrote:
On 06/26/2015 01:17 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
index d39f32cdd1b5..281ce29d295e 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
@@ -662,46 +662,39 @@ static void broadcast_shutdown_local(struct 
clock_event_device *bc,
        clockevents_switch_state(dev, CLOCK_EVT_STATE_SHUTDOWN);
  }

-/**
- * tick_broadcast_oneshot_control - Enter/exit broadcast oneshot mode
- * @state:     The target state (enter/exit)
- *
- * The system enters/leaves a state, where affected devices might stop
- * Returns 0 on success, -EBUSY if the cpu is used to broadcast wakeups.
- *
- * Called with interrupts disabled, so clockevents_lock is not
- * required here because the local clock event device cannot go away
- * under us.
- */
-int tick_broadcast_oneshot_control(enum tick_broadcast_state state)
+int __tick_broadcast_oneshot_control(enum tick_broadcast_state state)
  {
        struct clock_event_device *bc, *dev;
-       struct tick_device *td;
        int cpu, ret = 0;
        ktime_t now;

-       /*
-        * Periodic mode does not care about the enter/exit of power
-        * states
-        */
-       if (tick_broadcast_device.mode == TICKDEV_MODE_PERIODIC)
-               return 0;
+       if (!tick_broadcast_device.evtdev)
+               return -EBUSY;

-       /*
-        * We are called with preemtion disabled from the depth of the
-        * idle code, so we can't be moved away.
-        */
-       td = this_cpu_ptr(&tick_cpu_device);
-       dev = td->evtdev;
-
-       if (!(dev->features & CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_C3STOP))
-               return 0;
+       dev = this_cpu_ptr(&tick_cpu_device)->evtdev;

        raw_spin_lock(&tick_broadcast_lock);
        bc = tick_broadcast_device.evtdev;
        cpu = smp_processor_id();

        if (state == TICK_BROADCAST_ENTER) {
+               /*
+                * If the current CPU owns the hrtimer broadcast
+                * mechanism, it cannot go deep idle and we do not add
+                * the CPU to the broadcast mask. We don't have to go
+                * through the EXIT path as the local timer is not
+                * shutdown.
+                */
+               ret = broadcast_needs_cpu(bc, cpu);
+
+               /*
+                * If the hrtimer broadcast check tells us that the
+                * cpu cannot go deep idle, or if the broadcast device
+                * is in periodic mode, we just return.
+                */
+               if (ret || tick_broadcast_device.mode == TICKDEV_MODE_PERIODIC)
+                       goto out;

The check on PERIODIC mode is good, but I don't see the point of moving
broadcast_needs_cpu() up above. broadcast_shutdown_local() calls
broadcast_needs_cpu() internally.

Besides, by jumping to 'out', we will miss programming the broadcast
hrtimer in tick_broadcast_set_event() below, if the cpu happen to be the
broadcast cpu(which is why it was not allowed to go to deep idle).


I tested the updated patch and found issues. I am seeing some random
behaviour(with GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST=y TICK_ONESHOT=y):
1. sometimes all the CPUs have entered deeper idle states(though very
   rare, finding it difficult to hit this scenario)
2. few other times I see one CPU in shallow state which matches the
   above explanation of missing hrtimer programming.

Regards,
Sudeep
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