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[3/3] clockevents: warn if cpu_all_mask is used for cpumask while registering new device

Message ID 1531308264-24220-3-git-send-email-sudeep.holla@arm.com
State Accepted
Commit fbfa9260085b5b578a049a90135e5c51928c5f7f
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Series [1/3] clocksource: drivers: set clockevent device cpumask to cpu_possible_mask | expand

Commit Message

Sudeep Holla July 11, 2018, 11:24 a.m. UTC
Using cpu_all_mask in clockevents cpumask may result in issues while
comparing multiple clockevent devices to choose the preferred one.
On one of the platforms with 2 system(i.e. non per-CPU) timers with
different ratings, having cpu_all_mask for one of the device resulted
in boot hang with forever loop in clockevents_notify_released as both
were being selected as preferred.

In order to prevent such issues in future, let's warn if any clockevent
drivers sets cpu_all_mask as it's cpumask and just override it to use
cpu_possible_mask. All the existing occurrences of cpu_all_mask are
already replaced with cpu_possible_mask.

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>

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 kernel/time/clockevents.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

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2.7.4

Comments

Sudeep Holla Aug. 2, 2018, 12:39 p.m. UTC | #1
Hi Thomas,

On 11/07/18 12:24, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> Using cpu_all_mask in clockevents cpumask may result in issues while

> comparing multiple clockevent devices to choose the preferred one.

> On one of the platforms with 2 system(i.e. non per-CPU) timers with

> different ratings, having cpu_all_mask for one of the device resulted

> in boot hang with forever loop in clockevents_notify_released as both

> were being selected as preferred.

> 

> In order to prevent such issues in future, let's warn if any clockevent

> drivers sets cpu_all_mask as it's cpumask and just override it to use

> cpu_possible_mask. All the existing occurrences of cpu_all_mask are

> already replaced with cpu_possible_mask.

> 


Daniel has picked up patch 1/3, do you want me to resend this patch 2
and 3 again or you happy to pick them ?

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Regards,
Sudeep
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Patch

diff --git a/kernel/time/clockevents.c b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
index 16c027e9cc73..8c0e4092f661 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clockevents.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
@@ -463,6 +463,12 @@  void clockevents_register_device(struct clock_event_device *dev)
 		dev->cpumask = cpumask_of(smp_processor_id());
 	}

+	if (dev->cpumask == cpu_all_mask) {
+		WARN(1, "%s cpumask == cpu_all_mask, using cpu_possible_mask instead\n",
+		     dev->name);
+		dev->cpumask = cpu_possible_mask;
+	}
+
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&clockevents_lock, flags);

 	list_add(&dev->list, &clockevent_devices);