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-rw-r--r--kernel/time/timekeeping.c64
1 files changed, 57 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 187149be83ea..892f6cbf1e67 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -119,6 +119,20 @@ static inline void tk_update_sleep_time(struct timekeeper *tk, ktime_t delta)
}
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING
+#define WARNING_FREQ (HZ*300) /* 5 minute rate-limiting */
+/*
+ * These simple flag variables are managed
+ * without locks, which is racy, but ok since
+ * we don't really care about being super
+ * precise about how many events were seen,
+ * just that a problem was observed.
+ */
+static int timekeeping_underflow_seen;
+static int timekeeping_overflow_seen;
+
+/* last_warning is only modified under the timekeeping lock */
+static long timekeeping_last_warning;
+
static void timekeeping_check_update(struct timekeeper *tk, cycle_t offset)
{
@@ -136,28 +150,64 @@ static void timekeeping_check_update(struct timekeeper *tk, cycle_t offset)
printk_deferred(" timekeeping: Your kernel is still fine, but is feeling a bit nervous\n");
}
}
+
+ if (timekeeping_underflow_seen) {
+ if (jiffies - timekeeping_last_warning > WARNING_FREQ) {
+ printk_deferred("WARNING: Underflow in clocksource '%s' observed, time update ignored.\n", name);
+ printk_deferred(" Please report this, consider using a different clocksource, if possible.\n");
+ printk_deferred(" Your kernel is probably still fine.\n");
+ timekeeping_last_warning = jiffies;
+ }
+ timekeeping_underflow_seen = 0;
+ }
+
+ if (timekeeping_overflow_seen) {
+ if (jiffies - timekeeping_last_warning > WARNING_FREQ) {
+ printk_deferred("WARNING: Overflow in clocksource '%s' observed, time update capped.\n", name);
+ printk_deferred(" Please report this, consider using a different clocksource, if possible.\n");
+ printk_deferred(" Your kernel is probably still fine.\n");
+ timekeeping_last_warning = jiffies;
+ }
+ timekeeping_overflow_seen = 0;
+ }
}
static inline cycle_t timekeeping_get_delta(struct tk_read_base *tkr)
{
- cycle_t cycle_now, delta;
+ cycle_t now, last, mask, max, delta;
+ unsigned int seq;
- /* read clocksource */
- cycle_now = tkr->read(tkr->clock);
+ /*
+ * Since we're called holding a seqlock, the data may shift
+ * under us while we're doing the calculation. This can cause
+ * false positives, since we'd note a problem but throw the
+ * results away. So nest another seqlock here to atomically
+ * grab the points we are checking with.
+ */
+ do {
+ seq = read_seqcount_begin(&tk_core.seq);
+ now = tkr->read(tkr->clock);
+ last = tkr->cycle_last;
+ mask = tkr->mask;
+ max = tkr->clock->max_cycles;
+ } while (read_seqcount_retry(&tk_core.seq, seq));
- /* calculate the delta since the last update_wall_time */
- delta = clocksource_delta(cycle_now, tkr->cycle_last, tkr->mask);
+ delta = clocksource_delta(now, last, mask);
/*
* Try to catch underflows by checking if we are seeing small
* mask-relative negative values.
*/
- if (unlikely((~delta & tkr->mask) < (tkr->mask >> 3)))
+ if (unlikely((~delta & mask) < (mask >> 3))) {
+ timekeeping_underflow_seen = 1;
delta = 0;
+ }
/* Cap delta value to the max_cycles values to avoid mult overflows */
- if (unlikely(delta > tkr->clock->max_cycles))
+ if (unlikely(delta > max)) {
+ timekeeping_overflow_seen = 1;
delta = tkr->clock->max_cycles;
+ }
return delta;
}