Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:34:53 +0800 | From | Feng Tang <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] clockevents: Leave broadcast device shtudown only if the current device is always running. |
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Hi Suresh,
> From: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> > Date: 2012/4/10 > Subject: Re: [PATCH] clockevents: Leave broadcast device shtudown only > if the current device is always running. > To: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@ti.com> > 抄送: tglx@linutronix.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, johnstul@us.ibm.com > > > On Mon, 2012-04-09 at 11:33 +0530, Santosh Shilimkar wrote: > > Commit 77b0d60{clockevents: Leave the broadcast device in shutdown mode > > when not needed} was intended to leave the broadcast device in shutdown mode > > when the per-cpu clockevent devices are always running. > > > > This breaks the systems where per cpu clock events stop in low power states. > > > > Hence revert 77b0d60 and implement the same requirement with use > > of C3STOP feature flag. > > Problem you encountered is not related to leaving the broadcast device > in shutdown mode. Problem is that we didn't track the mode change to > oneshot and later during idle entry/exit, when we request the broadcast > device services using CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_BROADCAST_ENTER etc, > tick_broadcast_oneshot_control() returns with out doing much as it > thinks broadcast device is in periodic mode.
Just curious, IIUC, the tick_broadcast_switch_to_oneshot() is only called during CPU init process in boot time or bring a offlined cpu back on. Why is it related to the deep idle?
Thanks, Feng > > Can you please check if the appended patch fixes the issue? I could > reproduce the issue on my NHM platform which doesn't have always running > apic timer and with the appended fix, all is well with cpu's going into > tickless idle etc. Thanks. > --- > > From: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> > Subject: clockevents: track broadcast device mode change in > tick_broadcast_switch_to_oneshot() > > In the commit 77b0d60c5adf39c74039e2142a1d3cd1e4d53799, > "clockevents: Leave the broadcast device in shutdown mode when not needed", > we were bailing out too quickly in tick_broadcast_switch_to_oneshot(), > with out tracking the broadcast device mode change to 'TICKDEV_MODE_ONESHOT'. > > This breaks the platforms which need broadcast device oneshot services during > deep idle states. tick_broadcast_oneshot_control() thinks that it is > in periodic mode and fails to take proper decisions based on the > CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_BROADCAST_[ENTER, EXIT] notifications during deep > idle entry/exit. > > Fix this by tracking the broadcast device mode as 'TICKDEV_MODE_ONESHOT', > before leaving the broadcast HW device in shutdown mode if there are no active > requests for the moment. > > Reported-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@ti.com> > Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> > --- > kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c | 4 +++- > 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c > index e883f57..bf57abd 100644 > --- a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c > +++ b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c > @@ -575,10 +575,12 @@ void tick_broadcast_switch_to_oneshot(void) > unsigned long flags; > > raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&tick_broadcast_lock, flags); > + > + tick_broadcast_device.mode = TICKDEV_MODE_ONESHOT; > + > if (cpumask_empty(tick_get_broadcast_mask())) > goto end; > > - tick_broadcast_device.mode = TICKDEV_MODE_ONESHOT; > bc = tick_broadcast_device.evtdev; > if (bc) > tick_broadcast_setup_oneshot(bc); > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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