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-rw-r--r--include/linux/clockchips.h2
-rw-r--r--kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c52
-rw-r--r--kernel/time/timer_list.c3
3 files changed, 44 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/clockchips.h b/include/linux/clockchips.h
index 0cf725b..fc53492 100644
--- a/include/linux/clockchips.h
+++ b/include/linux/clockchips.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ enum clock_event_nofitiers {
* @list: list head for the management code
* @mode: operating mode assigned by the management code
* @next_event: local storage for the next event in oneshot mode
+ * @retries: number of forced programming retries
*/
struct clock_event_device {
const char *name;
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ struct clock_event_device {
struct list_head list;
enum clock_event_mode mode;
ktime_t next_event;
+ unsigned long retries;
};
/*
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c b/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
index 0a8a213..aada0e5 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-oneshot.c
@@ -22,6 +22,29 @@
#include "tick-internal.h"
+/* Limit min_delta to a jiffie */
+#define MIN_DELTA_LIMIT (NSEC_PER_SEC / HZ)
+
+static int tick_increase_min_delta(struct clock_event_device *dev)
+{
+ /* Nothing to do if we already reached the limit */
+ if (dev->min_delta_ns >= MIN_DELTA_LIMIT)
+ return -ETIME;
+
+ if (dev->min_delta_ns < 5000)
+ dev->min_delta_ns = 5000;
+ else
+ dev->min_delta_ns += dev->min_delta_ns >> 1;
+
+ if (dev->min_delta_ns > MIN_DELTA_LIMIT)
+ dev->min_delta_ns = MIN_DELTA_LIMIT;
+
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "CE: %s increased min_delta_ns to %llu nsec\n",
+ dev->name ? dev->name : "?",
+ (unsigned long long) dev->min_delta_ns);
+ return 0;
+}
+
/**
* tick_program_event internal worker function
*/
@@ -37,23 +60,28 @@ int tick_dev_program_event(struct clock_event_device *dev, ktime_t expires,
if (!ret || !force)
return ret;
+ dev->retries++;
/*
- * We tried 2 times to program the device with the given
- * min_delta_ns. If that's not working then we double it
+ * We tried 3 times to program the device with the given
+ * min_delta_ns. If that's not working then we increase it
* and emit a warning.
*/
if (++i > 2) {
/* Increase the min. delta and try again */
- if (!dev->min_delta_ns)
- dev->min_delta_ns = 5000;
- else
- dev->min_delta_ns += dev->min_delta_ns >> 1;
-
- printk(KERN_WARNING
- "CE: %s increasing min_delta_ns to %llu nsec\n",
- dev->name ? dev->name : "?",
- (unsigned long long) dev->min_delta_ns << 1);
-
+ if (tick_increase_min_delta(dev)) {
+ /*
+ * Get out of the loop if min_delta_ns
+ * hit the limit already. That's
+ * better than staying here forever.
+ *
+ * We clear next_event so we have a
+ * chance that the box survives.
+ */
+ printk(KERN_WARNING
+ "CE: Reprogramming failure. Giving up\n");
+ dev->next_event.tv64 = KTIME_MAX;
+ return -ETIME;
+ }
i = 0;
}
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer_list.c b/kernel/time/timer_list.c
index bdfb8dd..1a4a7dd 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer_list.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer_list.c
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ print_tickdevice(struct seq_file *m, struct tick_device *td, int cpu)
SEQ_printf(m, " event_handler: ");
print_name_offset(m, dev->event_handler);
SEQ_printf(m, "\n");
+ SEQ_printf(m, " retries: %lu\n", dev->retries);
}
static void timer_list_show_tickdevices(struct seq_file *m)
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ static int timer_list_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
u64 now = ktime_to_ns(ktime_get());
int cpu;
- SEQ_printf(m, "Timer List Version: v0.5\n");
+ SEQ_printf(m, "Timer List Version: v0.6\n");
SEQ_printf(m, "HRTIMER_MAX_CLOCK_BASES: %d\n", HRTIMER_MAX_CLOCK_BASES);
SEQ_printf(m, "now at %Ld nsecs\n", (unsigned long long)now);
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