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-rw-r--r--kernel/time/jiffies.c1
-rw-r--r--kernel/time/timekeeping.c28
-rw-r--r--lib/Kconfig.debug13
3 files changed, 42 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/jiffies.c b/kernel/time/jiffies.c
index a6a5bf5..7e41390 100644
--- a/kernel/time/jiffies.c
+++ b/kernel/time/jiffies.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ static struct clocksource clocksource_jiffies = {
.mask = 0xffffffff, /*32bits*/
.mult = NSEC_PER_JIFFY << JIFFIES_SHIFT, /* details above */
.shift = JIFFIES_SHIFT,
+ .max_cycles = 10,
};
__cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SEQLOCK(jiffies_lock);
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 91db941..acf0491 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -118,6 +118,31 @@ static inline void tk_update_sleep_time(struct timekeeper *tk, ktime_t delta)
tk->offs_boot = ktime_add(tk->offs_boot, delta);
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING
+static void timekeeping_check_update(struct timekeeper *tk, cycle_t offset)
+{
+
+ cycle_t max_cycles = tk->tkr.clock->max_cycles;
+ const char *name = tk->tkr.clock->name;
+
+ if (offset > max_cycles) {
+ printk_deferred("WARNING: timekeeping: Cycle offset (%lld) is larger than allowed by the '%s' clock's max_cycles value (%lld): time overflow\n",
+ offset, name, max_cycles);
+ printk_deferred(" timekeeping: Your kernel is sick, but tries to cope\n");
+ } else {
+ if (offset > (max_cycles >> 1)) {
+ printk_deferred("INFO: timekeeping: Cycle offset (%lld) is larger than the the '%s' clock's 50%% safety margin (%lld)\n",
+ offset, name, max_cycles >> 1);
+ printk_deferred(" timekeeping: Your kernel is still fine, but is feeling a bit nervous\n");
+ }
+ }
+}
+#else
+static inline void timekeeping_check_update(struct timekeeper *tk, cycle_t offset)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
/**
* tk_setup_internals - Set up internals to use clocksource clock.
*
@@ -1630,6 +1655,9 @@ void update_wall_time(void)
if (offset < real_tk->cycle_interval)
goto out;
+ /* Do some additional sanity checking */
+ timekeeping_check_update(real_tk, offset);
+
/*
* With NO_HZ we may have to accumulate many cycle_intervals
* (think "ticks") worth of time at once. To do this efficiently,
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index c5cefb3..36b6fa8 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -865,6 +865,19 @@ config SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK
data corruption or a sporadic crash at a later stage once the region
is examined. The runtime overhead introduced is minimal.
+config DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING
+ bool "Enable extra timekeeping sanity checking"
+ help
+ This option will enable additional timekeeping sanity checks
+ which may be helpful when diagnosing issues where timekeeping
+ problems are suspected.
+
+ This may include checks in the timekeeping hotpaths, so this
+ option may have a (very small) performance impact to some
+ workloads.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
config TIMER_STATS
bool "Collect kernel timers statistics"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS
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