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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/cgroup.c | 17 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/irq/chip.c | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/irq/internals.h | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/irq/manage.c | 39 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/irq/migration.c | 13 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/panic.c | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/sched/core.c | 68 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/sched/fair.c | 42 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/sched/rt.c | 51 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/smpboot.c | 17 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/time/clockevents.c | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 19 |
12 files changed, 195 insertions, 91 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c index 0f3527d..72fcd30 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup.c @@ -896,10 +896,13 @@ static void cgroup_diput(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode) mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex); /* - * Drop the active superblock reference that we took when we - * created the cgroup + * We want to drop the active superblock reference from the + * cgroup creation after all the dentry refs are gone - + * kill_sb gets mighty unhappy otherwise. Mark + * dentry->d_fsdata with cgroup_diput() to tell + * cgroup_d_release() to call deactivate_super(). */ - deactivate_super(cgrp->root->sb); + dentry->d_fsdata = cgroup_diput; /* * if we're getting rid of the cgroup, refcount should ensure @@ -925,6 +928,13 @@ static int cgroup_delete(const struct dentry *d) return 1; } +static void cgroup_d_release(struct dentry *dentry) +{ + /* did cgroup_diput() tell me to deactivate super? */ + if (dentry->d_fsdata == cgroup_diput) + deactivate_super(dentry->d_sb); +} + static void remove_dir(struct dentry *d) { struct dentry *parent = dget(d->d_parent); @@ -1532,6 +1542,7 @@ static int cgroup_get_rootdir(struct super_block *sb) static const struct dentry_operations cgroup_dops = { .d_iput = cgroup_diput, .d_delete = cgroup_delete, + .d_release = cgroup_d_release, }; struct inode *inode = diff --git a/kernel/irq/chip.c b/kernel/irq/chip.c index fc275e4..eebd6d5 100644 --- a/kernel/irq/chip.c +++ b/kernel/irq/chip.c @@ -275,8 +275,10 @@ void handle_nested_irq(unsigned int irq) kstat_incr_irqs_this_cpu(irq, desc); action = desc->action; - if (unlikely(!action || irqd_irq_disabled(&desc->irq_data))) + if (unlikely(!action || irqd_irq_disabled(&desc->irq_data))) { + desc->istate |= IRQS_PENDING; goto out_unlock; + } irqd_set(&desc->irq_data, IRQD_IRQ_INPROGRESS); raw_spin_unlock_irq(&desc->lock); @@ -324,8 +326,10 @@ handle_simple_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc) desc->istate &= ~(IRQS_REPLAY | IRQS_WAITING); kstat_incr_irqs_this_cpu(irq, desc); - if (unlikely(!desc->action || irqd_irq_disabled(&desc->irq_data))) + if (unlikely(!desc->action || irqd_irq_disabled(&desc->irq_data))) { + desc->istate |= IRQS_PENDING; goto out_unlock; + } handle_irq_event(desc); diff --git a/kernel/irq/internals.h b/kernel/irq/internals.h index 8e5c56b..001fa5b 100644 --- a/kernel/irq/internals.h +++ b/kernel/irq/internals.h @@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ extern int irq_select_affinity_usr(unsigned int irq, struct cpumask *mask); extern void irq_set_thread_affinity(struct irq_desc *desc); +extern int irq_do_set_affinity(struct irq_data *data, + const struct cpumask *dest, bool force); + /* Inline functions for support of irq chips on slow busses */ static inline void chip_bus_lock(struct irq_desc *desc) { diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c index ea0c6c2..8c54823 100644 --- a/kernel/irq/manage.c +++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c @@ -142,6 +142,25 @@ static inline void irq_get_pending(struct cpumask *mask, struct irq_desc *desc) { } #endif +int irq_do_set_affinity(struct irq_data *data, const struct cpumask *mask, + bool force) +{ + struct irq_desc *desc = irq_data_to_desc(data); + struct irq_chip *chip = irq_data_get_irq_chip(data); + int ret; + + ret = chip->irq_set_affinity(data, mask, false); + switch (ret) { + case IRQ_SET_MASK_OK: + cpumask_copy(data->affinity, mask); + case IRQ_SET_MASK_OK_NOCOPY: + irq_set_thread_affinity(desc); + ret = 0; + } + + return ret; +} + int __irq_set_affinity_locked(struct irq_data *data, const struct cpumask *mask) { struct irq_chip *chip = irq_data_get_irq_chip(data); @@ -152,14 +171,7 @@ int __irq_set_affinity_locked(struct irq_data *data, const struct cpumask *mask) return -EINVAL; if (irq_can_move_pcntxt(data)) { - ret = chip->irq_set_affinity(data, mask, false); - switch (ret) { - case IRQ_SET_MASK_OK: - cpumask_copy(data->affinity, mask); - case IRQ_SET_MASK_OK_NOCOPY: - irq_set_thread_affinity(desc); - ret = 0; - } + ret = irq_do_set_affinity(data, mask, false); } else { irqd_set_move_pending(data); irq_copy_pending(desc, mask); @@ -283,9 +295,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(irq_set_affinity_notifier); static int setup_affinity(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc, struct cpumask *mask) { - struct irq_chip *chip = irq_desc_get_chip(desc); struct cpumask *set = irq_default_affinity; - int ret, node = desc->irq_data.node; + int node = desc->irq_data.node; /* Excludes PER_CPU and NO_BALANCE interrupts */ if (!irq_can_set_affinity(irq)) @@ -311,13 +322,7 @@ setup_affinity(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc, struct cpumask *mask) if (cpumask_intersects(mask, nodemask)) cpumask_and(mask, mask, nodemask); } - ret = chip->irq_set_affinity(&desc->irq_data, mask, false); - switch (ret) { - case IRQ_SET_MASK_OK: - cpumask_copy(desc->irq_data.affinity, mask); - case IRQ_SET_MASK_OK_NOCOPY: - irq_set_thread_affinity(desc); - } + irq_do_set_affinity(&desc->irq_data, mask, false); return 0; } #else diff --git a/kernel/irq/migration.c b/kernel/irq/migration.c index c3c8975..ca3f4aa 100644 --- a/kernel/irq/migration.c +++ b/kernel/irq/migration.c @@ -42,17 +42,8 @@ void irq_move_masked_irq(struct irq_data *idata) * For correct operation this depends on the caller * masking the irqs. */ - if (likely(cpumask_any_and(desc->pending_mask, cpu_online_mask) - < nr_cpu_ids)) { - int ret = chip->irq_set_affinity(&desc->irq_data, - desc->pending_mask, false); - switch (ret) { - case IRQ_SET_MASK_OK: - cpumask_copy(desc->irq_data.affinity, desc->pending_mask); - case IRQ_SET_MASK_OK_NOCOPY: - irq_set_thread_affinity(desc); - } - } + if (cpumask_any_and(desc->pending_mask, cpu_online_mask) < nr_cpu_ids) + irq_do_set_affinity(&desc->irq_data, desc->pending_mask, false); cpumask_clear(desc->pending_mask); } diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c index 8ed89a1..d2a5f4e 100644 --- a/kernel/panic.c +++ b/kernel/panic.c @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ #define PANIC_TIMER_STEP 100 #define PANIC_BLINK_SPD 18 -int panic_on_oops; +int panic_on_oops = CONFIG_PANIC_ON_OOPS_VALUE; static unsigned long tainted_mask; static int pause_on_oops; static int pause_on_oops_flag; @@ -108,8 +108,6 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...) */ crash_kexec(NULL); - kmsg_dump(KMSG_DUMP_PANIC); - /* * Note smp_send_stop is the usual smp shutdown function, which * unfortunately means it may not be hardened to work in a panic @@ -117,6 +115,8 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...) */ smp_send_stop(); + kmsg_dump(KMSG_DUMP_PANIC); + atomic_notifier_call_chain(&panic_notifier_list, 0, buf); bust_spinlocks(0); diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c index 39eb601..c46958e 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/core.c +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c @@ -142,9 +142,8 @@ const_debug unsigned int sysctl_sched_features = #define SCHED_FEAT(name, enabled) \ #name , -static __read_mostly char *sched_feat_names[] = { +static const char * const sched_feat_names[] = { #include "features.h" - NULL }; #undef SCHED_FEAT @@ -2517,25 +2516,32 @@ static void __update_cpu_load(struct rq *this_rq, unsigned long this_load, sched_avg_update(this_rq); } +#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ +/* + * There is no sane way to deal with nohz on smp when using jiffies because the + * cpu doing the jiffies update might drift wrt the cpu doing the jiffy reading + * causing off-by-one errors in observed deltas; {0,2} instead of {1,1}. + * + * Therefore we cannot use the delta approach from the regular tick since that + * would seriously skew the load calculation. However we'll make do for those + * updates happening while idle (nohz_idle_balance) or coming out of idle + * (tick_nohz_idle_exit). + * + * This means we might still be one tick off for nohz periods. + */ + /* * Called from nohz_idle_balance() to update the load ratings before doing the * idle balance. */ void update_idle_cpu_load(struct rq *this_rq) { - unsigned long curr_jiffies = jiffies; + unsigned long curr_jiffies = ACCESS_ONCE(jiffies); unsigned long load = this_rq->load.weight; unsigned long pending_updates; /* - * Bloody broken means of dealing with nohz, but better than nothing.. - * jiffies is updated by one cpu, another cpu can drift wrt the jiffy - * update and see 0 difference the one time and 2 the next, even though - * we ticked at roughtly the same rate. - * - * Hence we only use this from nohz_idle_balance() and skip this - * nonsense when called from the scheduler_tick() since that's - * guaranteed a stable rate. + * bail if there's load or we're actually up-to-date. */ if (load || curr_jiffies == this_rq->last_load_update_tick) return; @@ -2547,12 +2553,38 @@ void update_idle_cpu_load(struct rq *this_rq) } /* + * Called from tick_nohz_idle_exit() -- try and fix up the ticks we missed. + */ +void update_cpu_load_nohz(void) +{ + struct rq *this_rq = this_rq(); + unsigned long curr_jiffies = ACCESS_ONCE(jiffies); + unsigned long pending_updates; + + if (curr_jiffies == this_rq->last_load_update_tick) + return; + + raw_spin_lock(&this_rq->lock); + pending_updates = curr_jiffies - this_rq->last_load_update_tick; + if (pending_updates) { + this_rq->last_load_update_tick = curr_jiffies; + /* + * We were idle, this means load 0, the current load might be + * !0 due to remote wakeups and the sort. + */ + __update_cpu_load(this_rq, 0, pending_updates); + } + raw_spin_unlock(&this_rq->lock); +} +#endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ */ + +/* * Called from scheduler_tick() */ static void update_cpu_load_active(struct rq *this_rq) { /* - * See the mess in update_idle_cpu_load(). + * See the mess around update_idle_cpu_load() / update_cpu_load_nohz(). */ this_rq->last_load_update_tick = jiffies; __update_cpu_load(this_rq, this_rq->load.weight, 1); @@ -4982,7 +5014,7 @@ void do_set_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *new_mask) p->sched_class->set_cpus_allowed(p, new_mask); cpumask_copy(&p->cpus_allowed, new_mask); - p->rt.nr_cpus_allowed = cpumask_weight(new_mask); + p->nr_cpus_allowed = cpumask_weight(new_mask); } /* @@ -5997,11 +6029,14 @@ build_overlap_sched_groups(struct sched_domain *sd, int cpu) cpumask_or(covered, covered, sg_span); - sg->sgp = *per_cpu_ptr(sdd->sgp, cpumask_first(sg_span)); + sg->sgp = *per_cpu_ptr(sdd->sgp, i); atomic_inc(&sg->sgp->ref); - if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, sg_span)) + if ((!groups && cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, sg_span)) || + cpumask_first(sg_span) == cpu) { + WARN_ON_ONCE(!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, sg_span)); groups = sg; + } if (!first) first = sg; @@ -6403,7 +6438,7 @@ static void sched_init_numa(void) return; for (j = 0; j < nr_node_ids; j++) { - struct cpumask *mask = kzalloc_node(cpumask_size(), GFP_KERNEL, j); + struct cpumask *mask = kzalloc(cpumask_size(), GFP_KERNEL); if (!mask) return; @@ -6691,7 +6726,6 @@ static int init_sched_domains(const struct cpumask *cpu_map) if (!doms_cur) doms_cur = &fallback_doms; cpumask_andnot(doms_cur[0], cpu_map, cpu_isolated_map); - dattr_cur = NULL; err = build_sched_domains(doms_cur[0], NULL); register_sched_domain_sysctl(); diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c index 940e6d1..b2a2d236 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c @@ -2703,7 +2703,7 @@ select_task_rq_fair(struct task_struct *p, int sd_flag, int wake_flags) int want_sd = 1; int sync = wake_flags & WF_SYNC; - if (p->rt.nr_cpus_allowed == 1) + if (p->nr_cpus_allowed == 1) return prev_cpu; if (sd_flag & SD_BALANCE_WAKE) { @@ -3503,15 +3503,22 @@ unsigned long __weak arch_scale_smt_power(struct sched_domain *sd, int cpu) unsigned long scale_rt_power(int cpu) { struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu); - u64 total, available; + u64 total, available, age_stamp, avg; - total = sched_avg_period() + (rq->clock - rq->age_stamp); + /* + * Since we're reading these variables without serialization make sure + * we read them once before doing sanity checks on them. + */ + age_stamp = ACCESS_ONCE(rq->age_stamp); + avg = ACCESS_ONCE(rq->rt_avg); + + total = sched_avg_period() + (rq->clock - age_stamp); - if (unlikely(total < rq->rt_avg)) { + if (unlikely(total < avg)) { /* Ensures that power won't end up being negative */ available = 0; } else { - available = total - rq->rt_avg; + available = total - avg; } if (unlikely((s64)total < SCHED_POWER_SCALE)) @@ -3574,11 +3581,26 @@ void update_group_power(struct sched_domain *sd, int cpu) power = 0; - group = child->groups; - do { - power += group->sgp->power; - group = group->next; - } while (group != child->groups); + if (child->flags & SD_OVERLAP) { + /* + * SD_OVERLAP domains cannot assume that child groups + * span the current group. + */ + + for_each_cpu(cpu, sched_group_cpus(sdg)) + power += power_of(cpu); + } else { + /* + * !SD_OVERLAP domains can assume that child groups + * span the current group. + */ + + group = child->groups; + do { + power += group->sgp->power; + group = group->next; + } while (group != child->groups); + } sdg->sgp->power = power; } diff --git a/kernel/sched/rt.c b/kernel/sched/rt.c index c5565c3..2a4e8df 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/rt.c +++ b/kernel/sched/rt.c @@ -274,13 +274,16 @@ static void update_rt_migration(struct rt_rq *rt_rq) static void inc_rt_migration(struct sched_rt_entity *rt_se, struct rt_rq *rt_rq) { + struct task_struct *p; + if (!rt_entity_is_task(rt_se)) return; + p = rt_task_of(rt_se); rt_rq = &rq_of_rt_rq(rt_rq)->rt; rt_rq->rt_nr_total++; - if (rt_se->nr_cpus_allowed > 1) + if (p->nr_cpus_allowed > 1) rt_rq->rt_nr_migratory++; update_rt_migration(rt_rq); @@ -288,13 +291,16 @@ static void inc_rt_migration(struct sched_rt_entity *rt_se, struct rt_rq *rt_rq) static void dec_rt_migration(struct sched_rt_entity *rt_se, struct rt_rq *rt_rq) { + struct task_struct *p; + if (!rt_entity_is_task(rt_se)) return; + p = rt_task_of(rt_se); rt_rq = &rq_of_rt_rq(rt_rq)->rt; rt_rq->rt_nr_total--; - if (rt_se->nr_cpus_allowed > 1) + if (p->nr_cpus_allowed > 1) rt_rq->rt_nr_migratory--; update_rt_migration(rt_rq); @@ -1161,7 +1167,7 @@ enqueue_task_rt(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags) enqueue_rt_entity(rt_se, flags & ENQUEUE_HEAD); - if (!task_current(rq, p) && p->rt.nr_cpus_allowed > 1) + if (!task_current(rq, p) && p->nr_cpus_allowed > 1) enqueue_pushable_task(rq, p); inc_nr_running(rq); @@ -1225,7 +1231,7 @@ select_task_rq_rt(struct task_struct *p, int sd_flag, int flags) cpu = task_cpu(p); - if (p->rt.nr_cpus_allowed == 1) + if (p->nr_cpus_allowed == 1) goto out; /* For anything but wake ups, just return the task_cpu */ @@ -1260,9 +1266,9 @@ select_task_rq_rt(struct task_struct *p, int sd_flag, int flags) * will have to sort it out. */ if (curr && unlikely(rt_task(curr)) && - (curr->rt.nr_cpus_allowed < 2 || + (curr->nr_cpus_allowed < 2 || curr->prio <= p->prio) && - (p->rt.nr_cpus_allowed > 1)) { + (p->nr_cpus_allowed > 1)) { int target = find_lowest_rq(p); if (target != -1) @@ -1276,10 +1282,10 @@ out: static void check_preempt_equal_prio(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p) { - if (rq->curr->rt.nr_cpus_allowed == 1) + if (rq->curr->nr_cpus_allowed == 1) return; - if (p->rt.nr_cpus_allowed != 1 + if (p->nr_cpus_allowed != 1 && cpupri_find(&rq->rd->cpupri, p, NULL)) return; @@ -1395,7 +1401,7 @@ static void put_prev_task_rt(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p) * The previous task needs to be made eligible for pushing * if it is still active */ - if (on_rt_rq(&p->rt) && p->rt.nr_cpus_allowed > 1) + if (on_rt_rq(&p->rt) && p->nr_cpus_allowed > 1) enqueue_pushable_task(rq, p); } @@ -1408,7 +1414,7 @@ static int pick_rt_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int cpu) { if (!task_running(rq, p) && (cpu < 0 || cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, tsk_cpus_allowed(p))) && - (p->rt.nr_cpus_allowed > 1)) + (p->nr_cpus_allowed > 1)) return 1; return 0; } @@ -1464,7 +1470,7 @@ static int find_lowest_rq(struct task_struct *task) if (unlikely(!lowest_mask)) return -1; - if (task->rt.nr_cpus_allowed == 1) + if (task->nr_cpus_allowed == 1) return -1; /* No other targets possible */ if (!cpupri_find(&task_rq(task)->rd->cpupri, task, lowest_mask)) @@ -1586,7 +1592,7 @@ static struct task_struct *pick_next_pushable_task(struct rq *rq) BUG_ON(rq->cpu != task_cpu(p)); BUG_ON(task_current(rq, p)); - BUG_ON(p->rt.nr_cpus_allowed <= 1); + BUG_ON(p->nr_cpus_allowed <= 1); BUG_ON(!p->on_rq); BUG_ON(!rt_task(p)); @@ -1793,9 +1799,9 @@ static void task_woken_rt(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p) if (!task_running(rq, p) && !test_tsk_need_resched(rq->curr) && has_pushable_tasks(rq) && - p->rt.nr_cpus_allowed > 1 && + p->nr_cpus_allowed > 1 && rt_task(rq->curr) && - (rq->curr->rt.nr_cpus_allowed < 2 || + (rq->curr->nr_cpus_allowed < 2 || rq->curr->prio <= p->prio)) push_rt_tasks(rq); } @@ -1817,7 +1823,7 @@ static void set_cpus_allowed_rt(struct task_struct *p, * Only update if the process changes its state from whether it * can migrate or not. */ - if ((p->rt.nr_cpus_allowed > 1) == (weight > 1)) + if ((p->nr_cpus_allowed > 1) == (weight > 1)) return; rq = task_rq(p); @@ -1979,6 +1985,8 @@ static void watchdog(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p) static void task_tick_rt(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int queued) { + struct sched_rt_entity *rt_se = &p->rt; + update_curr_rt(rq); watchdog(rq, p); @@ -1996,12 +2004,15 @@ static void task_tick_rt(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int queued) p->rt.time_slice = RR_TIMESLICE; /* - * Requeue to the end of queue if we are not the only element - * on the queue: + * Requeue to the end of queue if we (and all of our ancestors) are the + * only element on the queue */ - if (p->rt.run_list.prev != p->rt.run_list.next) { - requeue_task_rt(rq, p, 0); - set_tsk_need_resched(p); + for_each_sched_rt_entity(rt_se) { + if (rt_se->run_list.prev != rt_se->run_list.next) { + requeue_task_rt(rq, p, 0); + set_tsk_need_resched(p); + return; + } } } diff --git a/kernel/smpboot.c b/kernel/smpboot.c index e1a797e..98f60c5 100644 --- a/kernel/smpboot.c +++ b/kernel/smpboot.c @@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ void __init idle_thread_set_boot_cpu(void) per_cpu(idle_threads, smp_processor_id()) = current; } +/** + * idle_init - Initialize the idle thread for a cpu + * @cpu: The cpu for which the idle thread should be initialized + * + * Creates the thread if it does not exist. + */ static inline void idle_init(unsigned int cpu) { struct task_struct *tsk = per_cpu(idle_threads, cpu); @@ -45,17 +51,16 @@ static inline void idle_init(unsigned int cpu) } /** - * idle_thread_init - Initialize the idle thread for a cpu - * @cpu: The cpu for which the idle thread should be initialized - * - * Creates the thread if it does not exist. + * idle_threads_init - Initialize idle threads for all cpus */ void __init idle_threads_init(void) { - unsigned int cpu; + unsigned int cpu, boot_cpu; + + boot_cpu = smp_processor_id(); for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) { - if (cpu != smp_processor_id()) + if (cpu != boot_cpu) idle_init(cpu); } } diff --git a/kernel/time/clockevents.c b/kernel/time/clockevents.c index 9cd928f..7e1ce01 100644 --- a/kernel/time/clockevents.c +++ b/kernel/time/clockevents.c @@ -297,8 +297,7 @@ void clockevents_register_device(struct clock_event_device *dev) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(clockevents_register_device); -static void clockevents_config(struct clock_event_device *dev, - u32 freq) +void clockevents_config(struct clock_event_device *dev, u32 freq) { u64 sec; diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c index 52f5ebb..8699978 100644 --- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c +++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c @@ -581,6 +581,7 @@ void tick_nohz_idle_exit(void) /* Update jiffies first */ select_nohz_load_balancer(0); tick_do_update_jiffies64(now); + update_cpu_load_nohz(); #ifndef CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING /* @@ -819,6 +820,16 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart tick_sched_timer(struct hrtimer *timer) return HRTIMER_RESTART; } +static int sched_skew_tick; + +static int __init skew_tick(char *str) +{ + get_option(&str, &sched_skew_tick); + + return 0; +} +early_param("skew_tick", skew_tick); + /** * tick_setup_sched_timer - setup the tick emulation timer */ @@ -836,6 +847,14 @@ void tick_setup_sched_timer(void) /* Get the next period (per cpu) */ hrtimer_set_expires(&ts->sched_timer, tick_init_jiffy_update()); + /* Offset the tick to avert xtime_lock contention. */ + if (sched_skew_tick) { + u64 offset = ktime_to_ns(tick_period) >> 1; + do_div(offset, num_possible_cpus()); + offset *= smp_processor_id(); + hrtimer_add_expires_ns(&ts->sched_timer, offset); + } + for (;;) { hrtimer_forward(&ts->sched_timer, now, tick_period); hrtimer_start_expires(&ts->sched_timer, |