Re: [PATCH] msleep() with hrtimers

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Wed Nov 28 2007 - 05:30:33 EST


On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:37:12 -0600 Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Here's the second (and probably final) posting of the msleep() with
> hrtimers patch. The problem being addressed here is that the current
> msleep() will stop for a minimum of two jiffies, meaning that, on a
> HZ=100 system, msleep(1) delays for for about 20ms. In a driver with
> one such delay for each of 150 or so register setting operations, the
> extra time adds up to a few seconds.
>
> This patch addresses the situation by using hrtimers. On tickless
> systems with working timers, msleep(1) now sleeps for 1ms, even with
> HZ=100.
>
> Most comments last time were favorable. The one dissenter was Roman,
> who worries about the overhead of using hrtimers for this operation; my
> understanding is that he would rather see a really_msleep() function for
> those who actually want millisecond resolution. I'm not sure how to
> characterize what the cost could be, but it can only be buried by the
> fact that every call sleeps for some number of milliseconds. On my
> system, the several hundred total msleep() calls can't cause any real
> overhead, and almost all happen at initialization time.
>
> I still think it would be useful for msleep() to do what it says it does
> and not vastly oversleep with small arguments. A quick grep turns up
> 450 msleep(1) calls in the current mainline. Andrew, if you agree, can
> you drop this into -mm? If not, I guess I'll let it go.
>
> jon
>
> ---
>
> Use hrtimers so that msleep() sleeps for the requested time
>
> Current msleep() snoozes for at least two jiffies, causing msleep(1) to
> sleep for at least 20ms on HZ=100 systems. Using hrtimers allows
> msleep() to sleep for something much closer to the requested time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
>
> --- 2.6.23-rc1/kernel/timer.c.orig 2007-08-02 13:45:20.000000000 -0600
> +++ 2.6.23-rc1/kernel/timer.c 2007-08-03 12:34:48.000000000 -0600
> @@ -1349,18 +1349,43 @@ void __init init_timers(void)
> open_softirq(TIMER_SOFTIRQ, run_timer_softirq, NULL);
> }
>
> +
> +
> +
> +static void do_msleep(unsigned int msecs, struct hrtimer_sleeper *sleeper,
> + int sigs)
> +{
> + enum hrtimer_mode mode = HRTIMER_MODE_REL;
> + int state = sigs ? TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE : TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE;
> +
> + /*
> + * This is really just a reworked and simplified version
> + * of do_nanosleep().
> + */
> + hrtimer_init(&sleeper->timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, mode);
> + sleeper->timer.expires = ktime_set(0, msecs*NSEC_PER_MSEC);
> + hrtimer_init_sleeper(sleeper, current);
> +
> + do {
> + set_current_state(state);
> + hrtimer_start(&sleeper->timer, sleeper->timer.expires, mode);
> + if (sleeper->task)
> + schedule();
> + hrtimer_cancel(&sleeper->timer);
> + mode = HRTIMER_MODE_ABS;
> + } while (sleeper->task && !(sigs && signal_pending(current)));
> +}
> +
> /**
> * msleep - sleep safely even with waitqueue interruptions
> * @msecs: Time in milliseconds to sleep for
> */
> void msleep(unsigned int msecs)
> {
> - unsigned long timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(msecs) + 1;
> + struct hrtimer_sleeper sleeper;
>
> - while (timeout)
> - timeout = schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(timeout);
> + do_msleep(msecs, &sleeper, 0);
> }
> -
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(msleep);
>
> /**
> @@ -1369,11 +1394,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(msleep);
> */
> unsigned long msleep_interruptible(unsigned int msecs)
> {
> - unsigned long timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(msecs) + 1;
> + struct hrtimer_sleeper sleeper;
> + ktime_t left;
>
> - while (timeout && !signal_pending(current))
> - timeout = schedule_timeout_interruptible(timeout);
> - return jiffies_to_msecs(timeout);
> -}
> + do_msleep(msecs, &sleeper, 1);
>
> + if (!sleeper.task)
> + return 0;
> + left = ktime_sub(sleeper.timer.expires,
> + sleeper.timer.base->get_time());
> + return max(((long) ktime_to_ns(left))/NSEC_PER_MSEC, 1L);
> +}
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(msleep_interruptible);

This patch (which appears to have got stranded in Thomas's git-hrt tree)
breaks hotplugging of the wireless mouse on my Vaio.

Kinda strange - sometimes things come up and work but more often the
machine simply fails to notice that the mouse was plugged in at all.

It could be a bug in USB...

<gets a sinking feeling>

<looks down-thread>

ah shit, I already reported this bug on August 9 and I just spent an hour
and a half re-finding it. Thanks, guys.

Anyway, here's a fix which doesn't fix it:


- Don't return from msleep() in state TASK_[UN]INTERRUPTIBLE

- Someone seems to have fallen asleep on the enter key. Fix.

--- a/kernel/timer.c~git-hrt-fix
+++ a/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1347,7 +1347,6 @@ static struct notifier_block __cpuinitda
.notifier_call = timer_cpu_notify,
};

-
void __init init_timers(void)
{
int err = timer_cpu_notify(&timers_nb, (unsigned long)CPU_UP_PREPARE,
@@ -1360,9 +1359,6 @@ void __init init_timers(void)
open_softirq(TIMER_SOFTIRQ, run_timer_softirq, NULL);
}

-
-
-
static void do_msleep(unsigned int msecs, struct hrtimer_sleeper *sleeper,
int sigs)
{
@@ -1385,6 +1381,7 @@ static void do_msleep(unsigned int msecs
hrtimer_cancel(&sleeper->timer);
mode = HRTIMER_MODE_ABS;
} while (sleeper->task && !(sigs && signal_pending(current)));
+ set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
}

/**
_


I'll revert it.

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