Re: [PATCH 13/15] sched: Use a static_key for sched_clock_stable

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Jan 22 2014 - 16:08:42 EST


>
> I think its the right region to look through. My current suspect is the
> linear continuity fit with the initial 'random' multiplier.
>
> That initial 'random' multiplier can get us quite high, and we'll fit
> the function to match that but continue at a sane rate.
>
> I'll try and prod a little more later this evening as time permits.

Does this cure things?

---
arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c | 11 +++++++----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index a3acbac2ee72..bb04148c5fe0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ static inline unsigned long long cycles_2_ns(unsigned long long cyc)
/* XXX surely we already have this someplace in the kernel?! */
#define DIV_ROUND(n, d) (((n) + ((d) / 2)) / (d))

-static void set_cyc2ns_scale(unsigned long cpu_khz, int cpu)
+static void set_cyc2ns_scale(unsigned long cpu_khz, int cpu, bool origin)
{
unsigned long long tsc_now, ns_now;
struct cyc2ns_data *data;
@@ -252,7 +252,10 @@ static void set_cyc2ns_scale(unsigned long cpu_khz, int cpu)
data = cyc2ns_write_begin(cpu);

rdtscll(tsc_now);
- ns_now = cycles_2_ns(tsc_now);
+ if (origin)
+ ns_now = 0;
+ else
+ ns_now = cycles_2_ns(tsc_now);

/*
* Compute a new multiplier as per the above comment and ensure our
@@ -926,7 +929,7 @@ static int time_cpufreq_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val,
mark_tsc_unstable("cpufreq changes");
}

- set_cyc2ns_scale(tsc_khz, freq->cpu);
+ set_cyc2ns_scale(tsc_khz, freq->cpu, false);

return 0;
}
@@ -1199,7 +1202,7 @@ void __init tsc_init(void)
*/
for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
cyc2ns_init(cpu);
- set_cyc2ns_scale(cpu_khz, cpu);
+ set_cyc2ns_scale(cpu_khz, cpu, true);
}

if (tsc_disabled > 0)
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