[PATCH v8 clocksource 4/5] clocksource: Provide a module parameter to fuzz per-CPU clock checking

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Wed Apr 14 2021 - 00:36:14 EST


Code that checks for clock desynchronization must itself be tested, so
create a new clocksource.inject_delay_shift_percpu= kernel boot parameter
that adds or subtracts a large value from the check read, using the
specified bit of the CPU ID to determine whether to add or to subtract.

Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Rutland <Mark.Rutland@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Chris Mason <clm@xxxxxx>
[ paulmck: Apply Randy Dunlap feedback. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 16 ++++++++++++++++
kernel/time/clocksource.c | 10 +++++++++-
2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index fc57952dcba0..f9da90f2791f 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -599,6 +599,22 @@
times the value specified for inject_delay_freq
of consecutive non-delays.

+ clocksource.inject_delay_shift_percpu= [KNL]
+ Clocksource delay injection partitions the CPUs
+ into two sets, one whose clocks are moved ahead
+ and the other whose clocks are moved behind.
+ This kernel parameter selects the CPU-number
+ bit that determines which of these two sets the
+ corresponding CPU is placed into. For example,
+ setting this parameter to the value 4 will result
+ in the first set containing alternating groups
+ of 16 CPUs whose clocks are moved ahead, while
+ the second set will contain the rest of the CPUs,
+ whose clocks are moved behind.
+
+ The default value of -1 disables this type of
+ error injection.
+
clocksource.max_read_retries= [KNL]
Number of clocksource_watchdog() retries due to
external delays before the clock will be marked
diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index 69311deab428..5f641b15ec6c 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ static int inject_delay_freq;
module_param(inject_delay_freq, int, 0644);
static int inject_delay_run = 1;
module_param(inject_delay_run, int, 0644);
+static int inject_delay_shift_percpu = -1;
+module_param(inject_delay_shift_percpu, int, 0644);
static int max_read_retries = 3;
module_param(max_read_retries, int, 0644);

@@ -218,8 +220,14 @@ static cpumask_t cpus_behind;
static void clocksource_verify_one_cpu(void *csin)
{
struct clocksource *cs = (struct clocksource *)csin;
+ s64 delta = 0;
+ int sign;

- csnow_mid = cs->read(cs);
+ if (inject_delay_shift_percpu >= 0) {
+ sign = ((smp_processor_id() >> inject_delay_shift_percpu) & 0x1) * 2 - 1;
+ delta = sign * NSEC_PER_SEC;
+ }
+ csnow_mid = cs->read(cs) + delta;
}

static void clocksource_verify_percpu(struct clocksource *cs)
--
2.25.1