Re: [PATCH 6/6] cpuidle: Fix poll_idle() noinstr annotation

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Tue Jan 24 2023 - 09:25:16 EST


On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 9:58 PM Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The instrumentation_begin()/end() annotations in poll_idle() were
> complete nonsense. Specifically they caused tracing to happen in the
> middle of noinstr code, resulting in RCU splats.
>
> Now that local_clock() is noinstr, mark up the rest and let it rip.
>
> Fixes: 00717eb8c955 ("cpuidle: Annotate poll_idle()")
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202301192148.58ece903-oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx

Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c | 2 +-
> drivers/cpuidle/poll_state.c | 2 --
> 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
> @@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ void cpuidle_reflect(struct cpuidle_devi
> * @dev: the cpuidle device
> *
> */
> -u64 cpuidle_poll_time(struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
> +__cpuidle u64 cpuidle_poll_time(struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
> struct cpuidle_device *dev)
> {
> int i;
> --- a/drivers/cpuidle/poll_state.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/poll_state.c
> @@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ static int __cpuidle poll_idle(struct cp
> {
> u64 time_start;
>
> - instrumentation_begin();
> time_start = local_clock();
>
> dev->poll_time_limit = false;
> @@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ static int __cpuidle poll_idle(struct cp
> raw_local_irq_disable();
>
> current_clr_polling();
> - instrumentation_end();
>
> return index;
> }
>
>