On Mon, 1 Jul 2013, Stephen Boyd wrote: > On 07/01/13 14:24, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > On Mon, 1 Jul 2013, Stephen Boyd wrote: > >> On 07/01/13 13:14, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > >>> The issue is very subtle. What happens is: > >>> > >>> CPU0 CPU1 > >>> > >>> Switch to oneshot mode > >>> > >>> Copy the bits from tick_broadcast_mask to > >>> tick_broadcast_oneshot_mask. We need to do > >>> that so the other cpus reach the timer irq > >>> and the softirq which switches them to > >>> oneshot. > >>> > >>> Kick the broadcast device into oneshot. > >>> > >>> Timer interrupt fires > >>> > >>> irq_enter sees the cpu in > >>> tick_broadcast_oneshot_mask and > >>> sets the device to oneshot mode > >>> > >>> handle_periodic: > >>> Sees oneshot mode and adds > >>> period to > >>> dev->next_event(KTIME_MAX) > >>> > >> Yep. It is also racing with the timer interrupt so having more than two > >> CPUs must help widen the window (which is why we see it on the higher > >> numbered CPUs). > > The race above is about the timer interrupt. You mean the broadcast > > one which is still enabled due to the dummy -> functional transition > > issue, right? That helps a lot to make this more visible, because we > > double the number of events. > > I was thinking that tick_check_oneshot_broadcast() is racing with > tick_switch_to_oneshot() and because we have more CPUs we're more likely > to have a CPU fix up the handler in tick_switch_to_oneshot() after > tick_check_oneshot_broadcast() forces that CPU to oneshot mode and the > periodic handler runs. I wonder if I can reproduce it locally by making > tick_switch_to_oneshot() spin for a jiffy or two on CPU1.
tick_switch_to_oneshot() is invoked with interrupts disabled, so that wont help. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
