Daniel & Colin,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki [mailto:r...@sisk.pl]
> Sent: 2013年8月20日 20:37
> To: Neil Zhang; Daniel Lezcano
> Cc: linux...@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpuidle: coupled: fix dead loop corner case
>
> On Tuesday, August 20, 2013 01:17:44 PM Neil Zhang wrote:
> > There is a corener case when no peripheral irqs route to secondary
> > cores.
> > Let's take dual core system for example, the sequence is as following:
> >
> > Core 0 Core1
> > 1. set waiting bit and enter waiting loop
> > 2. set waiting bit and poke core1
> > 3. clear poke in irq and enter safe state
> > 4. set ready bit and enter ready loop
> >
> > Since there is no peripheral irq route to core 1, so it will stay in
> > safe state forever, and core 0 will dead loop in the following code.
> > while (!cpuidle_coupled_cpus_ready(coupled)) {
> > /* Check if any other cpus bailed out of idle. */
> > if (!cpuidle_coupled_cpus_waiting(coupled))
> > }
> >
> > The solution is don't let secondary core enter safe state when it has
> > already handled the poke interrupt.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Neil Zhang <zhan...@marvell.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Fangsuo Wu <f...@marvell.com>
>
> Daniel, can you please have a look at this?
>
> Rafael
>
What's your opinion?
Thanks.
>
> > ---
> > drivers/cpuidle/coupled.c | 7 +++++++
> > 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/coupled.c b/drivers/cpuidle/coupled.c
> > index 2a297f8..a37c718 100644
> > --- a/drivers/cpuidle/coupled.c
> > +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/coupled.c
> > @@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ struct cpuidle_coupled {
> > #define CPUIDLE_COUPLED_NOT_IDLE (-1)
> >
> > static DEFINE_MUTEX(cpuidle_coupled_lock);
> > +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(bool, poke_sync);
> > static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct call_single_data,
> > cpuidle_coupled_poke_cb);
> >
> > /*
> > @@ -295,6 +296,7 @@ static void cpuidle_coupled_poked(void *info) {
> > int cpu = (unsigned long)info;
> > cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, &cpuidle_coupled_poked_mask);
> > + __this_cpu_write(poke_sync, true);
> > }
> >
> > /**
> > @@ -473,6 +475,7 @@ retry:
> > * allowed for a single cpu.
> > */
> > while (!cpuidle_coupled_cpus_waiting(coupled)) {
> > + __this_cpu_write(poke_sync, false);
> > if (cpuidle_coupled_clear_pokes(dev->cpu)) {
> > cpuidle_coupled_set_not_waiting(dev->cpu, coupled);
> > goto out;
> > @@ -483,6 +486,10 @@ retry:
> > goto out;
> > }
> >
> > + if (cpuidle_coupled_cpus_waiting(coupled)
> > + && __this_cpu_read(poke_sync))
> > + break;
> > +
> > entered_state = cpuidle_enter_state(dev, drv,
> > dev->safe_state_index);
> > }
> >
> --
> I speak only for myself.
> Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
Best Regards,
Neil Zhang
