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-rw-r--r--kernel/time/Kconfig9
-rw-r--r--kernel/time/alarmtimer.c2
-rw-r--r--kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c216
-rw-r--r--kernel/time/sched_clock.c2
-rw-r--r--kernel/time/timekeeping.c4
-rw-r--r--kernel/time/timekeeping_internal.h11
-rw-r--r--kernel/time/timer.c1
-rw-r--r--kernel/time/vsyscall.c41
8 files changed, 254 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/Kconfig b/kernel/time/Kconfig
index fcc42353f125..a09b1d61df6a 100644
--- a/kernel/time/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/time/Kconfig
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_MIN_ADJUST
config GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
bool
+# Select to handle posix CPU timers from task_work
+# and not from the timer interrupt context
+config HAVE_POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK
+ bool
+
+config POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK
+ bool
+ default y if POSIX_TIMERS && HAVE_POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK
+
if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
menu "Timers subsystem"
diff --git a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
index 2ffb466af77e..ca223a89530a 100644
--- a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ static void alarmtimer_dequeue(struct alarm_base *base, struct alarm *alarm)
* When a alarm timer fires, this runs through the timerqueue to
* see which alarms expired, and runs those. If there are more alarm
* timers queued for the future, we set the hrtimer to fire when
- * when the next future alarm timer expires.
+ * the next future alarm timer expires.
*/
static enum hrtimer_restart alarmtimer_fired(struct hrtimer *timer)
{
diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 165117996ea0..a71758e34e45 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ static int posix_cpu_clock_get(const clockid_t clock, struct timespec64 *tp)
*/
static int posix_cpu_timer_create(struct k_itimer *new_timer)
{
+ static struct lock_class_key posix_cpu_timers_key;
struct pid *pid;
rcu_read_lock();
@@ -386,6 +387,17 @@ static int posix_cpu_timer_create(struct k_itimer *new_timer)
return -EINVAL;
}
+ /*
+ * If posix timer expiry is handled in task work context then
+ * timer::it_lock can be taken without disabling interrupts as all
+ * other locking happens in task context. This requires a seperate
+ * lock class key otherwise regular posix timer expiry would record
+ * the lock class being taken in interrupt context and generate a
+ * false positive warning.
+ */
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK))
+ lockdep_set_class(&new_timer->it_lock, &posix_cpu_timers_key);
+
new_timer->kclock = &clock_posix_cpu;
timerqueue_init(&new_timer->it.cpu.node);
new_timer->it.cpu.pid = get_pid(pid);
@@ -1080,43 +1092,163 @@ static inline bool fastpath_timer_check(struct task_struct *tsk)
return false;
}
+static void handle_posix_cpu_timers(struct task_struct *tsk);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK
+static void posix_cpu_timers_work(struct callback_head *work)
+{
+ handle_posix_cpu_timers(current);
+}
+
/*
- * This is called from the timer interrupt handler. The irq handler has
- * already updated our counts. We need to check if any timers fire now.
- * Interrupts are disabled.
+ * Initialize posix CPU timers task work in init task. Out of line to
+ * keep the callback static and to avoid header recursion hell.
*/
-void run_posix_cpu_timers(void)
+void __init posix_cputimers_init_work(void)
{
- struct task_struct *tsk = current;
- struct k_itimer *timer, *next;
- unsigned long flags;
- LIST_HEAD(firing);
+ init_task_work(&current->posix_cputimers_work.work,
+ posix_cpu_timers_work);
+}
- lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
+/*
+ * Note: All operations on tsk->posix_cputimer_work.scheduled happen either
+ * in hard interrupt context or in task context with interrupts
+ * disabled. Aside of that the writer/reader interaction is always in the
+ * context of the current task, which means they are strict per CPU.
+ */
+static inline bool posix_cpu_timers_work_scheduled(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+ return tsk->posix_cputimers_work.scheduled;
+}
- /*
- * The fast path checks that there are no expired thread or thread
- * group timers. If that's so, just return.
- */
- if (!fastpath_timer_check(tsk))
+static inline void __run_posix_cpu_timers(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(tsk->posix_cputimers_work.scheduled))
return;
- lockdep_posixtimer_enter();
- if (!lock_task_sighand(tsk, &flags)) {
- lockdep_posixtimer_exit();
- return;
+ /* Schedule task work to actually expire the timers */
+ tsk->posix_cputimers_work.scheduled = true;
+ task_work_add(tsk, &tsk->posix_cputimers_work.work, TWA_RESUME);
+}
+
+static inline bool posix_cpu_timers_enable_work(struct task_struct *tsk,
+ unsigned long start)
+{
+ bool ret = true;
+
+ /*
+ * On !RT kernels interrupts are disabled while collecting expired
+ * timers, so no tick can happen and the fast path check can be
+ * reenabled without further checks.
+ */
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT)) {
+ tsk->posix_cputimers_work.scheduled = false;
+ return true;
}
+
/*
- * Here we take off tsk->signal->cpu_timers[N] and
- * tsk->cpu_timers[N] all the timers that are firing, and
- * put them on the firing list.
+ * On RT enabled kernels ticks can happen while the expired timers
+ * are collected under sighand lock. But any tick which observes
+ * the CPUTIMERS_WORK_SCHEDULED bit set, does not run the fastpath
+ * checks. So reenabling the tick work has do be done carefully:
+ *
+ * Disable interrupts and run the fast path check if jiffies have
+ * advanced since the collecting of expired timers started. If
+ * jiffies have not advanced or the fast path check did not find
+ * newly expired timers, reenable the fast path check in the timer
+ * interrupt. If there are newly expired timers, return false and
+ * let the collection loop repeat.
*/
- check_thread_timers(tsk, &firing);
+ local_irq_disable();
+ if (start != jiffies && fastpath_timer_check(tsk))
+ ret = false;
+ else
+ tsk->posix_cputimers_work.scheduled = false;
+ local_irq_enable();
+
+ return ret;
+}
+#else /* CONFIG_POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK */
+static inline void __run_posix_cpu_timers(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+ lockdep_posixtimer_enter();
+ handle_posix_cpu_timers(tsk);
+ lockdep_posixtimer_exit();
+}
+
+static inline bool posix_cpu_timers_work_scheduled(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+
+static inline bool posix_cpu_timers_enable_work(struct task_struct *tsk,
+ unsigned long start)
+{
+ return true;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK */
+
+static void handle_posix_cpu_timers(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+ struct k_itimer *timer, *next;
+ unsigned long flags, start;
+ LIST_HEAD(firing);
+
+ if (!lock_task_sighand(tsk, &flags))
+ return;
- check_process_timers(tsk, &firing);
+ do {
+ /*
+ * On RT locking sighand lock does not disable interrupts,
+ * so this needs to be careful vs. ticks. Store the current
+ * jiffies value.
+ */
+ start = READ_ONCE(jiffies);
+ barrier();
+
+ /*
+ * Here we take off tsk->signal->cpu_timers[N] and
+ * tsk->cpu_timers[N] all the timers that are firing, and
+ * put them on the firing list.
+ */
+ check_thread_timers(tsk, &firing);
+
+ check_process_timers(tsk, &firing);
+
+ /*
+ * The above timer checks have updated the exipry cache and
+ * because nothing can have queued or modified timers after
+ * sighand lock was taken above it is guaranteed to be
+ * consistent. So the next timer interrupt fastpath check
+ * will find valid data.
+ *
+ * If timer expiry runs in the timer interrupt context then
+ * the loop is not relevant as timers will be directly
+ * expired in interrupt context. The stub function below
+ * returns always true which allows the compiler to
+ * optimize the loop out.
+ *
+ * If timer expiry is deferred to task work context then
+ * the following rules apply:
+ *
+ * - On !RT kernels no tick can have happened on this CPU
+ * after sighand lock was acquired because interrupts are
+ * disabled. So reenabling task work before dropping
+ * sighand lock and reenabling interrupts is race free.
+ *
+ * - On RT kernels ticks might have happened but the tick
+ * work ignored posix CPU timer handling because the
+ * CPUTIMERS_WORK_SCHEDULED bit is set. Reenabling work
+ * must be done very carefully including a check whether
+ * ticks have happened since the start of the timer
+ * expiry checks. posix_cpu_timers_enable_work() takes
+ * care of that and eventually lets the expiry checks
+ * run again.
+ */
+ } while (!posix_cpu_timers_enable_work(tsk, start));
/*
- * We must release these locks before taking any timer's lock.
+ * We must release sighand lock before taking any timer's lock.
* There is a potential race with timer deletion here, as the
* siglock now protects our private firing list. We have set
* the firing flag in each timer, so that a deletion attempt
@@ -1134,6 +1266,13 @@ void run_posix_cpu_timers(void)
list_for_each_entry_safe(timer, next, &firing, it.cpu.elist) {
int cpu_firing;
+ /*
+ * spin_lock() is sufficient here even independent of the
+ * expiry context. If expiry happens in hard interrupt
+ * context it's obvious. For task work context it's safe
+ * because all other operations on timer::it_lock happen in
+ * task context (syscall or exit).
+ */
spin_lock(&timer->it_lock);
list_del_init(&timer->it.cpu.elist);
cpu_firing = timer->it.cpu.firing;
@@ -1147,7 +1286,34 @@ void run_posix_cpu_timers(void)
cpu_timer_fire(timer);
spin_unlock(&timer->it_lock);
}
- lockdep_posixtimer_exit();
+}
+
+/*
+ * This is called from the timer interrupt handler. The irq handler has
+ * already updated our counts. We need to check if any timers fire now.
+ * Interrupts are disabled.
+ */
+void run_posix_cpu_timers(void)
+{
+ struct task_struct *tsk = current;
+
+ lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
+
+ /*
+ * If the actual expiry is deferred to task work context and the
+ * work is already scheduled there is no point to do anything here.
+ */
+ if (posix_cpu_timers_work_scheduled(tsk))
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * The fast path checks that there are no expired thread or thread
+ * group timers. If that's so, just return.
+ */
+ if (!fastpath_timer_check(tsk))
+ return;
+
+ __run_posix_cpu_timers(tsk);
}
/*
diff --git a/kernel/time/sched_clock.c b/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
index 0deaf4b79fb4..1c03eec6ca9b 100644
--- a/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
+++ b/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ void __init generic_sched_clock_init(void)
{
/*
* If no sched_clock() function has been provided at that point,
- * make it the final one one.
+ * make it the final one.
*/
if (cd.actual_read_sched_clock == jiffy_sched_clock_read)
sched_clock_register(jiffy_sched_clock_read, BITS_PER_LONG, HZ);
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 406306b33452..4c47f388a83f 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ enum timekeeping_adv_mode {
TK_ADV_FREQ
};
-static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(timekeeper_lock);
+DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(timekeeper_lock);
/*
* The most important data for readout fits into a single 64 byte
@@ -2004,7 +2004,7 @@ static inline unsigned int accumulate_nsecs_to_secs(struct timekeeper *tk)
* logarithmic_accumulation - shifted accumulation of cycles
*
* This functions accumulates a shifted interval of cycles into
- * into a shifted interval nanoseconds. Allows for O(log) accumulation
+ * a shifted interval nanoseconds. Allows for O(log) accumulation
* loop.
*
* Returns the unconsumed cycles.
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping_internal.h b/kernel/time/timekeeping_internal.h
index bcbb52db2256..4ca2787d1642 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping_internal.h
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping_internal.h
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
#ifndef _TIMEKEEPING_INTERNAL_H
#define _TIMEKEEPING_INTERNAL_H
-/*
- * timekeeping debug functions
- */
+
#include <linux/clocksource.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/time.h>
+/*
+ * timekeeping debug functions
+ */
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
extern void tk_debug_account_sleep_time(const struct timespec64 *t);
#else
@@ -31,4 +33,7 @@ static inline u64 clocksource_delta(u64 now, u64 last, u64 mask)
}
#endif
+/* Semi public for serialization of non timekeeper VDSO updates. */
+extern raw_spinlock_t timekeeper_lock;
+
#endif /* _TIMEKEEPING_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index ae5029f984a8..a16764b0116e 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -2017,6 +2017,7 @@ static void __init init_timer_cpus(void)
void __init init_timers(void)
{
init_timer_cpus();
+ posix_cputimers_init_work();
open_softirq(TIMER_SOFTIRQ, run_timer_softirq);
}
diff --git a/kernel/time/vsyscall.c b/kernel/time/vsyscall.c
index 54ce6eb2ca36..88e6b8ed6ca5 100644
--- a/kernel/time/vsyscall.c
+++ b/kernel/time/vsyscall.c
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
#include <vdso/helpers.h>
#include <vdso/vsyscall.h>
+#include "timekeeping_internal.h"
+
static inline void update_vdso_data(struct vdso_data *vdata,
struct timekeeper *tk)
{
@@ -127,3 +129,42 @@ void update_vsyscall_tz(void)
__arch_sync_vdso_data(vdata);
}
+
+/**
+ * vdso_update_begin - Start of a VDSO update section
+ *
+ * Allows architecture code to safely update the architecture specific VDSO
+ * data. Disables interrupts, acquires timekeeper lock to serialize against
+ * concurrent updates from timekeeping and invalidates the VDSO data
+ * sequence counter to prevent concurrent readers from accessing
+ * inconsistent data.
+ *
+ * Returns: Saved interrupt flags which need to be handed in to
+ * vdso_update_end().
+ */
+unsigned long vdso_update_begin(void)
+{
+ struct vdso_data *vdata = __arch_get_k_vdso_data();
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&timekeeper_lock, flags);
+ vdso_write_begin(vdata);
+ return flags;
+}
+
+/**
+ * vdso_update_end - End of a VDSO update section
+ * @flags: Interrupt flags as returned from vdso_update_begin()
+ *
+ * Pairs with vdso_update_begin(). Marks vdso data consistent, invokes data
+ * synchronization if the architecture requires it, drops timekeeper lock
+ * and restores interrupt flags.
+ */
+void vdso_update_end(unsigned long flags)
+{
+ struct vdso_data *vdata = __arch_get_k_vdso_data();
+
+ vdso_write_end(vdata);
+ __arch_sync_vdso_data(vdata);
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&timekeeper_lock, flags);
+}