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s390/idle: fix cpu idle time calculation
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The idle time reported in /proc/stat sometimes incorrectly contains
huge values on s390. This is caused by a bug in arch_cpu_idle_time().

The kernel tries to figure out when a different cpu entered idle by
accessing its per-cpu data structure. There is an ordering problem: if
the remote cpu has an idle_enter value which is not zero, and an
idle_exit value which is zero, it is assumed it is idle since
"now". The "now" timestamp however is taken before the idle_enter
value is read.

Which in turn means that "now" can be smaller than idle_enter of the
remote cpu. Unconditionally subtracting idle_enter from "now" can thus
lead to a negative value (aka large unsigned value).

Fix this by moving the get_tod_clock() invocation out of the
loop. While at it also make the code a bit more readable.

A similar bug also exists for show_idle_time(). Fix this is as well.

Cc: <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Vasily Gorbik <[email protected]>
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heicarst authored and Vasily Gorbik committed Oct 31, 2019
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29 changes: 22 additions & 7 deletions arch/s390/kernel/idle.c
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Expand Up @@ -69,36 +69,51 @@ DEVICE_ATTR(idle_count, 0444, show_idle_count, NULL);
static ssize_t show_idle_time(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
{
unsigned long long now, idle_time, idle_enter, idle_exit, in_idle;
struct s390_idle_data *idle = &per_cpu(s390_idle, dev->id);
unsigned long long now, idle_time, idle_enter, idle_exit;
unsigned int seq;

do {
now = get_tod_clock();
seq = read_seqcount_begin(&idle->seqcount);
idle_time = READ_ONCE(idle->idle_time);
idle_enter = READ_ONCE(idle->clock_idle_enter);
idle_exit = READ_ONCE(idle->clock_idle_exit);
} while (read_seqcount_retry(&idle->seqcount, seq));
idle_time += idle_enter ? ((idle_exit ? : now) - idle_enter) : 0;
in_idle = 0;
now = get_tod_clock();
if (idle_enter) {
if (idle_exit) {
in_idle = idle_exit - idle_enter;
} else if (now > idle_enter) {
in_idle = now - idle_enter;
}
}
idle_time += in_idle;
return sprintf(buf, "%llu\n", idle_time >> 12);
}
DEVICE_ATTR(idle_time_us, 0444, show_idle_time, NULL);

u64 arch_cpu_idle_time(int cpu)
{
struct s390_idle_data *idle = &per_cpu(s390_idle, cpu);
unsigned long long now, idle_enter, idle_exit;
unsigned long long now, idle_enter, idle_exit, in_idle;
unsigned int seq;

do {
now = get_tod_clock();
seq = read_seqcount_begin(&idle->seqcount);
idle_enter = READ_ONCE(idle->clock_idle_enter);
idle_exit = READ_ONCE(idle->clock_idle_exit);
} while (read_seqcount_retry(&idle->seqcount, seq));

return cputime_to_nsecs(idle_enter ? ((idle_exit ?: now) - idle_enter) : 0);
in_idle = 0;
now = get_tod_clock();
if (idle_enter) {
if (idle_exit) {
in_idle = idle_exit - idle_enter;
} else if (now > idle_enter) {
in_idle = now - idle_enter;
}
}
return cputime_to_nsecs(in_idle);
}

void arch_cpu_idle_enter(void)
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