[PATCH 6/7] tools/power turbostat: prevent infinite loop on migration error path

From: Len Brown
Date: Wed Nov 14 2012 - 15:44:31 EST


From: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>

Turbostat assumed if it can't migrate to a CPU, then the CPU
must have gone off-line and turbostat should re-initialize
with the new topology.

But if turbostat can not migrate because it is restricted by
a cpuset, then it will fail to migrate even after re-initialization,
resulting in an infinite loop.

Spit out a warning when we can't migrate
and endure only 2 re-initialize cycles in a row
before giving up and exiting.

Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
index 3c063a0..77e76b1 100644
--- a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
+++ b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
@@ -656,8 +656,10 @@ int get_counters(struct thread_data *t, struct core_data *c, struct pkg_data *p)
{
int cpu = t->cpu_id;

- if (cpu_migrate(cpu))
+ if (cpu_migrate(cpu)) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Could not migrate to CPU %d\n", cpu);
return -1;
+ }

t->tsc = rdtsc(); /* we are running on local CPU of interest */

@@ -1088,15 +1090,22 @@ int mark_cpu_present(int cpu)
void turbostat_loop()
{
int retval;
+ int restarted = 0;

restart:
+ restarted++;
+
retval = for_all_cpus(get_counters, EVEN_COUNTERS);
if (retval < -1) {
exit(retval);
} else if (retval == -1) {
+ if (restarted > 1) {
+ exit(retval);
+ }
re_initialize();
goto restart;
}
+ restarted = 0;
gettimeofday(&tv_even, (struct timezone *)NULL);

while (1) {
--
1.8.0

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