[tip: timers/core] posix-timers: Use a callback for cancel synchronization on PREEMPT_RT

From: tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
Date: Thu Aug 22 2019 - 22:12:32 EST


The following commit has been merged into the timers/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID: ec8f954a40da8cd3d159713b608e901f0cd909a9
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/ec8f954a40da8cd3d159713b608e901f0cd909a9
Author: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 07:35:59 +02:00
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 22:05:46 +02:00

posix-timers: Use a callback for cancel synchronization on PREEMPT_RT

Posix timer delete retry loops are affected by the same priority inversion
and live lock issues as the other timers.

Provide a RT specific synchronization function which keeps a reference to
the timer by holding rcu read lock to prevent the timer from being freed,
dropping the timer lock and invoking the timer specific wait function via a
new callback.

This does not yet cover posix CPU timers because they need more special
treatment on PREEMPT_RT.

[ This is folded into the original attempt which did not use a callback. ]

Originally-by: Anna-Maria Gleixenr <anna-maria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190819143801.656864506@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
kernel/time/alarmtimer.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
kernel/time/posix-timers.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
kernel/time/posix-timers.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
index 3694744..ec32876 100644
--- a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
@@ -606,6 +606,19 @@ static int alarm_timer_try_to_cancel(struct k_itimer *timr)
}

/**
+ * alarm_timer_wait_running - Posix timer callback to wait for a timer
+ * @timr: Pointer to the posixtimer data struct
+ *
+ * Called from the core code when timer cancel detected that the callback
+ * is running. @timr is unlocked and rcu read lock is held to prevent it
+ * from being freed.
+ */
+static void alarm_timer_wait_running(struct k_itimer *timr)
+{
+ hrtimer_cancel_wait_running(&timr->it.alarm.alarmtimer.timer);
+}
+
+/**
* alarm_timer_arm - Posix timer callback to arm a timer
* @timr: Pointer to the posixtimer data struct
* @expires: The new expiry time
@@ -834,6 +847,7 @@ const struct k_clock alarm_clock = {
.timer_forward = alarm_timer_forward,
.timer_remaining = alarm_timer_remaining,
.timer_try_to_cancel = alarm_timer_try_to_cancel,
+ .timer_wait_running = alarm_timer_wait_running,
.nsleep = alarm_timer_nsleep,
};
#endif /* CONFIG_POSIX_TIMERS */
diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
index 3e663f9..9e37783 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
@@ -805,13 +805,25 @@ static int common_hrtimer_try_to_cancel(struct k_itimer *timr)
return hrtimer_try_to_cancel(&timr->it.real.timer);
}

+static void common_timer_wait_running(struct k_itimer *timer)
+{
+ hrtimer_cancel_wait_running(&timer->it.real.timer);
+}
+
static struct k_itimer *timer_wait_running(struct k_itimer *timer,
unsigned long *flags)
{
+ const struct k_clock *kc = READ_ONCE(timer->kclock);
timer_t timer_id = READ_ONCE(timer->it_id);

+ /* Prevent kfree(timer) after dropping the lock */
+ rcu_read_lock();
unlock_timer(timer, *flags);
- cpu_relax();
+
+ if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(!kc->timer_wait_running))
+ kc->timer_wait_running(timer);
+
+ rcu_read_unlock();
/* Relock the timer. It might be not longer hashed. */
return lock_timer(timer_id, flags);
}
@@ -1255,6 +1267,7 @@ static const struct k_clock clock_realtime = {
.timer_forward = common_hrtimer_forward,
.timer_remaining = common_hrtimer_remaining,
.timer_try_to_cancel = common_hrtimer_try_to_cancel,
+ .timer_wait_running = common_timer_wait_running,
.timer_arm = common_hrtimer_arm,
};

@@ -1270,6 +1283,7 @@ static const struct k_clock clock_monotonic = {
.timer_forward = common_hrtimer_forward,
.timer_remaining = common_hrtimer_remaining,
.timer_try_to_cancel = common_hrtimer_try_to_cancel,
+ .timer_wait_running = common_timer_wait_running,
.timer_arm = common_hrtimer_arm,
};

@@ -1300,6 +1314,7 @@ static const struct k_clock clock_tai = {
.timer_forward = common_hrtimer_forward,
.timer_remaining = common_hrtimer_remaining,
.timer_try_to_cancel = common_hrtimer_try_to_cancel,
+ .timer_wait_running = common_timer_wait_running,
.timer_arm = common_hrtimer_arm,
};

@@ -1315,6 +1330,7 @@ static const struct k_clock clock_boottime = {
.timer_forward = common_hrtimer_forward,
.timer_remaining = common_hrtimer_remaining,
.timer_try_to_cancel = common_hrtimer_try_to_cancel,
+ .timer_wait_running = common_timer_wait_running,
.timer_arm = common_hrtimer_arm,
};

diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-timers.h b/kernel/time/posix-timers.h
index de5daa6..897c29e 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.h
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ struct k_clock {
int (*timer_try_to_cancel)(struct k_itimer *timr);
void (*timer_arm)(struct k_itimer *timr, ktime_t expires,
bool absolute, bool sigev_none);
+ void (*timer_wait_running)(struct k_itimer *timr);
};

extern const struct k_clock clock_posix_cpu;