Re: [PATCH 3/3] thermal/intel_powerclamp: Convert to CPU hotplug state

[Jacob Pan]

On Mon, 17 Oct 2016 14:32:52 +0200
Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
Hi Sebastian,
I applied this patchset on 4.9-rc1 and run some cpu online/offline
loops test while injecting idle, e.g. 25%. I got system hang after a
few cycles. Still looking into root cause.

Thanks,

Jacob
> This is a conversation to the new hotplug state machine with
> the difference that CPU_DEAD becomes CPU_PREDOWN.
> 
> At the same time it makes the handling of the two states symmetrical.
> stop_power_clamp_worker() is called unconditionally and the
> controversial error message is removed.
> 
> Finally, the hotplug state callbacks are removed after the
> powerclamping is stopped to avoid a potential race.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> [pmladek@xxxxxxxx: Fixed the possible race in powerclamp_exit()]
> Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c | 69
> +++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 35
> insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c
> b/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c index a94f7c849a4e..390e50b97324
> 100644 --- a/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c
> @@ -622,43 +622,35 @@ static void end_power_clamp(void)
>  	}
>  }
>  
> -static int powerclamp_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
> -				unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
> +static int powerclamp_cpu_online(unsigned int cpu)
>  {
> -	unsigned long cpu = (unsigned long)hcpu;
> +	if (clamping == false)
> +		return 0;
> +	start_power_clamp_worker(cpu);
> +	/* prefer BSP as controlling CPU */
> +	if (cpu == 0) {
> +		control_cpu = 0;
> +		smp_mb();
> +	}
> +	return 0;
> +}
>  
> -	if (false == clamping)
> -		goto exit_ok;
> +static int powerclamp_cpu_predown(unsigned int cpu)
> +{
> +	if (clamping == false)
> +		return 0;
>  
> -	switch (action) {
> -	case CPU_ONLINE:
> -		start_power_clamp_worker(cpu);
> -		/* prefer BSP as controlling CPU */
> -		if (cpu == 0) {
> -			control_cpu = 0;
> -			smp_mb();
> -		}
> -		break;
> -	case CPU_DEAD:
> -		if (test_bit(cpu, cpu_clamping_mask)) {
> -			pr_err("cpu %lu dead but powerclamping
> thread is not\n",
> -				cpu);
> -			stop_power_clamp_worker(cpu);
> -		}
> -		if (cpu == control_cpu) {
> -			control_cpu = smp_processor_id();
> -			smp_mb();
> -		}
> -	}
> +	stop_power_clamp_worker(cpu);
> +	if (cpu != control_cpu)
> +		return 0;
>  
> -exit_ok:
> -	return NOTIFY_OK;
> +	control_cpu = cpumask_first(cpu_online_mask);
> +	if (control_cpu == cpu)
> +		control_cpu = cpumask_next(cpu, cpu_online_mask);
> +	smp_mb();
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -static struct notifier_block powerclamp_cpu_notifier = {
> -	.notifier_call = powerclamp_cpu_callback,
> -};
> -
>  static int powerclamp_get_max_state(struct thermal_cooling_device
> *cdev, unsigned long *state)
>  {
> @@ -788,6 +780,8 @@ static inline void
> powerclamp_create_debug_files(void)
> debugfs_remove_recursive(debug_dir); }
>  
> +static enum cpuhp_state hp_state;
> +
>  static int __init powerclamp_init(void)
>  {
>  	int retval;
> @@ -805,7 +799,14 @@ static int __init powerclamp_init(void)
>  
>  	/* set default limit, maybe adjusted during runtime based on
> feedback */ window_size = 2;
> -	register_hotcpu_notifier(&powerclamp_cpu_notifier);
> +	retval = cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls(CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN,
> +
> "thermal/intel_powerclamp:online",
> +					   powerclamp_cpu_online,
> +					   powerclamp_cpu_predown);
> +	if (retval < 0)
> +		goto exit_free;
> +
> +	hp_state = retval;
>  
>  	worker_data = alloc_percpu(struct powerclamp_worker_data);
>  	if (!worker_data) {
> @@ -830,7 +831,7 @@ static int __init powerclamp_init(void)
>  exit_free_thread:
>  	free_percpu(worker_data);
>  exit_unregister:
> -	unregister_hotcpu_notifier(&powerclamp_cpu_notifier);
> +	cpuhp_remove_state_nocalls(hp_state);
>  exit_free:
>  	kfree(cpu_clamping_mask);
>  	return retval;
> @@ -839,8 +840,8 @@ static int __init powerclamp_init(void)
>  
>  static void __exit powerclamp_exit(void)
>  {
> -	unregister_hotcpu_notifier(&powerclamp_cpu_notifier);
>  	end_power_clamp();
> +	cpuhp_remove_state_nocalls(hp_state);
>  	free_percpu(worker_data);
>  	thermal_cooling_device_unregister(cooling_dev);
>  	kfree(cpu_clamping_mask);

[Jacob Pan]