Re: [PATCH 8/9] psi: pressure stall information for CPU, memory, and IO

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 04:11:15PM -0400, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 03, 2018 at 07:21:39PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 01, 2018 at 11:19:57AM -0400, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> > > +			time = READ_ONCE(groupc->times[s]);
> > > +			/*
> > > +			 * In addition to already concluded states, we
> > > +			 * also incorporate currently active states on
> > > +			 * the CPU, since states may last for many
> > > +			 * sampling periods.
> > > +			 *
> > > +			 * This way we keep our delta sampling buckets
> > > +			 * small (u32) and our reported pressure close
> > > +			 * to what's actually happening.
> > > +			 */
> > > +			if (test_state(groupc->tasks, cpu, s)) {
> > > +				/*
> > > +				 * We can race with a state change and
> > > +				 * need to make sure the state_start
> > > +				 * update is ordered against the
> > > +				 * updates to the live state and the
> > > +				 * time buckets (groupc->times).
> > > +				 *
> > > +				 * 1. If we observe task state that
> > > +				 * needs to be recorded, make sure we
> > > +				 * see state_start from when that
> > > +				 * state went into effect or we'll
> > > +				 * count time from the previous state.
> > > +				 *
> > > +				 * 2. If the time delta has already
> > > +				 * been added to the bucket, make sure
> > > +				 * we don't see it in state_start or
> > > +				 * we'll count it twice.
> > > +				 *
> > > +				 * If the time delta is out of
> > > +				 * state_start but not in the time
> > > +				 * bucket yet, we'll miss it entirely
> > > +				 * and handle it in the next period.
> > > +				 */
> > > +				smp_rmb();
> > > +				time += cpu_clock(cpu) - groupc->state_start;
> > > +			}
> > 
> > As is, groupc->state_start needs a READ_ONCE() above and a WRITE_ONCE()
> > below. But like stated earlier, doing an update in scheduler_tick() is
> > probably easier.
> 
> I've wrapped these in READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE.

I just realized, these are u64, so READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE will not work
correct on 32bit.