[PATCH V2] Add kernel logs when sched clock unstable and NO_HZ_FULL is not possible

From: Ani Sinha
Date: Sun Jun 20 2021 - 04:17:00 EST


Commit 4f49b90abb4aca ("sched-clock: Migrate to use new tick
dependency mask model") had also removed the kernel warning
message informing the user that it was not possible to turn
on NO_HZ_FULL. Adding back that log message here. It is
unhelpful when the kernel turns off NO_HZ_FULL silently
without informing anyone.
Also added a kernel log when sched clock is marked as unstable.

Signed-off-by: Ani Sinha <ani@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/clock.c | 5 ++++-
kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 14 +++++++++++---
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

changelog:
v1: original patch
v2: updated log message to make it non specific to sched clock. Also
added another log when sched clock is marked as unstable.

diff --git a/kernel/sched/clock.c b/kernel/sched/clock.c
index c2b2859ddd82..49f8c68faf56 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/clock.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/clock.c
@@ -192,8 +192,11 @@ void clear_sched_clock_stable(void)

smp_mb(); /* matches sched_clock_init_late() */

- if (static_key_count(&sched_clock_running.key) == 2)
+ if (static_key_count(&sched_clock_running.key) == 2) {
__clear_sched_clock_stable();
+ WARN_ONCE(sched_clock_stable(),
+ "sched clock is now marked unstable.");
+ }
}

static void __sched_clock_gtod_offset(void)
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 828b091501ca..6e583aa2d160 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -937,10 +937,18 @@ static void tick_nohz_full_update_tick(struct tick_sched *ts)
if (!ts->tick_stopped && ts->nohz_mode == NOHZ_MODE_INACTIVE)
return;

- if (can_stop_full_tick(cpu, ts))
+ if (can_stop_full_tick(cpu, ts)) {
tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(ts, cpu);
- else if (ts->tick_stopped)
- tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(ts, ktime_get());
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * Don't allow the user to think they can get
+ * full NO_HZ with this machine.
+ */
+ WARN_ONCE(tick_nohz_full_running,
+ "NO_HZ_FULL will not work for the current system.");
+ if (ts->tick_stopped)
+ tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(ts, ktime_get());
+ }
#endif
}

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