Re: [PATCH v4] watchdog: Allow nmi watchdog to use "ref-cycles" event

[Song Liu]

Hi Andrew and Peter, 

Does this version look good do you?

Thanks,
Song

> On May 17, 2023, at 5:25 PM, Song Liu <song@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> NMI watchdog permanently consumes one hardware counters per CPU on the
> system. For systems that use many hardware counters, this causes more
> aggressive time multiplexing of perf events.
> 
> OTOH, some CPUs (mostly Intel) support "ref-cycles" event, which is rarely
> used. Add kernel cmdline arg nmi_watchdog=ref-cycles to configure the
> watchdog to use "ref-cycles" event instead of "cycles".
> 
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Song Liu <song@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
> Changes in v4:
> Fix compile error for !CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_PERF. (kernel test bot)
> 
> Changes in v3:
> 
> Pivot the design to use kernel arg nmi_watchdog=ref-cycles (Peter)
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++--
> include/linux/nmi.h                             | 2 ++
> kernel/watchdog.c                               | 2 ++
> kernel/watchdog_hld.c                           | 9 +++++++++
> 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 9e5bab29685f..d378e23dad7c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -3593,10 +3593,12 @@
> Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
> 
> nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
> - Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
> + Format: [panic,][nopanic,][ref-cycles][num]
> Valid num: 0 or 1
> 0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
> 1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
> + ref-cycles - configure the watchdog with perf event
> +             "ref-cycles" instead of "cycles"
> When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
> timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI
> watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set)
> @@ -7097,4 +7099,3 @@
> memory, and other data can't be written using
> xmon commands.
> off xmon is disabled.
> -
> diff --git a/include/linux/nmi.h b/include/linux/nmi.h
> index 048c0b9aa623..edfd1bcce0f6 100644
> --- a/include/linux/nmi.h
> +++ b/include/linux/nmi.h
> @@ -102,12 +102,14 @@ extern void hardlockup_detector_perf_disable(void);
> extern void hardlockup_detector_perf_enable(void);
> extern void hardlockup_detector_perf_cleanup(void);
> extern int hardlockup_detector_perf_init(void);
> +extern void hardlockup_config_perf_event(const char *str);
> #else
> static inline void hardlockup_detector_perf_stop(void) { }
> static inline void hardlockup_detector_perf_restart(void) { }
> static inline void hardlockup_detector_perf_disable(void) { }
> static inline void hardlockup_detector_perf_enable(void) { }
> static inline void hardlockup_detector_perf_cleanup(void) { }
> +static inline void hardlockup_config_perf_event(const char *str) { }
> # if !defined(CONFIG_HAVE_NMI_WATCHDOG)
> static inline int hardlockup_detector_perf_init(void) { return -ENODEV; }
> static inline void arch_touch_nmi_watchdog(void) {}
> diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
> index 8e61f21e7e33..fed4f0be8e1a 100644
> --- a/kernel/watchdog.c
> +++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
> @@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ static int __init hardlockup_panic_setup(char *str)
> nmi_watchdog_user_enabled = 0;
> else if (!strncmp(str, "1", 1))
> nmi_watchdog_user_enabled = 1;
> + else if (!strncmp(str, "ref-cycles", 10))
> + hardlockup_config_perf_event(str);
> return 1;
> }
> __setup("nmi_watchdog=", hardlockup_panic_setup);
> diff --git a/kernel/watchdog_hld.c b/kernel/watchdog_hld.c
> index 247bf0b1582c..4deca58ba6ed 100644
> --- a/kernel/watchdog_hld.c
> +++ b/kernel/watchdog_hld.c
> @@ -294,3 +294,12 @@ int __init hardlockup_detector_perf_init(void)
> }
> return ret;
> }
> +
> +/**
> + * hardlockup_config_perf_event - Overwrite config of wd_hw_attr
> + */
> +void __init hardlockup_config_perf_event(const char *str)
> +{
> + if (!strncmp(str, "ref-cycles", 10))
> + wd_hw_attr.config = PERF_COUNT_HW_REF_CPU_CYCLES;
> +}
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>