[PATCH v9 32/32] timers: Always queue timers on the local CPU

[Anna-Maria Behnsen]

The timer pull model is in place so we can remove the heuristics which try
to guess the best target CPU at enqueue/modification time.

All non pinned timers are queued on the local CPU in the separate storage
and eventually pulled at expiry time to a remote CPU.

Originally-by: Richard Cochran (linutronix GmbH) <richardcochran@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v9:
 - Update to the changes of the preceding patches

v6:
 - Update TIMER_PINNED flag description.

v5:
 - Move WARN_ONCE() in add_timer_on() into a previous patch
 - Fold crystallball magic related hunks into this patch

v4: Update comment about TIMER_PINNED flag (heristic is removed)
---
 include/linux/timer.h | 14 ++++---------
 kernel/time/timer.c   | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/timer.h b/include/linux/timer.h
index 404bb31a95c7..4dd59e4e5681 100644
--- a/include/linux/timer.h
+++ b/include/linux/timer.h
@@ -50,16 +50,10 @@ struct timer_list {
  * workqueue locking issues. It's not meant for executing random crap
  * with interrupts disabled. Abuse is monitored!
  *
- * @TIMER_PINNED: A pinned timer will not be affected by any timer
- * placement heuristics (like, NOHZ) and will always expire on the CPU
- * on which the timer was enqueued.
- *
- * Note: Because enqueuing of timers can migrate the timer from one
- * CPU to another, pinned timers are not guaranteed to stay on the
- * initialy selected CPU.  They move to the CPU on which the enqueue
- * function is invoked via mod_timer() or add_timer().  If the timer
- * should be placed on a particular CPU, then add_timer_on() has to be
- * used.
+ * @TIMER_PINNED: A pinned timer will always expire on the CPU on which the
+ * timer was enqueued. When a particular CPU is required, add_timer_on()
+ * has to be used. Enqueue via mod_timer() and add_timer() is always done
+ * on the local CPU.
  */
 #define TIMER_CPUMASK		0x0003FFFF
 #define TIMER_MIGRATING		0x00040000
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index ac3e888d053f..6e9e1d852438 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -590,10 +590,13 @@ trigger_dyntick_cpu(struct timer_base *base, struct timer_list *timer)
 
 	/*
 	 * We might have to IPI the remote CPU if the base is idle and the
-	 * timer is not deferrable. If the other CPU is on the way to idle
-	 * then it can't set base->is_idle as we hold the base lock:
+	 * timer is pinned. If it is a non pinned timer, it is only queued
+	 * on the remote CPU, when timer was running during queueing. Then
+	 * everything is handled by remote CPU anyway. If the other CPU is
+	 * on the way to idle then it can't set base->is_idle as we hold
+	 * the base lock:
 	 */
-	if (base->is_idle)
+	if (base->is_idle && timer->flags & TIMER_PINNED)
 		wake_up_nohz_cpu(base->cpu);
 }
 
@@ -941,17 +944,6 @@ static inline struct timer_base *get_timer_base(u32 tflags)
 	return get_timer_cpu_base(tflags, tflags & TIMER_CPUMASK);
 }
 
-static inline struct timer_base *
-get_target_base(struct timer_base *base, unsigned tflags)
-{
-#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON)
-	if (static_branch_likely(&timers_migration_enabled) &&
-	    !(tflags & TIMER_PINNED))
-		return get_timer_cpu_base(tflags, get_nohz_timer_target());
-#endif
-	return get_timer_this_cpu_base(tflags);
-}
-
 static inline void __forward_timer_base(struct timer_base *base,
 					unsigned long basej)
 {
@@ -1106,7 +1098,7 @@ __mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires, unsigned int option
 	if (!ret && (options & MOD_TIMER_PENDING_ONLY))
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	new_base = get_target_base(base, timer->flags);
+	new_base = get_timer_this_cpu_base(timer->flags);
 
 	if (base != new_base) {
 		/*
@@ -2228,11 +2220,17 @@ static inline u64 __get_next_timer_interrupt(unsigned long basej, u64 basem,
 		 * BASE_GLOBAL base, deferrable timers may still see large
 		 * granularity skew (by design).
 		 */
-		if (!base_local->is_idle) {
-			bool is_idle = time_after(nextevt, basej + 1);
 
-			base_local->is_idle = base_global->is_idle = is_idle;
-		}
+		/*
+		 * base->is_idle information is required to wakeup an idle CPU
+		 * when a new timer was enqueued. Only pinned timers could be
+		 * enqueued remotely into a idle base. Therefore do maintain
+		 * only base_local->is_idle information and ignore
+		 * base_global->is_idle information.
+		 */
+		if (!base_local->is_idle)
+			base_local->is_idle = time_after(nextevt, basej + 1);
+
 		*idle = base_local->is_idle;
 		trace_timer_base_idle(base_local->is_idle, base_local->cpu);
 
@@ -2307,13 +2305,13 @@ bool timer_base_is_idle(void)
 void timer_clear_idle(void)
 {
 	/*
-	 * We do this unlocked. The worst outcome is a remote enqueue sending
-	 * a pointless IPI, but taking the lock would just make the window for
-	 * sending the IPI a few instructions smaller for the cost of taking
-	 * the lock in the exit from idle path.
+	 * We do this unlocked. The worst outcome is a remote pinned timer
+	 * enqueue sending a pointless IPI, but taking the lock would just
+	 * make the window for sending the IPI a few instructions smaller
+	 * for the cost of taking the lock in the exit from idle
+	 * path. Required for BASE_LOCAL only.
 	 */
 	__this_cpu_write(timer_bases[BASE_LOCAL].is_idle, false);
-	__this_cpu_write(timer_bases[BASE_GLOBAL].is_idle, false);
 
 	trace_timer_base_idle(0, smp_processor_id());
 
-- 
2.39.2