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author | Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> | 2017-01-19 14:36:33 +0100 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2017-01-20 02:38:46 +0100 |
commit | acb04058de49458010c44bb35b849d45113fd668 (patch) | |
tree | 6011ca77b47f21fcd5e65e5a2f02dddadd3f950c /Documentation/scheduler/sched-rt-group.txt | |
parent | 02cfdc95a0104fa5812d855d1e4ec687312aaa6f (diff) | |
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sched/clock: Fix hotplug crash
Mike reported that he could trigger the WARN_ON_ONCE() in
set_sched_clock_stable() using hotplug.
This exposed a fundamental problem with the interface, we should never
mark the TSC stable if we ever find it to be unstable. Therefore
set_sched_clock_stable() is a broken interface.
The reason it existed is that not having it is a pain, it means all
relevant architecture code needs to call clear_sched_clock_stable()
where appropriate.
Of the three architectures that select HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK ia64
and parisc are trivial in that they never called
set_sched_clock_stable(), so add an unconditional call to
clear_sched_clock_stable() to them.
For x86 the story is a lot more involved, and what this patch tries to
do is ensure we preserve the status quo. So even is Cyrix or Transmeta
have usable TSC they never called set_sched_clock_stable() so they now
get an explicit mark unstable.
Reported-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Fixes: 9881b024b7d7 ("sched/clock: Delay switching sched_clock to stable")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170119133633.GB6536@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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