Re: [PATCH 2/5] irqtime: Remove needless IRQs disablement on kcpustat update

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Sep 07 2016 - 03:59:29 EST


On Fri, Sep 02, 2016 at 04:03:02PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:

> diff --git a/kernel/sched/cputime.c b/kernel/sched/cputime.c
> index f111076..d4d12a9 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/cputime.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/cputime.c
> @@ -78,30 +78,26 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(irqtime_account_irq);
> static cputime_t irqtime_account_hi_update(cputime_t maxtime)
> {
> u64 *cpustat = kcpustat_this_cpu->cpustat;
> - unsigned long flags;
> cputime_t irq_cputime;
>
+ lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();

> - local_irq_save(flags);
> irq_cputime = nsecs_to_cputime64(__this_cpu_read(cpu_hardirq_time)) -
> cpustat[CPUTIME_IRQ];
> irq_cputime = min(irq_cputime, maxtime);
> cpustat[CPUTIME_IRQ] += irq_cputime;
> - local_irq_restore(flags);
> +
> return irq_cputime;
> }
>
> static cputime_t irqtime_account_si_update(cputime_t maxtime)
> {
> u64 *cpustat = kcpustat_this_cpu->cpustat;
> - unsigned long flags;
> cputime_t softirq_cputime;
>
+ lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();

> - local_irq_save(flags);
> softirq_cputime = nsecs_to_cputime64(__this_cpu_read(cpu_softirq_time)) -
> cpustat[CPUTIME_SOFTIRQ];
> softirq_cputime = min(softirq_cputime, maxtime);
> cpustat[CPUTIME_SOFTIRQ] += softirq_cputime;
> - local_irq_restore(flags);
> +
> return softirq_cputime;
> }

---
Subject: locking/lockdep: Provide IRQ state assertion helpers

Provide a cheap alternative to:

WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled());

This patch provides:

lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
lockdep_assert_softirqs_disabled();

Which compile away for CONFIG_LOCKDEP=n kernels.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
--- a/include/linux/lockdep.h
+++ b/include/linux/lockdep.h
@@ -526,6 +526,23 @@ static inline void print_irqtrace_events
}
#endif

+#if defined(CONFIG_LOCKDEP) && defined(CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS)
+
+#define lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled() do { \
+ WARN_ON(debug_locks && current->hardirqs_enabled); \
+ } while (0)
+
+#define lockdep_assert_softirqs_disabled() do { \
+ WARN_ON(debug_locks && current->softirqs_enabled); \
+ } while (0)
+
+#else
+
+#define lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled() do { } while (0)
+#define lockdep_assert_softirqs_disabled() do { } while (0)
+
+#endif
+
/*
* For trivial one-depth nesting of a lock-class, the following
* global define can be used. (Subsystems with multiple levels