Re: Loongson (and other $ARCHs?) idle VS timer enqueue

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Sat Apr 22 2023 - 11:04:35 EST


On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 04:21:45PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 10:17:00AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/genex.S b/arch/loongarch/kernel/genex.S
> > index 44ff1ff64260..5a102ff80de0 100644
> > --- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/genex.S
> > +++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/genex.S
> > @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(handle_vint)
> > ori t0, t0, 0x1f
> > xori t0, t0, 0x1f
> > bne t0, t1, 1f
> > + addi.d t0, t0, 0x20
> > LONG_S t0, sp, PT_ERA
> > 1: move a0, sp
> > move a1, sp
>
> But the interrupts are enabled in C from arch_cpu_idle(), which
> only then calls the ASM __arch_cpu_idle(). So if the interrupt happens
> somewhere in between the call, the rollback (or fast-forward now)
> doesn't apply.
>
> I guess interrupts need to be re-enabled from ASM in the beginning
> of __arch_cpu_idle() so that it's part of the fast-forward region.

Right; something like so I suppose, but at this point I'm really just
guessing... Loongarch person will have to do.

diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/genex.S b/arch/loongarch/kernel/genex.S
index 44ff1ff64260..4814ac5334ef 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/genex.S
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/genex.S
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
.align 5
SYM_FUNC_START(__arch_cpu_idle)
/* start of rollback region */
+ move t0, CSR_CRMD_IE
+ csrxchg t0, t0, LOONGARCH_CSR_CRMD
LONG_L t0, tp, TI_FLAGS
nop
andi t0, t0, _TIF_NEED_RESCHED
bnez t0, 1f
nop
- nop
- nop
idle 0
/* end of rollback region */
1: jr ra
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(handle_vint)
ori t0, t0, 0x1f
xori t0, t0, 0x1f
bne t0, t1, 1f
+ addi.d t0, t0, 0x20
LONG_S t0, sp, PT_ERA
1: move a0, sp
move a1, sp
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kernel/idle.c b/arch/loongarch/kernel/idle.c
index 0b5dd2faeb90..5ba72d229920 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/idle.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/idle.c
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@

void __cpuidle arch_cpu_idle(void)
{
- raw_local_irq_enable();
__arch_cpu_idle(); /* idle instruction needs irq enabled */
raw_local_irq_disable();
}