On Thu, 30 Mar 2017, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/cputime.c b/kernel/sched/cputime.c
> index f3778e2b..f1ee393 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/cputime.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/cputime.c
> @@ -676,18 +676,21 @@ void thread_group_cputime_adjusted(struct
> task_struct *p, u64 *ut, u64 *st)
>  #ifdef CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
>  static u64 vtime_delta(struct task_struct *tsk)
>  {
> -    unsigned long now = READ_ONCE(jiffies);
> +    u64 now = local_clock();
> +    u64 delta;
> +
> +    delta = now - tsk->vtime_snap;
> 
> -    if (time_before(now, (unsigned long)tsk->vtime_snap))
> +    if (delta < TICK_NSEC)
>          return 0;
> 
> -    return jiffies_to_nsecs(now - tsk->vtime_snap);
> +    return jiffies_to_nsecs(delta / TICK_NSEC);

So you replaced a jiffies based approach with a jiffies based approach.

>  }
> 
>  static u64 get_vtime_delta(struct task_struct *tsk)
>  {
> -    unsigned long now = READ_ONCE(jiffies);
> -    u64 delta, other;
> +    u64 delta = vtime_delta(tsk);
> +    u64 other;
> 
>      /*
>       * Unlike tick based timing, vtime based timing never has lost
> @@ -696,10 +699,9 @@ static u64 get_vtime_delta(struct task_struct *tsk)
>       * elapsed time. Limit account_other_time to prevent rounding
>       * errors from causing elapsed vtime to go negative.
>       */
> -    delta = jiffies_to_nsecs(now - tsk->vtime_snap);
>      other = account_other_time(delta);
>      WARN_ON_ONCE(tsk->vtime_snap_whence == VTIME_INACTIVE);
> -    tsk->vtime_snap = now;
> +    tsk->vtime_snap += delta;

Here is how it works^Wfails

               For simplicity tsk->vtime_snap starts at 0
               HZ = 1000

CPU0           CPU1
               sysexit()
                 account_system()
                   now == 0
                   delta = vtime_delta()        <- 0ns
                   tsk->vtime_snap += delta;    == 0ns

               busy_loop(995us)

               sysenter()
                 now == 996us
                 account_user()
                   delta = vtime_delta()        <- 0ns
                   tsk->vtime_snap += delta     == 0ns
                   
               sysexit()
                 account_system()
                   now == 1001us
                   delta = vtime_delta()        <- 10000000ns

                   ^^^^ Gets accounted to system

                   tsk->vtime_snap += delta;    == 10000000ns

It's not different from the current jiffies based stuff at all. Same
failure mode.

Thanks,

        tglx

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