From: Henrik Austad <haus...@cisco.com>
This allows userspace to set a specific CPU as the only core able
to handle do_timer() updates via
cat sysctl kernel.forced_timer_cpu
/proc/sys/kernel/forced_timer_cpu
and for writing:
sysctl -w kernel.forced_timer_cpu=2
/bin/echo 2 > /proc/sys/kernel/forced_timer_cpu
CC: Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de>
CC: Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org>
CC: Frederic Weisbecker <fweis...@gmail.com>
CC: John Stultz <john.stu...@linaro.org>
CC: Paul E. McKenney <paul...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Henrik Austad <haus...@cisco.com>
---
include/linux/clocksource.h | 8 ++++++++
kernel/sysctl.c | 7 +++++++
kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/clocksource.h b/include/linux/clocksource.h
index cfd39e8..4ef47e7 100644
--- a/include/linux/clocksource.h
+++ b/include/linux/clocksource.h
@@ -361,6 +361,8 @@ static inline void clocksource_of_init(void) {}
/*
* expose the CPU that handles the timer-tick.
+ *
+ * Both the current as well as the forced value.
*/
extern int expose_tick_do_timer_cpu;
extern int timekeeping_expose_timer_cpu(struct ctl_table *table,
@@ -368,5 +370,11 @@ extern int timekeeping_expose_timer_cpu(struct ctl_table
*table,
void __user *buffer,
size_t *lenp,
loff_t *ppos);
+extern int expose_tick_forced_timer_cpu;
+int timekeeping_expose_forced_timer_cpu(struct ctl_table *table,
+ int write,
+ void __user *buffer,
+ size_t *lenp,
+ loff_t *ppos);
#endif /* _LINUX_CLOCKSOURCE_H */
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index a882c9e..c84c17a 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -432,6 +432,13 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
.mode = 0444,
.proc_handler = timekeeping_expose_timer_cpu,
},
+ {
+ .procname = "forced_timer_cpu",
+ .data = &expose_tick_forced_timer_cpu,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(int),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = timekeeping_expose_forced_timer_cpu,
+ },
#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP
{
.procname = "sched_autogroup_enabled",
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 55428f9..4bdfa11 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@
int expose_tick_do_timer_cpu;
/*
+ * Hold the current value of forced CPU.
+ */
+int expose_tick_forced_timer_cpu = -1;
+
+/*
* sysfs interface to timer-cpu
*/
static ssize_t current_cpu_show(struct kobject *kobj,
@@ -1791,7 +1796,7 @@ void xtime_update(unsigned long ticks)
}
/*
- * sysctl interface for exposing timer tick CPU
+ * sysctl-interface exposing timer tick CPU
*/
int timekeeping_expose_timer_cpu(struct ctl_table *table,
int write,
@@ -1803,3 +1808,20 @@ int timekeeping_expose_timer_cpu(struct ctl_table *table,
expose_tick_do_timer_cpu = tick_expose_cpu();
return proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
}
+
+int timekeeping_expose_forced_timer_cpu(struct ctl_table *table,
+ int write,
+ void __user *buffer,
+ size_t *lenp,
+ loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ int ret = proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+ if (ret || !write)
+ goto out;
+
+ ret = tick_set_forced_cpu(expose_tick_forced_timer_cpu);
+ BUG_ON(tick_expose_cpu() != expose_tick_forced_timer_cpu);
+out:
+ expose_tick_forced_timer_cpu = tick_get_forced_cpu();
+ return ret;
+}
--
1.7.9.5
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