sched/clock, x86: Rewrite cyc2ns() to avoid the need to disable IRQs
Use a ring-buffer like multi-version object structure which allows
always having a coherent object; we use this to avoid having to
disable IRQs while reading sched_clock() and avoids a problem when
getting an NMI while changing the cyc2ns data.
MAINLINE PRE POST
sched_clock_stable: 1 1 1
(cold) sched_clock: 329841 331312 257223
(cold) local_clock: 301773 310296 309889
(warm) sched_clock: 38375 38247 25280
(warm) local_clock: 100371 102713 85268
(warm) rdtsc: 27340 27289 24247
sched_clock_stable: 0 0 0
(cold) sched_clock: 382634 372706 301224
(cold) local_clock: 396890 399275 399870
(warm) sched_clock: 38194 38124 25630
(warm) local_clock: 143452 148698 129629
(warm) rdtsc: 27345 27365 24307
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-s567in1e5ekq2nlyhn8f987r@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/timer.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/timer.h
index b4c6676..3de54ef 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/timer.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/timer.h
@@ -13,7 +13,26 @@
extern int no_timer_check;
-DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, cyc2ns);
-DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned long long, cyc2ns_offset);
+/*
+ * We use the full linear equation: f(x) = a + b*x, in order to allow
+ * a continuous function in the face of dynamic freq changes.
+ *
+ * Continuity means that when our frequency changes our slope (b); we want to
+ * ensure that: f(t) == f'(t), which gives: a + b*t == a' + b'*t.
+ *
+ * Without an offset (a) the above would not be possible.
+ *
+ * See the comment near cycles_2_ns() for details on how we compute (b).
+ */
+struct cyc2ns_data {
+ u32 cyc2ns_mul;
+ u32 cyc2ns_shift;
+ u64 cyc2ns_offset;
+ u32 __count;
+ /* u32 hole */
+}; /* 24 bytes -- do not grow */
+
+extern struct cyc2ns_data *cyc2ns_read_begin(void);
+extern void cyc2ns_read_end(struct cyc2ns_data *);
#endif /* _ASM_X86_TIMER_H */