Merge tag 'v4.14-rc2' into patchwork

Linux 4.14-rc2

* tag 'v4.14-rc2': (12066 commits)
  Linux 4.14-rc2
  tpm: ibmvtpm: simplify crq initialization and document crq format
  tpm: replace msleep() with  usleep_range() in TPM 1.2/2.0 generic drivers
  Documentation: tpm: add powered-while-suspended binding documentation
  tpm: tpm_crb: constify acpi_device_id.
  tpm: vtpm: constify vio_device_id
  security: fix description of values returned by cap_inode_need_killpriv
  x86/asm: Fix inline asm call constraints for Clang
  objtool: Handle another GCC stack pointer adjustment bug
  inet: fix improper empty comparison
  net: use inet6_rcv_saddr to compare sockets
  net: set tb->fast_sk_family
  net: orphan frags on stand-alone ptype in dev_queue_xmit_nit
  MAINTAINERS: update git tree locations for ieee802154 subsystem
  SMB3: Don't ignore O_SYNC/O_DSYNC and O_DIRECT flags
  SMB3: handle new statx fields
  arch: remove unused *_segments() macros/functions
  parisc: Unbreak bootloader due to gcc-7 optimizations
  parisc: Reintroduce option to gzip-compress the kernel
  apparmor: fix apparmorfs DAC access permissions
  ...

1 files changed, 41 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index 8f5d1bf18854..f2674a056c26 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ struct timer_base {
 	bool			migration_enabled;
 	bool			nohz_active;
 	bool			is_idle;
+	bool			must_forward_clk;
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(pending_map, WHEEL_SIZE);
 	struct hlist_head	vectors[WHEEL_SIZE];
 } ____cacheline_aligned;
@@ -856,13 +857,19 @@ get_target_base(struct timer_base *base, unsigned tflags)
 
 static inline void forward_timer_base(struct timer_base *base)
 {
-	unsigned long jnow = READ_ONCE(jiffies);
+	unsigned long jnow;
 
 	/*
-	 * We only forward the base when it's idle and we have a delta between
-	 * base clock and jiffies.
+	 * We only forward the base when we are idle or have just come out of
+	 * idle (must_forward_clk logic), and have a delta between base clock
+	 * and jiffies. In the common case, run_timers will take care of it.
 	 */
-	if (!base->is_idle || (long) (jnow - base->clk) < 2)
+	if (likely(!base->must_forward_clk))
+		return;
+
+	jnow = READ_ONCE(jiffies);
+	base->must_forward_clk = base->is_idle;
+	if ((long)(jnow - base->clk) < 2)
 		return;
 
 	/*
@@ -938,6 +945,11 @@ __mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires, bool pending_only)
 	 * same array bucket then just return:
 	 */
 	if (timer_pending(timer)) {
+		/*
+		 * The downside of this optimization is that it can result in
+		 * larger granularity than you would get from adding a new
+		 * timer with this expiry.
+		 */
 		if (timer->expires == expires)
 			return 1;
 
@@ -948,6 +960,7 @@ __mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires, bool pending_only)
 		 * dequeue/enqueue dance.
 		 */
 		base = lock_timer_base(timer, &flags);
+		forward_timer_base(base);
 
 		clk = base->clk;
 		idx = calc_wheel_index(expires, clk);
@@ -964,6 +977,7 @@ __mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires, bool pending_only)
 		}
 	} else {
 		base = lock_timer_base(timer, &flags);
+		forward_timer_base(base);
 	}
 
 	ret = detach_if_pending(timer, base, false);
@@ -991,12 +1005,10 @@ __mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires, bool pending_only)
 			raw_spin_lock(&base->lock);
 			WRITE_ONCE(timer->flags,
 				   (timer->flags & ~TIMER_BASEMASK) | base->cpu);
+			forward_timer_base(base);
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* Try to forward a stale timer base clock */
-	forward_timer_base(base);
-
 	timer->expires = expires;
 	/*
 	 * If 'idx' was calculated above and the base time did not advance
@@ -1112,6 +1124,7 @@ void add_timer_on(struct timer_list *timer, int cpu)
 		WRITE_ONCE(timer->flags,
 			   (timer->flags & ~TIMER_BASEMASK) | cpu);
 	}
+	forward_timer_base(base);
 
 	debug_activate(timer, timer->expires);
 	internal_add_timer(base, timer);
@@ -1497,10 +1510,16 @@ u64 get_next_timer_interrupt(unsigned long basej, u64 basem)
 		if (!is_max_delta)
 			expires = basem + (u64)(nextevt - basej) * TICK_NSEC;
 		/*
-		 * If we expect to sleep more than a tick, mark the base idle:
+		 * If we expect to sleep more than a tick, mark the base idle.
+		 * Also the tick is stopped so any added timer must forward
+		 * the base clk itself to keep granularity small. This idle
+		 * logic is only maintained for the BASE_STD base, deferrable
+		 * timers may still see large granularity skew (by design).
 		 */
-		if ((expires - basem) > TICK_NSEC)
+		if ((expires - basem) > TICK_NSEC) {
+			base->must_forward_clk = true;
 			base->is_idle = true;
+		}
 	}
 	raw_spin_unlock(&base->lock);
 
@@ -1611,6 +1630,19 @@ static __latent_entropy void run_timer_softirq(struct softirq_action *h)
 {
 	struct timer_base *base = this_cpu_ptr(&timer_bases[BASE_STD]);
 
+	/*
+	 * must_forward_clk must be cleared before running timers so that any
+	 * timer functions that call mod_timer will not try to forward the
+	 * base. idle trcking / clock forwarding logic is only used with
+	 * BASE_STD timers.
+	 *
+	 * The deferrable base does not do idle tracking at all, so we do
+	 * not forward it. This can result in very large variations in
+	 * granularity for deferrable timers, but they can be deferred for
+	 * long periods due to idle.
+	 */
+	base->must_forward_clk = false;
+
 	__run_timers(base);
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON) && base->nohz_active)
 		__run_timers(this_cpu_ptr(&timer_bases[BASE_DEF]));