nohz_full: Allow the boot CPU to be nohz_full

Allow the boot CPU/CPU0 to be nohz_full. Have the boot CPU take the
do_timer duty during boot until a housekeeping CPU can take over.

This is supported when CONFIG_PM_SLEEP_SMP is not configured, or when
it is configured and the arch allows suspend on non-zero CPUs.

nohz_full has been trialed at a large supercomputer site and found to
significantly reduce jitter. In order to deploy it in production, they
need CPU0 to be nohz_full because their job control system requires
the application CPUs to start from 0, and the housekeeping CPUs are
placed higher. An equivalent job scheduling that uses CPU0 for
housekeeping could be achieved by modifying their system, but it is
preferable if nohz_full can support their environment without
modification.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Rafael J . Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190411033448.20842-6-npiggin@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 46 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-common.c b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
index df401463a191..e49e8091f9ac 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-common.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-common.c
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ ktime_t tick_period;
  *    procedure also covers cpu hotplug.
  */
 int tick_do_timer_cpu __read_mostly = TICK_DO_TIMER_BOOT;
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
+/*
+ * tick_do_timer_boot_cpu indicates the boot CPU temporarily owns
+ * tick_do_timer_cpu and it should be taken over by an eligible secondary
+ * when one comes online.
+ */
+static int tick_do_timer_boot_cpu __read_mostly = -1;
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Debugging: see timer_list.c
@@ -167,6 +175,26 @@ void tick_setup_periodic(struct clock_event_device *dev, int broadcast)
 	}
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
+static void giveup_do_timer(void *info)
+{
+	int cpu = *(unsigned int *)info;
+
+	WARN_ON(tick_do_timer_cpu != smp_processor_id());
+
+	tick_do_timer_cpu = cpu;
+}
+
+static void tick_take_do_timer_from_boot(void)
+{
+	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+	int from = tick_do_timer_boot_cpu;
+
+	if (from >= 0 && from != cpu)
+		smp_call_function_single(from, giveup_do_timer, &cpu, 1);
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Setup the tick device
  */
@@ -186,12 +214,26 @@ static void tick_setup_device(struct tick_device *td,
 		 * this cpu:
 		 */
 		if (tick_do_timer_cpu == TICK_DO_TIMER_BOOT) {
-			if (!tick_nohz_full_cpu(cpu))
-				tick_do_timer_cpu = cpu;
-			else
-				tick_do_timer_cpu = TICK_DO_TIMER_NONE;
+			tick_do_timer_cpu = cpu;
+
 			tick_next_period = ktime_get();
 			tick_period = NSEC_PER_SEC / HZ;
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
+			/*
+			 * The boot CPU may be nohz_full, in which case set
+			 * tick_do_timer_boot_cpu so the first housekeeping
+			 * secondary that comes up will take do_timer from
+			 * us.
+			 */
+			if (tick_nohz_full_cpu(cpu))
+				tick_do_timer_boot_cpu = cpu;
+
+		} else if (tick_do_timer_boot_cpu != -1 &&
+						!tick_nohz_full_cpu(cpu)) {
+			tick_take_do_timer_from_boot();
+			tick_do_timer_boot_cpu = -1;
+			WARN_ON(tick_do_timer_cpu != cpu);
+#endif
 		}
 
 		/*