Revert "clocksource: Reduce clocksource-skew threshold"

hulk inclusion
category: bugfix
bugzilla: https://gitee.com/openeuler/kernel/issues/I531X9

Reference: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=cacc6c30e3eb7c452132ee5b273e248d2f263323

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This reverts commit 270507d8.
Signed-off-by: NZheng Zengkai <zhengzengkai@huawei.com>
Acked-by: NXie XiuQi <xiexiuqi@huawei.com>

arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c

@@ -1127,7 +1127,6 @@ static int tsc_cs_enable(struct clocksource *cs)
 static struct clocksource clocksource_tsc_early = {
 	.name			= "tsc-early",
 	.rating			= 299,
-	.uncertainty_margin	= 32 * NSEC_PER_MSEC,
 	.read			= read_tsc,
 	.mask			= CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(64),
 	.flags			= CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS |

include/linux/clocksource.h

@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ struct module;
  * @shift:		Cycle to nanosecond divisor (power of two)
  * @max_idle_ns:	Maximum idle time permitted by the clocksource (nsecs)
  * @maxadj:		Maximum adjustment value to mult (~11%)
- * @uncertainty_margin:	Maximum uncertainty in nanoseconds per half second.
- *			Zero says to use default WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD.
  * @archdata:		Optional arch-specific data
  * @max_cycles:		Maximum safe cycle value which won't overflow on
  *			multiplication
@@ -95,7 +93,6 @@ struct clocksource {
 	u32			shift;
 	u64			max_idle_ns;
 	u32			maxadj;
-	u32			uncertainty_margin;
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA
 	struct arch_clocksource_data archdata;
 #endif

kernel/time/clocksource.c

@@ -93,20 +93,6 @@ static char override_name[CS_NAME_LEN];
 static int finished_booting;
 static u64 suspend_start;
 
-/*
- * Threshold: 0.0312s, when doubled: 0.0625s.
- * Also a default for cs->uncertainty_margin when registering clocks.
- */
-#define WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD (NSEC_PER_SEC >> 5)
-
-/*
- * Maximum permissible delay between two readouts of the watchdog
- * clocksource surrounding a read of the clocksource being validated.
- * This delay could be due to SMIs, NMIs, or to VCPU preemptions.  Used as
- * a lower bound for cs->uncertainty_margin values when registering clocks.
- */
-#define WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW (50 * NSEC_PER_USEC)
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG
 static void clocksource_watchdog_work(struct work_struct *work);
 static void clocksource_select(void);
@@ -133,9 +119,17 @@ static int clocksource_watchdog_kthread(void *data);
 static void __clocksource_change_rating(struct clocksource *cs, int rating);
 
 /*
- * Interval: 0.5sec.
+ * Interval: 0.5sec Threshold: 0.0625s
  */
 #define WATCHDOG_INTERVAL (HZ >> 1)
+#define WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD (NSEC_PER_SEC >> 4)
+
+/*
+ * Maximum permissible delay between two readouts of the watchdog
+ * clocksource surrounding a read of the clocksource being validated.
+ * This delay could be due to SMIs, NMIs, or to VCPU preemptions.
+ */
+#define WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW (100 * NSEC_PER_USEC)
 
 static void clocksource_watchdog_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
@@ -290,7 +284,6 @@ static void clocksource_watchdog(struct timer_list *unused)
 	int next_cpu, reset_pending;
 	int64_t wd_nsec, cs_nsec;
 	struct clocksource *cs;
-	u32 md;
 
 	spin_lock(&watchdog_lock);
 	if (!watchdog_running)
@@ -337,8 +330,7 @@ static void clocksource_watchdog(struct timer_list *unused)
 			continue;
 
 		/* Check the deviation from the watchdog clocksource. */
-		md = cs->uncertainty_margin + watchdog->uncertainty_margin;
-		if (abs(cs_nsec - wd_nsec) > md) {
+		if (abs(cs_nsec - wd_nsec) > WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD) {
 			pr_warn("timekeeping watchdog on CPU%d: Marking clocksource '%s' as unstable because the skew is too large:\n",
 				smp_processor_id(), cs->name);
 			pr_warn("                      '%s' wd_now: %llx wd_last: %llx mask: %llx\n",
@@ -993,26 +985,6 @@ void __clocksource_update_freq_scale(struct clocksource *cs, u32 scale, u32 freq
 		clocks_calc_mult_shift(&cs->mult, &cs->shift, freq,
 				       NSEC_PER_SEC / scale, sec * scale);
 	}
-
-	/*
-	 * If the uncertainty margin is not specified, calculate it.
-	 * If both scale and freq are non-zero, calculate the clock
-	 * period, but bound below at 2*WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW.  However,
-	 * if either of scale or freq is zero, be very conservative and
-	 * take the tens-of-milliseconds WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD value for the
-	 * uncertainty margin.  Allow stupidly small uncertainty margins
-	 * to be specified by the caller for testing purposes, but warn
-	 * to discourage production use of this capability.
-	 */
-	if (scale && freq && !cs->uncertainty_margin) {
-		cs->uncertainty_margin = NSEC_PER_SEC / (scale * freq);
-		if (cs->uncertainty_margin < 2 * WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW)
-			cs->uncertainty_margin = 2 * WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW;
-	} else if (!cs->uncertainty_margin) {
-		cs->uncertainty_margin = WATCHDOG_THRESHOLD;
-	}
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(cs->uncertainty_margin < 2 * WATCHDOG_MAX_SKEW);
-
 	/*
 	 * Ensure clocksources that have large 'mult' values don't overflow
 	 * when adjusted.

kernel/time/jiffies.c

@@ -49,14 +49,13 @@ static u64 jiffies_read(struct clocksource *cs)
  * for "tick-less" systems.
  */
 static struct clocksource clocksource_jiffies = {
-	.name			= "jiffies",
-	.rating			= 1, /* lowest valid rating*/
-	.uncertainty_margin	= 32 * NSEC_PER_MSEC,
-	.read			= jiffies_read,
-	.mask			= CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(32),
-	.mult			= TICK_NSEC << JIFFIES_SHIFT, /* details above */
-	.shift			= JIFFIES_SHIFT,
-	.max_cycles		= 10,
+	.name		= "jiffies",
+	.rating		= 1, /* lowest valid rating*/
+	.read		= jiffies_read,
+	.mask		= CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(32),
+	.mult		= TICK_NSEC << JIFFIES_SHIFT, /* details above */
+	.shift		= JIFFIES_SHIFT,
+	.max_cycles	= 10,
 };
 
 __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(jiffies_lock);