timekeeping: Let timekeeping_cycles_to_ns() handle both under and overflow
authorAdrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Mon, 25 Mar 2024 06:40:22 +0000 (08:40 +0200)
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Mon, 8 Apr 2024 13:03:08 +0000 (15:03 +0200)
For the case !CONFIG_CLOCKSOURCE_VALIDATE_LAST_CYCLE, forego overflow
protection in the range (mask << 1) < delta <= mask, and interpret it
always as an inconsistency between CPU clock values. That allows
slightly neater code, and it is on a slow path so has no effect on
performance.

Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240325064023.2997-19-adrian.hunter@intel.com
kernel/time/timekeeping.c

index 111dfdbd488f3b8901a8e81d9cf263736694de8a..4e18db1819f842a6e9d2ce4837519e688b67ca06 100644 (file)
@@ -266,17 +266,14 @@ static inline u64 timekeeping_debug_get_ns(const struct tk_read_base *tkr)
         * Try to catch underflows by checking if we are seeing small
         * mask-relative negative values.
         */
-       if (unlikely((~delta & mask) < (mask >> 3))) {
+       if (unlikely((~delta & mask) < (mask >> 3)))
                tk->underflow_seen = 1;
-               now = last;
-       }
 
-       /* Cap delta value to the max_cycles values to avoid mult overflows */
-       if (unlikely(delta > max)) {
+       /* Check for multiplication overflows */
+       if (unlikely(delta > max))
                tk->overflow_seen = 1;
-               now = last + max;
-       }
 
+       /* timekeeping_cycles_to_ns() handles both under and overflow */
        return timekeeping_cycles_to_ns(tkr, now);
 }
 #else
@@ -375,19 +372,17 @@ static inline u64 timekeeping_cycles_to_ns(const struct tk_read_base *tkr, u64 c
        u64 mask = tkr->mask, delta = (cycles - tkr->cycle_last) & mask;
 
        /*
-        * This detects the case where the delta overflows the multiplication
-        * with tkr->mult.
+        * This detects both negative motion and the case where the delta
+        * overflows the multiplication with tkr->mult.
         */
        if (unlikely(delta > tkr->clock->max_cycles)) {
-               if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CLOCKSOURCE_VALIDATE_LAST_CYCLE)) {
-                       /*
-                        * Handle clocksource inconsistency between CPUs to prevent
-                        * time from going backwards by checking for the MSB of the
-                        * mask being set in the delta.
-                        */
-                       if (unlikely(delta & ~(mask >> 1)))
-                               return tkr->xtime_nsec >> tkr->shift;
-               }
+               /*
+                * Handle clocksource inconsistency between CPUs to prevent
+                * time from going backwards by checking for the MSB of the
+                * mask being set in the delta.
+                */
+               if (delta & ~(mask >> 1))
+                       return tkr->xtime_nsec >> tkr->shift;
 
                return delta_to_ns_safe(tkr, delta);
        }