CSD-lock diagnostic updates for v6.13
This commit switches from sched_clock() to ktime_get_mono_fast_ns(), which
on x86 switches from the rdtsc instruction to the rdtscp instruction,
thus avoiding instruction reorderings that cause false-positive reports
of CSD-lock stalls of almost 2^46 nanoseconds. These false positives
are rare, but really are seen in the wild.
locking/csd-lock: Switch from sched_clock() to ktime_get_mono_fast_ns()
Currently, the CONFIG_CSD_LOCK_WAIT_DEBUG code uses sched_clock() to check
for excessive CSD-lock wait times. This works, but does not guarantee
monotonic timestamps on x86 due to the sched_clock() function's use of
the rdtsc instruction, which does not guarantee ordering. This means
that, given successive calls to sched_clock(), the second might return
an earlier time than the second, that is, time might seem to go backwards.
This can (and does!) result in false-positive CSD-lock wait complaints
claiming almost 2^64 nanoseconds of delay.
Therefore, switch from sched_clock() to ktime_get_mono_fast_ns(), which
does guarantee monotonic timestamps via the rdtsc_ordered() function,
which as the name implies, does guarantee ordered timestamps, at least
in the absence of calls from NMI handlers, which are not involved in
this code path.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraj.upadhyay@kernel.org>
Cc: Leonardo Bras <leobras@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@infradead.org>
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