From: Peter Zijlstra Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 09:40:35 +0000 (+0100) Subject: sched: Make scale_rt_power() deal with backward clocks X-Git-Url: https://git.stricted.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cadefd3d6cc914d95163ba1eda766bfe7ce1e5b7;p=GitHub%2Fmoto-9609%2Fandroid_kernel_motorola_exynos9610.git sched: Make scale_rt_power() deal with backward clocks Mike reported that, while unlikely, its entirely possible for scale_rt_power() to see the time go backwards. This yields rather 'interesting' results. So like all other sites that deal with clocks; make this one ignore backward clock movement too. Reported-by: Mike Galbraith Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140227094035.GZ9987@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c index 7570dd969c28..5e157f157d85 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c @@ -5564,6 +5564,7 @@ static unsigned long scale_rt_power(int cpu) { struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(cpu); u64 total, available, age_stamp, avg; + s64 delta; /* * Since we're reading these variables without serialization make sure @@ -5572,7 +5573,11 @@ static unsigned long scale_rt_power(int cpu) age_stamp = ACCESS_ONCE(rq->age_stamp); avg = ACCESS_ONCE(rq->rt_avg); - total = sched_avg_period() + (rq_clock(rq) - age_stamp); + delta = rq_clock(rq) - age_stamp; + if (unlikely(delta < 0)) + delta = 0; + + total = sched_avg_period() + delta; if (unlikely(total < avg)) { /* Ensures that power won't end up being negative */