Well, since you asked (thank you), the high-res-timers patch needs to
get the full 64-bit uptime to implement CLOCK_MONOTONIC. Also, since
the timers in the kernel are, in fact clocked by CLOCK_MONOTONIC (read
jiffies) the code has to resolve any wall clock time (i.e.
CLOCK_REALTIME) into CLOCK_MONOTONIC as part of the timer_settimer()
call. This means that the 64-bit jiffies is used "often" in this code.
In discussions on the list with Linus, he suggested that the jiffies
counter be expanded to 64-bits in a particular way, i.e. by #define
jiffie ... taking into account the endian and 64/32 bitness of the
particular platform. I think this is what I implemented in the
high-res-timers patch. This implementation allows almost all users to
continue to work with 32-bit jiffies while providing a 64-bit value for
those who need it. Unlike this patch, it keeps the 64-bit rational
(i.e. always current) by doing a 64-bit add which adds an "adc" (add
carry to memory) to the timer interrupt path. This update is already
SMP protected so no additional locking is required on update. Reading
it CAN be done with out locking if it is done with care (read high, low,
high, if high1 != high2 do it again) or a read lock can be taken.
The only down side I see to the suggested 64-bit jiffies as implemented
in the high-res-timers patch is the name space collision issue around
the #define of jiffies. I think I have found almost all of these,
however, it is hard to come up with a .config that compiles ALL paths
(especially considering the various archs).
>
> 2. I bumped up the start_time field of struct task_struct from 32 to
> 64 bits when borrowing just some extra bits would suffice.
> Any suggestions, where these could be stolen, and whether this
> micro-optimization is worth the trouble?
>
> 3. Maybe accounting is not worth being touched at all. comp_t is able
> to hold values up to a little less that 2^34, so I stuffed the
> elapsed time into that. CPU times however, although probably a
> little less than real times, will still overflow if >= 2^32 secs.
>
> User space accounting programs using 32bit integers will overflow
> anyways and see the same values as without the patch.
>
> Some people wondered why this not yet went into mainline.
> Well, previous kernels sometimes locked up solidly at jiffies wraparound,
> and I didn't want to imply a false feeling of safety by just fixing the
> exported uptime.
> As quite a few fixes in this area went into 2.4.18 (with some more to come
> soon), this should not hinder inclusion anymore.
> A patch for setting the jiffies counter to a pre-wrap value should
> find the remaining glitches, it will follow in a separate mail.
>
> Tim
>
> --- linux-2.4.19-pre1/include/linux/sched.h Fri Dec 21 18:42:03 2001
> +++ linux-2.4.19-pre1-j64/include/linux/sched.h Tue Feb 26 16:44:08 2002
> @@ -359,7 +359,7 @@
> unsigned long it_real_incr, it_prof_incr, it_virt_incr;
> struct timer_list real_timer;
> struct tms times;
> - unsigned long start_time;
> + u64 start_time;
> long per_cpu_utime[NR_CPUS], per_cpu_stime[NR_CPUS];
> /* mm fault and swap info: this can arguably be seen as either mm-specific or thread-specific */
> unsigned long min_flt, maj_flt, nswap, cmin_flt, cmaj_flt, cnswap;
> @@ -571,6 +571,18 @@
> #include <asm/current.h>
>
> extern unsigned long volatile jiffies;
> +#if BITS_PER_LONG < 48
> +# define NEEDS_JIFFIES64
> + extern u64 get_jiffies64(void);
> +#else
> + /* jiffies is wide enough to not wrap for 8716 years at HZ==1024 */
> + static inline u64 get_jiffies64(void)
> + {
> + return (u64)jiffies;
> + }
> +#endif
> +
> +
> extern unsigned long itimer_ticks;
> extern unsigned long itimer_next;
> extern struct timeval xtime;
>
> --- linux-2.4.19-pre1/kernel/timer.c Mon Oct 8 19:41:41 2001
> +++ linux-2.4.19-pre1-j64/kernel/timer.c Tue Feb 26 16:13:35 2002
> @@ -103,6 +103,8 @@
>
> #define NOOF_TVECS (sizeof(tvecs) / sizeof(tvecs[0]))
>
> +static inline void init_jiffieswrap_timer(void);
> +
> void init_timervecs (void)
> {
> int i;
> @@ -115,6 +117,8 @@
> }
> for (i = 0; i < TVR_SIZE; i++)
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(tv1.vec + i);
> +
> + init_jiffieswrap_timer();
> }
>
> static unsigned long timer_jiffies;
> @@ -683,6 +687,53 @@
> if (TQ_ACTIVE(tq_timer))
> mark_bh(TQUEUE_BH);
> }
> +
> +
> +#ifdef NEEDS_JIFFIES64
> +
> +u64 get_jiffies64(void)
> +{
> + static unsigned long jiffies_hi, jiffies_last;
> + static spinlock_t jiffies64_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
> + unsigned long jiffies_tmp, flags;
> +
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&jiffies64_lock, flags);
> + jiffies_tmp = jiffies; /* avoid races */
> + if (jiffies_tmp < jiffies_last) /* We have a wrap */
> + jiffies_hi++;
> + jiffies_last = jiffies_tmp;
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&jiffies64_lock, flags);
> +
> + return (jiffies_tmp | ((u64)jiffies_hi) << BITS_PER_LONG);
> +}
> +
> +/* use a timer to periodically check for jiffies overflow */
> +
> +static struct timer_list jiffieswrap_timer;
> +#define CHECK_JIFFIESWRAP_INTERVAL (1ul << (BITS_PER_LONG-2))
> +
> +static void check_jiffieswrap(unsigned long data)
> +{
> + mod_timer(&jiffieswrap_timer, jiffies + CHECK_JIFFIESWRAP_INTERVAL);
> + get_jiffies64();
> +}
> +
> +static inline void init_jiffieswrap_timer(void)
> +{
> + init_timer(&jiffieswrap_timer);
> + jiffieswrap_timer.expires = jiffies + CHECK_JIFFIESWRAP_INTERVAL;
> + jiffieswrap_timer.function = check_jiffieswrap;
> + add_timer(&jiffieswrap_timer);
> +}
> +
> +#else
> +
> +static inline void init_jiffieswrap_timer(void)
> +{
> +}
> +
> +#endif /* NEEDS_JIFFIES64 */
> +
>
> #if !defined(__alpha__) && !defined(__ia64__)
>
>
> --- linux-2.4.19-pre1/kernel/fork.c Sun Feb 24 19:20:43 2002
> +++ linux-2.4.19-pre1-j64/kernel/fork.c Tue Feb 26 16:13:35 2002
> @@ -657,7 +657,7 @@
> }
> #endif
> p->lock_depth = -1; /* -1 = no lock */
> - p->start_time = jiffies;
> + p->start_time = get_jiffies64();
>
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->local_pages);
>
>
> --- linux-2.4.19-pre1/kernel/info.c Sat Apr 21 01:15:40 2001
> +++ linux-2.4.19-pre1-j64/kernel/info.c Tue Feb 26 16:13:35 2002
> @@ -12,15 +12,19 @@
> #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
>
> #include <asm/uaccess.h>
> +#include <asm/div64.h>
>
> asmlinkage long sys_sysinfo(struct sysinfo *info)
> {
> struct sysinfo val;
> + u64 uptime;
>
> memset((char *)&val, 0, sizeof(struct sysinfo));
>
> cli();
> - val.uptime = jiffies / HZ;
> + uptime = get_jiffies64();
> + do_div(uptime, HZ);
> + val.uptime = (unsigned long) uptime;
>
> val.loads[0] = avenrun[0] << (SI_LOAD_SHIFT - FSHIFT);
> val.loads[1] = avenrun[1] << (SI_LOAD_SHIFT - FSHIFT);
>
> --- linux-2.4.19-pre1/fs/proc/array.c Thu Oct 11 18:00:01 2001
> +++ linux-2.4.19-pre1-j64/fs/proc/array.c Tue Feb 26 16:13:35 2002
> @@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
> ppid = task->pid ? task->p_opptr->pid : 0;
> read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
> res = sprintf(buffer,"%d (%s) %c %d %d %d %d %d %lu %lu \
> -%lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %ld %ld %ld %ld %ld %ld %lu %lu %ld %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu \
> +%lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %ld %ld %ld %ld %ld %ld %llu %lu %ld %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu \
> %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %lu %d %d\n",
> task->pid,
> task->comm,
> @@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
> nice,
> 0UL /* removed */,
> task->it_real_value,
> - task->start_time,
> + (unsigned long long)(task->start_time),
> vsize,
> mm ? mm->rss : 0, /* you might want to shift this left 3 */
> task->rlim[RLIMIT_RSS].rlim_cur,
>
> --- linux-2.4.19-pre1/fs/proc/proc_misc.c Wed Nov 21 06:29:09 2001
> +++ linux-2.4.19-pre1-j64/fs/proc/proc_misc.c Tue Feb 26 16:50:45 2002
> @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
> #include <asm/uaccess.h>
> #include <asm/pgtable.h>
> #include <asm/io.h>
> +#include <asm/div64.h>
>
>
> #define LOAD_INT(x) ((x) >> FSHIFT)
> @@ -93,37 +94,82 @@
> return proc_calc_metrics(page, start, off, count, eof, len);
> }
>
> +#if BITS_PER_LONG < 48
> +
> +u64 get_idle64(void)
> +{
> + static unsigned long idle_hi, idle_last;
> + static spinlock_t idle64_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
> + unsigned long idle, flags;
> +
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&idle64_lock, flags);
> + idle = init_tasks[0]->times.tms_utime + init_tasks[0]->times.tms_stime;
> + if (idle < idle_last) /* We have a wrap */
> + idle_hi++;
> + idle_last = idle;
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&idle64_lock, flags);
> +
> + return (idle | ((u64)idle_hi) << BITS_PER_LONG);
> +}
> +
> +/* use a timer to periodically check for idle time overflow */
> +
> +static struct timer_list idlewrap_timer;
> +#define CHECK_IDLEWRAP_INTERVAL (1ul << (BITS_PER_LONG-2))
> +
> +static void check_idlewrap(unsigned long data)
> +{
> + mod_timer(&idlewrap_timer, jiffies + CHECK_IDLEWRAP_INTERVAL);
> + get_idle64();
> +}
> +
> +static inline void init_idlewrap_timer(void)
> +{
> + init_timer(&idlewrap_timer);
> + idlewrap_timer.expires = jiffies + CHECK_IDLEWRAP_INTERVAL;
> + idlewrap_timer.function = check_idlewrap;
> + add_timer(&idlewrap_timer);
> +}
> +
> +#else
> + /* Idle time won't overflow for 8716 years at HZ==1024 */
> +
> +static inline u64 get_idle64(void)
> +{
> + return (u64)(init_tasks[0]->times.tms_utime
> + + init_tasks[0]->times.tms_stime);
> +}
> +
> +static inline void init_jiffieswrap_timer(void)
> +{
> +}
> +
> +#endif /* BITS_PER_LONG < 48 */
> +
> static int uptime_read_proc(char *page, char **start, off_t off,
> int count, int *eof, void *data)
> {
> - unsigned long uptime;
> - unsigned long idle;
> + u64 uptime, idle;
> + unsigned long uptime_remainder, idle_remainder;
> int len;
>
> - uptime = jiffies;
> - idle = init_tasks[0]->times.tms_utime + init_tasks[0]->times.tms_stime;
> + uptime = get_jiffies64();
> + uptime_remainder = (unsigned long) do_div(uptime, HZ);
> + idle = get_idle64();
> + idle_remainder = (unsigned long) do_div(idle, HZ);
>
> - /* The formula for the fraction parts really is ((t * 100) / HZ) % 100, but
> - that would overflow about every five days at HZ == 100.
> - Therefore the identity a = (a / b) * b + a % b is used so that it is
> - calculated as (((t / HZ) * 100) + ((t % HZ) * 100) / HZ) % 100.
> - The part in front of the '+' always evaluates as 0 (mod 100). All divisions
> - in the above formulas are truncating. For HZ being a power of 10, the
> - calculations simplify to the version in the #else part (if the printf
> - format is adapted to the same number of digits as zeroes in HZ.
> - */
> #if HZ!=100
> len = sprintf(page,"%lu.%02lu %lu.%02lu\n",
> - uptime / HZ,
> - (((uptime % HZ) * 100) / HZ) % 100,
> - idle / HZ,
> - (((idle % HZ) * 100) / HZ) % 100);
> + (unsigned long) uptime,
> + (uptime_remainder * 100) / HZ,
> + (unsigned long) idle,
> + (idle_remainder * 100) / HZ);
> #else
> len = sprintf(page,"%lu.%02lu %lu.%02lu\n",
> - uptime / HZ,
> - uptime % HZ,
> - idle / HZ,
> - idle % HZ);
> + (unsigned long) uptime,
> + uptime_remainder,
> + (unsigned long) idle,
> + idle_remainder);
> #endif
> return proc_calc_metrics(page, start, off, count, eof, len);
> }
> @@ -240,7 +286,7 @@
> {
> int i, len;
> extern unsigned long total_forks;
> - unsigned long jif = jiffies;
> + u64 jif = get_jiffies64();
> unsigned int sum = 0, user = 0, nice = 0, system = 0;
> int major, disk;
>
> @@ -256,17 +302,19 @@
> #endif
> }
>
> - len = sprintf(page, "cpu %u %u %u %lu\n", user, nice, system,
> - jif * smp_num_cpus - (user + nice + system));
> + len = sprintf(page, "cpu %u %u %u %llu\n", user, nice, system,
> + (unsigned long long) jif * smp_num_cpus
> + - user - nice - system);
> for (i = 0 ; i < smp_num_cpus; i++)
> - len += sprintf(page + len, "cpu%d %u %u %u %lu\n",
> + len += sprintf(page + len, "cpu%d %u %u %u %llu\n",
> i,
> kstat.per_cpu_user[cpu_logical_map(i)],
> kstat.per_cpu_nice[cpu_logical_map(i)],
> kstat.per_cpu_system[cpu_logical_map(i)],
> - jif - ( kstat.per_cpu_user[cpu_logical_map(i)] \
> - + kstat.per_cpu_nice[cpu_logical_map(i)] \
> - + kstat.per_cpu_system[cpu_logical_map(i)]));
> + (unsigned long long) jif
> + - kstat.per_cpu_user[cpu_logical_map(i)]
> + - kstat.per_cpu_nice[cpu_logical_map(i)]
> + - kstat.per_cpu_system[cpu_logical_map(i)]);
> len += sprintf(page + len,
> "page %u %u\n"
> "swap %u %u\n"
> @@ -302,12 +350,13 @@
> }
> }
>
> + do_div(jif, HZ);
> len += sprintf(page + len,
> "\nctxt %u\n"
> "btime %lu\n"
> "processes %lu\n",
> kstat.context_swtch,
> - xtime.tv_sec - jif / HZ,
> + xtime.tv_sec - (unsigned long) jif,
> total_forks);
>
> return proc_calc_metrics(page, start, off, count, eof, len);
> @@ -565,4 +614,6 @@
> slabinfo_read_proc, NULL);
> if (entry)
> entry->write_proc = slabinfo_write_proc;
> +
> + init_idlewrap_timer();
> }
>
> --- linux-2.4.19-pre1/mm/oom_kill.c Sun Nov 4 02:05:25 2001
> +++ linux-2.4.19-pre1-j64/mm/oom_kill.c Tue Feb 26 16:13:35 2002
> @@ -69,11 +69,10 @@
> /*
> * CPU time is in seconds and run time is in minutes. There is no
> * particular reason for this other than that it turned out to work
> - * very well in practice. This is not safe against jiffie wraps
> - * but we don't care _that_ much...
> + * very well in practice.
> */
> cpu_time = (p->times.tms_utime + p->times.tms_stime) >> (SHIFT_HZ + 3);
> - run_time = (jiffies - p->start_time) >> (SHIFT_HZ + 10);
> + run_time = (get_jiffies64() - p->start_time) >> (SHIFT_HZ + 10);
>
> points /= int_sqrt(cpu_time);
> points /= int_sqrt(int_sqrt(run_time));
>
> --- linux-2.4.19-pre1/kernel/acct.c Mon Mar 19 21:35:08 2001
> +++ linux-2.4.19-pre1-j64/kernel/acct.c Tue Feb 26 16:13:35 2002
> @@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
> #include <linux/tty.h>
>
> #include <asm/uaccess.h>
> +#include <asm/div64.h>
>
> /*
> * These constants control the amount of freespace that suspend and
> @@ -227,20 +228,24 @@
> * This routine has been adopted from the encode_comp_t() function in
> * the kern_acct.c file of the FreeBSD operating system. The encoding
> * is a 13-bit fraction with a 3-bit (base 8) exponent.
> + *
> + * Bumped up to encode 64 bit values. Unfortunately the result may
> + * overflow now.
> */
>
> #define MANTSIZE 13 /* 13 bit mantissa. */
> -#define EXPSIZE 3 /* Base 8 (3 bit) exponent. */
> +#define EXPSIZE 3 /* 3 bit exponent. */
> +#define EXPBASE 3 /* Base 8 (3 bit) exponent. */
> #define MAXFRACT ((1 << MANTSIZE) - 1) /* Maximum fractional value. */
>
> -static comp_t encode_comp_t(unsigned long value)
> +static comp_t encode_comp_t(u64 value)
> {
> int exp, rnd;
>
> exp = rnd = 0;
> while (value > MAXFRACT) {
> - rnd = value & (1 << (EXPSIZE - 1)); /* Round up? */
> - value >>= EXPSIZE; /* Base 8 exponent == 3 bit shift. */
> + rnd = value & (1 << (EXPBASE - 1)); /* Round up? */
> + value >>= EXPBASE; /* Base 8 exponent == 3 bit shift. */
> exp++;
> }
>
> @@ -248,16 +253,21 @@
> * If we need to round up, do it (and handle overflow correctly).
> */
> if (rnd && (++value > MAXFRACT)) {
> - value >>= EXPSIZE;
> + value >>= EXPBASE;
> exp++;
> }
>
> /*
> * Clean it up and polish it off.
> */
> - exp <<= MANTSIZE; /* Shift the exponent into place */
> - exp += value; /* and add on the mantissa. */
> - return exp;
> + if (exp >= (1 << EXPSIZE)) {
> + /* Overflow. Return largest representable number instead. */
> + return (1ul << (MANTSIZE + EXPSIZE)) - 1;
> + } else {
> + exp <<= MANTSIZE; /* Shift the exponent into place */
> + exp += value; /* and add on the mantissa. */
> + return exp;
> + }
> }
>
> /*
> @@ -277,6 +287,7 @@
> struct acct ac;
> mm_segment_t fs;
> unsigned long vsize;
> + u64 elapsed;
>
> /*
> * First check to see if there is enough free_space to continue
> @@ -294,8 +305,10 @@
> strncpy(ac.ac_comm, current->comm, ACCT_COMM);
> ac.ac_comm[ACCT_COMM - 1] = '\0';
>
> - ac.ac_btime = CT_TO_SECS(current->start_time) + (xtime.tv_sec - (jiffies / HZ));
> - ac.ac_etime = encode_comp_t(jiffies - current->start_time);
> + elapsed = get_jiffies64() - current->start_time;
> + ac.ac_etime = encode_comp_t(elapsed);
> + do_div(elapsed, HZ);
> + ac.ac_btime = xtime.tv_sec - elapsed;
> ac.ac_utime = encode_comp_t(current->times.tms_utime);
> ac.ac_stime = encode_comp_t(current->times.tms_stime);
> ac.ac_uid = current->uid;
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