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authorPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>2007-12-22 17:03:29 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-12-23 15:54:37 -0500
commitf16b34aa13e8c55085f346bcf07afb2312c56c0a (patch)
tree4fba40d99a5907694a1a1de8023f1431204f4f98 /lib
parentcc295d0e95063809af31971e4aec1d809247f13b (diff)
lib: proportion: fix underflow in prop_norm_percpu()
Zhe Jiang noticed that its possible to underflow pl->events in prop_norm_percpu() when the value returned by percpu_counter_read() is less than the error on that read and the period delay > 1. In that case half might not trigger the batch increment and the value will be identical on the next iteration, causing the same half to be subtracted again and again. Fix this by rewriting the division as a single subtraction instead of a subtraction loop and using percpu_counter_sum() when the value returned by percpu_counter_read() is smaller than the error. The latter is still needed if we want pl->events to shrink properly in the error region. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: cleanups] Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Reviewed-by: Jiang Zhe <zhe.jiang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/proportions.c37
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/lib/proportions.c b/lib/proportions.c
index 332d8c58184d..9508d9a7af3e 100644
--- a/lib/proportions.c
+++ b/lib/proportions.c
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ prop_adjust_shift(int *pl_shift, unsigned long *pl_period, int new_shift)
190 * PERCPU 190 * PERCPU
191 */ 191 */
192 192
193#define PROP_BATCH (8*(1+ilog2(nr_cpu_ids)))
194
193int prop_local_init_percpu(struct prop_local_percpu *pl) 195int prop_local_init_percpu(struct prop_local_percpu *pl)
194{ 196{
195 spin_lock_init(&pl->lock); 197 spin_lock_init(&pl->lock);
@@ -230,31 +232,24 @@ void prop_norm_percpu(struct prop_global *pg, struct prop_local_percpu *pl)
230 232
231 spin_lock_irqsave(&pl->lock, flags); 233 spin_lock_irqsave(&pl->lock, flags);
232 prop_adjust_shift(&pl->shift, &pl->period, pg->shift); 234 prop_adjust_shift(&pl->shift, &pl->period, pg->shift);
235
233 /* 236 /*
234 * For each missed period, we half the local counter. 237 * For each missed period, we half the local counter.
235 * basically: 238 * basically:
236 * pl->events >> (global_period - pl->period); 239 * pl->events >> (global_period - pl->period);
237 *
238 * but since the distributed nature of percpu counters make division
239 * rather hard, use a regular subtraction loop. This is safe, because
240 * the events will only every be incremented, hence the subtraction
241 * can never result in a negative number.
242 */ 240 */
243 while (pl->period != global_period) { 241 period = (global_period - pl->period) >> (pg->shift - 1);
244 unsigned long val = percpu_counter_read(&pl->events); 242 if (period < BITS_PER_LONG) {
245 unsigned long half = (val + 1) >> 1; 243 s64 val = percpu_counter_read(&pl->events);
246 244
247 /* 245 if (val < (nr_cpu_ids * PROP_BATCH))
248 * Half of zero won't be much less, break out. 246 val = percpu_counter_sum(&pl->events);
249 * This limits the loop to shift iterations, even 247
250 * if we missed a million. 248 __percpu_counter_add(&pl->events, -val + (val >> period),
251 */ 249 PROP_BATCH);
252 if (!val) 250 } else
253 break; 251 percpu_counter_set(&pl->events, 0);
254 252
255 percpu_counter_add(&pl->events, -half);
256 pl->period += period;
257 }
258 pl->period = global_period; 253 pl->period = global_period;
259 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pl->lock, flags); 254 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pl->lock, flags);
260} 255}
@@ -267,7 +262,7 @@ void __prop_inc_percpu(struct prop_descriptor *pd, struct prop_local_percpu *pl)
267 struct prop_global *pg = prop_get_global(pd); 262 struct prop_global *pg = prop_get_global(pd);
268 263
269 prop_norm_percpu(pg, pl); 264 prop_norm_percpu(pg, pl);
270 percpu_counter_add(&pl->events, 1); 265 __percpu_counter_add(&pl->events, 1, PROP_BATCH);
271 percpu_counter_add(&pg->events, 1); 266 percpu_counter_add(&pg->events, 1);
272 prop_put_global(pd, pg); 267 prop_put_global(pd, pg);
273} 268}