clocksource: Limit number of CPUs checked for clock synchronization
authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Thu, 27 May 2021 19:01:21 +0000 (12:01 -0700)
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 14:53:16 +0000 (16:53 +0200)
commitfa218f1cce6ba40069c8daab8821de7e6be1cdd0
treef3dcc2b6a10d420b22b5f5eb0613380fd76177bb
parent7560c02bdffb7c52d1457fa551b9e745d4b9e754
clocksource: Limit number of CPUs checked for clock synchronization

Currently, if skew is detected on a clock marked CLOCK_SOURCE_VERIFY_PERCPU,
that clock is checked on all CPUs.  This is thorough, but might not be
what you want on a system with a few tens of CPUs, let alone a few hundred
of them.

Therefore, by default check only up to eight randomly chosen CPUs.  Also
provide a new clocksource.verify_n_cpus kernel boot parameter.  A value of
-1 says to check all of the CPUs, and a non-negative value says to randomly
select that number of CPUs, without concern about selecting the same CPU
multiple times.  However, make use of a cpumask so that a given CPU will be
checked at most once.

Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> # For verify_n_cpus=1.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210527190124.440372-3-paulmck@kernel.org
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
kernel/time/clocksource.c