Re: [RFC/RFT][PATCH v0.1] ACPI: OSL: Use usleep_range() in acpi_os_sleep()

[Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>]

Hi,

On 21-Nov-24 2:15 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> 
> As stated by Len in [1], the extra delay added by msleep() to the
> sleep time value passed to it can be significant, roughly between
> 1.5 ns on systems with HZ = 1000 and as much as 15 ms on systems with
> HZ = 100, which is hardly acceptable, at least for small sleep time
> values.
> 
> Address this by using usleep_range() in acpi_os_sleep() instead of
> msleep().  For short sleep times this is a no-brainer, but even for
> long sleeps usleep_range() should be preferred because timer wheel
> timers are optimized for cancellation before they expire and this
> particular timer is not going to be canceled.
> 
> Add at least 50 us on top of the requested sleep time in case the
> timer can be subject to coalescing, which is consistent with what's
> done in user space in this context [2], but for sleeps longer than 5 ms
> use 1% of the requested sleep time for this purpose.
> 
> The rationale here is that longer sleeps don't need that much of a timer
> precision as a rule and making the timer a more likely candidate for
> coalescing in these cases is generally desirable.  It starts at 5 ms so
> that the delta between the requested sleep time and the effective
> deadline is a contiuous function of the former.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/c7db7e804c453629c116d508558eaf46477a2d73.1731708405.git.len.brown@intel.com/ [1]
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/CAJvTdK=Q1kwWA6Wxn8Zcf0OicDEk6cHYFAvQVizgA47mXu63+g@mail.gmail.com/ [2]
> Reported-by: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> ---
> 
> This is a follow-up to the discussion started by [1] above and since
> the beginning of it I have changed my mind a bit, as you can see.
> 
> Given Arjan's feedback, I've concluded that using usleep_range() for
> all sleep values is the right choice and that some slack should be
> used there.  I've taken 50 us as the minimum value of it because that's
> what is used in user space FWICT and I'm not convinced that shorter
> values would be suitable here.
> 
> The other part, using 1% of the sleep time as the slack for longer
> sleeps, is likely more controversial.  It is roughly based on the
> observation that if one timer interrupt is sufficient for something,
> then using two of them will be wasteful even if this is just somewhat.
> 
> Anyway, please let me know what you think.  I'd rather do whatever
> the majority of you are comfortable with.

I know it is a bit early for this, but the patch looks good to me, so:

Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>

Regards,

Hans




> ---
>  drivers/acpi/osl.c |   22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Index: linux-pm/drivers/acpi/osl.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/acpi/osl.c
> +++ linux-pm/drivers/acpi/osl.c
> @@ -607,7 +607,27 @@ acpi_status acpi_os_remove_interrupt_han
>  
>  void acpi_os_sleep(u64 ms)
>  {
> -	msleep(ms);
> +	u64 usec = ms * USEC_PER_MSEC, delta_us = 50;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Use a hrtimer because the timer wheel timers are optimized for
> +	 * cancellation before they expire and this timer is not going to be
> +	 * canceled.
> +	 *
> +	 * Set the delta between the requested sleep time and the effective
> +	 * deadline to at least 50 us in case there is an opportunity for timer
> +	 * coalescing.
> +	 *
> +	 * Moreover, longer sleeps can be assumed to need somewhat less timer
> +	 * precision, so sacrifice some of it for making the timer a more likely
> +	 * candidate for coalescing by setting the delta to 1% of the sleep time
> +	 * if it is above 5 ms (this value is chosen so that the delta is a
> +	 * continuous function of the sleep time).
> +	 */
> +	if (ms > 5)
> +		delta_us = (USEC_PER_MSEC / 100) * ms;
> +
> +	usleep_range(usec, usec + delta_us);
>  }
>  
>  void acpi_os_stall(u32 us)
> 
> 
>