timekeeping: Remove CONFIG_DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING

Since 135225a363ae timekeeping_cycles_to_ns() handles large offsets which
would lead to 64bit multiplication overflows correctly. It's also protected
against negative motion of the clocksource unconditionally, which was
exclusive to x86 before.

timekeeping_advance() handles large offsets already correctly.

That means the value of CONFIG_DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING which analyzed these cases
is very close to zero. Remove all of it.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[e-mail]>
Acked-by: John Stultz <[e-mail]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[e-mail]

arch/riscv/configs/defconfig

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 CONFIG_DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS=y
 CONFIG_SOFTLOCKUP_DETECTOR=y
 CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG=y
-CONFIG_DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES=y

include/linux/timekeeper_internal.h

···
  *				ntp shifted nano seconds.
  * @ntp_err_mult:		Multiplication factor for scaled math conversion
  * @skip_second_overflow:	Flag used to avoid updating NTP twice with same second
- * @last_warning:		Warning ratelimiter (DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING)
- * @underflow_seen:		Underflow warning flag (DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING)
- * @overflow_seen:		Overflow warning flag (DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING)
  *
  * Note: For timespec(64) based interfaces wall_to_monotonic is what
  * we need to add to xtime (or xtime corrected for sub jiffy times)
···
 	u32			ntp_error_shift;
 	u32			ntp_err_mult;
 	u32			skip_second_overflow;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING
-	long			last_warning;
-	/*
-	 * These simple flag variables are managed
-	 * without locks, which is racy, but they are
-	 * ok since we don't really care about being
-	 * super precise about how many events were
-	 * seen, just that a problem was observed.
-	 */
-	int			underflow_seen;
-	int			overflow_seen;
-#endif
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL

kernel/time/timekeeping.c

···
 	return clock->read(clock);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING
-#define WARNING_FREQ (HZ*300) /* 5 minute rate-limiting */
-
-static void timekeeping_check_update(struct timekeeper *tk, u64 offset)
-{
-
-	u64 max_cycles = tk->tkr_mono.clock->max_cycles;
-	const char *name = tk->tkr_mono.clock->name;
-
-	if (offset > max_cycles) {
-		printk_deferred("WARNING: timekeeping: Cycle offset (%lld) is larger than allowed by the '%s' clock's max_cycles value (%lld): time overflow danger\n",
-				offset, name, max_cycles);
-		printk_deferred("         timekeeping: Your kernel is sick, but tries to cope by capping time updates\n");
-	} else {
-		if (offset > (max_cycles >> 1)) {
-			printk_deferred("INFO: timekeeping: Cycle offset (%lld) is larger than the '%s' clock's 50%% safety margin (%lld)\n",
-					offset, name, max_cycles >> 1);
-			printk_deferred("      timekeeping: Your kernel is still fine, but is feeling a bit nervous\n");
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (tk->underflow_seen) {
-		if (jiffies - tk->last_warning > WARNING_FREQ) {
-			printk_deferred("WARNING: Underflow in clocksource '%s' observed, time update ignored.\n", name);
-			printk_deferred("         Please report this, consider using a different clocksource, if possible.\n");
-			printk_deferred("         Your kernel is probably still fine.\n");
-			tk->last_warning = jiffies;
-		}
-		tk->underflow_seen = 0;
-	}
-
-	if (tk->overflow_seen) {
-		if (jiffies - tk->last_warning > WARNING_FREQ) {
-			printk_deferred("WARNING: Overflow in clocksource '%s' observed, time update capped.\n", name);
-			printk_deferred("         Please report this, consider using a different clocksource, if possible.\n");
-			printk_deferred("         Your kernel is probably still fine.\n");
-			tk->last_warning = jiffies;
-		}
-		tk->overflow_seen = 0;
-	}
-}
-
-static inline u64 timekeeping_cycles_to_ns(const struct tk_read_base *tkr, u64 cycles);
-
-static inline u64 timekeeping_debug_get_ns(const struct tk_read_base *tkr)
-{
-	struct timekeeper *tk = &tk_core.timekeeper;
-	u64 now, last, mask, max, delta;
-	unsigned int seq;
-
-	/*
-	 * Since we're called holding a seqcount, the data may shift
-	 * under us while we're doing the calculation. This can cause
-	 * false positives, since we'd note a problem but throw the
-	 * results away. So nest another seqcount here to atomically
-	 * grab the points we are checking with.
-	 */
-	do {
-		seq = read_seqcount_begin(&tk_core.seq);
-		now = tk_clock_read(tkr);
-		last = tkr->cycle_last;
-		mask = tkr->mask;
-		max = tkr->clock->max_cycles;
-	} while (read_seqcount_retry(&tk_core.seq, seq));
-
-	delta = clocksource_delta(now, last, mask);
-
-	/*
-	 * Try to catch underflows by checking if we are seeing small
-	 * mask-relative negative values.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely((~delta & mask) < (mask >> 3)))
-		tk->underflow_seen = 1;
-
-	/* Check for multiplication overflows */
-	if (unlikely(delta > max))
-		tk->overflow_seen = 1;
-
-	/* timekeeping_cycles_to_ns() handles both under and overflow */
-	return timekeeping_cycles_to_ns(tkr, now);
-}
-#else
-static inline void timekeeping_check_update(struct timekeeper *tk, u64 offset)
-{
-}
-static inline u64 timekeeping_debug_get_ns(const struct tk_read_base *tkr)
-{
-	BUG();
-}
-#endif
-
 /**
  * tk_setup_internals - Set up internals to use clocksource clock.
  *
···
 	return ((delta * tkr->mult) + tkr->xtime_nsec) >> tkr->shift;
 }
 
-static __always_inline u64 __timekeeping_get_ns(const struct tk_read_base *tkr)
+static __always_inline u64 timekeeping_get_ns(const struct tk_read_base *tkr)
 {
 	return timekeeping_cycles_to_ns(tkr, tk_clock_read(tkr));
-}
-
-static inline u64 timekeeping_get_ns(const struct tk_read_base *tkr)
-{
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING))
-		return timekeeping_debug_get_ns(tkr);
-
-	return __timekeeping_get_ns(tkr);
 }
 
 /**
···
 		seq = raw_read_seqcount_latch(&tkf->seq);
 		tkr = tkf->base + (seq & 0x01);
 		now = ktime_to_ns(tkr->base);
-		now += __timekeeping_get_ns(tkr);
+		now += timekeeping_get_ns(tkr);
 	} while (raw_read_seqcount_latch_retry(&tkf->seq, seq));
 
 	return now;
···
 		tkr = tkf->base + (seq & 0x01);
 		basem = ktime_to_ns(tkr->base);
 		baser = ktime_to_ns(tkr->base_real);
-		delta = __timekeeping_get_ns(tkr);
+		delta = timekeeping_get_ns(tkr);
 	} while (raw_read_seqcount_latch_retry(&tkf->seq, seq));
 
 	if (mono)
···
 	/* Check if there's really nothing to do */
 	if (offset < real_tk->cycle_interval && mode == TK_ADV_TICK)
 		return false;
-
-	/* Do some additional sanity checking */
-	timekeeping_check_update(tk, offset);
 
 	/*
 	 * With NO_HZ we may have to accumulate many cycle_intervals

lib/Kconfig.debug

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 endmenu
 
-config DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING
-	bool "Enable extra timekeeping sanity checking"
-	help
-	  This option will enable additional timekeeping sanity checks
-	  which may be helpful when diagnosing issues where timekeeping
-	  problems are suspected.
-
-	  This may include checks in the timekeeping hotpaths, so this
-	  option may have a (very small) performance impact to some
-	  workloads.
-
-	  If unsure, say N.
-
 config DEBUG_PREEMPT
 	bool "Debug preemptible kernel"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PREEMPTION && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT

tools/testing/selftests/wireguard/qemu/debug.config

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 CONFIG_SCHED_INFO=y
 CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK=y
-CONFIG_DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK=y