tracing/timers: Add tracepoint for tracking timer base is_idle flag

JIRA: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-33787

commit b573c73
Author: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de>
Date:   Fri Dec 1 10:26:27 2023 +0100

    tracing/timers: Add tracepoint for tracking timer base is_idle flag

    When debugging timer code the timer tracepoints are very important. There
    is no tracepoint when the is_idle flag of the timer base changes. Instead
    of always adding manually trace_printk(), add tracepoints which can be
    easily enabled whenever required.

    Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de>
    Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231201092654.34614-6-anna-maria@linutronix.de

Signed-off-by: Phil Auld <pauld@redhat.com>

Author: auldp

include/trace/events/timer.h

@@ -142,6 +142,26 @@ DEFINE_EVENT(timer_class, timer_cancel,
 	TP_ARGS(timer)
 );
 
+TRACE_EVENT(timer_base_idle,
+
+	TP_PROTO(bool is_idle, unsigned int cpu),
+
+	TP_ARGS(is_idle, cpu),
+
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__field( bool,		is_idle	)
+		__field( unsigned int,	cpu	)
+	),
+
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		__entry->is_idle	= is_idle;
+		__entry->cpu		= cpu;
+	),
+
+	TP_printk("is_idle=%d cpu=%d",
+		  __entry->is_idle, __entry->cpu)
+);
+
 #define decode_clockid(type)						\
 	__print_symbolic(type,						\
 		{ CLOCK_REALTIME,	"CLOCK_REALTIME"	},	\

kernel/time/timer.c

@@ -1897,7 +1897,10 @@ u64 get_next_timer_interrupt(unsigned long basej, u64 basem)
 
 	if (time_before_eq(nextevt, basej)) {
 		expires = basem;
-		base->is_idle = false;
+		if (base->is_idle) {
+			base->is_idle = false;
+			trace_timer_base_idle(false, base->cpu);
+		}
 	} else {
 		if (base->timers_pending)
 			expires = basem + (u64)(nextevt - basej) * TICK_NSEC;
@@ -1908,8 +1911,10 @@ u64 get_next_timer_interrupt(unsigned long basej, u64 basem)
 		 * logic is only maintained for the BASE_STD base, deferrable
 		 * timers may still see large granularity skew (by design).
 		 */
-		if ((expires - basem) > TICK_NSEC)
+		if ((expires - basem) > TICK_NSEC && !base->is_idle) {
 			base->is_idle = true;
+			trace_timer_base_idle(true, base->cpu);
+		}
 	}
 	raw_spin_unlock(&base->lock);
 
@@ -1931,7 +1936,10 @@ void timer_clear_idle(void)
 	 * sending the IPI a few instructions smaller for the cost of taking
 	 * the lock in the exit from idle path.
 	 */
-	base->is_idle = false;
+	if (base->is_idle) {
+		base->is_idle = false;
+		trace_timer_base_idle(false, smp_processor_id());
+	}
 }
 #endif