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watchdog/softlockup: fix incorrect CPU utilization output during softlockup
authorZhenguoYao <yaozhenguo1@gmail.com>
Tue, 12 Aug 2025 08:25:10 +0000 (16:25 +0800)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Sun, 14 Sep 2025 00:32:47 +0000 (17:32 -0700)
commit95f091274f3db39493e8b5c44671b9f1e02c0c25
tree036ba4a2618964b1ab91d6dffbc7adc6f03cdb5c
parent41f88ddfd453fe894678e1f6909b9fb9e08e8c3d
watchdog/softlockup: fix incorrect CPU utilization output during softlockup

Since we use 16-bit precision, the raw data will undergo integer division,
which may sometimes result in data loss.  This can lead to slightly
inaccurate CPU utilization calculations.  Under normal circumstances, this
isn't an issue.  However, when CPU utilization reaches 100%, the
calculated result might exceed 100%.  For example, with raw data like the
following:

sample_period 400000134 new_stat 83648414036 old_stat 83247417494

sample_period=400000134/2^24=23
new_stat=83648414036/2^24=4985
old_stat=83247417494/2^24=4961
util=105%

Below log will output:

CPU#3 Utilization every 0s during lockup:
    #1:   0% system,          0% softirq,   105% hardirq,     0% idle
    #2:   0% system,          0% softirq,   105% hardirq,     0% idle
    #3:   0% system,          0% softirq,   100% hardirq,     0% idle
    #4:   0% system,          0% softirq,   105% hardirq,     0% idle
    #5:   0% system,          0% softirq,   105% hardirq,     0% idle

To avoid confusion, we enforce a 100% display cap when calculations exceed
this threshold.

We also round to the nearest multiple of 16.8 milliseconds to improve the
accuracy.

[yaozhenguo1@gmail.com: make get_16bit_precision() more accurate, fix comment layout]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250818081438.40540-1-yaozhenguo@jd.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250812082510.32291-1-yaozhenguo@jd.com
Signed-off-by: ZhenguoYao <yaozhenguo1@gmail.com>
Cc: Bitao Hu <yaoma@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Li Huafei <lihuafei1@huawei.com>
Cc: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@ionos.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleinxer <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
kernel/watchdog.c