[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal: fix use wrong time API

["Min Hu (Connor)" <humin29@huawei.com>]

From: Chengwen Feng <fengchengwen@huawei.com>

Currently, the mp uses gettimeofday() API to get the time, and used as
timeout parameter.

But the time which gets from gettimeofday() API isn't monotonically
increasing. The process may fail if the system time is changed.

This fixes it by using clock_gettime() API with monotonic attribution.

Fixes: 783b6e54971d ("eal: add synchronous multi-process communication")
Fixes: f05e26051c15 ("eal: add IPC asynchronous request")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Chengwen Feng <fengchengwen@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Min Hu (Connor) <humin29@huawei.com>
---
 lib/eal/common/eal_common_proc.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/eal/common/eal_common_proc.c b/lib/eal/common/eal_common_proc.c
index 6d1af3c..7f08826 100644
--- a/lib/eal/common/eal_common_proc.c
+++ b/lib/eal/common/eal_common_proc.c
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ static char mp_dir_path[PATH_MAX]; /* The directory path for all mp sockets */
 static pthread_mutex_t mp_mutex_action = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 static char peer_name[PATH_MAX];
 
+#ifdef CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW /* Defined in glibc bits/time.h */
+#define CLOCK_TYPE_ID CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW
+#else
+#define CLOCK_TYPE_ID CLOCK_MONOTONIC
+#endif
+
 struct action_entry {
 	TAILQ_ENTRY(action_entry) next;
 	char action_name[RTE_MP_MAX_NAME_LEN];
@@ -490,14 +496,8 @@ async_reply_handle_thread_unsafe(void *arg)
 	struct pending_request *req = (struct pending_request *)arg;
 	enum async_action action;
 	struct timespec ts_now;
-	struct timeval now;
 
-	if (gettimeofday(&now, NULL) < 0) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Cannot get current time\n");
-		goto no_trigger;
-	}
-	ts_now.tv_nsec = now.tv_usec * 1000;
-	ts_now.tv_sec = now.tv_sec;
+	clock_gettime(CLOCK_TYPE_ID, &ts_now);
 
 	action = process_async_request(req, &ts_now);
 
@@ -896,6 +896,7 @@ mp_request_sync(const char *dst, struct rte_mp_msg *req,
 	       struct rte_mp_reply *reply, const struct timespec *ts)
 {
 	int ret;
+	pthread_condattr_t attr;
 	struct rte_mp_msg msg, *tmp;
 	struct pending_request pending_req, *exist;
 
@@ -904,7 +905,9 @@ mp_request_sync(const char *dst, struct rte_mp_msg *req,
 	strlcpy(pending_req.dst, dst, sizeof(pending_req.dst));
 	pending_req.request = req;
 	pending_req.reply = &msg;
-	pthread_cond_init(&pending_req.sync.cond, NULL);
+	pthread_condattr_init(&attr);
+	pthread_condattr_setclock(&attr, CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
+	pthread_cond_init(&pending_req.sync.cond, &attr);
 
 	exist = find_pending_request(dst, req->name);
 	if (exist) {
@@ -967,8 +970,7 @@ rte_mp_request_sync(struct rte_mp_msg *req, struct rte_mp_reply *reply,
 	int dir_fd, ret = -1;
 	DIR *mp_dir;
 	struct dirent *ent;
-	struct timeval now;
-	struct timespec end;
+	struct timespec now, end;
 	const struct internal_config *internal_conf =
 		eal_get_internal_configuration();
 
@@ -987,15 +989,10 @@ rte_mp_request_sync(struct rte_mp_msg *req, struct rte_mp_reply *reply,
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (gettimeofday(&now, NULL) < 0) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Failed to get current time\n");
-		rte_errno = errno;
-		goto end;
-	}
-
-	end.tv_nsec = (now.tv_usec * 1000 + ts->tv_nsec) % 1000000000;
+	clock_gettime(CLOCK_TYPE_ID, &now);
+	end.tv_nsec = (now.tv_nsec + ts->tv_nsec) % 1000000000;
 	end.tv_sec = now.tv_sec + ts->tv_sec +
-			(now.tv_usec * 1000 + ts->tv_nsec) / 1000000000;
+			(now.tv_nsec + ts->tv_nsec) / 1000000000;
 
 	/* for secondary process, send request to the primary process only */
 	if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_SECONDARY) {
@@ -1069,7 +1066,7 @@ rte_mp_request_async(struct rte_mp_msg *req, const struct timespec *ts,
 	int dir_fd, ret = 0;
 	DIR *mp_dir;
 	struct dirent *ent;
-	struct timeval now;
+	struct timespec now;
 	struct timespec *end;
 	bool dummy_used = false;
 	const struct internal_config *internal_conf =
@@ -1086,11 +1083,6 @@ rte_mp_request_async(struct rte_mp_msg *req, const struct timespec *ts,
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (gettimeofday(&now, NULL) < 0) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Failed to get current time\n");
-		rte_errno = errno;
-		return -1;
-	}
 	copy = calloc(1, sizeof(*copy));
 	dummy = calloc(1, sizeof(*dummy));
 	param = calloc(1, sizeof(*param));
@@ -1108,9 +1100,10 @@ rte_mp_request_async(struct rte_mp_msg *req, const struct timespec *ts,
 	end = &param->end;
 	reply = &param->user_reply;
 
-	end->tv_nsec = (now.tv_usec * 1000 + ts->tv_nsec) % 1000000000;
+	clock_gettime(CLOCK_TYPE_ID, &now);
+	end->tv_nsec = (now.tv_nsec + ts->tv_nsec) % 1000000000;
 	end->tv_sec = now.tv_sec + ts->tv_sec +
-			(now.tv_usec * 1000 + ts->tv_nsec) / 1000000000;
+			(now.tv_nsec + ts->tv_nsec) / 1000000000;
 	reply->nb_sent = 0;
 	reply->nb_received = 0;
 	reply->msgs = NULL;
-- 
2.7.4