From: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>, "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>, Yunfeng Ye <yeyunfeng@huawei.com>, Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Subject: [PATCH 05/10] tick/nohz: Update nohz_full Kconfig help Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 01:29:19 +0200 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20210512232924.150322-6-frederic@kernel.org> (raw) In-Reply-To: <20210512232924.150322-1-frederic@kernel.org> CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL behaves just like CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE by default. Reassure distros about it. Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Cc: Yunfeng Ye <yeyunfeng@huawei.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> --- kernel/time/Kconfig | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/time/Kconfig b/kernel/time/Kconfig index 83e158d016ba..6649e1d2dba5 100644 --- a/kernel/time/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/time/Kconfig @@ -117,13 +117,14 @@ config NO_HZ_FULL the task mostly runs in userspace and has few kernel activity. You need to fill up the nohz_full boot parameter with the - desired range of dynticks CPUs. + desired range of dynticks CPUs to use it. This is implemented at + the expense of some overhead in user <-> kernel transitions: + syscalls, exceptions and interrupts. - This is implemented at the expense of some overhead in user <-> kernel - transitions: syscalls, exceptions and interrupts. Even when it's - dynamically off. + By default, without passing nohz_full parameter, this behaves just + like NO_HZ_IDLE. - Say N. + If you're a distro say Y. endchoice -- 2.25.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-12 23:43 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2021-05-12 23:29 [GIT PULL] tick/nohz updates v3 Frederic Weisbecker 2021-05-12 23:29 ` [PATCH 01/10] tick/nohz: Evaluate the CPU expression after the static key Frederic Weisbecker 2021-05-13 13:17 ` [tip: timers/nohz] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra 2021-05-12 23:29 ` [PATCH 02/10] tick/nohz: Conditionally restart tick on idle exit Frederic Weisbecker 2021-05-13 13:17 ` [tip: timers/nohz] " tip-bot2 for Yunfeng Ye 2021-05-12 23:29 ` [PATCH 03/10] tick/nohz: Remove superflous check for CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_NATIVE Frederic Weisbecker 2021-05-13 13:17 ` [tip: timers/nohz] " tip-bot2 for Frederic Weisbecker 2021-05-12 23:29 ` [PATCH 04/10] tick/nohz: Update idle_exittime on actual idle exit Frederic Weisbecker 2021-05-13 13:17 ` [tip: timers/nohz] " tip-bot2 for Yunfeng Ye 2021-05-12 23:29 ` Frederic Weisbecker [this message] 2021-05-13 13:17 ` [tip: timers/nohz] tick/nohz: Update nohz_full Kconfig help tip-bot2 for Frederic Weisbecker 2021-05-12 23:29 ` [PATCH 06/10] tick/nohz: Only wakeup a single target cpu when kicking a task Frederic Weisbecker 2021-05-13 13:17 ` [tip: timers/nohz] tick/nohz: Only wake up " tip-bot2 for Frederic Weisbecker 2021-05-12 23:29 ` [PATCH 07/10] tick/nohz: Change signal tick dependency to wakeup CPUs of member tasks Frederic Weisbecker 2021-05-13 13:17 ` [tip: timers/nohz] tick/nohz: Change signal tick dependency to wake up " tip-bot2 for Marcelo Tosatti 2021-05-12 23:29 ` [PATCH 08/10] tick/nohz: Kick only _queued_ task whose tick dependency is updated Frederic Weisbecker 2021-05-13 13:17 ` [tip: timers/nohz] " tip-bot2 for Marcelo Tosatti 2021-05-12 23:29 ` [PATCH 09/10] tick/nohz: Call tick_nohz_task_switch() with interrupts disabled Frederic Weisbecker 2021-05-13 13:17 ` [tip: timers/nohz] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra 2021-05-12 23:29 ` [PATCH 10/10] MAINTAINERS: Add myself as context tracking maintainer Frederic Weisbecker 2021-05-19 9:21 ` [tip: timers/nohz] " tip-bot2 for Frederic Weisbecker 2021-05-13 12:23 ` [GIT PULL] tick/nohz updates v3 Ingo Molnar
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