From: Christopher Lameter <cl@linux.com>
To: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: "Li, Aubrey" <aubrey.li@linux.intel.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
Aubrey Li <aubrey.li@intel.com>,
len.brown@intel.com, rjw@rjwysocki.net,
tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com, arjan@linux.intel.com,
yang.zhang.wz@gmail.com, x86@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, daniel.lezcano@linaro.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1 00/11] Create fast idle path for short idle periods
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 10:03:22 -0500 (CDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1707191001380.18652@nuc-kabylake> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170719144827.GB3730@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
On Wed, 19 Jul 2017, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > Do we have any problem if we skip RCU idle enter/exit under a fast idle scenario?
> > My understanding is, if tick is not stopped, then we don't need inform RCU in
> > idle path, it can be informed in irq exit.
>
> Indeed, the problem arises when the tick is stopped.
Well is there a boundary when you would want the notification calls? I
would think that even an idle period of a couple of seconds does not
necessarily require a callback to rcu. Had some brokenness here where RCU
calls did not occur for hours or so. At some point the system ran out of
memory but thats far off.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-07-19 15:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 114+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-07-10 1:38 [RFC PATCH v1 00/11] Create fast idle path for short idle periods Aubrey Li
2017-07-10 1:38 ` [RFC PATCH v1 01/11] sched/idle: create a fast " Aubrey Li
2017-07-10 1:38 ` [RFC PATCH v1 02/11] cpuidle: attach cpuidle governor statistics to the per-CPU device Aubrey Li
2017-07-10 1:38 ` [RFC PATCH v1 03/11] cpuidle: introduce cpuidle governor for idle prediction Aubrey Li
2017-07-12 12:16 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-10 1:38 ` [RFC PATCH v1 04/11] sched/idle: make the fast idle path for short idle periods Aubrey Li
2017-07-11 12:58 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-11 16:33 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2017-07-11 18:11 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-12 3:19 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-12 5:03 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-12 5:22 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-12 12:19 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-10 1:38 ` [RFC PATCH v1 05/11] cpuidle: update idle statistics before cpuidle governor Aubrey Li
2017-07-10 1:38 ` [RFC PATCH v1 06/11] timers: keep sleep length updated as needed Aubrey Li
2017-07-10 1:38 ` [RFC PATCH v1 07/11] cpuidle: make idle residency update more generic Aubrey Li
2017-07-10 1:38 ` [RFC PATCH v1 08/11] cpuidle: menu: remove reduplicative implementation Aubrey Li
2017-07-10 1:38 ` [RFC PATCH v1 09/11] cpuidle: menu: feed cpuidle prediction to menu governor Aubrey Li
2017-07-10 1:38 ` [RFC PATCH v1 10/11] cpuidle: update cpuidle governor when needed Aubrey Li
2017-07-10 1:38 ` [RFC PATCH v1 11/11] sched/idle: Add a tuning knob to allow changing fast idle threshold Aubrey Li
2017-07-10 8:46 ` [RFC PATCH v1 00/11] Create fast idle path for short idle periods Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-10 9:29 ` Wanpeng Li
2017-07-10 13:59 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-10 14:46 ` Andi Kleen
2017-07-10 16:42 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-10 17:27 ` Andi Kleen
2017-07-11 4:40 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-11 9:41 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-11 16:09 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2017-07-11 16:34 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-11 18:09 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-12 11:54 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-12 15:56 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-12 17:46 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-12 18:53 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-12 19:00 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-19 13:43 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2017-07-19 14:51 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-12 12:22 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-12 15:54 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-12 17:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-12 17:57 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-12 18:50 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-12 18:46 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-13 8:34 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-12 4:15 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-12 8:34 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-12 21:32 ` Andi Kleen
2017-07-13 8:36 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-13 14:48 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-13 14:53 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-13 15:13 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-13 18:28 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-14 3:56 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-14 15:38 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-14 15:52 ` Arjan van de Ven
2017-07-14 15:58 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-14 16:03 ` Andi Kleen
2017-07-17 9:21 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-17 13:41 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-14 15:53 ` Andi Kleen
2017-07-14 16:06 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-14 16:26 ` Andi Kleen
2017-07-17 19:23 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-17 19:27 ` Arjan van de Ven
2017-07-17 19:46 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-07-17 19:51 ` Arjan van de Ven
2017-07-17 19:59 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-07-17 19:48 ` Arjan van de Ven
2017-07-17 19:53 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-07-17 19:55 ` Arjan van de Ven
2017-07-18 3:23 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-18 18:55 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-18 3:14 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-18 4:45 ` Andi Kleen
2017-07-18 6:43 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-07-18 6:56 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-18 15:20 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-18 15:29 ` Arjan van de Ven
2017-07-18 16:36 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-18 16:37 ` Arjan van de Ven
2017-07-18 17:05 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-19 5:44 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-19 14:48 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-19 15:03 ` Christopher Lameter [this message]
2017-07-19 16:54 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-20 1:40 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-20 12:50 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-20 13:45 ` Arjan van de Ven
2017-07-20 14:19 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-20 16:02 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-18 16:45 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-18 6:59 ` Andi Kleen
2017-07-18 7:19 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-07-19 6:12 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-19 7:55 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-07-20 1:56 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-20 8:11 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-07-20 13:48 ` Arjan van de Ven
2017-07-18 7:24 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-07-18 13:23 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-19 13:43 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-13 15:20 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-14 3:47 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-14 4:05 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-17 13:24 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-17 13:58 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-17 14:02 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-12 12:14 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-11 17:58 ` Christoph Lameter
2017-07-12 2:07 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-12 2:35 ` Li, Aubrey
2017-07-12 18:10 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-11 9:02 ` Peter Zijlstra
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