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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] nohz: Disable LOCKUP_DETECTOR when NO_HZ_FULL is enabled
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 06:59:15PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 11:27:02AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > Right now perf requires a tick, not sure exactly why, but you can look
> > at the code in perf_event_task_tick(). Thus if NO_HZ_FULL sees that a
> > perf tick is pending, it won't disable ticks. Unfortunately, the
> > watchdogs, both NMI and soft lockup, use the perf infrastructure to
> > trigger NMIs or interrupts. This adds a perf element on the rotate list
> > and keeps NO_HZ_FULL from *ever* activating.
> >
>
> Hmm.. Stephane had a bunch of patches converting the rotation thing to
> an hrtimer. I seem to have forgotten what happened to them but I can't
> seem to find them merged.
>
> I'll go look.
>
> That leaves the frequency stuff, but the watchdog doesn't use that.
>
> At which point we could run the watchdog without perf_event_task_tick().

Found them:

1364991694-5876-1-git-send-email-eranian@google.com

Looks like they were stuck in my inbox and never applied, so I just did.
They should appear in tip soonish.


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