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SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC nohz_full 0/7] v2 Provide infrastructure for full-system idle
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"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
>
> The individual patches are as follows:
>
> 1. Add a CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE Kconfig parameter to enable
> this feature. Kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE=n
> act exactly as they do today.

Is this extra CONFIG option really needed? RCU already has a bewildering
variety of CONFIG options, and no idle CONFIG is also pretty complicated.
At some point noone will know how to configure kernels anymore if
these non trivial, complicated trade off CONFIGs keep spreading.

The facility sounds like a good thing in general. Just enable
it implicitely with NO_HZ_SYSIDLE ?

If you want a switch for testing I would advise a sysctl or sysfs knob

-Andi

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ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only


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