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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-05-06 00:23:27 +0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-05-06 00:23:27 +0400
commit534c97b0950b1967bca1c753aeaed32f5db40264 (patch)
tree9421d26e4f6d479d1bc32b036a731b065daab0fa /include/linux/sched.h
parent64049d1973c1735f543eb7a55653e291e108b0cb (diff)
parent265f22a975c1e4cc3a4d1f94a3ec53ffbb6f5b9f (diff)
downloadlinux-534c97b0950b1967bca1c753aeaed32f5db40264.tar.xz
Merge branch 'timers-nohz-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull 'full dynticks' support from Ingo Molnar: "This tree from Frederic Weisbecker adds a new, (exciting! :-) core kernel feature to the timer and scheduler subsystems: 'full dynticks', or CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y. This feature extends the nohz variable-size timer tick feature from idle to busy CPUs (running at most one task) as well, potentially reducing the number of timer interrupts significantly. This feature got motivated by real-time folks and the -rt tree, but the general utility and motivation of full-dynticks runs wider than that: - HPC workloads get faster: CPUs running a single task should be able to utilize a maximum amount of CPU power. A periodic timer tick at HZ=1000 can cause a constant overhead of up to 1.0%. This feature removes that overhead - and speeds up the system by 0.5%-1.0% on typical distro configs even on modern systems. - Real-time workload latency reduction: CPUs running critical tasks should experience as little jitter as possible. The last remaining source of kernel-related jitter was the periodic timer tick. - A single task executing on a CPU is a pretty common situation, especially with an increasing number of cores/CPUs, so this feature helps desktop and mobile workloads as well. The cost of the feature is mainly related to increased timer reprogramming overhead when a CPU switches its tick period, and thus slightly longer to-idle and from-idle latency. Configuration-wise a third mode of operation is added to the existing two NOHZ kconfig modes: - CONFIG_HZ_PERIODIC: [formerly !CONFIG_NO_HZ], now explicitly named as a config option. This is the traditional Linux periodic tick design: there's a HZ tick going on all the time, regardless of whether a CPU is idle or not. - CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE: [formerly CONFIG_NO_HZ=y], this turns off the periodic tick when a CPU enters idle mode. - CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL: this new mode, in addition to turning off the tick when a CPU is idle, also slows the tick down to 1 Hz (one timer interrupt per second) when only a single task is running on a CPU. The .config behavior is compatible: existing !CONFIG_NO_HZ and CONFIG_NO_HZ=y settings get translated to the new values, without the user having to configure anything. CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL is turned off by default. This feature is based on a lot of infrastructure work that has been steadily going upstream in the last 2-3 cycles: related RCU support and non-periodic cputime support in particular is upstream already. This tree adds the final pieces and activates the feature. The pull request is marked RFC because: - it's marked 64-bit only at the moment - the 32-bit support patch is small but did not get ready in time. - it has a number of fresh commits that came in after the merge window. The overwhelming majority of commits are from before the merge window, but still some aspects of the tree are fresh and so I marked it RFC. - it's a pretty wide-reaching feature with lots of effects - and while the components have been in testing for some time, the full combination is still not very widely used. That it's default-off should reduce its regression abilities and obviously there are no known regressions with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y enabled either. - the feature is not completely idempotent: there is no 100% equivalent replacement for a periodic scheduler/timer tick. In particular there's ongoing work to map out and reduce its effects on scheduler load-balancing and statistics. This should not impact correctness though, there are no known regressions related to this feature at this point. - it's a pretty ambitious feature that with time will likely be enabled by most Linux distros, and we'd like you to make input on its design/implementation, if you dislike some aspect we missed. Without flaming us to crisp! :-) Future plans: - there's ongoing work to reduce 1Hz to 0Hz, to essentially shut off the periodic tick altogether when there's a single busy task on a CPU. We'd first like 1 Hz to be exposed more widely before we go for the 0 Hz target though. - once we reach 0 Hz we can remove the periodic tick assumption from nr_running>=2 as well, by essentially interrupting busy tasks only as frequently as the sched_latency constraints require us to do - once every 4-40 msecs, depending on nr_running. I am personally leaning towards biting the bullet and doing this in v3.10, like the -rt tree this effort has been going on for too long - but the final word is up to you as usual. More technical details can be found in Documentation/timers/NO_HZ.txt" * 'timers-nohz-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (39 commits) sched: Keep at least 1 tick per second for active dynticks tasks rcu: Fix full dynticks' dependency on wide RCU nocb mode nohz: Protect smp_processor_id() in tick_nohz_task_switch() nohz_full: Add documentation. cputime_nsecs: use math64.h for nsec resolution conversion helpers nohz: Select VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN from full dynticks config nohz: Reduce overhead under high-freq idling patterns nohz: Remove full dynticks' superfluous dependency on RCU tree nohz: Fix unavailable tick_stop tracepoint in dynticks idle nohz: Add basic tracing nohz: Select wide RCU nocb for full dynticks nohz: Disable the tick when irq resume in full dynticks CPU nohz: Re-evaluate the tick for the new task after a context switch nohz: Prepare to stop the tick on irq exit nohz: Implement full dynticks kick nohz: Re-evaluate the tick from the scheduler IPI sched: New helper to prevent from stopping the tick in full dynticks sched: Kick full dynticks CPU that have more than one task enqueued. perf: New helper to prevent full dynticks CPUs from stopping tick perf: Kick full dynticks CPU if events rotation is needed ...
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/sched.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/sched.h19
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 6f950048b6e9..4800e9d1864c 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ extern void init_idle_bootup_task(struct task_struct *idle);
extern int runqueue_is_locked(int cpu);
-#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ)
+#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON)
extern void nohz_balance_enter_idle(int cpu);
extern void set_cpu_sd_state_idle(void);
extern int get_nohz_timer_target(void);
@@ -1764,13 +1764,13 @@ static inline int set_cpus_allowed_ptr(struct task_struct *p,
}
#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
void calc_load_enter_idle(void);
void calc_load_exit_idle(void);
#else
static inline void calc_load_enter_idle(void) { }
static inline void calc_load_exit_idle(void) { }
-#endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ */
+#endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */
#ifndef CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
static inline int set_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p, cpumask_t new_mask)
@@ -1856,10 +1856,17 @@ extern void idle_task_exit(void);
static inline void idle_task_exit(void) {}
#endif
-#if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
-extern void wake_up_idle_cpu(int cpu);
+#if defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
+extern void wake_up_nohz_cpu(int cpu);
#else
-static inline void wake_up_idle_cpu(int cpu) { }
+static inline void wake_up_nohz_cpu(int cpu) { }
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
+extern bool sched_can_stop_tick(void);
+extern u64 scheduler_tick_max_deferment(void);
+#else
+static inline bool sched_can_stop_tick(void) { return false; }
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP