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"Extended nohz" was used as a naming base for the full dynticks API and Kconfig symbols. It reflects the fact the system tries to stop the tick in more places than just idle. But that "extended" name is a bit opaque and vague. Rename it to "full" makes it clearer what the system tries to do under this config: try to shutdown the tick anytime it can. The various constraints that prevent that to happen shouldn't be considered as fundamental properties of this feature but rather technical issues that may be solved in the future. Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> Cc: Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead.org> Cc: Gilad Ben Yossef <gilad@benyossef.com> Cc: Hakan Akkan <hakanakkan@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman@linaro.org> Cc: Li Zhong <zhong@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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#
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# Timer subsystem related configuration options
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#
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# Options selectable by arch Kconfig
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# Watchdog function for clocksources to detect instabilities
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config CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG
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bool
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# Architecture has extra clocksource data
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config ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA
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bool
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# Platforms has a persistent clock
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config ALWAYS_USE_PERSISTENT_CLOCK
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bool
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default n
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# Timekeeping vsyscall support
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config GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
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bool
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# Timekeeping vsyscall support
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config GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL_OLD
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bool
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# ktime_t scalar 64bit nsec representation
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config KTIME_SCALAR
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bool
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# Old style timekeeping
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config ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
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bool
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# The generic clock events infrastructure
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config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
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bool
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# Migration helper. Builds, but does not invoke
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config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BUILD
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bool
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default y
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depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
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# Architecture can handle broadcast in a driver-agnostic way
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config ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST
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bool
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# Clockevents broadcasting infrastructure
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config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
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bool
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depends on GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
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# Automatically adjust the min. reprogramming time for
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# clock event device
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config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_MIN_ADJUST
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bool
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# Generic update of CMOS clock
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config GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
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bool
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if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
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menu "Timers subsystem"
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# Core internal switch. Selected by NO_HZ_COMMON / HIGH_RES_TIMERS. This is
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# only related to the tick functionality. Oneshot clockevent devices
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# are supported independ of this.
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config TICK_ONESHOT
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bool
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config NO_HZ_COMMON
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bool
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depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
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select TICK_ONESHOT
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choice
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prompt "Timer tick handling"
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default NO_HZ_IDLE if NO_HZ
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config PERIODIC_HZ
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bool "Periodic timer ticks (constant rate, no dynticks)"
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help
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This option keeps the tick running periodically at a constant
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rate, even when the CPU doesn't need it.
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config NO_HZ_IDLE
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bool "Idle dynticks system (tickless idle)"
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depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
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select NO_HZ_COMMON
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help
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This option enables a tickless idle system: timer interrupts
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will only trigger on an as-needed basis when the system is idle.
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This is usually interesting for energy saving.
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Most of the time you want to say Y here.
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config NO_HZ_FULL
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bool "Full dynticks system (tickless single task)"
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# NO_HZ_COMMON dependency
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depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
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# RCU_USER_QS
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depends on HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING && SMP
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# RCU_NOCB_CPU dependency
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depends on TREE_RCU || TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
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depends on VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
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select NO_HZ_COMMON
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select RCU_USER_QS
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select RCU_NOCB_CPU
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select CONTEXT_TRACKING_FORCE
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help
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Adaptively try to shutdown the tick whenever possible, even when
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the CPU is running tasks. Typically this requires running a single
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task on the CPU. Chances for running tickless are maximized when
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the task mostly runs in userspace and has few kernel activity.
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You need to fill up the nohz_full boot parameter with the
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desired range of dynticks CPUs.
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This is implemented at the expense of some overhead in user <-> kernel
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transitions: syscalls, exceptions and interrupts. Even when it's
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dynamically off.
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Say N.
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endchoice
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config NO_HZ
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bool "Old Idle dynticks config"
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depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
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help
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This is the old config entry that enables dynticks idle.
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We keep it around for a little while to enforce backward
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compatibility with older config files.
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config HIGH_RES_TIMERS
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bool "High Resolution Timer Support"
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depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
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select TICK_ONESHOT
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help
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This option enables high resolution timer support. If your
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hardware is not capable then this option only increases
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the size of the kernel image.
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endmenu
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endif
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