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Now that the core timer infrastructure doesn't depend anymore on periodic base->clk increments, even when the CPU is not in NO_HZ mode, timer softirqs can be skipped until there are timers to expire. Some spurious softirqs can still remain since base->next_expiry doesn't keep track of canceled timers but this still reduces the number of softirqs significantly: ~15 times less for HZ=1000 and ~5 times less for HZ=100. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Tested-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200717140551.29076-11-frederic@kernel.org
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.