From: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 18:08:45 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: nohz_full: Add Kconfig parameter for scalable detection of all-idle state
X-Git-Tag: v3.12-rc1~170^2^2^3~6
X-Git-Url: http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b44379af1cf40050794832c38ea6a64e07eb5087;p=pandora-kernel.git

nohz_full: Add Kconfig parameter for scalable detection of all-idle state

At least one CPU must keep the scheduling-clock tick running for
timekeeping purposes whenever there is a non-idle CPU.  However, with
the new nohz_full adaptive-idle machinery, it is difficult to distinguish
between all CPUs really being idle as opposed to all non-idle CPUs being
in adaptive-ticks mode.  This commit therefore adds a Kconfig parameter
as a first step towards enabling a scalable detection of full-system
idle state.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
[ paulmck: Update help text per Frederic Weisbecker. ]
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
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