summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/kernel/time
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorSuresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>2011-12-01 17:07:32 -0800
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2011-12-06 09:06:30 +0100
commit1c792db7f7957e2e34b9a164f08200e36a25dfd0 (patch)
treed1ab8d9e860e12b31f8553309b79cc65ff380fa5 /kernel/time
parent5b680fd61388abb9059fbc8e7a2f60f602bfce15 (diff)
sched, nohz: Introduce nohz_flags in 'struct rq'
Introduce nohz_flags in the struct rq, which will track these two flags for now. NOHZ_TICK_STOPPED keeps track of the tick stopped status that gets set when the tick is stopped. It will be used to update the nohz idle load balancer data structures during the first busy tick after the tick is restarted. At this first busy tick after tickless idle, NOHZ_TICK_STOPPED flag will be reset. This will minimize the nohz idle load balancer status updates that currently happen for every tickless exit, making it more scalable when there are many logical cpu's that enter and exit idle often. NOHZ_BALANCE_KICK will track the need for nohz idle load balance on this rq. This will replace the nohz_balance_kick in the rq, which was not being updated atomically. Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20111202010832.499438999@sbsiddha-desk.sc.intel.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/time')
0 files changed, 0 insertions, 0 deletions