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nohz: Introduce arch_needs_cpu

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Allow the architecture to request a normal jiffy tick when the system
goes idle and tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick is called . On s390 the hook is
used to prevent the system going fully idle if there has been an
interrupt other than a clock comparator interrupt since the last wakeup.

On s390 the HiperSockets response time for 1 connection ping-pong goes
down from 42 to 34 microseconds. The CPU cost decreases by 27%.

Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
LKML-Reference: <20090929122533.402715150@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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Martin Schwidefsky
2009-09-29 14:25:16 +02:00
committed by Thomas Gleixner
parent eed3b9cf3f
commit 3c5d92a0cf
6 changed files with 24 additions and 5 deletions
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@@ -264,12 +264,15 @@ void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(int inidle)
last_jiffies = jiffies;
} while (read_seqretry(&xtime_lock, seq));
/* Get the next timer wheel timer */
next_jiffies = get_next_timer_interrupt(last_jiffies);
delta_jiffies = next_jiffies - last_jiffies;
if (rcu_needs_cpu(cpu) || printk_needs_cpu(cpu))
if (rcu_needs_cpu(cpu) || printk_needs_cpu(cpu) ||
arch_needs_cpu(cpu)) {
next_jiffies = last_jiffies + 1;
delta_jiffies = 1;
} else {
/* Get the next timer wheel timer */
next_jiffies = get_next_timer_interrupt(last_jiffies);
delta_jiffies = next_jiffies - last_jiffies;
}
/*
* Do not stop the tick, if we are only one off
* or if the cpu is required for rcu