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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-10-21 12:55:43 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-10-21 12:55:43 -0700
commitbc4016f48161454a9a8e5eb209b0693c6cde9f62 (patch)
treef470f5d711e975b152eec90282f5dd30a1d5dba5 /arch/x86
parentMerge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip (diff)
parentsched: Export account_system_vtime() (diff)
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Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (29 commits) sched: Export account_system_vtime() sched: Call tick_check_idle before __irq_enter sched: Remove irq time from available CPU power sched: Do not account irq time to current task x86: Add IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING sched: Add IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING, finer accounting of irq time sched: Add a PF flag for ksoftirqd identification sched: Consolidate account_system_vtime extern declaration sched: Fix softirq time accounting sched: Drop group_capacity to 1 only if local group has extra capacity sched: Force balancing on newidle balance if local group has capacity sched: Set group_imb only a task can be pulled from the busiest cpu sched: Do not consider SCHED_IDLE tasks to be cache hot sched: Drop all load weight manipulation for RT tasks sched: Create special class for stop/migrate work sched: Unindent labels sched: Comment updates: fix default latency and granularity numbers tracing/sched: Add sched_pi_setprio tracepoint sched: Give CPU bound RT tasks preference sched: Try not to migrate higher priority RT tasks ...
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Kconfig11
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c8
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index fd227d6b8d9c..89b88e3a56e9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -799,6 +799,17 @@ config SCHED_MC
making when dealing with multi-core CPU chips at a cost of slightly
increased overhead in some places. If unsure say N here.
+config IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
+ bool "Fine granularity task level IRQ time accounting"
+ default n
+ ---help---
+ Select this option to enable fine granularity task irq time
+ accounting. This is done by reading a timestamp on each
+ transitions between softirq and hardirq state, so there can be a
+ small performance impact.
+
+ If in doubt, say N here.
+
source "kernel/Kconfig.preempt"
config X86_UP_APIC
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index 26a863a9c2a8..a1c2cd768538 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -104,10 +104,14 @@ int __init notsc_setup(char *str)
__setup("notsc", notsc_setup);
+static int no_sched_irq_time;
+
static int __init tsc_setup(char *str)
{
if (!strcmp(str, "reliable"))
tsc_clocksource_reliable = 1;
+ if (!strncmp(str, "noirqtime", 9))
+ no_sched_irq_time = 1;
return 1;
}
@@ -801,6 +805,7 @@ void mark_tsc_unstable(char *reason)
if (!tsc_unstable) {
tsc_unstable = 1;
sched_clock_stable = 0;
+ disable_sched_clock_irqtime();
printk(KERN_INFO "Marking TSC unstable due to %s\n", reason);
/* Change only the rating, when not registered */
if (clocksource_tsc.mult)
@@ -987,6 +992,9 @@ void __init tsc_init(void)
/* now allow native_sched_clock() to use rdtsc */
tsc_disabled = 0;
+ if (!no_sched_irq_time)
+ enable_sched_clock_irqtime();
+
lpj = ((u64)tsc_khz * 1000);
do_div(lpj, HZ);
lpj_fine = lpj;