Re: [GIT PULL] nohz: Full dynticks timekeeping and RCU improvement

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Sun Apr 21 2013 - 05:05:39 EST



* Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 2013/4/17 Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > Hi Ingo,
> >
> > So with this we are mostly done with the RCU and timekeeping sides.
> > The interface is still a bit spartan:
> >
> > * Need to keep the boot CPU outside full dynticks range.
> > * Need to have nohz_full= be a subset of rcu_nocbs=
> >
> > Note that none of this is thought to be fixed on the rock. It's
> > just a KISS interface settlement so that we can focus on the
> > central things.
> >
> > These constraints will likely be removed in the future.
> >
> > Please pull from:
> >
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/linux-dynticks.git
> > timers/nohz
>
> And there is the branch "timers/nohz-reviewed" which contain the exact
> same patches but rebased to add Paul's Reviewed-by: tags.

Pulled, thanks Frederic!

Ingo
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