linux-kernel - Re: RFC vmstat: On demand vmstat threads

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Date:	Thu, 19 Sep 2013 18:58:25 +0000
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	Hakan Akkan <hakanakkan@...il.com>,
	Max Krasnyansky <maxk@...lcomm.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: RFC vmstat: On demand vmstat threads

On Thu, 19 Sep 2013, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

> The vmstat accounting is not the only thing which we want to delegate
> to dedicated core(s) for the full NOHZ mode.
>
> So instead of playing broken games with explicitly not exposed core
> code variables, we should implement a core code facility which is
> aware of the NOHZ details and provides a sane way to delegate stuff to
> a certain subset of CPUs.

I would be happy to use such a facility. Otherwise I would just be adding
yet another kernel option or boot parameter I guess.

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