linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 30/38] tick-sched: move nohz_full_buf[] inside tick_nohz

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Date:	Tue, 15 Apr 2014 01:28:03 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Arvind.Chauhan@....com,
	linaro-networking@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 30/38] tick-sched: move nohz_full_buf[] inside
 tick_nohz_init()

On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 09:53:52PM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> nohz_full_buf[] is used at only one place, i.e. inside tick_nohz_init(). Make it
> a local variable. Can move it out in case it is used in some other routines in
> future.

OTOH nohz_full_buf can have a big size and moving it to a local variable
will result in big increase in kernel stack consumption.

Keeping it static is safer.

Also it's already __initdata so it's released after bootup. No issue of
concurrent use either, so keeping it as is is fine.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
> ---
>  kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 13 ++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> index d8b9a69..22b9505 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> @@ -321,13 +321,6 @@ static int tick_nohz_cpu_down_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
>  	return NOTIFY_OK;
>  }
>  
> -/*
> - * Worst case string length in chunks of CPU range seems 2 steps
> - * separations: 0,2,4,6,...
> - * This is NR_CPUS + sizeof('\0')
> - */
> -static char __initdata nohz_full_buf[NR_CPUS + 1];
> -
>  static int tick_nohz_init_all(void)
>  {
>  	int err = -1;
> @@ -347,6 +340,12 @@ static int tick_nohz_init_all(void)
>  
>  void __init tick_nohz_init(void)
>  {
> +	/*
> +	 * Worst case string length in chunks of CPU range seems 2 steps
> +	 * separations: 0,2,4,6,...
> +	 * This is NR_CPUS + sizeof('\0')
> +	 */
> +	char nohz_full_buf[NR_CPUS + 1];
>  	int cpu;
>  
>  	if (!tick_nohz_full_running) {
> -- 
> 1.7.12.rc2.18.g61b472e
> 
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