linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/4] nohz: Set isolcpus when nohz

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Date:	Fri, 24 Apr 2015 17:58:31 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...hip.com>,
	"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	"Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] nohz: Set isolcpus when nohz_full is set

From: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...hip.com>

nohz_full is only useful with isolcpus also set, since otherwise the
scheduler has to run periodically to try to determine whether to steal
work from other cores.

Accordingly, when booting with nohz_full=xxx on the command line, we
should act as if isolcpus=xxx was also set, and set (or extend) the
isolcpus set to include the nohz_full cpus.

Acked-by: Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@...il.com> ["thumbs up!"]
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...hip.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@...il.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
---
 kernel/sched/core.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 6f149f8..e95b4d8 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -7042,6 +7042,9 @@ void __init sched_init_smp(void)
 	alloc_cpumask_var(&non_isolated_cpus, GFP_KERNEL);
 	alloc_cpumask_var(&fallback_doms, GFP_KERNEL);
 
+	/* nohz_full won't take effect without isolating the cpus. */
+	tick_nohz_full_add_cpus_to(cpu_isolated_map);
+
 	sched_init_numa();
 
 	/*
-- 
2.1.4

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