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Message-ID: <568AEFEA.4080400@linaro.org>
Date:	Mon, 4 Jan 2016 14:19:22 -0800
From:	"Shi, Yang" <yang.shi@...aro.org>
To:	benh@...nel.crashing.org, paulus@...ba.org, mpe@...erman.id.au
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ppc64: select HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING by default

Hi folks,

Any comment on this is appreciated.

Thanks,
Yang


On 12/9/2015 2:43 PM, Yang Shi wrote:
> The functionality of context tracking has been implemented by PPC64 and
> HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING was selected by pseries by default.
> Actually, it is applicale to all PPC64 platforms, so select it in PPC64
> generic Kconfig.
>
> NO_HZ_FULL depends on it, with this change NO_HZ_FULL could be enabled
> for all PPC64 machines.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yang Shi <yang.shi@...aro.org>
> ---
> Following the instruction in Documentation/timers/NO_HZ.txt, I tested full nohz
> on my FSL T2080 target, the below trace log shows it works well.
>
>         user_loop-574   [001] d..1   137.044892: tick_stop: success=yes msg=
>         user_loop-574   [001] d.h1   138.044880: hrtimer_expire_entry: hrtimer=c00000007fd22d10 function=.tick_sched_timer now=137796002092
>         user_loop-574   [001] d.h1   139.044880: hrtimer_expire_entry: hrtimer=c00000007fd22d10 function=.tick_sched_timer now=138796002129
>         user_loop-574   [001] d.h1   140.044880: hrtimer_expire_entry: hrtimer=c00000007fd22d10 function=.tick_sched_timer now=139796002219
>         user_loop-574   [001] d.h1   141.044880: hrtimer_expire_entry: hrtimer=c00000007fd22d10 function=.tick_sched_timer now=140796002229
>         user_loop-574   [001] d.h1   142.044879: hrtimer_expire_entry: hrtimer=c00000007fd22d10 function=.tick_sched_timer now=141796002159
>         user_loop-574   [001] d.h1   143.044879: hrtimer_expire_entry: hrtimer=c00000007fd22d10 function=.tick_sched_timer now=142796002142
>         user_loop-574   [001] d.h1   144.044878: hrtimer_expire_entry: hrtimer=c00000007fd22d10 function=.tick_sched_timer now=143796002046
>         user_loop-574   [001] d.h1   145.044878: hrtimer_expire_entry: hrtimer=c00000007fd22d10 function=.tick_sched_timer now=144796002189
>         user_loop-574   [001] d.h1   146.044878: hrtimer_expire_entry: hrtimer=c00000007fd22d10 function=.tick_sched_timer now=145796002199
>         user_loop-574   [001] d.h1   147.044880: hrtimer_expire_entry: hrtimer=c00000007fd22d10 function=.tick_sched_timer now=146796003836
>
> It shows the timer tick just comes in every second.
>
> It should be low risk to have problem on other PPC64 targets, although they are
> not tested.
>
>   arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype | 1 +
>   arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig | 1 -
>   2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
> index 142dff5..7b25dd1 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config PPC64
>   	default n
>   	select HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING
>   	select ZLIB_DEFLATE
> +	select HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING
>   	help
>   	  This option selects whether a 32-bit or a 64-bit kernel
>   	  will be built.
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
> index bec90fb..6853148 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
> @@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ config PPC_PSERIES
>   	select PPC_UDBG_16550
>   	select PPC_NATIVE
>   	select PPC_DOORBELL
> -	select HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING
>   	select HOTPLUG_CPU if SMP
>   	select ARCH_RANDOM
>   	select PPC_DOORBELL
>

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