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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 14:05:47 +0100
From: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 15/20] context-tracking: Introduce work deferral
infrastructure
On 25/07/23 13:22, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 11:10:31AM +0100, Valentin Schneider wrote:
>> I have reasons! I just swept them under the rug and didn't mention them :D
>> Also looking at the config dependencies again I got it wrong, but
>> nevertheless that means I get to ramble about it.
>>
>> With NO_HZ_IDLE, we get CONTEXT_TRACKING_IDLE, so we get these
>> transitions:
>>
>> ct_idle_enter()
>> ct_kernel_exit()
>> ct_state_inc_clear_work()
>>
>> ct_idle_exit()
>> ct_kernel_enter()
>> ct_work_flush()
>>
>> Now, if we just make CONTEXT_TRACKING_WORK depend on CONTEXT_TRACKING_IDLE
>> rather than CONTEXT_TRACKING_USER, we get to leverage the IPI deferral for
>> NO_HZ_IDLE kernels - in other words, we get to keep idle CPUs idle longer.
>>
>> It's a completely different argument than reducing interference for
>> NOHZ_FULL userspace applications and I should have at the very least
>> mentioned it in the cover letter, but it's the exact same backing
>> mechanism.
>>
>> Looking at it again, I'll probably make the CONTEXT_IDLE thing a separate
>> patch with a proper changelog.
>
> Ok should that be a seperate Kconfig? This indeed can bring power improvement
> but at the cost of more overhead from the sender. A balance to be measured...
Yep agreed, I'll make that an optional config.
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