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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-06-19 21:00:37 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-06-19 21:00:37 +0000 |
| commit | 94ac2ab3fff96814d7460a27a0e9d004abbd4128 (patch) | |
| tree | 9a4eb8cc234b540b0f4b93363109cdd37a20540b /Documentation/timers/no_hz.rst | |
| parent | Adding debian version 6.8.12-1. (diff) | |
| download | linux-94ac2ab3fff96814d7460a27a0e9d004abbd4128.tar.xz linux-94ac2ab3fff96814d7460a27a0e9d004abbd4128.zip | |
Merging upstream version 6.9.2.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/timers/no_hz.rst b/Documentation/timers/no_hz.rst index f8786be151..7fe8ef9718 100644 --- a/Documentation/timers/no_hz.rst +++ b/Documentation/timers/no_hz.rst @@ -129,11 +129,8 @@ adaptive-tick CPUs: At least one non-adaptive-tick CPU must remain online to handle timekeeping tasks in order to ensure that system calls like gettimeofday() returns accurate values on adaptive-tick CPUs. (This is not an issue for CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE=y because there are no running -user processes to observe slight drifts in clock rate.) Therefore, the -boot CPU is prohibited from entering adaptive-ticks mode. Specifying a -"nohz_full=" mask that includes the boot CPU will result in a boot-time -error message, and the boot CPU will be removed from the mask. Note that -this means that your system must have at least two CPUs in order for +user processes to observe slight drifts in clock rate.) Note that this +means that your system must have at least two CPUs in order for CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y to do anything for you. Finally, adaptive-ticks CPUs must have their RCU callbacks offloaded. |