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| -rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 28 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/time/Kconfig | 1 |
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 247084be0590..ffbf5d788bf3 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -527,13 +527,29 @@ config RCU_USER_QS config CONTEXT_TRACKING_FORCE bool "Force context tracking" depends on CONTEXT_TRACKING - default CONTEXT_TRACKING + default y if !NO_HZ_FULL help - Probe on user/kernel boundaries by default in order to - test the features that rely on it such as userspace RCU extended - quiescent states. - This test is there for debugging until we have a real user like the - full dynticks mode. + The major pre-requirement for full dynticks to work is to + support the context tracking subsystem. But there are also + other dependencies to provide in order to make the full + dynticks working. + + This option stands for testing when an arch implements the + context tracking backend but doesn't yet fullfill all the + requirements to make the full dynticks feature working. + Without the full dynticks, there is no way to test the support + for context tracking and the subsystems that rely on it: RCU + userspace extended quiescent state and tickless cputime + accounting. This option copes with the absence of the full + dynticks subsystem by forcing the context tracking on all + CPUs in the system. + + Say Y only if you're working on the developpement of an + architecture backend for the context tracking. + + Say N otherwise, this option brings an overhead that you + don't want in production. + config RCU_FANOUT int "Tree-based hierarchical RCU fanout value" diff --git a/kernel/time/Kconfig b/kernel/time/Kconfig index 70f27e89012b..747bbc70f53b 100644 --- a/kernel/time/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/time/Kconfig @@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ config NO_HZ_FULL select RCU_USER_QS select RCU_NOCB_CPU select VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN - select CONTEXT_TRACKING_FORCE select IRQ_WORK help Adaptively try to shutdown the tick whenever possible, even when |