>
> Would it make sense for unlimited max deferment to be available as
> a boot parameter? That would allow people who want tick-free execution
> more than accurate stats to get that easily, while keeping stats accurate
> for everyone else.
Subject: Make the maximum tick deferral for CONFIG_NO_HZ configurable
Add a way to configure this interval at boot and via
/proc/sys/vm/max_defer_tick
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <c...@linux.com>
Index: linux/kernel/sched/core.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ linux/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2574,6 +2574,17 @@ void scheduler_tick(void)
}
#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
+int sysctl_max_defer_tick __read_mostly = 1;
+
+static int __init max_defer_tick_setup(char *str)
+{
+ sysctl_max_defer_tick = simple_strtol(str, NULL, 0);
+ pr_info("NO_HZ_FULL maxinum deferral of busy tick set to %d\n",
+ sysctl_max_defer_tick);
+ return 1;
+}
+__setup("max_defer_tick=", max_defer_tick_setup);
+
/**
* scheduler_tick_max_deferment
*
@@ -2592,7 +2603,7 @@ u64 scheduler_tick_max_deferment(void)
struct rq *rq = this_rq();
unsigned long next, now = ACCESS_ONCE(jiffies);
- next = rq->last_sched_tick + HZ;
+ next = rq->last_sched_tick + sysctl_max_defer_tick * HZ;
if (time_before_eq(next, now))
return 0;
Index: linux/kernel/sysctl.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ linux/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1407,6 +1407,15 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec_jiffies,
},
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
+ {
+ .procname = "max_defer_tick",
+ .data = &sysctl_max_defer_tick,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(sysctl_max_defer_tick),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = proc_dointvec_jiffies,
+ },
+#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
{
.procname = "mmap_min_addr",
Index: linux/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+++ linux/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -714,6 +714,13 @@ is 1 second.
==============================================================
+max_defer_tick
+
+The maximum time that the tick may be deferred while a process is
+monopolizing a cpu.
+
+==============================================================
+
swappiness
This control is used to define how aggressive the kernel will swap
Index: linux/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ linux/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1876,6 +1876,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes
devices can be requested on-demand with the
/dev/loop-control interface.
+ max_defer_tick [NO_HZ_FULL] The number of seconds that the system may
+ defer the timer tick if a process is monopolizing the
+ cpu.
+
mce [X86-32] Machine Check Exception
mce=option [X86-64] See Documentation/x86/x86_64/boot-options.txt
Index: linux/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h
+++ linux/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ extern unsigned int sysctl_numa_balancin
extern unsigned int sysctl_numa_balancing_scan_period_max;
extern unsigned int sysctl_numa_balancing_scan_size;
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
+extern int sysctl_max_defer_tick;
+#endif
+
#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG
extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_migration_cost;
extern unsigned int sysctl_sched_nr_migrate;
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