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Diffstat (limited to 'init')
| -rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 28 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | init/main.c | 2 |
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index cc917d3ec85..0a2c4bcf179 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -528,13 +528,29 @@ 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/init/main.c b/init/main.c index d03d2ec2eac..af310afbef2 100644 --- a/init/main.c +++ b/init/main.c @@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ #include <linux/blkdev.h> #include <linux/elevator.h> #include <linux/sched_clock.h> +#include <linux/context_tracking.h> #include <asm/io.h> #include <asm/bugs.h> @@ -545,6 +546,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void) idr_init_cache(); rcu_init(); tick_nohz_init(); + context_tracking_init(); radix_tree_init(); /* init some links before init_ISA_irqs() */ early_irq_init(); |