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@@ -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"