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tick/nohz: Update nohz_full Kconfig help
CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL behaves just like CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE by default. Reassure distros about it. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210512232924.150322-6-frederic@kernel.org
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the task mostly runs in userspace and has few kernel activity.
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You need to fill up the nohz_full boot parameter with the
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desired range of dynticks CPUs.
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desired range of dynticks CPUs to use it. This is implemented at
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the expense of some overhead in user <-> kernel transitions:
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syscalls, exceptions and interrupts.
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This is implemented at the expense of some overhead in user <-> kernel
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transitions: syscalls, exceptions and interrupts. Even when it's
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dynamically off.
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By default, without passing the nohz_full parameter, this behaves just
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like NO_HZ_IDLE.
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Say N.
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If you're a distro say Y.
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endchoice
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