[PATCH 4/4] nohz: New option to force all CPUs in full dynticks range

[Frederic Weisbecker]

Provide a new kernel config that forces all CPUs to be part
of the full dynticks range, except the boot one for timekeeping.

This is helpful for those who don't need a finegrained range
of full dynticks CPU and also for automated testing.

Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Geoff Levand <geoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Gilad Ben Yossef <gilad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hakan Akkan <hakanakkan@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Li Zhong <zhong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/time/Kconfig      |   10 ++++++++++
 kernel/time/tick-sched.c |    5 +++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/Kconfig b/kernel/time/Kconfig
index 5a87c03..407d771 100644
--- a/kernel/time/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/time/Kconfig
@@ -98,6 +98,16 @@ config NO_HZ_EXTENDED
 
 	 Say N.
 
+config NO_HZ_EXTENDED_ALL
+       bool "Full dynticks system on all CPUs"
+       depends on NO_HZ_EXTENDED
+       help
+	 Force all CPUs to be full dynticks. The range specified in the
+	 nohz_extended boot option will then be ignored.
+
+	 Note the boot CPU will still be kept outside the range to handle
+	 the timekeeping duty.
+
 config HIGH_RES_TIMERS
 	bool "High Resolution Timer Support"
 	depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index a76d95e..0a3952c 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -161,10 +161,15 @@ static int __init tick_nohz_extended_setup(char *str)
 	int cpu;
 
 	alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var(&nohz_extended_mask);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_EXTENDED_ALL
+	cpumask_setall(nohz_extended_mask);
+#else
 	if (cpulist_parse(str, nohz_extended_mask) < 0) {
 		pr_warning("NOHZ: Incorrect nohz_extended cpumask\n");
 		return 1;
 	}
+#endif
 
 	cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, nohz_extended_mask)) {
-- 
1.7.5.4

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