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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] nohz: Disable LOCKUP_DETECTOR when NO_HZ_FULL is enabled
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 11:27:02AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > Coming into the middle of the thread is always hard, but why/how does perf
> > disable nohz_full? I didn't think the hardware events of perf would cause
> > problems as they are no different than an irq. Curious.
>
> Right now perf requires a tick, not sure exactly why, but you can look
> at the code in perf_event_task_tick(). Thus if NO_HZ_FULL sees that a
> perf tick is pending, it won't disable ticks. Unfortunately, the
> watchdogs, both NMI and soft lockup, use the perf infrastructure to
> trigger NMIs or interrupts. This adds a perf element on the rotate list
> and keeps NO_HZ_FULL from *ever* activating.

Ok. Thanks. I don't know what the rotate list is for (nor what it does
in general). But I'll poke around.

Cheers,
Don


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