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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 07/15] nohz_task: Restart tick when RCU forces nohz task cpu quiescent state
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On Tue, 2010-12-21 at 00:52 +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 05:02:09PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Mon, 2010-12-20 at 16:24 +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > > If a cpu is in nohz mode due to a nohz task running, then
> > > it is not able to notify quiescent states requested by other
> > > CPUs.
> > >
> > > Then restart the tick to remotely force the quiescent states on the
> > > nohz task cpus.
> >
> > -ENOPARSE.. if its in NOHZ state, it couldn't possibly need to
> > participate in the quiescent state machine because the cpu is in a
> > quiescent state and has 0 RCU activity.
>
>
> But it can be in nohz state in the kernel in which case it can have
> any RCU activity.

That still doesn't make sense.. if you're in nohz state there shouldn't
be any rcu activity, otherwise its not nohz is it?




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