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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c | 8 |
3 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 8dd7248508a9..ed05a4a0d242 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2435,6 +2435,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file disables clocksource verification at runtime. Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in virtualized environment. + [x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting. + Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any + platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting + can add overhead. turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY] TurboGraFX parallel port interface diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index cea0cd9a316f..f4c70c246ffe 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -795,6 +795,17 @@ config SCHED_MC making when dealing with multi-core CPU chips at a cost of slightly increased overhead in some places. If unsure say N here. +config IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING + bool "Fine granularity task level IRQ time accounting" + default n + ---help--- + Select this option to enable fine granularity task irq time + accounting. This is done by reading a timestamp on each + transitions between softirq and hardirq state, so there can be a + small performance impact. + + If in doubt, say N here. + source "kernel/Kconfig.preempt" config X86_UP_APIC diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c index 26a863a9c2a8..a1c2cd768538 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c @@ -104,10 +104,14 @@ int __init notsc_setup(char *str) __setup("notsc", notsc_setup); +static int no_sched_irq_time; + static int __init tsc_setup(char *str) { if (!strcmp(str, "reliable")) tsc_clocksource_reliable = 1; + if (!strncmp(str, "noirqtime", 9)) + no_sched_irq_time = 1; return 1; } @@ -801,6 +805,7 @@ void mark_tsc_unstable(char *reason) if (!tsc_unstable) { tsc_unstable = 1; sched_clock_stable = 0; + disable_sched_clock_irqtime(); printk(KERN_INFO "Marking TSC unstable due to %s\n", reason); /* Change only the rating, when not registered */ if (clocksource_tsc.mult) @@ -987,6 +992,9 @@ void __init tsc_init(void) /* now allow native_sched_clock() to use rdtsc */ tsc_disabled = 0; + if (!no_sched_irq_time) + enable_sched_clock_irqtime(); + lpj = ((u64)tsc_khz * 1000); do_div(lpj, HZ); lpj_fine = lpj; |