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sched/cputime: Replace VTIME_GEN irq time code with IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING code
authorRik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Wed, 13 Jul 2016 14:50:02 +0000 (16:50 +0200)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Thu, 14 Jul 2016 08:42:34 +0000 (10:42 +0200)
commitb58c35840521bb02b150e1d0d34ca9197f8b7145
treea1641840e235a1035e7ad8c4276a77d25552ba4e
parent57430218317e5b280a80582a139b26029c25de6c
sched/cputime: Replace VTIME_GEN irq time code with IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING code

The CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN irq time tracking code does not
appear to currently work right.

On CPUs without nohz_full=, only tick based irq time sampling is
done, which breaks down when dealing with a nohz_idle CPU.

On firewalls and similar systems, no ticks may happen on a CPU for a
while, and the irq time spent may never get accounted properly. This
can cause issues with capacity planning and power saving, which use
the CPU statistics as inputs in decision making.

Remove the VTIME_GEN vtime irq time code, and replace it with the
IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING code, when selected as a config option by the user.

Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Radim Krcmar <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1468421405-20056-3-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
include/linux/vtime.h
init/Kconfig
kernel/sched/cputime.c