Re: [PATCH] nohz: ensure users are aware boot CPU is not NO_HZ_FULL

2014-02-06 Thread Paul Gortmaker
On 14-01-31 11:38 AM, Frederic Weisbecker wrote: > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 04:06:30PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:10:49PM -0500, Paul Gortmaker wrote: >>> This bit of information is in the Kconfig help text: >>> >>> Note the boot CPU will still be kept outside the

Re: [PATCH] nohz: ensure users are aware boot CPU is not NO_HZ_FULL

2014-01-31 Thread Frederic Weisbecker
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 04:06:30PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:10:49PM -0500, Paul Gortmaker wrote: > > This bit of information is in the Kconfig help text: > > > > Note the boot CPU will still be kept outside the range to > > handle the timekeeping duty. > > >

Re: [PATCH] nohz: ensure users are aware boot CPU is not NO_HZ_FULL

2014-01-28 Thread Paul E. McKenney
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:10:49PM -0500, Paul Gortmaker wrote: > This bit of information is in the Kconfig help text: > > Note the boot CPU will still be kept outside the range to > handle the timekeeping duty. > > However neither the variable NO_HZ_FULL_ALL, or the prompt > convey this impo

[PATCH] nohz: ensure users are aware boot CPU is not NO_HZ_FULL

2014-01-28 Thread Paul Gortmaker
This bit of information is in the Kconfig help text: Note the boot CPU will still be kept outside the range to handle the timekeeping duty. However neither the variable NO_HZ_FULL_ALL, or the prompt convey this important detail, so lets add it to the prompt to make it more explicitly obvious