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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c index 3319e16f31e5..7c7ec4515983 100644 --- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c +++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c @@ -290,16 +290,17 @@ static int __init tick_nohz_full_setup(char *str) __setup("nohz_full=", tick_nohz_full_setup); static int tick_nohz_cpu_down_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb, - unsigned long action, - void *hcpu) + unsigned long action, + void *hcpu) { unsigned int cpu = (unsigned long)hcpu; switch (action & ~CPU_TASKS_FROZEN) { case CPU_DOWN_PREPARE: /* - * If we handle the timekeeping duty for full dynticks CPUs, - * we can't safely shutdown that CPU. + * The boot CPU handles housekeeping duty (unbound timers, + * workqueues, timekeeping, ...) on behalf of full dynticks + * CPUs. It must remain online when nohz full is enabled. */ if (tick_nohz_full_running && tick_do_timer_cpu == cpu) return NOTIFY_BAD; @@ -370,6 +371,12 @@ void __init tick_nohz_init(void) cpu_notifier(tick_nohz_cpu_down_callback, 0); pr_info("NO_HZ: Full dynticks CPUs: %*pbl.\n", cpumask_pr_args(tick_nohz_full_mask)); + + /* + * We need at least one CPU to handle housekeeping work such + * as timekeeping, unbound timers, workqueues, ... + */ + WARN_ON_ONCE(cpumask_empty(housekeeping_mask)); } #endif |