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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/time')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/time/Kconfig | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/Kconfig b/kernel/time/Kconfig index 83e158d016ba..7df71ef0e1fd 100644 --- a/kernel/time/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/time/Kconfig @@ -117,13 +117,14 @@ config NO_HZ_FULL the task mostly runs in userspace and has few kernel activity. You need to fill up the nohz_full boot parameter with the - desired range of dynticks CPUs. + desired range of dynticks CPUs to use it. This is implemented at + the expense of some overhead in user <-> kernel transitions: + syscalls, exceptions and interrupts. - This is implemented at the expense of some overhead in user <-> kernel - transitions: syscalls, exceptions and interrupts. Even when it's - dynamically off. + By default, without passing the nohz_full parameter, this behaves just + like NO_HZ_IDLE. - Say N. + If you're a distro say Y. endchoice |