x86: Add IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
authorVenkatesh Pallipadi <venki@google.com>
Tue, 5 Oct 2010 00:03:20 +0000 (17:03 -0700)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:52:25 +0000 (20:52 +0200)
This patch adds IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING option on x86 and runtime enables it
when TSC is enabled.

This change just enables fine grained irq time accounting, isn't used yet.
Following patches use it for different purposes.

Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venki@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
LKML-Reference: <1286237003-12406-6-git-send-email-venki@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
arch/x86/Kconfig
arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c

index 8dd7248508a9e12ac8908c24fb4a3649f157697a..ed05a4a0d242c011407168c7a8f2a99a1941d667 100644 (file)
@@ -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
index cea0cd9a316fb987bfa611a1dffa06cdba1f0332..f4c70c246ffe39d37b5e15bda8ee6fe60a5a84a0 100644 (file)
@@ -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
index 26a863a9c2a815ec797b6211cd3de5e0b9cbed8e..a1c2cd7685383826ba12d484c055322bd6ad8678 100644 (file)
@@ -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;