nohz: Introduce arch_needs_cpu
Allow the architecture to request a normal jiffy tick when the system
goes idle and tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick is called . On s390 the hook is
used to prevent the system going fully idle if there has been an
interrupt other than a clock comparator interrupt since the last wakeup.
On s390 the HiperSockets response time for 1 connection ping-pong goes
down from 42 to 34 microseconds. The CPU cost decreases by 27%.
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
LKML-Reference: <20090929122533.402715150@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 7378e2c..3840f6d 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -264,12 +264,15 @@
last_jiffies = jiffies;
} while (read_seqretry(&xtime_lock, seq));
- /* Get the next timer wheel timer */
- next_jiffies = get_next_timer_interrupt(last_jiffies);
- delta_jiffies = next_jiffies - last_jiffies;
-
- if (rcu_needs_cpu(cpu) || printk_needs_cpu(cpu))
+ if (rcu_needs_cpu(cpu) || printk_needs_cpu(cpu) ||
+ arch_needs_cpu(cpu)) {
+ next_jiffies = last_jiffies + 1;
delta_jiffies = 1;
+ } else {
+ /* Get the next timer wheel timer */
+ next_jiffies = get_next_timer_interrupt(last_jiffies);
+ delta_jiffies = next_jiffies - last_jiffies;
+ }
/*
* Do not stop the tick, if we are only one off
* or if the cpu is required for rcu