On Thu, 2013-11-07 at 04:26 +0100, Mike Galbraith wrote: > On Wed, 2013-11-06 at 18:49 +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > I bet you are trying to work around some of the side effects of the > > occasional tick which is still necessary despite of full nohz, right? > > Nope, I wanted to check out cost of nohz_full for rt, and found that it > doesn't work at all instead, looked, and found that the sole running > task has just awakened ksoftirqd when it wants to shut the tick down, so > that shutdown never happens. Like so in virgin 3.10-rt. Box is x3550 M3 booted nowatchdog rcu_nocbs=1-3 nohz_full=1-3, and CPUs1-3 are completely isolated via cpusets as well. ... pert-5229 [003] d..h2.. 684.481615: hrtimer_cancel: hrtimer=ffff88017fccbac0 pert-5229 [003] d..h1.. 684.481616: hrtimer_expire_entry: hrtimer=ffff88017fccbac0 function=tick_sched_timer now=683820187877 pert-5229 [003] d..h2.. 684.481616: sched_stat_runtime: comm=pert pid=5229 runtime=993917 [ns] vruntime=179048871558 [ns] pert-5229 [003] d..h1.. 684.481616: softirq_raise: vec=1 [action=TIMER] pert-5229 [003] d..h1.. 684.481616: hrtimer_expire_exit: hrtimer=ffff88017fccbac0 pert-5229 [003] d..h2.. 684.481617: hrtimer_start: hrtimer=ffff88017fccbac0 function=tick_sched_timer expires=683821187500 softexpires=683821187500 pert-5229 [003] d...3.. 684.481618: sched_stat_runtime: comm=pert pid=5229 runtime=1634 [ns] vruntime=179048873192 [ns] pert-5229 [003] d.L.3.. 684.481618: sched_wakeup: comm=ksoftirqd/3 pid=49 prio=120 success=1 target_cpu=003 pert-5229 [003] d.L.1.. 684.481618: tick_stop: success=no msg=more than 1 task in runqueue pert-5229 [003] d.L.1.. 684.481619: tick_stop: success=no msg=more than 1 task in runqueue pert-5229 [003] d.L.3.. 684.481620: sched_stat_runtime: comm=pert pid=5229 runtime=2096 [ns] vruntime=179048875288 [ns] pert-5229 [003] d...3.. 684.481620: sched_switch: prev_comm=pert prev_pid=5229 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R+ ==> next_comm=ksoftirqd/3 next_pid=49 next_prio=120 ksoftirqd/3-49 [003] ....111 684.481621: softirq_entry: vec=1 [action=TIMER] ksoftirqd/3-49 [003] ....111 684.481621: softirq_exit: vec=1 [action=TIMER] ksoftirqd/3-49 [003] d...3.. 684.481622: sched_stat_runtime: comm=ksoftirqd/3 pid=49 runtime=1934 [ns] vruntime=179039875126 [ns] ksoftirqd/3-49 [003] d...3.. 684.481622: sched_switch: prev_comm=ksoftirqd/3 prev_pid=49 prev_prio=120 prev_state=S ==> next_comm=pert next_pid=5229 next_prio=120 pert-5229 [003] d...3.. 684.481623: sched_stat_runtime: comm=pert pid=5229 runtime=1289 [ns] vruntime=179048876577 [ns] pert-5229 [003] d..h2.. 684.482616: hrtimer_cancel: hrtimer=ffff88017fccbac0 pert-5229 [003] d..h1.. 684.482617: hrtimer_expire_entry: hrtimer=ffff88017fccbac0 function=tick_sched_timer now=683821188024 pert-5229 [003] d..h2.. 684.482617: sched_stat_runtime: comm=pert pid=5229 runtime=994281 [ns] vruntime=179049870858 [ns] pert-5229 [003] d..h1.. 684.482617: softirq_raise: vec=1 [action=TIMER] pert-5229 [003] d..h1.. 684.482618: softirq_raise: vec=9 [action=RCU] pert-5229 [003] d..h1.. 684.482618: hrtimer_expire_exit: hrtimer=ffff88017fccbac0 pert-5229 [003] d..h2.. 684.482618: hrtimer_start: hrtimer=ffff88017fccbac0 function=tick_sched_timer expires=683822187500 softexpires=683822187500 pert-5229 [003] d...3.. 684.482619: sched_stat_runtime: comm=pert pid=5229 runtime=1719 [ns] vruntime=179049872577 [ns] pert-5229 [003] d.L.3.. 684.482619: sched_wakeup: comm=ksoftirqd/3 pid=49 prio=120 success=1 target_cpu=003 pert-5229 [003] d.L.1.. 684.482619: tick_stop: success=no msg=more than 1 task in runqueue pert-5229 [003] d.L.1.. 684.482620: tick_stop: success=no msg=more than 1 task in runqueue pert-5229 [003] d.L.3.. 684.482621: sched_stat_runtime: comm=pert pid=5229 runtime=2204 [ns] vruntime=179049874781 [ns] pert-5229 [003] d...3.. 684.482621: sched_switch: prev_comm=pert prev_pid=5229 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R+ ==> next_comm=ksoftirqd/3 next_pid=49 next_prio=120 ksoftirqd/3-49 [003] ....111 684.482622: softirq_entry: vec=1 [action=TIMER] ksoftirqd/3-49 [003] ....111 684.482623: softirq_exit: vec=1 [action=TIMER] ksoftirqd/3-49 [003] ....111 684.482623: softirq_entry: vec=9 [action=RCU] ksoftirqd/3-49 [003] ....111 684.482624: softirq_exit: vec=9 [action=RCU] ksoftirqd/3-49 [003] d...3.. 684.482624: sched_stat_runtime: comm=ksoftirqd/3 pid=49 runtime=3049 [ns] vruntime=179040875626 [ns] ksoftirqd/3-49 [003] d...3.. 684.482624: sched_switch: prev_comm=ksoftirqd/3 prev_pid=49 prev_prio=120 prev_state=S ==> next_comm=pert next_pid=5229 next_prio=120 pert-5229 [003] d...3.. 684.482626: sched_stat_runtime: comm=pert pid=5229 runtime=1422 [ns] vruntime=179049876203 [ns] pert-5229 [003] d..h2.. 684.483617: hrtimer_cancel: hrtimer=ffff88017fccbac0 pert-5229 [003] d..h1.. 684.483617: hrtimer_expire_entry: hrtimer=ffff88017fccbac0 function=tick_sched_timer now=683822187923 pert-5229 [003] d..h2.. 684.483618: sched_stat_runtime: comm=pert pid=5229 runtime=992021 [ns] vruntime=179050868224 [ns] pert-5229 [003] d..h1.. 684.483618: softirq_raise: vec=1 [action=TIMER] pert-5229 [003] d..h1.. 684.483618: softirq_raise: vec=9 [action=RCU] pert-5229 [003] d..h1.. 684.483618: hrtimer_expire_exit: hrtimer=ffff88017fccbac0 pert-5229 [003] d..h2.. 684.483618: hrtimer_start: hrtimer=ffff88017fccbac0 function=tick_sched_timer expires=683823187500 softexpires=683823187500 pert-5229 [003] d...3.. 684.483619: sched_stat_runtime: comm=pert pid=5229 runtime=1778 [ns] vruntime=179050870002 [ns] pert-5229 [003] d.L.3.. 684.483620: sched_wakeup: comm=ksoftirqd/3 pid=49 prio=120 success=1 target_cpu=003 pert-5229 [003] d.L.1.. 684.483620: tick_stop: success=no msg=more than 1 task in runqueue pert-5229 [003] d.L.1.. 684.483621: tick_stop: success=no msg=more than 1 task in runqueue pert-5229 [003] d.L.3.. 684.483621: sched_stat_runtime: comm=pert pid=5229 runtime=2096 [ns] vruntime=179050872098 [ns] pert-5229 [003] d...3.. 684.483622: sched_switch: prev_comm=pert prev_pid=5229 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R+ ==> next_comm=ksoftirqd/3 next_pid=49 next_prio=120 ksoftirqd/3-49 [003] ....111 684.483623: softirq_entry: vec=1 [action=TIMER] ksoftirqd/3-49 [003] ....111 684.483623: softirq_exit: vec=1 [action=TIMER] ksoftirqd/3-49 [003] ....111 684.483623: softirq_entry: vec=9 [action=RCU] ksoftirqd/3-49 [003] ....111 684.483624: softirq_exit: vec=9 [action=RCU] ksoftirqd/3-49 [003] d...3.. 684.483625: sched_stat_runtime: comm=ksoftirqd/3 pid=49 runtime=3187 [ns] vruntime=179041873189 [ns] ksoftirqd/3-49 [003] d...3.. 684.483625: sched_switch: prev_comm=ksoftirqd/3 prev_pid=49 prev_prio=120 prev_state=S ==> next_comm=pert next_pid=5229 next_prio=120 pert-5229 [003] d...3.. 684.483626: sched_stat_runtime: comm=pert pid=5229 runtime=1331 [ns] vruntime=179050873429 [ns] -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html