Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
Frederic Weisbecker
authored
The next timer (re-)evaluation, with the purpose of entering/updating the dyntick mode, can happen from 3 sites and none of them are relevant while the CPU is offline: 1) The idle loop: a) From the quick check helping the cpuidle governor to heuristically predict the best C-state. b) While stopping the tick. But if the CPU is offline, the tick has been cancelled and there is consequently no need to further stop the tick. 2) Remote expiry: when a CPU remotely expires global timers on behalf of another CPU, the latter target's next timer is re-evaluated afterwards. However remote expîry doesn't happen on offline CPUs. 3) IRQ exit: on nohz_full mode, the tick is (re-)evaluated on IRQ exit. But full dynticks is disabled on offline CPUs. Therefore it is safe to assume that no next dyntick timer lookup can be performed on offline CPUs. Assert this expectation to report any surprise. Signed-off-by:Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Signed-off-by:
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240225225508.11587-17-frederic@kernel.org