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Provide kernel/user boundaries probes necessary for subsystems
that need it, such as userspace RCU extended quiescent state.
- Syscalls need to be wrapped inside user_exit()-user_enter() through
- the slow path using TIF_NOHZ flag. Exceptions handlers must be
- wrapped as well. Irqs are already protected inside
- rcu_irq_enter/rcu_irq_exit() but preemption or signal handling on
- irq exit still need to be protected.
+ Syscalls need to be wrapped inside user_exit()-user_enter(), either
+ optimized behind static key or through the slow path using TIF_NOHZ
+ flag. Exceptions handlers must be wrapped as well. Irqs are already
+ protected inside rcu_irq_enter/rcu_irq_exit() but preemption or signal
+ handling on irq exit still need to be protected.
+
+config HAVE_TIF_NOHZ
+ bool
+ help
+ Arch relies on TIF_NOHZ and syscall slow path to implement context
+ tracking calls to user_enter()/user_exit().
config HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING
bool
select HAVE_ARM_SMCCC if CPU_V7
select HAVE_EBPF_JIT if !CPU_ENDIAN_BE32
select HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING
+ select HAVE_TIF_NOHZ
select HAVE_COPY_THREAD_TLS
select HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
select HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK if !XIP_KERNEL
select HAVE_CMPXCHG_DOUBLE
select HAVE_CMPXCHG_LOCAL
select HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING
+ select HAVE_TIF_NOHZ
select HAVE_COPY_THREAD_TLS
select HAVE_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
select HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
select HAVE_ASM_MODVERSIONS
select HAVE_CBPF_JIT if !64BIT && !CPU_MICROMIPS
select HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING
+ select HAVE_TIF_NOHZ
select HAVE_COPY_THREAD_TLS
select HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
select HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
select HAVE_STACKPROTECTOR if PPC64 && $(cc-option,-mstack-protector-guard=tls -mstack-protector-guard-reg=r13)
select HAVE_STACKPROTECTOR if PPC32 && $(cc-option,-mstack-protector-guard=tls -mstack-protector-guard-reg=r2)
select HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING if PPC64
+ select HAVE_TIF_NOHZ if PPC64
select HAVE_COPY_THREAD_TLS
select HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
select HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
select HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING
+ select HAVE_TIF_NOHZ
select HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
select IOMMU_HELPER
select SPARSE_IRQ
select HAVE_STACK_VALIDATION if X86_64
select HAVE_RSEQ
select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
+ select HAVE_TIF_NOHZ if X86_64
select HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK
select HAVE_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
select HAVE_GENERIC_VDSO
if (initialized)
return;
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_TIF_NOHZ
/*
* Set TIF_NOHZ to init/0 and let it propagate to all tasks through fork
* This assumes that init is the only task at this early boot stage.
*/
set_tsk_thread_flag(&init_task, TIF_NOHZ);
+#endif
WARN_ON_ONCE(!tasklist_empty());
initialized = true;