Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:35:16 +0100
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@ezchip.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>,
        Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>, stable@vger.kernel.org,
        Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] cputime: Introduce vtime accounting check for readers
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On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 03:19:19PM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 09:28:28PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 04:47:33PM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > > +++ b/include/linux/vtime.h
> > > @@ -17,9 +17,20 @@ static inline bool vtime_accounting_cpu_enabled(void) { return true; }
> > >  #endif /* CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_NATIVE */
> > >  
> > >  #ifdef CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
> > > +/*
> > > + * Checks if vtime is enabled on some CPU. Cputime readers want to be careful
> > > + * in that case and compute the tickless cputime.
> > > + * For now vtime state is tied to context tracking. We might want to decouple
> > > + * those later if necessary.
> > > + */
> > > +static inline bool vtime_accounting_enabled(void)
> > > +{
> > > +	return context_tracking_is_enabled();
> > > +}
> > 
> > Should this not also include a definition of this function for
> > CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_NATIVE and CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING ?
> 
> I could but I haven't found any user of it yet for others than
> CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN. The NATIVE version, when enabled, runs on
> all CPUs anyway.

Aah, I see, task_gtime() etc.. have a different definition for !GEN.
tricky.
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