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Commit 128f3cb9 authored by Chris Metcalf's avatar Chris Metcalf
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tile: nohz: warn if nohz_full uses hypervisor shared cores



The "hypervisor shared" cores are ones that the Tilera hypervisor
uses to receive interrupts to manage hypervisor-owned devices.
It's a bad idea to try to use those cores with nohz_full, since
they will get interrupted unpredictably -- and invisibly to Linux
tracing tools, since the interrupts are delivered at a higher
privilege level to the Tilera hypervisor.

Generate a clear warning at boot up that this doesn't end well
for the nohz_full cores in question.

Signed-off-by: default avatarChris Metcalf <cmetcalf@ezchip.com>
parent 437d3e12
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