Re: [PATCH 0/6] support "dataplane" mode for nohz_full

Andrew Morton
2015-05-11T17:27:44Z

On Mon, 11 May 2015 10:19:16 -0700 "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 08:57:59AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> >
> > NO_HZ_LEAVE_ME_THE_FSCK_ALONE!
>
> NO_HZ_OVERFLOWING?

Actually, "NO_HZ" shouldn't appear in the name at all. The objective
is to permit userspace to execute without interruption. NO_HZ is a
part of that, as is NO_INTERRUPTS. The "NO_HZ" thing is a historical
artifact from an early partial implementation.