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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Bitao Hu <yaoma@linux.alibaba.com>,
	Doug Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Cc: pmladek@suse.com, tsbogend@alpha.franken.de,
	linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, jan.kiszka@siemens.com,
	deller@gmx.de, liusong@linux.alibaba.com, npiggin@gmail.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com, yaoma@linux.alibaba.com,
	kernelfans@gmail.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv11 2/4] genirq: Provide a snapshot mechanism for interrupt statistics
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2024 15:24:39 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wmqiulaw.ffs@tglx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3a89fafb-f62e-472f-b40b-8bf97954e9e3@linux.alibaba.com>

On Mon, Mar 04 2024 at 20:00, Bitao Hu wrote:
>> +# Snapshot for interrupt statistics
>> +config GENERIC_IRQ_STAT_SNAPSHOT
>> +	bool
>> +
>>   # Support forced irq threading
>>   config IRQ_FORCED_THREADING
>>          bool
>
> I think we should follow Douglas's suggestion by making
> "config GENERIC_IRQ_STAT_SNAPSHOT" automatically selectable by
> "config SOFTLOCKUP_DETECTOR_INTR_STORM". This can prevent users
> from inadvertently disabling "config GENERIC_IRQ_STAT_SNAPSHOT"
> while enabling "config SOFTLOCKUP_DETECTOR_INTR_STORM".

The above is not even configurable by the user. It's only selectable by
some other config option.

> +# Snapshot for interrupt statistics
> +config GENERIC_IRQ_STAT_SNAPSHOT
> +       bool
> +       help
> +
> +         Say Y here to enable the kernel to provide a snapshot mechanism
> +         for interrupt statistics.

That makes is visible which is pointless because it's only relevant when
there is an actual user.

Thanks,

        tglx

  reply	other threads:[~2024-03-04 14:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-02-28  7:22 [PATCHv11 0/4] *** Detect interrupt storm in softlockup *** Bitao Hu
2024-02-28  7:22 ` [PATCHv11 1/4] watchdog/softlockup: low-overhead detection of interrupt storm Bitao Hu
2024-02-28  7:22 ` [PATCHv11 2/4] genirq: Provide a snapshot mechanism for interrupt statistics Bitao Hu
2024-02-28 22:44   ` Doug Anderson
2024-03-01 19:22     ` Thomas Gleixner
2024-03-04 12:00       ` Bitao Hu
2024-03-04 14:24         ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2024-03-05 10:57           ` Bitao Hu
2024-03-05 16:57             ` Thomas Gleixner
2024-03-06 11:09               ` Bitao Hu
2024-02-28  7:22 ` [PATCHv11 3/4] genirq: Avoid summation loops for /proc/interrupts Bitao Hu
2024-02-28 22:44   ` Doug Anderson
2024-02-28  7:22 ` [PATCHv11 4/4] watchdog/softlockup: report the most frequent interrupts Bitao Hu
2024-02-28 22:44   ` Doug Anderson

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