[PATCH 3/3] nohz: Warn if the machine can not perform nohz_full

[Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>]

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If the user configures NO_HZ_FULL and defines nohz_full=XXX on the
kerenl command line, or enables NO_HZ_FULL_ALL, but nohz fails
due to the machine having a unstable clock, warn about it.

We do not want users thinking that they are getting the benefit
of nohz when their machine can not support it.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>

Index: linux-trace.git/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
===================================================================
--- linux-trace.git.orig/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ linux-trace.git/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ static bool can_stop_full_tick(void)
 	 */
 	if (!sched_clock_stable) {
 		trace_tick_stop(0, "unstable sched clock\n");
+		/*
+		 * Don't allow the user to think they can get
+		 * full NO_HZ with this machine.
+		 */
+		WARN_ONCE(1, "NO_HZ FULL will not work with unstable sched clock");
 		return false;
 	}
 #endif