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[RFC,2/2] sched/idle: Add a description for play_idle_precise

Message ID 20240410045417.3048209-3-quic_atulpant@quicinc.com
State New
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Series Disable RT-throttling for idle-inject threads | expand

Commit Message

Atul Pant April 10, 2024, 4:54 a.m. UTC 
Since runtime accounting of any RT idle thread is prevented, add a
description about this function that it runs idle loops on a cpu
without these threads being preempted due to RT throttling.

Signed-off-by: Atul Pant <quic_atulpant@quicinc.com>
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 kernel/sched/idle.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/kernel/sched/idle.c b/kernel/sched/idle.c
index 5007b25c5bc6..7aaf3679f50a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/idle.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/idle.c
@@ -334,6 +334,11 @@  static enum hrtimer_restart idle_inject_timer_fn(struct hrtimer *timer)
 	return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
 }
 
+/*
+ * This function runs idle loops on a cpu, whose policy is set as SCHED_FIFO.
+ * Despite being a rt thread, runtime for it is not accounted, thus preventing
+ * its preemption due to rt-throttling
+ */
 void play_idle_precise(u64 duration_ns, u64 latency_ns)
 {
 	struct idle_timer it;