Bug 496596 - kernel config: reduce HZ to 100 on s390x
Summary: kernel config: reduce HZ to 100 on s390x
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: rawhide
Hardware: s390x
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-04-20 09:20 UTC by Jan Glauber
Modified: 2009-04-20 17:52 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2009-04-20 17:52:52 UTC
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Description Jan Glauber 2009-04-20 09:20:47 UTC
CONFIG_HZ=1000 and CONFIG_HZ_1000=y should be changed to
CONFIG_HZ_100=y and CONFIG_HZ=100 in the s390/s390x kernel.

Rationale:
HZ for s390 kernels was always 100 since s390 is a virtualized architecture
that allows huge CPU overcommitment. With a higher HZ value the cost of the
timer interrupts is rising which reduces the performance of Linux guests
that run on shared CPUs. Since the high HZ value is not needed on s390 (no
multimedia stuff :) the HZ value should be changed to 100.

Comment 1 Dave Jones 2009-04-20 17:52:52 UTC
changed in cvs.


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