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From 9e47a80f690080c12ce607158b96c305707543b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 21:23:01 +1100
Subject: [PATCH 12/16] Reinstate default Hz of 100 in combination with MuQSS
 and -ck patches.

---
 kernel/Kconfig.hz | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.hz b/kernel/Kconfig.hz
index 2a202a846757..1806fcac8f14 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.hz
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.hz
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 choice
 	prompt "Timer frequency"
-	default HZ_250
+	default HZ_100 if SCHED_MUQSS
+	default HZ_250_NODEF if !SCHED_MUQSS
 	help
 	 Allows the configuration of the timer frequency. It is customary
 	 to have the timer interrupt run at 1000 Hz but 100 Hz may be more
@@ -19,11 +20,18 @@ choice
 	config HZ_100
 		bool "100 HZ"
 	help
+	  100 Hz is a suitable choice in combination with MuQSS which does
+	  not rely on ticks for rescheduling interrupts, and is not Hz limited
+	  for timeouts and sleeps from both the kernel and userspace.
+	  This allows us to benefit from the lower overhead and higher
+	  throughput of fewer timer ticks.
+
+	  Non-MuQSS kernels:
 	  100 Hz is a typical choice for servers, SMP and NUMA systems
 	  with lots of processors that may show reduced performance if
 	  too many timer interrupts are occurring.
 
-	config HZ_250
+	config HZ_250_NODEF
 		bool "250 HZ"
 	help
 	 250 Hz is a good compromise choice allowing server performance
@@ -31,7 +39,10 @@ choice
 	 on SMP and NUMA systems. If you are going to be using NTSC video
 	 or multimedia, selected 300Hz instead.
 
-	config HZ_300
+	 250 Hz is the default choice for the mainline scheduler but not
+	 advantageous in combination with MuQSS.
+
+	config HZ_300_NODEF
 		bool "300 HZ"
 	help
 	 300 Hz is a good compromise choice allowing server performance
@@ -39,7 +50,7 @@ choice
 	 on SMP and NUMA systems and exactly dividing by both PAL and
 	 NTSC frame rates for video and multimedia work.
 
-	config HZ_1000
+	config HZ_1000_NODEF
 		bool "1000 HZ"
 	help
 	 1000 Hz is the preferred choice for desktop systems and other
@@ -50,9 +61,9 @@ endchoice
 config HZ
 	int
 	default 100 if HZ_100
-	default 250 if HZ_250
-	default 300 if HZ_300
-	default 1000 if HZ_1000
+	default 250 if HZ_250_NODEF
+	default 300 if HZ_300_NODEF
+	default 1000 if HZ_1000_NODEF
 
 config SCHED_HRTICK
 	def_bool HIGH_RES_TIMERS
-- 
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