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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-01-06 10:06:26 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-01-06 10:06:26 -0800 |
commit | 2af49b6058d857fa5b476db642d4452bf5833ecd (patch) | |
tree | dbce19fe5db5c34294a911baedd2e91bb897b9ce /init | |
parent | b08b27213384d1bd6eda04a2b6f788b4cdee0f34 (diff) | |
parent | 394f4528c523d88daabd50f883a8d6b164075555 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
rcu: remove unused __list_for_each_rcu() macro
rculist: fix borked __list_for_each_rcu() macro
rcu: reduce __call_rcu()-induced contention on rcu_node structures
rcu: limit rcu_node leaf-level fanout
rcu: fine-tune grace-period begin/end checks
rcu: Keep gpnum and completed fields synchronized
rcu: Stop chasing QS if another CPU did it for us
rcu: increase synchronize_sched_expedited() batching
rcu: Make synchronize_srcu_expedited() fast if running readers
rcu: fix race condition in synchronize_sched_expedited()
rcu: update documentation/comments for Lai's adoption patch
rcu,cleanup: simplify the code when cpu is dying
rcu,cleanup: move synchronize_sched_expedited() out of sched.c
rcu: get rid of obsolete "classic" names in TREE_RCU tracing
rcu: Distinguish between boosting and boosted
rcu: document TINY_RCU and TINY_PREEMPT_RCU tracing.
rcu: add tracing for TINY_RCU and TINY_PREEMPT_RCU
rcu: priority boosting for TINY_PREEMPT_RCU
rcu: move TINY_RCU from softirq to kthread
rcu: add priority-inversion testing to rcutorture
Diffstat (limited to 'init')
-rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 55 |
1 files changed, 54 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index c9728992a776..526ec1c7456a 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -393,7 +393,6 @@ config PREEMPT_RCU config RCU_TRACE bool "Enable tracing for RCU" - depends on TREE_RCU || TREE_PREEMPT_RCU help This option provides tracing in RCU which presents stats in debugfs for debugging RCU implementation. @@ -459,6 +458,60 @@ config TREE_RCU_TRACE TREE_PREEMPT_RCU implementations, permitting Makefile to trivially select kernel/rcutree_trace.c. +config RCU_BOOST + bool "Enable RCU priority boosting" + depends on RT_MUTEXES && TINY_PREEMPT_RCU + default n + help + This option boosts the priority of preempted RCU readers that + block the current preemptible RCU grace period for too long. + This option also prevents heavy loads from blocking RCU + callback invocation for all flavors of RCU. + + Say Y here if you are working with real-time apps or heavy loads + Say N here if you are unsure. + +config RCU_BOOST_PRIO + int "Real-time priority to boost RCU readers to" + range 1 99 + depends on RCU_BOOST + default 1 + help + This option specifies the real-time priority to which preempted + RCU readers are to be boosted. If you are working with CPU-bound + real-time applications, you should specify a priority higher then + the highest-priority CPU-bound application. + + Specify the real-time priority, or take the default if unsure. + +config RCU_BOOST_DELAY + int "Milliseconds to delay boosting after RCU grace-period start" + range 0 3000 + depends on RCU_BOOST + default 500 + help + This option specifies the time to wait after the beginning of + a given grace period before priority-boosting preempted RCU + readers blocking that grace period. Note that any RCU reader + blocking an expedited RCU grace period is boosted immediately. + + Accept the default if unsure. + +config SRCU_SYNCHRONIZE_DELAY + int "Microseconds to delay before waiting for readers" + range 0 20 + default 10 + help + This option controls how long SRCU delays before entering its + loop waiting on SRCU readers. The purpose of this loop is + to avoid the unconditional context-switch penalty that would + otherwise be incurred if there was an active SRCU reader, + in a manner similar to adaptive locking schemes. This should + be set to be a bit longer than the common-case SRCU read-side + critical-section overhead. + + Accept the default if unsure. + endmenu # "RCU Subsystem" config IKCONFIG |