| From: |
| "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> |
| To: |
| linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org |
| Subject: |
| [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/4] rcu: preemptible expedited grace periods and cleanups |
| Date: |
| Wed, 2 Dec 2009 12:09:55 -0800 |
| Cc: |
| mingo@elte.hu, laijs@cn.fujitsu.com, dipankar@in.ibm.com,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca,
josh@joshtriplett.org, dvhltc@us.ibm.com, niv@us.ibm.com,
tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org, rostedt@goodmis.org,
Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, dhowells@redhat.com |
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This patchset includes some cleanups, improved diagnostics, and an
implementation of expedited preemptible RCU grace periods that is
actually expedited:
1. Rename the "quiet" functions. The name rcu_quiet_cpu() was
clear enough, but now that we have four flavors of quietness
with more on the way, we need more meaningful names.
2. Enable a fourth level of the rcu_node hierarchy. No, we really
don't need the ability to run on million-CPU SMP systems at the
moment, but the additional level allows more vigorous
stress-testing on 16-CPU systems.
3. Add an implementation of synchronize_rcu_expedited() that
actually expedites preemptible-RCU grace periods.
4. Make RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR be on by default. If this works
well, the #ifdefs will eventually be removed to reduce testing
load.
This patchset is intended for 2.6.34, but has passed sufficient testing
that it could safely be included in 2.6.33, if desired.
b/kernel/rcutorture.c | 34 +++++--
b/kernel/rcutree.c | 66 ++++++++-------
b/kernel/rcutree.h | 3
b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h | 13 +--
b/kernel/rcutree_trace.c | 11 +-
b/lib/Kconfig.debug | 3
kernel/rcutree.c | 16 ++-
kernel/rcutree.h | 51 ++++++++++-
kernel/rcutree_plugin.h | 198 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
9 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-)