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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-08-04 15:55:08 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-08-04 15:55:08 -0700
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Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull RCU changes from Ingo Molar: "The main changes: - torture-test updates - callback-offloading changes - maintainership changes - update RCU documentation - miscellaneous fixes" * 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (32 commits) rcu: Allow for NULL tick_nohz_full_mask when nohz_full= missing rcu: Fix a sparse warning in rcu_report_unblock_qs_rnp() rcu: Fix a sparse warning in rcu_initiate_boost() rcu: Fix __rcu_reclaim() to use true/false for bool rcu: Remove CONFIG_PROVE_RCU_DELAY rcu: Use __this_cpu_read() instead of per_cpu_ptr() rcu: Don't use NMIs to dump other CPUs' stacks rcu: Bind grace-period kthreads to non-NO_HZ_FULL CPUs rcu: Simplify priority boosting by putting rt_mutex in rcu_node rcu: Check both root and current rcu_node when setting up future grace period rcu: Allow post-unlock reference for rt_mutex rcu: Loosen __call_rcu()'s rcu_head alignment constraint rcu: Eliminate read-modify-write ACCESS_ONCE() calls rcu: Remove redundant ACCESS_ONCE() from tick_do_timer_cpu rcu: Make rcu node arrays static const char * const signal: Explain local_irq_save() call rcu: Handle obsolete references to TINY_PREEMPT_RCU rcu: Document deadlock-avoidance information for rcu_read_unlock() scripts: Teach get_maintainer.pl about the new "R:" tag rcu: Update rcu torture maintainership filename patterns ...
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quiescent states. Units are jiffies, minimum
value is one, and maximum value is HZ.
+ rcutree.rcu_nocb_leader_stride= [KNL]
+ Set the number of NOCB kthread groups, which
+ defaults to the square root of the number of
+ CPUs. Larger numbers reduces the wakeup overhead
+ on the per-CPU grace-period kthreads, but increases
+ that same overhead on each group's leader.
+
rcutree.qhimark= [KNL]
Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which
batch limiting is disabled.