rcu: priority boosting for TREE_PREEMPT_RCU

Add priority boosting for TREE_PREEMPT_RCU, similar to that for
TINY_PREEMPT_RCU.  This is enabled by the default-off RCU_BOOST
kernel parameter.  The priority to which to boost preempted
RCU readers is controlled by the RCU_BOOST_PRIO kernel parameter
(defaulting to real-time priority 1) and the time to wait before
boosting the readers who are blocking a given grace period is
controlled by the RCU_BOOST_DELAY kernel parameter (defaulting to
500 milliseconds).

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <[email protected]>
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Paul E. McKenney 2011-02-07 12:47:15 -08:00 • committed by Paul E. McKenney
commit 27f4d28057
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@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ config TREE_RCU_TRACE
config RCU_BOOST
bool "Enable RCU priority boosting"
depends on RT_MUTEXES && TINY_PREEMPT_RCU
depends on RT_MUTEXES && PREEMPT_RCU
default n
help
This option boosts the priority of preempted RCU readers that