rcu: Add a module parameter to force use of expedited RCU primitives

There have been some embedded applications that would benefit from
use of expedited grace-period primitives.  In some ways, this is
similar to synchronize_net() doing either a normal or an expedited
grace period depending on lock state, but with control outside of
the kernel.

This commit therefore adds rcu_expedited boot and sysfs parameters
that cause the kernel to substitute expedited primitives for the
normal grace-period primitives.

[ paulmck: Add trace/event/rcu.h to kernel/srcu.c to avoid build error.
	   Get rid of infinite loop through contention path.]

Signed-off-by: Antti P Miettinen <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>
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Antti P Miettinen 2012-10-05 09:59:15 +03:00 • committed by Paul E. McKenney
commit 3705b88db0
7 changed files with 48 additions and 7 deletions

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#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/hardirq.h>
#include <linux/delay.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
#include <trace/events/rcu.h>
#include "rcu.h"
module_param(rcu_expedited, int, 0);
#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
/*