Merge branches 'cbnum.2013.06.10a', 'doc.2013.06.10a', 'fixes.2013.06.10a', 'srcu.2013.06.10a' and 'tiny.2013.06.10a' into HEAD

cbnum.2013.06.10a: Apply simplifications stemming from the new callback
	numbering.

doc.2013.06.10a: Documentation updates.

fixes.2013.06.10a: Miscellaneous fixes.

srcu.2013.06.10a: Updates to SRCU.

tiny.2013.06.10a: Eliminate TINY_PREEMPT_RCU.
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Paul E. McKenney 2013-06-10 13:46:44 -07:00
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@ -459,18 +459,10 @@ config TINY_RCU
is not required. This option greatly reduces the
memory footprint of RCU.
config TINY_PREEMPT_RCU
bool "Preemptible UP-only small-memory-footprint RCU"
depends on PREEMPT && !SMP
help
This option selects the RCU implementation that is designed
for real-time UP systems. This option greatly reduces the
memory footprint of RCU.
endchoice
config PREEMPT_RCU
def_bool ( TREE_PREEMPT_RCU || TINY_PREEMPT_RCU )
def_bool TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
help
This option enables preemptible-RCU code that is common between
the TREE_PREEMPT_RCU and TINY_PREEMPT_RCU implementations.
@ -656,7 +648,7 @@ config RCU_BOOST_DELAY
Accept the default if unsure.
config RCU_NOCB_CPU
bool "Offload RCU callback processing from boot-selected CPUs (EXPERIMENTAL"
bool "Offload RCU callback processing from boot-selected CPUs"
depends on TREE_RCU || TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
default n
help
@ -682,9 +674,10 @@ choice
prompt "Build-forced no-CBs CPUs"
default RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE
help
This option allows no-CBs CPUs to be specified at build time.
Additional no-CBs CPUs may be specified by the rcu_nocbs=
boot parameter.
This option allows no-CBs CPUs (whose RCU callbacks are invoked
from kthreads rather than from softirq context) to be specified
at build time. Additional no-CBs CPUs may be specified by
the rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
config RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE
bool "No build_forced no-CBs CPUs"
@ -692,25 +685,40 @@ config RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE
help
This option does not force any of the CPUs to be no-CBs CPUs.
Only CPUs designated by the rcu_nocbs= boot parameter will be
no-CBs CPUs.
no-CBs CPUs, whose RCU callbacks will be invoked by per-CPU
kthreads whose names begin with "rcuo". All other CPUs will
invoke their own RCU callbacks in softirq context.
Select this option if you want to choose no-CBs CPUs at
boot time, for example, to allow testing of different no-CBs
configurations without having to rebuild the kernel each time.
config RCU_NOCB_CPU_ZERO
bool "CPU 0 is a build_forced no-CBs CPU"
depends on RCU_NOCB_CPU && !NO_HZ_FULL
help
This option forces CPU 0 to be a no-CBs CPU. Additional CPUs
may be designated as no-CBs CPUs using the rcu_nocbs= boot
parameter will be no-CBs CPUs.
This option forces CPU 0 to be a no-CBs CPU, so that its RCU
callbacks are invoked by a per-CPU kthread whose name begins
with "rcuo". Additional CPUs may be designated as no-CBs
CPUs using the rcu_nocbs= boot parameter will be no-CBs CPUs.
All other CPUs will invoke their own RCU callbacks in softirq
context.
Select this if CPU 0 needs to be a no-CBs CPU for real-time
or energy-efficiency reasons.
or energy-efficiency reasons, but the real reason it exists
is to ensure that randconfig testing covers mixed systems.
config RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL
bool "All CPUs are build_forced no-CBs CPUs"
depends on RCU_NOCB_CPU
help
This option forces all CPUs to be no-CBs CPUs. The rcu_nocbs=
boot parameter will be ignored.
boot parameter will be ignored. All CPUs' RCU callbacks will
be executed in the context of per-CPU rcuo kthreads created for
this purpose. Assuming that the kthreads whose names start with
"rcuo" are bound to "housekeeping" CPUs, this reduces OS jitter
on the remaining CPUs, but might decrease memory locality during
RCU-callback invocation, thus potentially degrading throughput.
Select this if all CPUs need to be no-CBs CPUs for real-time
or energy-efficiency reasons.