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| author | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2009-08-22 13:56:53 -0700 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-08-23 10:32:40 +0200 |
| commit | 6b3ef48adf847f7adf11c870e3ffacac150f1564 (patch) | |
| tree | e1403ce515bf00ade99ec806f6ab6b6db999aa0b /Documentation/RCU | |
| parent | f41d911f8c49a5d65c86504c19e8204bb605c4fd (diff) | |
| download | linux-6b3ef48adf847f7adf11c870e3ffacac150f1564.tar.bz2 | |
rcu: Remove CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
Now that CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU is in place, there is no
further need for CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU. Remove it, along with
whatever subtle bugs it may (or may not) contain.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: laijs@cn.fujitsu.com
Cc: dipankar@in.ibm.com
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca
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Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/RCU')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 8 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt b/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt index 7aa2002ade77..2a23523ce471 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ o How can the updater tell when a grace period has completed executed in user mode, or executed in the idle loop, we can safely free up that item. - Preemptible variants of RCU (CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU) get the + Preemptible variants of RCU (CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU) get the same effect, but require that the readers manipulate CPU-local counters. These counters allow limited types of blocking within RCU read-side critical sections. SRCU also uses @@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ o I hear that RCU is patented? What is with that? o I hear that RCU needs work in order to support realtime kernels? This work is largely completed. Realtime-friendly RCU can be - enabled via the CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU kernel configuration parameter. - However, work is in progress for enabling priority boosting of - preempted RCU read-side critical sections. This is needed if you - have CPU-bound realtime threads. + enabled via the CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU kernel configuration + parameter. However, work is in progress for enabling priority + boosting of preempted RCU read-side critical sections. This is + needed if you have CPU-bound realtime threads. o Where can I find more information on RCU? diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt index 97ded2432c59..e41a7fecf0d3 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt @@ -136,10 +136,10 @@ rcu_read_lock() Used by a reader to inform the reclaimer that the reader is entering an RCU read-side critical section. It is illegal to block while in an RCU read-side critical section, though - kernels built with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU can preempt RCU read-side - critical sections. Any RCU-protected data structure accessed - during an RCU read-side critical section is guaranteed to remain - unreclaimed for the full duration of that critical section. + kernels built with CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU can preempt RCU + read-side critical sections. Any RCU-protected data structure + accessed during an RCU read-side critical section is guaranteed to + remain unreclaimed for the full duration of that critical section. Reference counts may be used in conjunction with RCU to maintain longer-term references to data structures. |