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| author | Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org> | 2012-12-03 08:16:28 -0800 |
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| committer | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2013-03-26 08:04:48 -0700 |
| commit | a488985851cf2facd2227bd982cc2c251df56268 (patch) | |
| tree | 450d84d1fc01bd7997b651e47d2587fac5c6f085 /init/Kconfig | |
| parent | 09c7b890622d72b5e004cc249bbe610e8b928ddf (diff) | |
| download | linux-a488985851cf2facd2227bd982cc2c251df56268.tar.bz2 | |
rcu: Distinguish "rcuo" kthreads by RCU flavor
Currently, the per-no-CBs-CPU kthreads are named "rcuo" followed by
the CPU number, for example, "rcuo". This is problematic given that
there are either two or three RCU flavors, each of which gets a per-CPU
kthread with exactly the same name. This commit therefore introduces
a one-letter abbreviation for each RCU flavor, namely 'b' for RCU-bh,
'p' for RCU-preempt, and 's' for RCU-sched. This abbreviation is used
to distinguish the "rcuo" kthreads, for example, for CPU 0 we would have
"rcuob/0", "rcuop/0", and "rcuos/0".
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'init/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 307499704580..717584064a7e 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -666,12 +666,13 @@ config RCU_NOCB_CPU This option offloads callback invocation from the set of CPUs specified at boot time by the rcu_nocbs parameter. - For each such CPU, a kthread ("rcuoN") will be created to - invoke callbacks, where the "N" is the CPU being offloaded. - Nothing prevents this kthread from running on the specified - CPUs, but (1) the kthreads may be preempted between each - callback, and (2) affinity or cgroups can be used to force - the kthreads to run on whatever set of CPUs is desired. + For each such CPU, a kthread ("rcuox/N") will be created to + invoke callbacks, where the "N" is the CPU being offloaded, + and where the "x" is "b" for RCU-bh, "p" for RCU-preempt, and + "s" for RCU-sched. Nothing prevents this kthread from running + on the specified CPUs, but (1) the kthreads may be preempted + between each callback, and (2) affinity or cgroups can be used + to force the kthreads to run on whatever set of CPUs is desired. Say Y here if you want to help to debug reduced OS jitter. Say N here if you are unsure. |