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| author | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2015-02-19 10:51:32 -0800 |
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| committer | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2015-02-26 12:03:03 -0800 |
| commit | ee42571f4381f184e2672dd34ab411e5bf5bd5e0 (patch) | |
| tree | 6dc7829e3529fae2f519ab8dc1a665f8109cc311 /init | |
| parent | 5afff48bdf7481570c9385a8a674a81ffb8f09ee (diff) | |
| download | linux-ee42571f4381f184e2672dd34ab411e5bf5bd5e0.tar.bz2 | |
rcu: Add Kconfig option to expedite grace periods during boot
This commit adds a CONFIG_RCU_EXPEDITE_BOOT Kconfig parameter
that emulates a very early boot rcu_expedite_gp(). A late-boot
call to rcu_end_inkernel_boot() will provide the corresponding
rcu_unexpedite_gp(). The late-boot call to rcu_end_inkernel_boot()
should be made just before init is spawned.
According to Arjan:
> To show the boot time, I'm using the timestamp of the "Write protecting"
> line, that's pretty much the last thing we print prior to ring 3 execution.
>
> A kernel with default RCU behavior (inside KVM, only virtual devices)
> looks like this:
>
> [ 0.038724] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 10240k
>
> a kernel with expedited RCU (using the command line option, so that I
> don't have to recompile between measurements and thus am completely
> oranges-to-oranges)
>
> [ 0.031768] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 10240k
>
> which, in percentage, is an 18% improvement.
Reported-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'init')
| -rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index f5dbc6d4261b..9a0592516f48 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -791,6 +791,19 @@ config RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL endchoice +config RCU_EXPEDITE_BOOT + bool + default n + help + This option enables expedited grace periods at boot time, + as if rcu_expedite_gp() had been invoked early in boot. + The corresponding rcu_unexpedite_gp() is invoked from + rcu_end_inkernel_boot(), which is intended to be invoked + at the end of the kernel-only boot sequence, just before + init is exec'ed. + + Accept the default if unsure. + endmenu # "RCU Subsystem" config BUILD_BIN2C |