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| author | Scott Wood <swood@redhat.com> | 2020-12-15 15:16:46 +0100 |
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| committer | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> | 2021-01-04 13:43:51 -0800 |
| commit | 8b9a0ecc7ef5e1ed3afbc926de17399a37128c82 (patch) | |
| tree | 66d0c14ef24894b8ac54e1c1eebe4f27777fa28b /Documentation/admin-guide | |
| parent | 2341bc4a0311e4319ced6c2828bb19309dee74fd (diff) | |
rcu: Unconditionally use rcuc threads on PREEMPT_RT
PREEMPT_RT systems have long used the rcutree.use_softirq kernel
boot parameter to avoid use of RCU_SOFTIRQ handlers, which can disrupt
real-time applications by invoking callbacks during return from interrupts
that arrived while executing time-critical code. This kernel boot
parameter instead runs RCU core processing in an 'rcuc' kthread, thus
allowing the scheduler to do its job of avoiding disrupting time-critical
code.
This commit therefore disables the rcutree.use_softirq kernel boot
parameter on PREEMPT_RT systems, thus forcing such systems to do RCU
core processing in 'rcuc' kthreads. This approach has long been in
use by users of the -rt patchset, and there have been no complaints.
There is therefore no way for the system administrator to override this
choice, at least without modifying and rebuilding the kernel.
Signed-off-by: Scott Wood <swood@redhat.com>
[bigeasy: Reword commit message]
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
[ paulmck: Update kernel-parameters.txt accordingly. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index c722ec19cd00..521255f4ef13 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -4092,6 +4092,10 @@ value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default. Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads. + But note that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels disable + this kernel boot parameter, forcibly setting it + to zero. + rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL] Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining tree. This is used by rcutorture, and might |