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| author | Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@codeaurora.org> | 2020-09-24 12:04:10 +0530 |
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| committer | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> | 2020-11-19 19:37:16 -0800 |
| commit | a3941517fcd6625adc540aef5ec3f717c8fa71e8 (patch) | |
| tree | 53c588412fce5e39eec6dfd1fb022297c236c71c /kernel/rcu/Kconfig | |
| parent | ed73860cecc3ec12aa50a6dcfb4900e5b4ae9507 (diff) | |
rcu: Clarify nocb kthreads naming in RCU_NOCB_CPU config
This commit clarifies that the "p" and the "s" in the in the RCU_NOCB_CPU
config-option description refer to the "x" in the "rcuox/N" kthread name.
Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@codeaurora.org>
[ paulmck: While in the area, update description and advice. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/rcu/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/rcu/Kconfig | 20 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig index b71e21f73c40..cdc57b4f6d48 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig @@ -221,19 +221,23 @@ config RCU_NOCB_CPU Use this option to reduce OS jitter for aggressive HPC or real-time workloads. It can also be used to offload RCU callback invocation to energy-efficient CPUs in battery-powered - asymmetric multiprocessors. + asymmetric multiprocessors. The price of this reduced jitter + is that the overhead of call_rcu() increases and that some + workloads will incur significant increases in context-switch + rates. 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 ("rcuox/N") will be created to invoke callbacks, where the "N" is the CPU being offloaded, and where - the "p" for RCU-preempt (PREEMPTION kernels) and "s" for RCU-sched - (!PREEMPTION kernels). 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. + the "x" is "p" for RCU-preempt (PREEMPTION kernels) and "s" for + RCU-sched (!PREEMPTION kernels). 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 need reduced OS jitter, despite added overhead. Say N here if you are unsure. config TASKS_TRACE_RCU_READ_MB |