From da8739f23fadf05809c6c37c327367b229467045 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2019 15:28:19 -0800 Subject: rcu: Allow rcu_nocbs= to specify all CPUs Currently, the rcu_nocbs= kernel boot parameter requires that a specific list of CPUs be specified, and has no way to say "all of them". As noted by user RavFX in a comment to Phoronix topic 1002538, this is an inconvenient side effect of the removal of the RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL Kconfig option. This commit therefore enables the rcu_nocbs= kernel boot parameter to be given the string "all", as in "rcu_nocbs=all" to specify that all CPUs on the system are to have their RCU callbacks offloaded. Another approach would be to make cpulist_parse() check for "all", but there are uses of cpulist_parse() that do other checking, which could conflict with an "all". This commit therefore focuses on the specific use of cpulist_parse() in rcu_nocb_setup(). Just a note to other people who would like changes to Linux-kernel RCU: If you send your requests to me directly, they might get fixed somewhat faster. RavFX's comment was posted on January 22, 2018 and I first saw it on March 5, 2019. And the only reason that I found it -at- -all- was that I was looking for projects using RCU, and my search engine showed me that Phoronix comment quite by accident. Your choice, though! ;-) Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 2b8ee90bb644..d377a2166b79 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -3623,7 +3623,9 @@ see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text. rcu_nocbs= [KNL] - The argument is a cpu list, as described above. + The argument is a cpu list, as described above, + except that the string "all" can be used to + specify every CPU on the system. In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs. -- cgit v1.2.3