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| author |   Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2021-02-12 12:50:09 +0100 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2021-02-12 12:56:55 +0100 |
| commit | 85e853c5ec8486117182baab10c98b321daa6d47 (patch) | |
| tree | 404551f51bc88ba9f4cc64431e2633493a971842 /Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst | |
| parent | Merge tag 'powerpc-5.11-8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux (diff) | |
| parent | Merge branches 'doc.2021.01.06a', 'fixes.2021.01.04b', 'kfree_rcu.2021.01.04a', 'mmdumpobj.2021.01.22a', 'nocb.2021.01.06a', 'rt.2021.01.04a', 'stall.2021.01.06a', 'torture.2021.01.12a' and 'tortureall.2021.01.06a' into HEAD (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'for-mingo-rcu' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu into core/rcu
Pull RCU updates from Paul E. McKenney:
- Documentation updates.
- Miscellaneous fixes.
- kfree_rcu() updates: Addition of mem_dump_obj() to provide allocator return
addresses to more easily locate bugs. This has a couple of RCU-related commits,
but is mostly MM. Was pulled in with akpm's agreement.
- Per-callback-batch tracking of numbers of callbacks,
which enables better debugging information and smarter
reactions to large numbers of callbacks.
- The first round of changes to allow CPUs to be runtime switched from and to
callback-offloaded state.
- CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT-related changes.
- RCU CPU stall warning updates.
- Addition of polling grace-period APIs for SRCU.
- Torture-test and torture-test scripting updates, including a "torture everything"
script that runs rcutorture, locktorture, scftorture, rcuscale, and refscale.
Plus does an allmodconfig build.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst index 1a4723f48bd9..17e95ab2a201 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst +++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.rst @@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ Quick Quiz #1: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This section presents a "toy" RCU implementation that is based on "classic RCU". It is also short on performance (but only for updates) and -on features such as hotplug CPU and the ability to run in CONFIG_PREEMPT +on features such as hotplug CPU and the ability to run in CONFIG_PREEMPTION kernels. The definitions of rcu_dereference() and rcu_assign_pointer() are the same as those shown in the preceding section, so they are omitted. :: @@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ Quick Quiz #2: Quick Quiz #3: If it is illegal to block in an RCU read-side critical section, what the heck do you do in - PREEMPT_RT, where normal spinlocks can block??? + CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT, where normal spinlocks can block??? :ref:`Answers to Quick Quiz <8_whatisRCU>` @@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ Quick Quiz #2: overhead is **negative**. Answer: - Imagine a single-CPU system with a non-CONFIG_PREEMPT + Imagine a single-CPU system with a non-CONFIG_PREEMPTION kernel where a routing table is used by process-context code, but can be updated by irq-context code (for example, by an "ICMP REDIRECT" packet). The usual way of handling @@ -1120,10 +1120,10 @@ Answer: Quick Quiz #3: If it is illegal to block in an RCU read-side critical section, what the heck do you do in - PREEMPT_RT, where normal spinlocks can block??? + CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT, where normal spinlocks can block??? Answer: - Just as PREEMPT_RT permits preemption of spinlock + Just as CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT permits preemption of spinlock critical sections, it permits preemption of RCU read-side critical sections. It also permits spinlocks blocking while in RCU read-side critical |