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authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2018-07-02 08:25:57 -0700
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2018-08-30 10:59:48 -0700
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doc: Update removal of RCU-bh/sched update machinery
The RCU-bh update API is now defined in terms of that of RCU-bh and RCU-sched, so this commit updates the documentation accordingly. In addition, although RCU-sched persists in !PREEMPT kernels, in the PREEMPT case its update API is now defined in terms of that of RCU-preempt, so this commit also updates the documentation accordingly. While in the area, this commit removes the documentation for the now-obsolete synchronize_rcu_mult() and clarifies the Tasks RCU documentation. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 9871e649ffef..9e69ec54b7d3 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3534,14 +3534,14 @@
In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set
the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs.
- Invocation of these CPUs' RCU callbacks will
- be offloaded to "rcuox/N" kthreads created for
- that purpose, where "x" is "b" for RCU-bh, "p"
- for RCU-preempt, and "s" for RCU-sched, and "N"
- is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on the
- offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC and
- real-time workloads. It can also improve energy
- efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors.
+ Invocation of these CPUs' RCU callbacks will be
+ offloaded to "rcuox/N" kthreads created for that
+ purpose, where "x" is "p" for RCU-preempt, and
+ "s" for RCU-sched, and "N" is the CPU number.
+ This reduces OS jitter on the offloaded CPUs,
+ which can be useful for HPC and real-time
+ workloads. It can also improve energy efficiency
+ for asymmetric multiprocessors.
rcu_nocb_poll [KNL]
Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs