Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | "Paul E. McKenney" <> | Subject | [PATCH tip/core/rcu 1/9] rcu: Permit RCU_FAST_NO_HZ to be used by TREE_PREEMPT_RCU | Date | Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:27:57 -0800 |
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From: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>
The new implementation of RCU_FAST_NO_HZ is compatible with preemptible RCU, so this commit removes the Kconfig restriction that previously prohibited this.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- init/Kconfig | 10 +++++----- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 43298f9..82b6a4c 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -469,14 +469,14 @@ config RCU_FANOUT_EXACT config RCU_FAST_NO_HZ bool "Accelerate last non-dyntick-idle CPU's grace periods" - depends on TREE_RCU && NO_HZ && SMP + depends on NO_HZ && SMP default n help This option causes RCU to attempt to accelerate grace periods - in order to allow the final CPU to enter dynticks-idle state - more quickly. On the other hand, this option increases the - overhead of the dynticks-idle checking, particularly on systems - with large numbers of CPUs. + in order to allow CPUs to enter dynticks-idle state more + quickly. On the other hand, this option increases the overhead + of the dynticks-idle checking, particularly on systems with + large numbers of CPUs. Say Y if energy efficiency is critically important, particularly if you have relatively few CPUs. -- 1.7.3.2
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