From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756282AbaIQQtK (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Sep 2014 12:49:10 -0400 Received: from cpsmtpb-ews09.kpnxchange.com ([213.75.39.14]:56616 "EHLO cpsmtpb-ews09.kpnxchange.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756178AbaIQQtF (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Sep 2014 12:49:05 -0400 Message-ID: <1410972543.31130.87.camel@x220> Subject: Re: [PATCH] rcu: unify boost and kthread priorities From: Paul Bolle To: "Paul E. McKenney" Cc: Clark Williams , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 18:49:03 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20140916204156.GP4723@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <20140915100524.2cd80d2e@sluggy> <20140916204156.GP4723@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.10.4 (3.10.4-3.fc20) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Sep 2014 16:49:03.0530 (UTC) FILETIME=[49B188A0:01CFD297] X-RcptDomain: vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Paul, On Tue, 2014-09-16 at 13:41 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > rcu: unify boost and kthread priorities > > Rename CONFIG_RCU_BOOST_PRIO to CONFIG_RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO and use this > value for both the per-CPU kthreads (rcuc/N) and the rcu boosting > threads (rcub/n). > > Also, create the module_parameter rcutree.kthread_prio to be used on > the kernel command line at boot to set a new value (rcutree.kthread_prio=N). > > Signed-off-by: Clark Williams > [ paulmck: Ported to rcu/dev. ] > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney This landed in today's linux-next (ie, next-20140917) as commit 04a96e05bda6 ("rcu: unify boost and kthread priorities"). > diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt >[...] > diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig >[...] > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h >[...] There's a reference to CONFIG_RCU_BOOST_PRIO in tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/TREE_RCU-kconfig.txt. It needs updating too, doesn't it? Paul Bolle