From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: mingo@kernel.org, jiangshanlai@gmail.com, dipankar@in.ibm.com,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com,
josh@joshtriplett.org, tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org,
rostedt@goodmis.org, dhowells@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com,
fweisbec@gmail.com, oleg@redhat.com,
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 1/6] documentation: Fix relation between nohz_full and rcu_nocbs
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 14:36:23 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1500932188-9202-1-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170724213605.GA8766@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
If a CPU is specified in the nohz_full= kernel boot parameter to a
kernel built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, then that CPU's callbacks will
be offloaded, just as if that CPU had also been specified in the
rcu_nocbs= kernel boot parameter. But the current documentation
states that the user must keep these two boot parameters manually
synchronized. This commit therefore updates the documentation to
reflect reality.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index d9c171ce4190..3a99cc96b6b1 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2633,9 +2633,10 @@
In kernels built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, set
the specified list of CPUs whose tick will be stopped
whenever possible. The boot CPU will be forced outside
- the range to maintain the timekeeping.
- The CPUs in this range must also be included in the
- rcu_nocbs= set.
+ the range to maintain the timekeeping. Any CPUs
+ in this list will have their RCU callbacks offloaded,
+ just as if they had also been called out in the
+ rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
noiotrap [SH] Disables trapped I/O port accesses.
--
2.5.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-07-24 21:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-07-24 21:36 [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/6] Documentation updates Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-24 21:36 ` Paul E. McKenney [this message]
2017-07-24 21:36 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 2/6] doc: RCU documentation update Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-24 21:36 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 3/6] doc: Update memory-barriers.txt for read-to-write dependencies Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-24 21:36 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 4/6] doc: Add RCU files to docbook-generation files Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-24 21:36 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 5/6] doc: No longer allowed to use rcu_dereference on non-pointers Paul E. McKenney
2017-07-24 21:36 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 6/6] doc: Set down RCU's scheduling-clock-interrupt needs Paul E. McKenney
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