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| author | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2017-04-25 14:03:11 -0700 |
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| committer | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2017-04-26 16:32:17 -0700 |
| commit | 22607d66bbc3e81140d3bcf08894f4378eb36428 (patch) | |
| tree | 88b0caa1cd8bfa66e6a4b00ad21108f03369eb03 /Documentation/admin-guide | |
| parent | 2da4b2a7fd8de52c44fa83c59f00d38a0d90caae (diff) | |
srcu: Specify auto-expedite holdoff time
On small systems, in the absence of readers, expedited SRCU grace
periods can complete in less than a microsecond. This means that an
eight-CPU system can have all CPUs doing synchronize_srcu() in a tight
loop and almost always expedite. This might actually be desirable in
some situations, but in general it is a good way to needlessly burn
CPU cycles. And in those situations where it is desirable, your friend
is the function synchronize_srcu_expedited().
For other situations, this commit adds a kernel parameter that specifies
a holdoff between completing the last SRCU grace period and auto-expediting
the next. If the next grace period starts before the holdoff expires,
auto-expediting is disabled. The holdoff is 50 microseconds by default,
and can be tuned to the desired number of nanoseconds. A value of zero
disables auto-expediting.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index facc20a3f962..4a4b9266c4de 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -3779,6 +3779,14 @@ spia_pedr= spia_peddr= + srcutree.exp_holdoff [KNL] + Specifies how many nanoseconds must elapse + since the end of the last SRCU grace period for + a given srcu_struct until the next normal SRCU + grace period will be considered for automatic + expediting. Set to zero to disable automatic + expediting. + stacktrace [FTRACE] Enabled the stack tracer on boot up. |