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Commit 1161ec94 authored by Ingo Molnar's avatar Ingo Molnar
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Merge branch 'rcu/next' of...

Merge branch 'rcu/next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-2.6-rcu into core/urgent
parents f123c98e b24efdfd
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@@ -497,21 +497,6 @@ config RCU_BOOST_DELAY

	  Accept the default if unsure.

config SRCU_SYNCHRONIZE_DELAY
	int "Microseconds to delay before waiting for readers"
	range 0 20
	default 10
	help
	  This option controls how long SRCU delays before entering its
	  loop waiting on SRCU readers.  The purpose of this loop is
	  to avoid the unconditional context-switch penalty that would
	  otherwise be incurred if there was an active SRCU reader,
	  in a manner similar to adaptive locking schemes.  This should
	  be set to be a bit longer than the common-case SRCU read-side
	  critical-section overhead.

	  Accept the default if unsure.

endmenu # "RCU Subsystem"

config IKCONFIG
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@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ static int rcu_kthread(void *arg)
	unsigned long flags;

	for (;;) {
		wait_event(rcu_kthread_wq, have_rcu_kthread_work != 0);
		wait_event_interruptible(rcu_kthread_wq,
					 have_rcu_kthread_work != 0);
		morework = rcu_boost();
		local_irq_save(flags);
		work = have_rcu_kthread_work;
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@@ -155,6 +155,16 @@ void __srcu_read_unlock(struct srcu_struct *sp, int idx)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__srcu_read_unlock);

/*
 * We use an adaptive strategy for synchronize_srcu() and especially for
 * synchronize_srcu_expedited().  We spin for a fixed time period
 * (defined below) to allow SRCU readers to exit their read-side critical
 * sections.  If there are still some readers after 10 microseconds,
 * we repeatedly block for 1-millisecond time periods.  This approach
 * has done well in testing, so there is no need for a config parameter.
 */
#define SYNCHRONIZE_SRCU_READER_DELAY 10

/*
 * Helper function for synchronize_srcu() and synchronize_srcu_expedited().
 */
@@ -207,11 +217,12 @@ static void __synchronize_srcu(struct srcu_struct *sp, void (*sync_func)(void))
	 * will have finished executing.  We initially give readers
	 * an arbitrarily chosen 10 microseconds to get out of their
	 * SRCU read-side critical sections, then loop waiting 1/HZ
	 * seconds per iteration.
	 * seconds per iteration.  The 10-microsecond value has done
	 * very well in testing.
	 */

	if (srcu_readers_active_idx(sp, idx))
		udelay(CONFIG_SRCU_SYNCHRONIZE_DELAY);
		udelay(SYNCHRONIZE_SRCU_READER_DELAY);
	while (srcu_readers_active_idx(sp, idx))
		schedule_timeout_interruptible(1);