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| author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-09-11 20:35:13 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-09-11 20:35:13 -0700 |
| commit | cabc5c0f7fa1342049042d6e147db5a73773955b (patch) | |
| tree | 2be09ae1777d580c7dfe05d6d5b76e57281ec447 /Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt | |
| parent | b73d884756303316ead4cd7dad51236b2a515a1a (diff) | |
| parent | 86d710146fb9975f04c505ec78caa43d227c1018 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/
Conflicts:
arch/sparc/Kconfig
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt b/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt index 7aa2002ade7..2a23523ce47 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ o How can the updater tell when a grace period has completed executed in user mode, or executed in the idle loop, we can safely free up that item. - Preemptible variants of RCU (CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU) get the + Preemptible variants of RCU (CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU) get the same effect, but require that the readers manipulate CPU-local counters. These counters allow limited types of blocking within RCU read-side critical sections. SRCU also uses @@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ o I hear that RCU is patented? What is with that? o I hear that RCU needs work in order to support realtime kernels? This work is largely completed. Realtime-friendly RCU can be - enabled via the CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU kernel configuration parameter. - However, work is in progress for enabling priority boosting of - preempted RCU read-side critical sections. This is needed if you - have CPU-bound realtime threads. + enabled via the CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU kernel configuration + parameter. However, work is in progress for enabling priority + boosting of preempted RCU read-side critical sections. This is + needed if you have CPU-bound realtime threads. o Where can I find more information on RCU? |