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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-10-21 12:54:12 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-10-21 12:54:12 -0700
commit888a6f77e0418b049f83d37547c209b904d30af4 (patch)
tree42cdb9f781d2177e6b380e69a66a27ec7705f51f /Documentation/RCU/trace.txt
parent31b7eab27a314b153d8fa07ba9e9ec00a98141e1 (diff)
parent6506cf6ce68d78a5470a8360c965dafe8e4b78e3 (diff)
Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (52 commits) sched: fix RCU lockdep splat from task_group() rcu: using ACCESS_ONCE() to observe the jiffies_stall/rnp->qsmask value sched: suppress RCU lockdep splat in task_fork_fair net: suppress RCU lockdep false positive in sock_update_classid rcu: move check from rcu_dereference_bh to rcu_read_lock_bh_held rcu: Add advice to PROVE_RCU_REPEATEDLY kernel config parameter rcu: Add tracing data to support queueing models rcu: fix sparse errors in rcutorture.c rcu: only one evaluation of arg in rcu_dereference_check() unless sparse kernel: Remove undead ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC rcu: fix _oddness handling of verbose stall warnings rcu: performance fixes to TINY_PREEMPT_RCU callback checking rcu: upgrade stallwarn.txt documentation for CPU-bound RT processes vhost: add __rcu annotations rcu: add comment stating that list_empty() applies to RCU-protected lists rcu: apply TINY_PREEMPT_RCU read-side speedup to TREE_PREEMPT_RCU rcu: combine duplicate code, courtesy of CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU rcu: Upgrade srcu_read_lock() docbook about SRCU grace periods rcu: document ways of stalling updates in low-memory situations rcu: repair code-duplication FIXMEs ...
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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt b/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt
index efd8cc95c06..a851118775d 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt
@@ -125,6 +125,17 @@ o "b" is the batch limit for this CPU. If more than this number
of RCU callbacks is ready to invoke, then the remainder will
be deferred.
+o "ci" is the number of RCU callbacks that have been invoked for
+ this CPU. Note that ci+ql is the number of callbacks that have
+ been registered in absence of CPU-hotplug activity.
+
+o "co" is the number of RCU callbacks that have been orphaned due to
+ this CPU going offline.
+
+o "ca" is the number of RCU callbacks that have been adopted due to
+ other CPUs going offline. Note that ci+co-ca+ql is the number of
+ RCU callbacks registered on this CPU.
+
There is also an rcu/rcudata.csv file with the same information in
comma-separated-variable spreadsheet format.
@@ -180,7 +191,7 @@ o "s" is the "signaled" state that drives force_quiescent_state()'s
o "jfq" is the number of jiffies remaining for this grace period
before force_quiescent_state() is invoked to help push things
- along. Note that CPUs in dyntick-idle mode thoughout the grace
+ along. Note that CPUs in dyntick-idle mode throughout the grace
period will not report on their own, but rather must be check by
some other CPU via force_quiescent_state().