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diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index f763762d544..315a6114bf8 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -588,6 +588,13 @@ config KALLSYMS_ALL
Say N.
+config KALLSYMS_STRIP_GENERATED
+ bool "Strip machine generated symbols from kallsyms"
+ depends on KALLSYMS_ALL
+ default y
+ help
+ Say N if you want kallsyms to retain even machine generated symbols.
+
config KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS
bool "Do an extra kallsyms pass"
depends on KALLSYMS
@@ -808,6 +815,7 @@ config TRACEPOINTS
config MARKERS
bool "Activate markers"
+ depends on TRACEPOINTS
help
Place an empty function call at each marker site. Can be
dynamically changed for a probe function.
@@ -830,10 +838,6 @@ config RT_MUTEXES
boolean
select PLIST
-config TINY_SHMEM
- default !SHMEM
- bool
-
config BASE_SMALL
int
default 0 if BASE_FULL
@@ -908,14 +912,17 @@ config MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL
the version). With this option, such a "srcversion" field
will be created for all modules. If unsure, say N.
-config KMOD
- def_bool y
- help
- This is being removed soon. These days, CONFIG_MODULES
- implies CONFIG_KMOD, so use that instead.
-
endif # MODULES
+config INIT_ALL_POSSIBLE
+ bool
+ help
+ Back when each arch used to define their own cpu_online_map and
+ cpu_possible_map, some of them chose to initialize cpu_possible_map
+ with all 1s, and others with all 0s. When they were centralised,
+ it was better to provide this option than to break all the archs
+ and have several arch maintainers persuing me down dark alleys.
+
config STOP_MACHINE
bool
default y
@@ -928,10 +935,90 @@ source "block/Kconfig"
config PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
bool
+choice
+ prompt "RCU Implementation"
+ default CLASSIC_RCU
+
config CLASSIC_RCU
- def_bool !PREEMPT_RCU
+ bool "Classic RCU"
help
This option selects the classic RCU implementation that is
designed for best read-side performance on non-realtime
- systems. Classic RCU is the default. Note that the
- PREEMPT_RCU symbol is used to select/deselect this option.
+ systems.
+
+ Select this option if you are unsure.
+
+config TREE_RCU
+ bool "Tree-based hierarchical RCU"
+ help
+ This option selects the RCU implementation that is
+ designed for very large SMP system with hundreds or
+ thousands of CPUs.
+
+config PREEMPT_RCU
+ bool "Preemptible RCU"
+ depends on PREEMPT
+ help
+ This option reduces the latency of the kernel by making certain
+ RCU sections preemptible. Normally RCU code is non-preemptible, if
+ this option is selected then read-only RCU sections become
+ preemptible. This helps latency, but may expose bugs due to
+ now-naive assumptions about each RCU read-side critical section
+ remaining on a given CPU through its execution.
+
+endchoice
+
+config RCU_TRACE
+ bool "Enable tracing for RCU"
+ depends on TREE_RCU || PREEMPT_RCU
+ help
+ This option provides tracing in RCU which presents stats
+ in debugfs for debugging RCU implementation.
+
+ Say Y here if you want to enable RCU tracing
+ Say N if you are unsure.
+
+config RCU_FANOUT
+ int "Tree-based hierarchical RCU fanout value"
+ range 2 64 if 64BIT
+ range 2 32 if !64BIT
+ depends on TREE_RCU
+ default 64 if 64BIT
+ default 32 if !64BIT
+ help
+ This option controls the fanout of hierarchical implementations
+ of RCU, allowing RCU to work efficiently on machines with
+ large numbers of CPUs. This value must be at least the cube
+ root of NR_CPUS, which allows NR_CPUS up to 32,768 for 32-bit
+ systems and up to 262,144 for 64-bit systems.
+
+ Select a specific number if testing RCU itself.
+ Take the default if unsure.
+
+config RCU_FANOUT_EXACT
+ bool "Disable tree-based hierarchical RCU auto-balancing"
+ depends on TREE_RCU
+ default n
+ help
+ This option forces use of the exact RCU_FANOUT value specified,
+ regardless of imbalances in the hierarchy. This is useful for
+ testing RCU itself, and might one day be useful on systems with
+ strong NUMA behavior.
+
+ Without RCU_FANOUT_EXACT, the code will balance the hierarchy.
+
+ Say N if unsure.
+
+config TREE_RCU_TRACE
+ def_bool RCU_TRACE && TREE_RCU
+ select DEBUG_FS
+ help
+ This option provides tracing for the TREE_RCU implementation,
+ permitting Makefile to trivially select kernel/rcutree_trace.c.
+
+config PREEMPT_RCU_TRACE
+ def_bool RCU_TRACE && PREEMPT_RCU
+ select DEBUG_FS
+ help
+ This option provides tracing for the PREEMPT_RCU implementation,
+ permitting Makefile to trivially select kernel/rcupreempt_trace.c.