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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/Kconfig.preempt')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/Kconfig.preempt | 62 |
1 files changed, 56 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt index 9fdba03dc1f..463f29743ea 100644 --- a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt +++ b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt @@ -52,10 +52,29 @@ config PREEMPT endchoice +choice + prompt "RCU Implementation" + default CLASSIC_RCU + +config CLASSIC_RCU + bool "Classic RCU" + help + This option selects the classic RCU implementation that is + designed for best read-side performance on non-realtime + 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 - default n help This option reduces the latency of the kernel by making certain RCU sections preemptible. Normally RCU code is non-preemptible, if @@ -64,16 +83,47 @@ config PREEMPT_RCU now-naive assumptions about each RCU read-side critical section remaining on a given CPU through its execution. - Say N if you are unsure. +endchoice config RCU_TRACE - bool "Enable tracing for RCU - currently stats in debugfs" - depends on PREEMPT_RCU - select DEBUG_FS - default y + 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. + + |