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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-01-28 08:46:13 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-01-28 08:46:13 -0800
commitd99391ec2b42d827d92003dcdcb96fadac9d862b (patch)
tree812292b25d209fc3cb63b5fc0633acf77a4d2afb /Documentation/admin-guide
parent8b561778f29766675e88566215aa835fff9dc1f7 (diff)
parentf8a4bb6bfa639fbdd07aede615be6dffe86a9713 (diff)
Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull RCU updates from Ingo Molnar: "The RCU changes in this cycle were: - Expedited grace-period updates - kfree_rcu() updates - RCU list updates - Preemptible RCU updates - Torture-test updates - Miscellaneous fixes - Documentation updates" * 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (69 commits) rcu: Remove unused stop-machine #include powerpc: Remove comment about read_barrier_depends() .mailmap: Add entries for old paulmck@kernel.org addresses srcu: Apply *_ONCE() to ->srcu_last_gp_end rcu: Switch force_qs_rnp() to for_each_leaf_node_cpu_mask() rcu: Move rcu_{expedited,normal} definitions into rcupdate.h rcu: Move gp_state_names[] and gp_state_getname() to tree_stall.h rcu: Remove the declaration of call_rcu() in tree.h rcu: Fix tracepoint tracking RCU CPU kthread utilization rcu: Fix harmless omission of "CONFIG_" from #if condition rcu: Avoid tick_dep_set_cpu() misordering rcu: Provide wrappers for uses of ->rcu_read_lock_nesting rcu: Use READ_ONCE() for ->expmask in rcu_read_unlock_special() rcu: Clear ->rcu_read_unlock_special only once rcu: Clear .exp_hint only when deferred quiescent state has been reported rcu: Rename some instance of CONFIG_PREEMPTION to CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU rcu: Remove kfree_call_rcu_nobatch() rcu: Remove kfree_rcu() special casing and lazy-callback handling rcu: Add support for debug_objects debugging for kfree_rcu() rcu: Add multiple in-flight batches of kfree_rcu() work ...
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@@ -4001,6 +4001,19 @@
test until boot completes in order to avoid
interference.
+ rcuperf.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL]
+ Set to measure performance of kfree_rcu() flooding.
+
+ rcuperf.kfree_nthreads= [KNL]
+ The number of threads running loops of kfree_rcu().
+
+ rcuperf.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL]
+ Number of allocations and frees done in an iteration.
+
+ rcuperf.kfree_loops= [KNL]
+ Number of loops doing rcuperf.kfree_alloc_num number
+ of allocations and frees.
+
rcuperf.nreaders= [KNL]
Set number of RCU readers. The value -1 selects
N, where N is the number of CPUs. A value