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authorPaul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>2011-06-16 02:07:55 -0400
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2011-09-29 00:36:35 -0400
commitd5988af53102f3b73e5e0788be024ccfa51869de (patch)
tree6d99aa95f57b06d8bd88c412c51d624321fafcfd /Documentation/RCU/trace.txt
parent1eb521210a8c9823038abe4ddfe8c69e713ec17d (diff)
rcu: Update documentation to flag RCU_BOOST trace information
Call out the RCU_TRACE information that is provided only in kernels built with RCU_BOOST. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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@@ -184,10 +184,14 @@ o "kt" is the per-CPU kernel-thread state. The digit preceding
184 The number after the final slash is the CPU that the kthread 184 The number after the final slash is the CPU that the kthread
185 is actually running on. 185 is actually running on.
186 186
187 This field is displayed only for CONFIG_RCU_BOOST kernels.
188
187o "ktl" is the low-order 16 bits (in hexadecimal) of the count of 189o "ktl" is the low-order 16 bits (in hexadecimal) of the count of
188 the number of times that this CPU's per-CPU kthread has gone 190 the number of times that this CPU's per-CPU kthread has gone
189 through its loop servicing invoke_rcu_cpu_kthread() requests. 191 through its loop servicing invoke_rcu_cpu_kthread() requests.
190 192
193 This field is displayed only for CONFIG_RCU_BOOST kernels.
194
191o "b" is the batch limit for this CPU. If more than this number 195o "b" is the batch limit for this CPU. If more than this number
192 of RCU callbacks is ready to invoke, then the remainder will 196 of RCU callbacks is ready to invoke, then the remainder will
193 be deferred. 197 be deferred.