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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-05-21 22:26:51 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-05-21 22:26:51 -0400
commit226da0dbc84ed97f448523e2a4cb91c27fa68ed9 (patch)
tree3969a9f612cd5596747ecde2066e65eacbab7d2e /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
parent5ec29e3149d800e6db83c1b6ff441daf319cbbe2 (diff)
parent2d84e023cb5ec00403ff5d447533c6fd58fcc7ff (diff)
Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull RCU changes from Ingo Molnar: "This is the v3.5 RCU tree from Paul E. McKenney: 1) A set of improvements and fixes to the RCU_FAST_NO_HZ feature (with more on the way for 3.6). Posted to LKML: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/4/23/324 (commits 1-3 and 5), https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/4/16/611 (commit 4), https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/4/30/390 (commit 6), and https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/5/4/410 (commit 7, combined with the other commits for the convenience of the tester). 2) Changes to make rcu_barrier() avoid disrupting execution of CPUs that have no RCU callbacks. Posted to LKML: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/4/23/322. 3) A couple of commits that improve the efficiency of the interaction between preemptible RCU and the scheduler, these two being all that survived an abortive attempt to allow preemptible RCU's __rcu_read_lock() to be inlined. The full set was posted to LKML at https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/4/14/143, and the first and third patches of that set remain. 4) Lai Jiangshan's algorithmic implementation of SRCU, which includes call_srcu() and srcu_barrier(). A major feature of this new implementation is that synchronize_srcu() no longer disturbs the execution of other CPUs. This work is based on earlier implementations by Peter Zijlstra and Paul E. McKenney. Posted to LKML: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/2/22/82. 5) A number of miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements which were posted to LKML at: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/4/23/353 with subsequent updates posted to LKML." * 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (32 commits) rcu: Make rcu_barrier() less disruptive rcu: Explicitly initialize RCU_FAST_NO_HZ per-CPU variables rcu: Make RCU_FAST_NO_HZ handle timer migration rcu: Update RCU maintainership rcu: Make exit_rcu() more precise and consolidate rcu: Move PREEMPT_RCU preemption to switch_to() invocation rcu: Ensure that RCU_FAST_NO_HZ timers expire on correct CPU rcu: Add rcutorture test for call_srcu() rcu: Implement per-domain single-threaded call_srcu() state machine rcu: Use single value to handle expedited SRCU grace periods rcu: Improve srcu_readers_active_idx()'s cache locality rcu: Remove unused srcu_barrier() rcu: Implement a variant of Peter's SRCU algorithm rcu: Improve SRCU's wait_idx() comments rcu: Flip ->completed only once per SRCU grace period rcu: Increment upper bit only for srcu_read_lock() rcu: Remove fast check path from __synchronize_srcu() rcu: Direct algorithmic SRCU implementation rcu: Introduce rcutorture testing for rcu_barrier() timer: Fix mod_timer_pinned() header comment ...
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2333 ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes 2333 ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
2334 See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt. 2334 See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt.
2335 2335
2336 rcupdate.blimit= [KNL,BOOT] 2336 rcutree.blimit= [KNL,BOOT]
2337 Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to process 2337 Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to process
2338 in one batch. 2338 in one batch.
2339 2339
2340 rcupdate.qhimark= [KNL,BOOT] 2340 rcutree.qhimark= [KNL,BOOT]
2341 Set threshold of queued 2341 Set threshold of queued
2342 RCU callbacks over which batch limiting is disabled. 2342 RCU callbacks over which batch limiting is disabled.
2343 2343
2344 rcupdate.qlowmark= [KNL,BOOT] 2344 rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL,BOOT]
2345 Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which 2345 Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which
2346 batch limiting is re-enabled. 2346 batch limiting is re-enabled.
2347 2347
2348 rcutree.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL,BOOT]
2349 Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
2350
2351 rcutree.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL,BOOT]
2352 Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
2353
2354 rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL,BOOT]
2355 Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts.
2356
2357 rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL,BOOT]
2358 Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts.
2359
2360 rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL,BOOT]
2361 Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts.
2362
2363 rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL,BOOT]
2364 Test RCU readers from irq handlers.
2365
2366 rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL,BOOT]
2367 Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing.
2368
2369 rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL,BOOT]
2370 Set number of concurrent RCU writers. These just
2371 stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual
2372 test, hence the "fake".
2373
2374 rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL,BOOT]
2375 Set number of RCU readers.
2376
2377 rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL,BOOT]
2378 Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
2379
2380 rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL,BOOT]
2381 Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
2382 zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
2383
2384 rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL,BOOT]
2385 Set task-shuffle interval (s). Shuffling tasks
2386 allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode
2387 during the rcutorture test.
2388
2389 rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL,BOOT]
2390 Set time (s) after boot system shutdown. This
2391 is useful for hands-off automated testing.
2392
2393 rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL,BOOT]
2394 Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall
2395 warnings, zero to disable.
2396
2397 rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL,BOOT]
2398 Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall.
2399
2400 rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL,BOOT]
2401 Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
2402
2403 rcutorture.stutter= [KNL,BOOT]
2404 Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying
2405 five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds,
2406 wait for five seconds, and so on. This tests RCU's
2407 ability to transition abruptly to and from idle.
2408
2409 rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL,BOOT]
2410 Test RCU priority boosting? 0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.
2411 "Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation
2412 under test support RCU priority boosting.
2413
2414 rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL,BOOT]
2415 Duration (s) of each individual boost test.
2416
2417 rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL,BOOT]
2418 Interval (s) between each boost test.
2419
2420 rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL,BOOT]
2421 Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling. See also the
2422 rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
2423
2424 rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL,BOOT]
2425 Specify the RCU implementation to test.
2426
2427 rcutorture.verbose= [KNL,BOOT]
2428 Enable additional printk() statements.
2429
2348 rdinit= [KNL] 2430 rdinit= [KNL]
2349 Format: <full_path> 2431 Format: <full_path>
2350 Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk, 2432 Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,