Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (52 commits)
  sched: fix RCU lockdep splat from task_group()
  rcu: using ACCESS_ONCE() to observe the jiffies_stall/rnp->qsmask value
  sched: suppress RCU lockdep splat in task_fork_fair
  net: suppress RCU lockdep false positive in sock_update_classid
  rcu: move check from rcu_dereference_bh to rcu_read_lock_bh_held
  rcu: Add advice to PROVE_RCU_REPEATEDLY kernel config parameter
  rcu: Add tracing data to support queueing models
  rcu: fix sparse errors in rcutorture.c
  rcu: only one evaluation of arg in rcu_dereference_check() unless sparse
  kernel: Remove undead ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
  rcu: fix _oddness handling of verbose stall warnings
  rcu: performance fixes to TINY_PREEMPT_RCU callback checking
  rcu: upgrade stallwarn.txt documentation for CPU-bound RT processes
  vhost: add __rcu annotations
  rcu: add comment stating that list_empty() applies to RCU-protected lists
  rcu: apply TINY_PREEMPT_RCU read-side speedup to TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
  rcu: combine duplicate code, courtesy of CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
  rcu: Upgrade srcu_read_lock() docbook about SRCU grace periods
  rcu: document ways of stalling updates in low-memory situations
  rcu: repair code-duplication FIXMEs
  ...

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 2de5b1cbadd9..a619a1ac7f4c 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ choice
 
 config TREE_RCU
         bool "Tree-based hierarchical RCU"
+        depends on !PREEMPT && SMP
         help
           This option selects the RCU implementation that is
           designed for very large SMP system with hundreds or
@@ -347,7 +348,7 @@ config TREE_RCU
           smaller systems.
 
 config TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
-        bool "Preemptable tree-based hierarchical RCU"
+        bool "Preemptible tree-based hierarchical RCU"
         depends on PREEMPT
         help
           This option selects the RCU implementation that is
@@ -365,8 +366,22 @@ config TINY_RCU
           is not required.  This option greatly reduces the
           memory footprint of RCU.
 
+config TINY_PREEMPT_RCU
+        bool "Preemptible UP-only small-memory-footprint RCU"
+        depends on !SMP && PREEMPT
+        help
+          This option selects the RCU implementation that is designed
+          for real-time UP systems.  This option greatly reduces the
+          memory footprint of RCU.
+
 endchoice
 
+config PREEMPT_RCU
+        def_bool ( TREE_PREEMPT_RCU || TINY_PREEMPT_RCU )
+        help
+          This option enables preemptible-RCU code that is common between
+          the TREE_PREEMPT_RCU and TINY_PREEMPT_RCU implementations.
+
 config RCU_TRACE
         bool "Enable tracing for RCU"
         depends on TREE_RCU || TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
@@ -387,9 +402,12 @@ config RCU_FANOUT
         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.
+          large numbers of CPUs.  This value must be at least the fourth
+          root of NR_CPUS, which allows NR_CPUS to be insanely large.
+          The default value of RCU_FANOUT should be used for production
+          systems, but if you are stress-testing the RCU implementation
+          itself, small RCU_FANOUT values allow you to test large-system
+          code paths on small(er) systems.
 
           Select a specific number if testing RCU itself.
           Take the default if unsure.