From f41d911f8c49a5d65c86504c19e8204bb605c4fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:56:52 -0700 Subject: rcu: Merge preemptable-RCU functionality into hierarchical RCU Create a kernel/rcutree_plugin.h file that contains definitions for preemptable RCU (or, under the #else branch of the #ifdef, empty definitions for the classic non-preemptable semantics). These definitions fit into plugins defined in kernel/rcutree.c for this purpose. This variant of preemptable RCU uses a new algorithm whose read-side expense is roughly that of classic hierarchical RCU under CONFIG_PREEMPT. This new algorithm's update-side expense is similar to that of classic hierarchical RCU, and, in absence of read-side preemption or blocking, is exactly that of classic hierarchical RCU. Perhaps more important, this new algorithm has a much simpler implementation, saving well over 1,000 lines of code compared to mainline's implementation of preemptable RCU, which will hopefully be retired in favor of this new algorithm. The simplifications are obtained by maintaining per-task nesting state for running tasks, and using a simple lock-protected algorithm to handle accounting when tasks block within RCU read-side critical sections, making use of lessons learned while creating numerous user-level RCU implementations over the past 18 months. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Cc: laijs@cn.fujitsu.com Cc: dipankar@in.ibm.com Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca Cc: josht@linux.vnet.ibm.com Cc: dvhltc@us.ibm.com Cc: niv@us.ibm.com Cc: peterz@infradead.org Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org LKML-Reference: <12509746134003-git-send-email-> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/Makefile | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'kernel/Makefile') diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile index 2419c9d43918..1a38b4789dda 100644 --- a/kernel/Makefile +++ b/kernel/Makefile @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS) += irq/ obj-$(CONFIG_SECCOMP) += seccomp.o obj-$(CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST) += rcutorture.o obj-$(CONFIG_TREE_RCU) += rcutree.o +obj-$(CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU) += rcutree.o obj-$(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU) += rcupreempt.o obj-$(CONFIG_TREE_RCU_TRACE) += rcutree_trace.o obj-$(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU_TRACE) += rcupreempt_trace.o -- cgit v1.2.2