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authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2015-12-08 00:09:52 +0300
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2015-12-08 03:59:37 +0300
commit79cfea0273876d9c438f3227b8f68c8c7ae31583 (patch)
treeb147a1c382fd50ac1ee5113ea851b517bf3405df /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
parent3e42ec1aa716f10c68294b8492ae3ea684528699 (diff)
downloadlinux-79cfea0273876d9c438f3227b8f68c8c7ae31583.tar.xz
rcu: Remove TINY_RCU bloat from pointless boot parameters
The rcu_expedited, rcu_normal, and rcu_normal_after_boot kernel boot parameters are pointless in the case of TINY_RCU because in that case synchronous grace periods, both expedited and normal, are no-ops. However, these three symbols contribute several hundred bytes of bloat. This commit therefore uses CPP directives to avoid compiling this code in TINY_RCU kernels. Reported-by: kbuild test robot <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 197305bbb9b7..d8186da15ca1 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3308,20 +3308,23 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
of synchronize_rcu(). This reduces latency,
but can increase CPU utilization, degrade
real-time latency, and degrade energy efficiency.
+ No effect on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
rcupdate.rcu_normal= [KNL]
Use only normal grace-period primitives,
for example, synchronize_rcu() instead of
synchronize_rcu_expedited(). This improves
- real-time latency, CPU utilization, and energy
- efficiency, but can expose users to increased
- grace-period latency. This parameter overrides
- rcupdate.rcu_expedited.
+ real-time latency, CPU utilization, and
+ energy efficiency, but can expose users to
+ increased grace-period latency. This parameter
+ overrides rcupdate.rcu_expedited. No effect on
+ CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
Once boot has completed (that is, after
rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
- only normal grace-period primitives.
+ only normal grace-period primitives. No effect
+ on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall warning