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diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 9d3a7887a6d3..118895cc1f67 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -53,6 +53,20 @@ config CROSS_COMPILE
need to set this unless you want the configured kernel build
directory to select the cross-compiler automatically.
+config COMPILE_TEST
+ bool "Compile also drivers which will not load"
+ default n
+ help
+ Some drivers can be compiled on a different platform than they are
+ intended to be run on. Despite they cannot be loaded there (or even
+ when they load they cannot be used due to missing HW support),
+ developers still, opposing to distributors, might want to build such
+ drivers to compile-test them.
+
+ If you are a developer and want to build everything available, say Y
+ here. If you are a user/distributor, say N here to exclude useless
+ drivers to be distributed.
+
config LOCALVERSION
string "Local version - append to kernel release"
help
@@ -431,6 +445,7 @@ choice
config TREE_RCU
bool "Tree-based hierarchical RCU"
depends on !PREEMPT && SMP
+ select IRQ_WORK
help
This option selects the RCU implementation that is
designed for very large SMP system with hundreds or
@@ -458,18 +473,10 @@ 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 PREEMPT && !SMP
- 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 )
+ def_bool TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
help
This option enables preemptible-RCU code that is common between
the TREE_PREEMPT_RCU and TINY_PREEMPT_RCU implementations.
@@ -655,7 +662,7 @@ config RCU_BOOST_DELAY
Accept the default if unsure.
config RCU_NOCB_CPU
- bool "Offload RCU callback processing from boot-selected CPUs (EXPERIMENTAL"
+ bool "Offload RCU callback processing from boot-selected CPUs"
depends on TREE_RCU || TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
default n
help
@@ -681,9 +688,10 @@ choice
prompt "Build-forced no-CBs CPUs"
default RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE
help
- This option allows no-CBs CPUs to be specified at build time.
- Additional no-CBs CPUs may be specified by the rcu_nocbs=
- boot parameter.
+ This option allows no-CBs CPUs (whose RCU callbacks are invoked
+ from kthreads rather than from softirq context) to be specified
+ at build time. Additional no-CBs CPUs may be specified by
+ the rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.
config RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE
bool "No build_forced no-CBs CPUs"
@@ -691,25 +699,40 @@ config RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE
help
This option does not force any of the CPUs to be no-CBs CPUs.
Only CPUs designated by the rcu_nocbs= boot parameter will be
- no-CBs CPUs.
+ no-CBs CPUs, whose RCU callbacks will be invoked by per-CPU
+ kthreads whose names begin with "rcuo". All other CPUs will
+ invoke their own RCU callbacks in softirq context.
+
+ Select this option if you want to choose no-CBs CPUs at
+ boot time, for example, to allow testing of different no-CBs
+ configurations without having to rebuild the kernel each time.
config RCU_NOCB_CPU_ZERO
bool "CPU 0 is a build_forced no-CBs CPU"
depends on RCU_NOCB_CPU && !NO_HZ_FULL
help
- This option forces CPU 0 to be a no-CBs CPU. Additional CPUs
- may be designated as no-CBs CPUs using the rcu_nocbs= boot
- parameter will be no-CBs CPUs.
+ This option forces CPU 0 to be a no-CBs CPU, so that its RCU
+ callbacks are invoked by a per-CPU kthread whose name begins
+ with "rcuo". Additional CPUs may be designated as no-CBs
+ CPUs using the rcu_nocbs= boot parameter will be no-CBs CPUs.
+ All other CPUs will invoke their own RCU callbacks in softirq
+ context.
Select this if CPU 0 needs to be a no-CBs CPU for real-time
- or energy-efficiency reasons.
+ or energy-efficiency reasons, but the real reason it exists
+ is to ensure that randconfig testing covers mixed systems.
config RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL
bool "All CPUs are build_forced no-CBs CPUs"
depends on RCU_NOCB_CPU
help
This option forces all CPUs to be no-CBs CPUs. The rcu_nocbs=
- boot parameter will be ignored.
+ boot parameter will be ignored. All CPUs' RCU callbacks will
+ be executed in the context of per-CPU rcuo kthreads created for
+ this purpose. Assuming that the kthreads whose names start with
+ "rcuo" are bound to "housekeeping" CPUs, this reduces OS jitter
+ on the remaining CPUs, but might decrease memory locality during
+ RCU-callback invocation, thus potentially degrading throughput.
Select this if all CPUs need to be no-CBs CPUs for real-time
or energy-efficiency reasons.
@@ -1244,9 +1267,6 @@ config SYSCTL_ARCH_UNALIGN_ALLOW
the unaligned access emulation.
see arch/parisc/kernel/unaligned.c for reference
-config HOTPLUG
- def_bool y
-
config HAVE_PCSPKR_PLATFORM
bool