rcu: Eliminate NOCBs CPU-state Kconfig options

The CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL, CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE, and
CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ZERO Kconfig options are used only in testing and
are redundant with the rcu_nocbs= boot parameter.  This commit therefore
removes these three Kconfig options and adjusts the rcutorture scripts
to use the boot parameter instead.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 43 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt b/Documentation/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt
index df31e30b6a02..2cb7dc5c0e0d 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt
@@ -109,13 +109,12 @@ SCHED_SOFTIRQ: Do all of the following:
 	on that CPU.  If a thread that expects to run on the de-jittered
 	CPU awakens, the scheduler will send an IPI that can result in
 	a subsequent SCHED_SOFTIRQ.
-2.	Build with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL=y,
-	CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, and, in addition, ensure that the CPU
-	to be de-jittered is marked as an adaptive-ticks CPU using the
-	"nohz_full=" boot parameter.  This reduces the number of
-	scheduler-clock interrupts that the de-jittered CPU receives,
-	minimizing its chances of being selected to do the load balancing
-	work that runs in SCHED_SOFTIRQ context.
+2.	CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y and ensure that the CPU to be de-jittered
+	is marked as an adaptive-ticks CPU using the "nohz_full="
+	boot parameter.  This reduces the number of scheduler-clock
+	interrupts that the de-jittered CPU receives, minimizing its
+	chances of being selected to do the load balancing work that
+	runs in SCHED_SOFTIRQ context.
 3.	To the extent possible, keep the CPU out of the kernel when it
 	is non-idle, for example, by avoiding system calls and by
 	forcing both kernel threads and interrupts to execute elsewhere.
@@ -135,11 +134,10 @@ HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ:  Do all of the following:
 RCU_SOFTIRQ:  Do at least one of the following:
 1.	Offload callbacks and keep the CPU in either dyntick-idle or
 	adaptive-ticks state by doing all of the following:
-	a.	Build with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL=y,
-		CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, and, in addition ensure that the CPU
-		to be de-jittered is marked as an adaptive-ticks CPU using
-		the "nohz_full=" boot parameter.  Bind the rcuo kthreads
-		to housekeeping CPUs, which can tolerate OS jitter.
+	a.	CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y and ensure that the CPU to be
+		de-jittered is marked as an adaptive-ticks CPU using the
+		"nohz_full=" boot parameter.  Bind the rcuo kthreads to
+		housekeeping CPUs, which can tolerate OS jitter.
 	b.	To the extent possible, keep the CPU out of the kernel
 		when it is non-idle, for example, by avoiding system
 		calls and by forcing both kernel threads and interrupts
@@ -236,11 +234,10 @@ To reduce its OS jitter, do at least one of the following:
 	is feasible only if your workload never requires RCU priority
 	boosting, for example, if you ensure frequent idle time on all
 	CPUs that might execute within the kernel.
-3.	Build with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y and CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL=y,
-	which offloads all RCU callbacks to kthreads that can be moved
-	off of CPUs susceptible to OS jitter.  This approach prevents the
-	rcuc/%u kthreads from having any work to do, so that they are
-	never awakened.
+3.	Build with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y and boot with the rcu_nocbs=
+	boot parameter offloading RCU callbacks from all CPUs susceptible
+	to OS jitter.  This approach prevents the rcuc/%u kthreads from
+	having any work to do, so that they are never awakened.
 4.	Ensure that the CPU never enters the kernel, and, in particular,
 	avoid initiating any CPU hotplug operations on this CPU.  This is
 	another way of preventing any callbacks from being queued on the
diff --git a/Documentation/timers/NO_HZ.txt b/Documentation/timers/NO_HZ.txt
index 6eaf576294f3..2dcaf9adb7a7 100644
--- a/Documentation/timers/NO_HZ.txt
+++ b/Documentation/timers/NO_HZ.txt
@@ -194,32 +194,9 @@ that the RCU callbacks are processed in a timely fashion.
 
 Another approach is to offload RCU callback processing to "rcuo" kthreads
 using the CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y Kconfig option.  The specific CPUs to
-offload may be selected via several methods:
-
-1.	One of three mutually exclusive Kconfig options specify a
-	build-time default for the CPUs to offload:
-
-	a.	The CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE=y Kconfig option results in
-		no CPUs being offloaded.
-
-	b.	The CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ZERO=y Kconfig option causes
-		CPU 0 to be offloaded.
-
-	c.	The CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL=y Kconfig option causes all
-		CPUs to be offloaded.  Note that the callbacks will be
-		offloaded to "rcuo" kthreads, and that those kthreads
-		will in fact run on some CPU.  However, this approach
-		gives fine-grained control on exactly which CPUs the
-		callbacks run on, along with their scheduling priority
-		(including the default of SCHED_OTHER), and it further
-		allows this control to be varied dynamically at runtime.
-
-2.	The "rcu_nocbs=" kernel boot parameter, which takes a comma-separated
-	list of CPUs and CPU ranges, for example, "1,3-5" selects CPUs 1,
-	3, 4, and 5.  The specified CPUs will be offloaded in addition to
-	any CPUs specified as offloaded by CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ZERO=y or
-	CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL=y.  This means that the "rcu_nocbs=" boot
-	parameter has no effect for kernels built with RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL=y.
+offload may be selected using The "rcu_nocbs=" kernel boot parameter,
+which takes a comma-separated list of CPUs and CPU ranges, for example,
+"1,3-5" selects CPUs 1, 3, 4, and 5.
 
 The offloaded CPUs will never queue RCU callbacks, and therefore RCU
 never prevents offloaded CPUs from entering either dyntick-idle mode