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| -rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 9 |
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diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 79ac52bef4ce..dbc08baad77e 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -388,9 +388,12 @@ 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. |