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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-01-20 10:25:12 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-01-20 10:25:12 -0800 |
| commit | a693c46e14c9fdadbcd68ddfa94a4f72495531a9 (patch) | |
| tree | ae8cd363c78959159b3b897b13c2d78c6923d355 /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |
| parent | 6ffbe7d1fabddc768724656f159759cae7818cd9 (diff) | |
| parent | 73a7ac2808fa52bdab1781646568b6f90c3d7034 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull RCU updates from Ingo Molnar:
- add RCU torture scripts/tooling
- static analysis improvements
- update RCU documentation
- miscellaneous fixes
* 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (52 commits)
rcu: Remove "extern" from function declarations in kernel/rcu/rcu.h
rcu: Remove "extern" from function declarations in include/linux/*rcu*.h
rcu/torture: Dynamically allocate SRCU output buffer to avoid overflow
rcu: Don't activate RCU core on NO_HZ_FULL CPUs
rcu: Warn on allegedly impossible rcu_read_unlock_special() from irq
rcu: Add an RCU_INITIALIZER for global RCU-protected pointers
rcu: Make rcu_assign_pointer's assignment volatile and type-safe
bonding: Use RCU_INIT_POINTER() for better overhead and for sparse
rcu: Add comment on evaluate-once properties of rcu_assign_pointer().
rcu: Provide better diagnostics for blocking in RCU callback functions
rcu: Improve SRCU's grace-period comments
rcu: Fix CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT for odd fanout/leaf values
rcu: Fix coccinelle warnings
rcutorture: Stop tracking FSF's postal address
rcutorture: Move checkarg to functions.sh
rcutorture: Flag errors and warnings with color coding
rcutorture: Record results from repeated runs of the same test scenario
rcutorture: Test summary at end of run with less chattiness
rcutorture: Update comment in kvm.sh listing typical RCU trace events
rcutorture: Add tracing-enabled version of TREE08
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index b9e9bd854298..0940078edebb 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2627,7 +2627,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. for RCU-preempt, and "s" for RCU-sched, and "N" is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on the offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC and - real-time workloads. It can also improve energy efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors. @@ -2643,8 +2642,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. periodically wake up to do the polling. rcutree.blimit= [KNL] - Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to process - in one batch. + Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to + process in one batch. rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL] Increase the number of CPUs assigned to each @@ -2663,8 +2662,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. value is one, and maximum value is HZ. rcutree.qhimark= [KNL] - Set threshold of queued - RCU callbacks over which batch limiting is disabled. + Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks beyond which + batch limiting is disabled. rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL] Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which |