linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL rcu/urgent] Banishing kthreads

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Date:	Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:58:38 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	mingo@...e.hu
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	peterz@...radead.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	benh@...nel.crashing.org, fweisbec@...il.com, ak@...ux.intel.com,
	tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL rcu/urgent] Banishing kthreads

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 07:57:23AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> Hello, Ingo,
> 
> This pull request banishes RCU kthreads in the RCU_BOOST=n case,
> in response to popular demand.  There are two commits in this
> series:
> 
> 1.	Minimal patch that #ifdefs out the kthread code.
> 
> 2.	Code-movement patch that puts the code #ifdefed out above
> 	under existing #ifdefs in kernel/rcutree_plugin.h.
> 
> These changes are available in the git repository at:
> 
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-2.6-rcu.git rcu/urgent

This time with the correct request-pull info.  :-/

 							Thanx, Paul


------------------->

Paul E. McKenney (2):
      rcu: use softirq instead of kthreads except when RCU_BOOST=y
      rcu: Move RCU_BOOST #ifdefs to header file

 kernel/rcutree.c        |  382 ++-----------------------------------------
 kernel/rcutree.h        |   13 ++-
 kernel/rcutree_plugin.h |  419 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 kernel/rcutree_trace.c  |   32 +++-
 4 files changed, 456 insertions(+), 390 deletions(-)
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