linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] nohz: Full dynticks timekeeping and RCU improvement

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Date:	Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:05:10 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>,
	Gilad Ben Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>,
	Hakan Akkan <hakanakkan@...il.com>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...aro.org>,
	Li Zhong <zhong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] nohz: Full dynticks timekeeping and RCU improvement


* Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com> wrote:

> 2013/4/17 Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>:
> > Hi Ingo,
> >
> > So with this we are mostly done with the RCU and timekeeping sides.
> > The interface is still a bit spartan:
> >
> > * Need to keep the boot CPU outside full dynticks range.
> > * Need to have nohz_full= be a subset of rcu_nocbs=
> >
> > Note that none of this is thought to be fixed on the rock. It's
> > just a KISS interface settlement so that we can focus on the
> > central things.
> >
> > These constraints will likely be removed in the future.
> >
> > Please pull from:
> >
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/linux-dynticks.git
> >         timers/nohz
> 
> And there is the branch "timers/nohz-reviewed" which contain the exact
> same patches but rebased to add Paul's Reviewed-by: tags.

Pulled, thanks Frederic!

	Ingo
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