linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 tip/core/rcu 10/11] rcu: Allow expedited grace periods to be disabled at init

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Date:	Wed,  9 Dec 2015 15:03:07 -0800
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mingo@...nel.org, jiangshanlai@...il.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
	josh@...htriplett.org, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
	dvhart@...ux.intel.com, fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com,
	bobby.prani@...il.com,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 tip/core/rcu 10/11] rcu: Allow expedited grace periods to be disabled at init

Expedited grace periods can speed up boot, but are undesirable in
aggressive real-time systems.  This commit therefore introduces a
kernel parameter rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot that disables
expedited grace periods just before init is spawned.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++++
 kernel/rcu/update.c                 | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 7673943d3085..197305bbb9b7 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3318,6 +3318,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			grace-period latency.  This parameter overrides
 			rcupdate.rcu_expedited.
 
+	rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot= [KNL]
+			Once boot has completed (that is, after
+			rcu_end_inkernel_boot() has been invoked), use
+			only normal grace-period primitives.
+
 	rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
 			Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall warning
 			messages.  Disable with a value less than or equal
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/update.c b/kernel/rcu/update.c
index 8fccda3a794d..12b91f5a60a6 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/update.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/update.c
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ MODULE_ALIAS("rcupdate");
 module_param(rcu_expedited, int, 0);
 module_param(rcu_normal, int, 0);
 
+static int rcu_normal_after_boot;
+module_param(rcu_normal_after_boot, int, 0);
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC) && defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT)
 /**
  * rcu_read_lock_sched_held() - might we be in RCU-sched read-side critical section?
@@ -178,6 +181,8 @@ void rcu_end_inkernel_boot(void)
 {
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EXPEDITE_BOOT))
 		rcu_unexpedite_gp();
+	if (rcu_normal_after_boot)
+		WRITE_ONCE(rcu_normal, 1);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
-- 
2.5.2

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