linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] init/Kconfig: move RCU_NOCB

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Message-ID: <20140902170726.GF5001@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue, 2 Sep 2014 10:07:26 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Stefan Hengelein <stefan.hengelein@....de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	jkosina@...e.cz, paul.gortmaker@...driver.com, mhocko@...e.cz,
	mattst88@...il.com, josh@...htriplett.org, geert@...ux-m68k.org,
	khilman@...aro.org, Andreas Ruprecht <rupran@...server.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] init/Kconfig: move RCU_NOCB_CPU dependencies to choice

On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 03:08:20PM +0200, Stefan Hengelein wrote:
> Every choice item of the "Build-forced no-CBs CPUs" choice had a
> dependency to RCU_NOCB_CPU. It's more comprehensible if the choice
> itself has the dependency instead of every choice item.
> The choice itself doesn't need to be visible if there are no items
> selectable (i.e. on arch/frv) or RCU_NOCB_CPU is not defined.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hengelein <stefan.hengelein@....de>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Ruprecht <rupran@...server.de>

Looks like a nice improvement, but could you please forward-port to branch
rcu/dev of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git?

								Thanx, Paul

> ---
>  init/Kconfig | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
> index 197b563..d604000 100644
> --- a/init/Kconfig
> +++ b/init/Kconfig
> @@ -729,6 +729,7 @@ config RCU_NOCB_CPU
>  choice
>  	prompt "Build-forced no-CBs CPUs"
>  	default RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE
> +	depends on RCU_NOCB_CPU
>  	help
>  	  This option allows no-CBs CPUs (whose RCU callbacks are invoked
>  	  from kthreads rather than from softirq context) to be specified
> @@ -737,7 +738,7 @@ choice
> 
>  config RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE
>  	bool "No build_forced no-CBs CPUs"
> -	depends on RCU_NOCB_CPU && !NO_HZ_FULL_ALL
> +	depends on !NO_HZ_FULL_ALL
>  	help
>  	  This option does not force any of the CPUs to be no-CBs CPUs.
>  	  Only CPUs designated by the rcu_nocbs= boot parameter will be
> @@ -751,7 +752,7 @@ config RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE
> 
>  config RCU_NOCB_CPU_ZERO
>  	bool "CPU 0 is a build_forced no-CBs CPU"
> -	depends on RCU_NOCB_CPU && !NO_HZ_FULL_ALL
> +	depends on !NO_HZ_FULL_ALL
>  	help
>  	  This option forces CPU 0 to be a no-CBs CPU, so that its RCU
>  	  callbacks are invoked by a per-CPU kthread whose name begins
> @@ -766,7 +767,6 @@ config RCU_NOCB_CPU_ZERO
> 
>  config RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL
>  	bool "All CPUs are build_forced no-CBs CPUs"
> -	depends on RCU_NOCB_CPU
>  	help
>  	  This option forces all CPUs to be no-CBs CPUs.  The rcu_nocbs=
>  	  boot parameter will be ignored.  All CPUs' RCU callbacks will
> -- 
> 1.9.1
> 
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