linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/12] rcu: Covert CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT

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Message-Id: <1429646153-20677-4-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:55:45 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
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	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/12] rcu: Covert CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT to boot parameter

From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

The CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT Kconfig parameter is used primarily (and
perhaps only) by rcutorture to verify that RCU works correctly in specific
rcu_node combining-tree configurations.  It therefore does not make
much sense have this as a question to people attempting to configure
their kernels.  So this commit creates an rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact=
boot parameter that rcutorture can use, and eliminates the original
CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT Kconfig parameter.

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |  6 ++++++
 init/Kconfig                        | 14 --------------
 kernel/rcu/tree.c                   |  7 +++++--
 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h            |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 64528a2fc67c..24b0d95acd45 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2986,6 +2986,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			the rcu_node combining tree.  This only has effect
 			when CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_SLOW_PREINIT is set.
 
+	rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
+			Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
+			tree.  This is used by rcutorture, and might
+			possibly be useful for architectures having high
+			cache-to-cache transfer latencies.
+
 	rcutree.rcu_fanout_leaf= [KNL]
 			Increase the number of CPUs assigned to each
 			leaf rcu_node structure.  Useful for very large
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 6d2cf6453be7..67598f3143f5 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -609,20 +609,6 @@ config RCU_FANOUT_LEAF
 
 	  Take the default if unsure.
 
-config RCU_FANOUT_EXACT
-	bool "Disable tree-based hierarchical RCU auto-balancing"
-	depends on TREE_RCU || PREEMPT_RCU
-	default n
-	help
-	  This option forces use of the exact RCU_FANOUT value specified,
-	  regardless of imbalances in the hierarchy.  This is useful for
-	  testing RCU itself, and might one day be useful on systems with
-	  strong NUMA behavior.
-
-	  Without RCU_FANOUT_EXACT, the code will balance the hierarchy.
-
-	  Say N if unsure.
-
 config RCU_FAST_NO_HZ
 	bool "Accelerate last non-dyntick-idle CPU's grace periods"
 	depends on NO_HZ_COMMON && SMP
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 3467e321280c..fdca17e7a1b5 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ static struct rcu_state *const rcu_state_p;
 static struct rcu_data __percpu *const rcu_data_p;
 LIST_HEAD(rcu_struct_flavors);
 
+/* Control rcu_node-tree auto-balancing at boot time. */
+static bool rcu_fanout_exact;
+module_param(rcu_fanout_exact, bool, 0444);
 /* Increase (but not decrease) the CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF at boot time. */
 static int rcu_fanout_leaf = CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF;
 module_param(rcu_fanout_leaf, int, 0444);
@@ -3937,13 +3940,13 @@ void rcu_scheduler_starting(void)
 
 /*
  * Compute the per-level fanout, either using the exact fanout specified
- * or balancing the tree, depending on CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT.
+ * or balancing the tree, depending on the rcu_fanout_exact boot parameter.
  */
 static void __init rcu_init_levelspread(int *levelspread, const int *levelcnt)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT)) {
+	if (rcu_fanout_exact) {
 		levelspread[rcu_num_lvls - 1] = rcu_fanout_leaf;
 		for (i = rcu_num_lvls - 2; i >= 0; i--)
 			levelspread[i] = CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT;
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index e6ef194da4b7..074689cedda9 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static void __init rcu_bootup_announce_oddness(void)
 	    (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_64BIT) && CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT != 32))
 		pr_info("\tCONFIG_RCU_FANOUT set to non-default value of %d\n",
 		       CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT);
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT))
+	if (rcu_fanout_exact)
 		pr_info("\tHierarchical RCU autobalancing is disabled.\n");
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ))
 		pr_info("\tRCU dyntick-idle grace-period acceleration is enabled.\n");
-- 
1.8.1.5

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