linux-kernel - rcu: enable rcu_normal_after

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Date:   Thu, 1 Nov 2018 16:02:35 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     lcapitulino@...hat.com, julia@...com, bigeasy@...utronix.de
Cc:     linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: rcu: enable rcu_normal_after_boot by default for RT

> The forcing of an expedited grace period is an expensive and very
> RT-application unfriendly operation, as it forcibly preempts all running
> tasks on CPUs which are preventing the gp from expiring.
> 
> By default, as a policy decision, disable the expediting of grace
> periods (after boot) on configurations which enable PREEMPT_RT_FULL.
> 
> Suggested-by: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Cartwright <julia@...com>
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>

In case it matters:

Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>

Alternatively, any reason that I should not pull this into -rcu?

							Thanx, Paul

> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/update.c b/kernel/rcu/update.c
> index f56c0fbdf22e..12027723abaf 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/update.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/update.c
> @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ extern int rcu_expedited; /* from sysctl */
>  module_param(rcu_expedited, int, 0);
>  extern int rcu_normal; /* from sysctl */
>  module_param(rcu_normal, int, 0);
> -static int rcu_normal_after_boot;
> +static int rcu_normal_after_boot = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL);
>  module_param(rcu_normal_after_boot, int, 0);
>  #endif /* #ifndef CONFIG_TINY_RCU */
>