linux-kernel - [PATCH RT 07/13] rcu: make RCU_BOOST default on RT without EXPERT

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Date:   Mon, 07 Jan 2019 14:52:59 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rt-users <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Carsten Emde <C.Emde@...dl.org>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>,
        Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
        Julia Cartwright <julia@...com>,
        Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@...mens.com>,
        tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com
Subject: [PATCH RT 07/13] rcu: make RCU_BOOST default on RT without EXPERT

4.14.87-rt50-rc1 stable review patch.
If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>

[ Upstream commit 78cab7cb632b6a4c84e78e4f12bb9e83c09b8885 ]

Paul E. McKenney suggested to allow enabling RCU_BOOST on RT without the
need to go through the EXPERT option first.

Suggeted-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 kernel/rcu/Kconfig | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig
index 0be2c96fb640..a243a78ff38c 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ config TINY_RCU
 
 config RCU_EXPERT
 	bool "Make expert-level adjustments to RCU configuration"
-	default y if PREEMPT_RT_FULL
+	default n
 	help
 	  This option needs to be enabled if you wish to make
 	  expert-level adjustments to RCU configuration.  By default,
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ config RCU_FAST_NO_HZ
 
 config RCU_BOOST
 	bool "Enable RCU priority boosting"
-	depends on RT_MUTEXES && PREEMPT_RCU && RCU_EXPERT
+	depends on (RT_MUTEXES && PREEMPT_RCU && RCU_EXPERT) || PREEMPT_RT_FULL
 	default y if PREEMPT_RT_FULL
 	help
 	  This option boosts the priority of preempted RCU readers that
-- 
2.19.2