linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH rcu 0/18] RCU no-CBs CPU updates for v5.17

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Date:   Wed, 1 Dec 2021 18:03:47 -0800
From:   Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>
To:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Cc:     rcu@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...com, mingo@...nel.org, jiangshanlai@...il.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH rcu 0/18] RCU no-CBs CPU updates for v5.17

On Wed, Dec 01, 2021 at 04:28:48PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> Hello!

...

> 17.	Allow empty "rcu_nocbs" kernel parameter, courtesy of Frederic
> 	Weisbecker.

...

> Note that #17 might be updated given some ongoing work by Yury Norov
> to support "none" for bitmaps, including the cpumask taken by the
> rcu_nocbs kernel-boot parameter.

Hi Paul,

This is the only work that is needed to support 'none':

https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/11/24/2642

>From the last discussion, it's not clear is this 'none' needed or not.
If needed, I'll submit the patch.

Thanks,
Yury