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rcu: move PREEMPT_RCU config option back under PREEMPT

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The original preemptible-RCU patch put the choice between classic and
preemptible RCU into kernel/Kconfig.preempt, which resulted in build failures
on machines not supporting CONFIG_PREEMPT.  This choice was therefore moved to
init/Kconfig, which worked, but placed the choice between classic and
preemptible RCU at the top level, a very obtuse choice indeed.

This patch changes from the Kconfig "choice" mechanism to a pair of booleans,
only one of which (CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU) is user-visible, and is located in
kernel/Kconfig.preempt, where one would expect it to be.  The other
(CONFIG_CLASSIC_RCU) is in init/Kconfig so that it is available to all
architectures, hopefully avoiding build breakage.  Thanks to Roman Zippel for
suggesting this approach.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@in.ibm.com>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Paul E. McKenney 2008-03-10 11:43:57 -07:00 • committed by Linus Torvalds
parent f47831faba
commit 21bbb39c37
2 changed files with 18 additions and 31 deletions
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init/Kconfig
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@ -865,38 +865,10 @@ source "block/Kconfig"
config PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
bool
choice
prompt "RCU implementation type:"
default CLASSIC_RCU
help
This allows you to choose either the classic RCU implementation
that is designed for best read-side performance on non-realtime
systems, or the preemptible RCU implementation for best latency
on realtime systems. Note that some kernel preemption modes
will restrict your choice.
Select the default if you are unsure.
config CLASSIC_RCU
bool "Classic RCU"
def_bool !PREEMPT_RCU
help
This option selects the classic RCU implementation that is
designed for best read-side performance on non-realtime
systems.
Say Y if you are unsure.
config PREEMPT_RCU
bool "Preemptible RCU"
depends on PREEMPT
help
This option reduces the latency of the kernel by making certain
RCU sections preemptible. Normally RCU code is non-preemptible, if
this option is selected then read-only RCU sections become
preemptible. This helps latency, but may expose bugs due to
now-naive assumptions about each RCU read-side critical section
remaining on a given CPU through its execution.
Say N if you are unsure.
endchoice
systems. Classic RCU is the default. Note that the
PREEMPT_RCU symbol is used to select/deselect this option.

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kernel/Kconfig.preempt
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@ -52,8 +52,23 @@ config PREEMPT
endchoice
config PREEMPT_RCU
bool "Preemptible RCU"
depends on PREEMPT
default n
help
This option reduces the latency of the kernel by making certain
RCU sections preemptible. Normally RCU code is non-preemptible, if
this option is selected then read-only RCU sections become
preemptible. This helps latency, but may expose bugs due to
now-naive assumptions about each RCU read-side critical section
remaining on a given CPU through its execution.
Say N if you are unsure.
config RCU_TRACE
bool "Enable tracing for RCU - currently stats in debugfs"
depends on PREEMPT_RCU
select DEBUG_FS
default y
help