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| author | Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> | 2009-09-16 13:48:32 +0900 |
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| committer | Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> | 2009-09-16 13:48:32 +0900 |
| commit | ea88023b3491a384575ebcd5e8a449e841a28a24 (patch) | |
| tree | f46e3d8302e44dc55ce31823501e100472d29683 /Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt | |
| parent | a6f15ade97989d414e9bf33874c9d5d1f39808ec (diff) | |
| parent | 0cb583fd2862f19ea88b02eb307d11c09e51e2f8 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Conflicts:
arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt b/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt index 7aa2002..2a23523 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ o How can the updater tell when a grace period has completed executed in user mode, or executed in the idle loop, we can safely free up that item. - Preemptible variants of RCU (CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU) get the + Preemptible variants of RCU (CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU) get the same effect, but require that the readers manipulate CPU-local counters. These counters allow limited types of blocking within RCU read-side critical sections. SRCU also uses @@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ o I hear that RCU is patented? What is with that? o I hear that RCU needs work in order to support realtime kernels? This work is largely completed. Realtime-friendly RCU can be - enabled via the CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU kernel configuration parameter. - However, work is in progress for enabling priority boosting of - preempted RCU read-side critical sections. This is needed if you - have CPU-bound realtime threads. + enabled via the CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU kernel configuration + parameter. However, work is in progress for enabling priority + boosting of preempted RCU read-side critical sections. This is + needed if you have CPU-bound realtime threads. o Where can I find more information on RCU? |
