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authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2009-08-22 20:56:53 (GMT)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-08-23 08:32:40 (GMT)
commit6b3ef48adf847f7adf11c870e3ffacac150f1564 (patch)
treee1403ce515bf00ade99ec806f6ab6b6db999aa0b /Documentation
parentf41d911f8c49a5d65c86504c19e8204bb605c4fd (diff)
downloadlinux-6b3ef48adf847f7adf11c870e3ffacac150f1564.tar.xz
rcu: Remove CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
Now that CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU is in place, there is no further need for CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU. Remove it, along with whatever subtle bugs it may (or may not) contain. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: laijs@cn.fujitsu.com Cc: dipankar@in.ibm.com Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca Cc: josht@linux.vnet.ibm.com Cc: dvhltc@us.ibm.com Cc: niv@us.ibm.com Cc: peterz@infradead.org Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org LKML-Reference: <125097461396-git-send-email-> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt8
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
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?
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
index 97ded24..e41a7fe 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@ rcu_read_lock()
Used by a reader to inform the reclaimer that the reader is
entering an RCU read-side critical section. It is illegal
to block while in an RCU read-side critical section, though
- kernels built with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU can preempt RCU read-side
- critical sections. Any RCU-protected data structure accessed
- during an RCU read-side critical section is guaranteed to remain
- unreclaimed for the full duration of that critical section.
+ kernels built with CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU can preempt RCU
+ read-side critical sections. Any RCU-protected data structure
+ accessed during an RCU read-side critical section is guaranteed to
+ remain unreclaimed for the full duration of that critical section.
Reference counts may be used in conjunction with RCU to maintain
longer-term references to data structures.