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Diffstat (limited to 'init/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 17 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 717584064a7e..a3a2304fa6d2 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -582,13 +582,16 @@ config RCU_FAST_NO_HZ depends on NO_HZ && SMP default n help - This option causes RCU to attempt to accelerate grace periods in - order to allow CPUs to enter dynticks-idle state more quickly. - On the other hand, this option increases the overhead of the - dynticks-idle checking, thus degrading scheduling latency. - - Say Y if energy efficiency is critically important, and you don't - care about real-time response. + This option permits CPUs to enter dynticks-idle state even if + they have RCU callbacks queued, and prevents RCU from waking + these CPUs up more than roughly once every four jiffies (by + default, you can adjust this using the rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay + parameter), thus improving energy efficiency. On the other + hand, this option increases the duration of RCU grace periods, + for example, slowing down synchronize_rcu(). + + Say Y if energy efficiency is critically important, and you + don't care about increased grace-period durations. Say N if you are unsure. |