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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt7
-rw-r--r--kernel/rcu/tasks.h13
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index f2a93c8679e8..aaa867860433 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4286,6 +4286,13 @@
only normal grace-period primitives. No effect
on CONFIG_TINY_RCU kernels.
+ rcupdate.rcu_task_ipi_delay= [KNL]
+ Set time in jiffies during which RCU tasks will
+ avoid sending IPIs, starting with the beginning
+ of a given grace period. Setting a large
+ number avoids disturbing real-time workloads,
+ but lengthens grace periods.
+
rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall warning
messages. Disable with a value less than or equal
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
index 71462cf3d4bd..eeac4a122234 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ static struct rcu_tasks rt_name = \
/* Track exiting tasks in order to allow them to be waited for. */
DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU(tasks_rcu_exit_srcu);
+/* Avoid IPIing CPUs early in the grace period. */
+#define RCU_TASK_IPI_DELAY (HZ / 2)
+static int rcu_task_ipi_delay __read_mostly = RCU_TASK_IPI_DELAY;
+module_param(rcu_task_ipi_delay, int, 0644);
+
/* Control stall timeouts. Disable with <= 0, otherwise jiffies till stall. */
#define RCU_TASK_STALL_TIMEOUT (HZ * 60 * 10)
static int rcu_task_stall_timeout __read_mostly = RCU_TASK_STALL_TIMEOUT;
@@ -713,6 +718,10 @@ DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(trc_wait); // List of holdout tasks.
// Record outstanding IPIs to each CPU. No point in sending two...
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(bool, trc_ipi_to_cpu);
+void call_rcu_tasks_trace(struct rcu_head *rhp, rcu_callback_t func);
+DEFINE_RCU_TASKS(rcu_tasks_trace, rcu_tasks_wait_gp, call_rcu_tasks_trace,
+ "RCU Tasks Trace");
+
/* If we are the last reader, wake up the grace-period kthread. */
void rcu_read_unlock_trace_special(struct task_struct *t)
{
@@ -998,10 +1007,6 @@ void exit_tasks_rcu_finish_trace(struct task_struct *t)
rcu_read_unlock_trace_special(t);
}
-void call_rcu_tasks_trace(struct rcu_head *rhp, rcu_callback_t func);
-DEFINE_RCU_TASKS(rcu_tasks_trace, rcu_tasks_wait_gp, call_rcu_tasks_trace,
- "RCU Tasks Trace");
-
/**
* call_rcu_tasks_trace() - Queue a callback trace task-based grace period
* @rhp: structure to be used for queueing the RCU updates.