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| author | Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> | 2009-09-14 20:26:05 +0200 |
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| committer | Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> | 2009-09-14 20:26:05 +0200 |
| commit | ac8d513a6801c8636922ccf4f30211810c9a56ce (patch) | |
| tree | 83ba584487a6a612c8fcf2563c28c0263df35ba2 /Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt | |
| parent | bf992fa2bc1ad1bb2aeb0bdfadb43f236b9297fd (diff) | |
| parent | 99bc47067910f7070e65ee318a6dd79a2371f1e5 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' into for-linus
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt | 10 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt b/Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt index 7aa2002ade7..2a23523ce47 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? |