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Diffstat (limited to 'init/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 30749970458..717584064a7 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -666,12 +666,13 @@ config RCU_NOCB_CPU This option offloads callback invocation from the set of CPUs specified at boot time by the rcu_nocbs parameter. - For each such CPU, a kthread ("rcuoN") will be created to - invoke callbacks, where the "N" is the CPU being offloaded. - Nothing prevents this kthread from running on the specified - CPUs, but (1) the kthreads may be preempted between each - callback, and (2) affinity or cgroups can be used to force - the kthreads to run on whatever set of CPUs is desired. + For each such CPU, a kthread ("rcuox/N") will be created to + invoke callbacks, where the "N" is the CPU being offloaded, + and where the "x" is "b" for RCU-bh, "p" for RCU-preempt, and + "s" for RCU-sched. Nothing prevents this kthread from running + on the specified CPUs, but (1) the kthreads may be preempted + between each callback, and (2) affinity or cgroups can be used + to force the kthreads to run on whatever set of CPUs is desired. Say Y here if you want to help to debug reduced OS jitter. Say N here if you are unsure. |