Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 5 Apr 2009 09:44:20 -0700 | From | "Paul E. McKenney" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH -tip] Convert CONFIG_SMP=y powerpc defconfigs to TREE_RCU. |
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On Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 12:17:56PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 09:21:58AM -0400, Josh Boyer wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Paul E. McKenney > > > <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > > > > From: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > > > > > > Why would one want to do this? The commit log doesn't explain the > > > switch and why it's great. Mostly because the commit log doesn't > > > exist. (I'll stop channeling Andrew now) > > > > Indeed, I am sure that I will get the hang the relevant git > > commands at some point, but clearly am not yet there. > > > > The thing that is great about this patch is that it is a step on > > the way to retiring Classic RCU entirely. > > I'd suggest you dont do these dozens of defconfig updates at all - > arch maintainers can do this themselves, once the core kernel > default has been flipped.
I am of course personally quite happy with this approach in the short term, as I would only need to worry about one patch.
My one concern would be that we cannot retire Classic RCU until all the arch maintainers remove CONFIG_CLASSIC_RCU=y from their defconfig files. However, given that the attached script suffices, I am not too worried about that.
Of course, none of this matters unless people agree that Tree RCU has proven reliable enough to be made default. So, any objections to such a change at this point?
Thanx, Paul [unhandled content-type:application/x-sh] | |