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Subject[PATCH tip/core/rcu 03/13] rcu: Restrict default jiffies_till_first_fqs for strict RCU GPs
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From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>

If there are idle CPUs, RCU's grace-period kthread will wait several
jiffies before even thinking about polling them. This promotes
efficiency, which is normally a good thing, but when the kernel
has been built with CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y, we care more
about short grace periods. This commit therefore restricts the
default jiffies_till_first_fqs value to zero in kernels built with
CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y, which causes RCU's grace-period kthread
to poll for idle CPUs immediately after starting a grace period.

Reported-by Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
---
kernel/rcu/tree.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 8ce77d9..8551159 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ module_param(qhimark, long, 0444);
module_param(qlowmark, long, 0444);
module_param(qovld, long, 0444);

-static ulong jiffies_till_first_fqs = ULONG_MAX;
+static ulong jiffies_till_first_fqs = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD) ? 0 : ULONG_MAX;
static ulong jiffies_till_next_fqs = ULONG_MAX;
static bool rcu_kick_kthreads;
static int rcu_divisor = 7;
--
2.9.5
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