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| author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-03-18 00:37:55 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-03-18 00:37:55 -0700 |
| commit | 577f99c1d08cf9cbdafd4e858dd13ff04d855090 (patch) | |
| tree | 0f726bbda9b18d311d4c95198bbd96cb7ac01db0 /kernel/Kconfig.preempt | |
| parent | 26c0f03f6b77c513cb7bc37b73a06819bdbb791b (diff) | |
| parent | 2f633928cbba8a5858bb39b11e7219a41b0fbef5 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts:
drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/Kconfig.preempt')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/Kconfig.preempt | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt index 0669b70fa6a..9fdba03dc1f 100644 --- a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt +++ b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt @@ -52,8 +52,23 @@ config PREEMPT endchoice +config PREEMPT_RCU + bool "Preemptible RCU" + depends on PREEMPT + default n + help + This option reduces the latency of the kernel by making certain + RCU sections preemptible. Normally RCU code is non-preemptible, if + this option is selected then read-only RCU sections become + preemptible. This helps latency, but may expose bugs due to + now-naive assumptions about each RCU read-side critical section + remaining on a given CPU through its execution. + + Say N if you are unsure. + config RCU_TRACE bool "Enable tracing for RCU - currently stats in debugfs" + depends on PREEMPT_RCU select DEBUG_FS default y help |