Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/9] Preview of additional RCU changes for3.3

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Wed Nov 16 2011 - 15:40:43 EST


On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 01:50:41PM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:27:36PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > This patchset is in addition to the set previously posted (see
> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/2/363). This new set permits the
> > reworked RCU_FAST_NO_HZ code to be used from TREE_PREEMPT_RCU,
> > allows rcutorture to shut down the system after a fixed time
> > period (useful for KVM-based testing), adds an API to
> > replace the "->pid == 0" discussed in response to the earlier
> > patch set, and applies this API where applicable. The patches are
> > as follows:
> >
> > 1. Update the RCU_FAST_NO_HZ config definition to allow it to
> > be used in TREE_PREEMPT_RCU builds, since that is now legal.
> > 2. Add a module parameter that permit rcutorture to shut down the
> > system cleanly after the test has run for the specified time.
> > 3. Add a module parameter to allow rcutorture start running
> > as soon as it is initialized.
> > 4. Add is_idle_task() API to replace open-coded tests of ->pid
> > against zero.
> > 5-9. Apply the new is_idle_task() API where it makes sense.
>
> I replied to patches 2-4 with review comments. For the rest:
>
> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you for your careful review and thoughtful comments!

Thanx, Paul

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