Re: [PATCH 2/4] nohz: Print final full dynticks CPUs range on boot

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Thu Mar 28 2013 - 22:01:10 EST


On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 01:39:04AM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> 2013/3/29 Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > [Re: [PATCH 2/4] nohz: Print final full dynticks CPUs range on boot] On 28/03/2013 (Thu 08:40) Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> * Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> > + cpulist_scnprintf(nohz_ext_buf, sizeof(nohz_ext_buf), nohz_extended_mask);
> >> > + pr_info("NO_HZ: Experimental full dynticks CPUs: %s.\n", nohz_ext_buf);
> >>
> >> I'd suggest removing the 'experimental' word. We are not sending anything
> >> experimental to Linus: we'll send something that is tested and that we
> >> expect to not break anything. (and which we'll fix if it does)
> >
> > In that case, should we vector a patch through PaulM to clobber these too?
> >
> > $ git grep xperiment |grep rcu
> > kernel/rcutree_plugin.h: printk(KERN_INFO "\tExperimental boot-time adjustment of leaf fanout to %d.\n", rcu_fanout_leaf);

This one has been this way for quite some time. I must confess that I am
more inclined to remove this Kconfig option entirely than I am to remove
the "Experimental". ;-)

> > kernel/rcutree_plugin.h: pr_info("\tExperimental no-CBs CPUs: %s.\n", nocb_buf);
> > kernel/rcutree_plugin.h: pr_info("\tExperimental polled no-CBs CPUs.\n");
>
> Hehe, that's indeed what I inspired from ;-)

I guess we can rerun the earlier "how to mark Kconfig options as not
yet being ready for 100 million unsuspecting victims^Wusers. ;-)

Then again, I do have the warning at the bottom of the help info,
so might be OK removing the "Experimental".

Thanx, Paul

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