[PATCH rcu 0/10] Real-time-related updates for v5.18

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Fri Feb 04 2022 - 18:24:00 EST


Hello!

This series provides real-time-related RCU updates:

1. Mark accesses to boost_starttime.

2. Handle concurrent nocb kthreads creation, courtesy of Neeraj
Upadhyay.

3. Remove unused rcu_state.boost, courtesy of Neeraj Upadhyay.

4. Create per-cpu rcuc kthreads only when rcutree.use_softirq=0,
courtesy of Zqiang.

5. Move kthread_prio bounds-check to a separate function, courtesy
of Alison Chaiken.

6. Make priority of grace-period thread consistent, courtesy of
Alison Chaiken.

7. Elevate priority of offloaded callback threads, courtesy of
Alison Chaiken.

8. Update documentation regarding kthread_prio cmdline parameter,
courtesy of Alison Chaiken.

9. Don't deboost before reporting expedited quiescent state.

10. Add per-CPU rcuc task dumps to RCU CPU stall warnings, courtesy
of Zqiang.

Thanx, Paul

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b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 +
b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c | 7 ++-
b/kernel/rcu/tree.c | 2 -
b/kernel/rcu/tree.h | 2 +
b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h | 7 +++
b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 2 -
b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h | 35 +++++++++++++++++
kernel/rcu/tree.c | 44 +++++++++++++---------
kernel/rcu/tree.h | 6 +--
kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h | 7 +++
kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 11 +++--
11 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)