rcu: priority boosting for TINY_PREEMPT_RCU
Add priority boosting, but only for TINY_PREEMPT_RCU. This is enabled
by the default-off RCU_BOOST kernel parameter. The priority to which to
boost preempted RCU readers is controlled by the RCU_BOOST_PRIO kernel
parameter (defaulting to real-time priority 1) and the time to wait
before boosting the readers blocking a given grace period is controlled
by the RCU_BOOST_DELAY kernel parameter (defaulting to 500 milliseconds).
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index a619a1a..48efefc 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -450,6 +450,45 @@
TREE_PREEMPT_RCU implementations, permitting Makefile to
trivially select kernel/rcutree_trace.c.
+config RCU_BOOST
+ bool "Enable RCU priority boosting"
+ depends on RT_MUTEXES && TINY_PREEMPT_RCU
+ default n
+ help
+ This option boosts the priority of preempted RCU readers that
+ block the current preemptible RCU grace period for too long.
+ This option also prevents heavy loads from blocking RCU
+ callback invocation for all flavors of RCU.
+
+ Say Y here if you are working with real-time apps or heavy loads
+ Say N here if you are unsure.
+
+config RCU_BOOST_PRIO
+ int "Real-time priority to boost RCU readers to"
+ range 1 99
+ depends on RCU_BOOST
+ default 1
+ help
+ This option specifies the real-time priority to which preempted
+ RCU readers are to be boosted. If you are working with CPU-bound
+ real-time applications, you should specify a priority higher then
+ the highest-priority CPU-bound application.
+
+ Specify the real-time priority, or take the default if unsure.
+
+config RCU_BOOST_DELAY
+ int "Milliseconds to delay boosting after RCU grace-period start"
+ range 0 3000
+ depends on RCU_BOOST
+ default 500
+ help
+ This option specifies the time to wait after the beginning of
+ a given grace period before priority-boosting preempted RCU
+ readers blocking that grace period. Note that any RCU reader
+ blocking an expedited RCU grace period is boosted immediately.
+
+ Accept the default if unsure.
+
endmenu # "RCU Subsystem"
config IKCONFIG
