Currently, the rcu_nocbs= kernel boot parameter requires that a specific list of CPUs be specified, and has no way to say "all of them". As noted by user RavFX in a comment to Phoronix topic 1002538, this is an inconvenient side effect of the removal of the RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL Kconfig option. This commit therefore enables the rcu_nocbs= kernel boot parameter to be given the string "all", as in "rcu_nocbs=all" to specify that all CPUs on the system are to have their RCU callbacks offloaded.
Another approach would be to make cpulist_parse() check for "all", but there are uses of cpulist_parse() that do other checking, which could conflict with an "all". This commit therefore focuses on the specific use of cpulist_parse() in rcu_nocb_setup(). Just a note to other people who would like changes to Linux-kernel RCU: If you send your requests to me directly, they might get fixed somewhat faster. RavFX's comment was posted on January 22, 2018 and I first saw it on March 5, 2019. And the only reason that I found it -at- -all- was that I was looking for projects using RCU, and my search engine showed me that Phoronix comment quite by accident. Your choice, though! ;-) Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]> --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 +++- kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 5 ++++- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 2b8ee90bb644..d377a2166b79 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -3623,7 +3623,9 @@ see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text. rcu_nocbs= [KNL] - The argument is a cpu list, as described above. + The argument is a cpu list, as described above, + except that the string "all" can be used to + specify every CPU on the system. In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs. diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h index d408661d5fb7..ed4a6dabf31d 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h @@ -1776,7 +1776,10 @@ static void zero_cpu_stall_ticks(struct rcu_data *rdp) static int __init rcu_nocb_setup(char *str) { alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var(&rcu_nocb_mask); - cpulist_parse(str, rcu_nocb_mask); + if (!strcasecmp(str, "all")) + cpumask_setall(rcu_nocb_mask); + else + cpulist_parse(str, rcu_nocb_mask); return 1; } __setup("rcu_nocbs=", rcu_nocb_setup); -- 2.17.1
