From c903ff837909ccada51243307d4239f86af40179 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Travis Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:28:29 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] rcu: move Kconfig menu Move RCU Kconfig options from top-level menu to an "RCU Subsystem" menu under the "General Setup" menu. Signed-off-by: Mike Travis Tested-by: "Paul E. McKenney" Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- init/Kconfig | 179 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- 1 file changed, 92 insertions(+), 87 deletions(-) diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index a724a149bf3f..989f58b03958 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -238,6 +238,98 @@ config AUDIT_TREE def_bool y depends on AUDITSYSCALL && INOTIFY +menu "RCU Subsystem" + +choice + prompt "RCU Implementation" + default CLASSIC_RCU + +config CLASSIC_RCU + bool "Classic RCU" + help + This option selects the classic RCU implementation that is + designed for best read-side performance on non-realtime + systems. + + Select this option if you are unsure. + +config TREE_RCU + bool "Tree-based hierarchical RCU" + help + This option selects the RCU implementation that is + designed for very large SMP system with hundreds or + thousands of CPUs. + +config PREEMPT_RCU + bool "Preemptible RCU" + depends on PREEMPT + help + This option reduces the latency of the kernel by making certain + RCU sections preemptible. Normally RCU code is non-preemptible, if + this option is selected then read-only RCU sections become + preemptible. This helps latency, but may expose bugs due to + now-naive assumptions about each RCU read-side critical section + remaining on a given CPU through its execution. + +endchoice + +config RCU_TRACE + bool "Enable tracing for RCU" + depends on TREE_RCU || PREEMPT_RCU + help + This option provides tracing in RCU which presents stats + in debugfs for debugging RCU implementation. + + Say Y here if you want to enable RCU tracing + Say N if you are unsure. + +config RCU_FANOUT + int "Tree-based hierarchical RCU fanout value" + range 2 64 if 64BIT + range 2 32 if !64BIT + depends on TREE_RCU + default 64 if 64BIT + default 32 if !64BIT + help + This option controls the fanout of hierarchical implementations + of RCU, allowing RCU to work efficiently on machines with + large numbers of CPUs. This value must be at least the cube + root of NR_CPUS, which allows NR_CPUS up to 32,768 for 32-bit + systems and up to 262,144 for 64-bit systems. + + Select a specific number if testing RCU itself. + Take the default if unsure. + +config RCU_FANOUT_EXACT + bool "Disable tree-based hierarchical RCU auto-balancing" + depends on TREE_RCU + default n + help + This option forces use of the exact RCU_FANOUT value specified, + regardless of imbalances in the hierarchy. This is useful for + testing RCU itself, and might one day be useful on systems with + strong NUMA behavior. + + Without RCU_FANOUT_EXACT, the code will balance the hierarchy. + + Say N if unsure. + +config TREE_RCU_TRACE + def_bool RCU_TRACE && TREE_RCU + select DEBUG_FS + help + This option provides tracing for the TREE_RCU implementation, + permitting Makefile to trivially select kernel/rcutree_trace.c. + +config PREEMPT_RCU_TRACE + def_bool RCU_TRACE && PREEMPT_RCU + select DEBUG_FS + help + This option provides tracing for the PREEMPT_RCU implementation, + permitting Makefile to trivially select kernel/rcupreempt_trace.c. + +endmenu # "RCU Subsystem" + config IKCONFIG tristate "Kernel .config support" ---help--- @@ -973,90 +1065,3 @@ source "block/Kconfig" config PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS bool -choice - prompt "RCU Implementation" - default CLASSIC_RCU - -config CLASSIC_RCU - bool "Classic RCU" - help - This option selects the classic RCU implementation that is - designed for best read-side performance on non-realtime - systems. - - Select this option if you are unsure. - -config TREE_RCU - bool "Tree-based hierarchical RCU" - help - This option selects the RCU implementation that is - designed for very large SMP system with hundreds or - thousands of CPUs. - -config PREEMPT_RCU - bool "Preemptible RCU" - depends on PREEMPT - help - This option reduces the latency of the kernel by making certain - RCU sections preemptible. Normally RCU code is non-preemptible, if - this option is selected then read-only RCU sections become - preemptible. This helps latency, but may expose bugs due to - now-naive assumptions about each RCU read-side critical section - remaining on a given CPU through its execution. - -endchoice - -config RCU_TRACE - bool "Enable tracing for RCU" - depends on TREE_RCU || PREEMPT_RCU - help - This option provides tracing in RCU which presents stats - in debugfs for debugging RCU implementation. - - Say Y here if you want to enable RCU tracing - Say N if you are unsure. - -config RCU_FANOUT - int "Tree-based hierarchical RCU fanout value" - range 2 64 if 64BIT - range 2 32 if !64BIT - depends on TREE_RCU - default 64 if 64BIT - default 32 if !64BIT - help - This option controls the fanout of hierarchical implementations - of RCU, allowing RCU to work efficiently on machines with - large numbers of CPUs. This value must be at least the cube - root of NR_CPUS, which allows NR_CPUS up to 32,768 for 32-bit - systems and up to 262,144 for 64-bit systems. - - Select a specific number if testing RCU itself. - Take the default if unsure. - -config RCU_FANOUT_EXACT - bool "Disable tree-based hierarchical RCU auto-balancing" - depends on TREE_RCU - default n - help - This option forces use of the exact RCU_FANOUT value specified, - regardless of imbalances in the hierarchy. This is useful for - testing RCU itself, and might one day be useful on systems with - strong NUMA behavior. - - Without RCU_FANOUT_EXACT, the code will balance the hierarchy. - - Say N if unsure. - -config TREE_RCU_TRACE - def_bool RCU_TRACE && TREE_RCU - select DEBUG_FS - help - This option provides tracing for the TREE_RCU implementation, - permitting Makefile to trivially select kernel/rcutree_trace.c. - -config PREEMPT_RCU_TRACE - def_bool RCU_TRACE && PREEMPT_RCU - select DEBUG_FS - help - This option provides tracing for the PREEMPT_RCU implementation, - permitting Makefile to trivially select kernel/rcupreempt_trace.c. -- 2.30.2