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    rcu: Add callback-free CPUs · 3fbfbf7a
    Paul E. McKenney authored
    RCU callback execution can add significant OS jitter and also can
    degrade both scheduling latency and, in asymmetric multiprocessors,
    energy efficiency.  This commit therefore adds the ability for selected
    CPUs ("rcu_nocbs=" boot parameter) to have their callbacks offloaded
    to kthreads.  If the "rcu_nocb_poll" boot parameter is also specified,
    these kthreads will do polling, removing the need for the offloaded
    CPUs to do wakeups.  At least one CPU must be doing normal callback
    processing: currently CPU 0 cannot be selected as a no-CBs CPU.
    In addition, attempts to offline the last normal-CBs CPU will fail.
    
    This feature was inspired by Jim Houston's and Joe Korty's JRCU, and
    this commit includes fixes to problems located by Fengguang Wu's
    kbuild test robot.
    
    [ paulmck: Added gfp.h include file as suggested by Fengguang Wu. ]
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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