rcu/nocb: Avoid polling when my_rdp->nocb_head_rdp list is empty
Currently, if the 'rcu_nocb_poll' kernel boot parameter is enabled, all rcuog kthreads enter polling mode. However, if all of a given group of rcuo kthreads correspond to CPUs that have been de-offloaded, the corresponding rcuog kthread will nonetheless still wake up periodically, unnecessarily consuming power and perturbing workloads. Fortunately, this situation is easily detected by the fact that the rcuog kthread's CPU's rcu_data structure's ->nocb_head_rdp list is empty. This commit saves power and avoids unnecessarily perturbing workloads by putting an rcuog kthread to sleep during any time period when all of its rcuo kthreads' CPUs are de-offloaded. Co-developed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@quicinc.com>
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