Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 10/23] rcu: Allow RCU quiescent-state forcing to be preempted

2012-09-01 Thread Josh Triplett
On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:18:25AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > From: "Paul E. McKenney" > > RCU quiescent-state forcing is currently carried out without preemption > points, which can result in excessive latency spikes on large systems > (many hundreds or thousands of CPUs). This patch ther

[PATCH tip/core/rcu 10/23] rcu: Allow RCU quiescent-state forcing to be preempted

2012-08-30 Thread Paul E. McKenney
From: "Paul E. McKenney" RCU quiescent-state forcing is currently carried out without preemption points, which can result in excessive latency spikes on large systems (many hundreds or thousands of CPUs). This patch therefore inserts a voluntary preemption point into force_qs_rnp(), which should