Re: [PATCH 00/16] sched/wait: Collapse __wait_event macros -v5

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>]

* Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> And it now builds, boots, and passes short rcutorture tests, updated 
> patch below.
> 
> One side-effect is the boot parameters, namely that what used to be 
> rcutree.blimit=10 is now simply tree.blimit=10.  Not a problem for me, I 
> just made my test scripts probe the source tree and generate the 
> corresponding format.  But is there some straightforward way to get the 
> name of the "rcu" directory involved?  The obvious approach of 
> "rcu.tree.blimit=10" does not work -- the kernel happily ignores any 
> such parameter.

Hm, that boot option parser attitude is a bit sad - more structure to boot 
parameters is IMHO a Good Thing.

Does it accept :

	rcu/tree/blimit=10

	rcu/tree.blimit=10

type of structure perhaps?

> 
> It looks like I should be able to do something like the following in 
> kernel/rcu/tree.c to get back the old parameter names:
> 
> MODULE_ALIAS("rcutree");
> #ifdef MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX
> #undef MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX
> #endif
> #define MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX "rcutree."

Yeah.

( To keep it simple, the undef should be unnecessary, it's not like anyone 
  can slip in a MODULE_PARAM_PREFIX without you noticing, right? )

> And similarly for rcu/update.c and rcu/torture.c.
> 
> In fact, it looks like I could make rcu/update.c also use either the 
> "rcutree." or "rcutiny." prefix, depending on which was being built.
> 
> Any thoughts, cautions, or suggestions?

Still looks nice to me!

Thanks,

	Ingo