Re: [RFC PATCH-tip v4 10/10] locking/rwsem: Add a boot parameter to reader spinning threshold

Davidlohr Bueso
2016-08-24T04:00:07Z

On Thu, 18 Aug 2016, Waiman Long wrote:

>The default reader spining threshold is current set to 4096. However,
>the right reader spinning threshold may vary from one system to
>another and among the different architectures. This patch adds a new
>kernel boot parameter to modify the threshold value. This enables
>better tailoring to the needs of different systems as well as for
>testing purposes.

It also means that those systems could very easily be incorrectly tailored.
(and worse case scenario: reboot, is obviously a terrible way to get rid
of any issues). I very much disagree with exposing this sort of core stuff,
it should work well for everyone out of the box, not relying on users to
properly configure this.

Thanks,
Davidlohr