Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu] Reduce overhead of cond_resched() checks for RCU

[Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>]

> In 3.10, RCU had 14,046 lines of code, not counting documentation and
> test scripting.  In 3.15, RCU had 13,208 lines of code, again not counting
> documentation and test scripting.  That is a decrease of almost 1KLoC,
> so your wish is granted.

Ok that's good progress.

> CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU, CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE, CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ZERO,
> and CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL.  It also might be reasonable to replace
> uses of CONFIG_PROVE_RCU with CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING, thus allowing
> CONFIG_PROVE_RCU to be eliminated.  CONFIG_PROVE_RCU_DELAY hasn't proven
> very good at finding bugs, so I am considering eliminating it as well.
> Given recent and planned changes related to RCU's stall-warning stack
> dumping, I hope to eliminate both CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_VERBOSE and
> CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_INFO, making them both happen unconditionally.
> (And yes, I should probably make CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_INFO be the default
> for some time beforehand.)  I have also been considering getting rid of
> CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT, given that it appears that no one uses it.

Yes please to all.

Sounds good thanks.

-Andi