Re: [GIT PULL rcu/next] RCU commits for 4.8

Ingo Molnar
2016-06-30T06:29:29Z

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

> Hello, Ingo,
>
> This series contains the following changes:
>
> 1. Documentation updates. Just some simple changes, no design-level
> additions. I guess that means two for the next merge window...
>
> http://lkml.kernel.org/g/20160615213847.GA3610@linux.vnet.ibm.com
>
> 2. Miscellaneous fixes.
>
> http://lkml.kernel.org/g/20160615214550.GA4931@linux.vnet.ibm.com
>
> 3. Torture-test updates.
>
> http://lkml.kernel.org/g/20160615220924.GA7877@linux.vnet.ibm.com
>
> All of these changes have been subjected to 0day Test Robot and -next
> testing, and are available in the git repository at:
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git for-mingo
>
> for you to fetch changes up to 4d03754f04247bc4d469b78b61cac942df37445d:
>
> Merge branches 'doc.2016.06.15a', 'fixes.2016.06.15b' and 'torture.2016.06.14a' into HEAD (2016-06-15 16:58:03 -0700)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Boqun Feng (6):
> torture: Stop onoff task if there is only one cpu
> rcutorture/doc: Create initrd using dracut
> rcutorture: Use vmlinux as the fallback kernel image
> rcutorture: Make -soundhw a x86 specific option
> rcutorture: Don't specify the cpu type of QEMU on PPC
> rcuperf: Don't treat gp_exp mis-setting as a WARN
>
> Daniel Bristot de Oliveira (1):
> rcu: sysctl: Panic on RCU Stall
>
> Eric Engestrom (1):
> Documentation: Fix spelling mistake
>
> Mark Rutland (1):
> rcu: Correctly handle sparse possible cpus
>
> Paul E. McKenney (20):
> documentation: Add reference to 2014 RCU API LWN article
> documentation: Add references to 2010 and 2014 Big API Tables
> documentation: Add RCU_NONIDLE() restrictions to requirements
> rcu: Fix outdated rcu_scheduler_active comment
> rcu: Fix outdated hotplug-exclusion comment in rcu_gp_init()
> rcu: Move expedited code from tree.c to tree_exp.h
> rcu: Move expedited code from tree_plugin.h to tree_exp.h
> rcu: Document RCU_NONIDLE() restrictions in comment header
> torture: Simplify code, eliminate RCU_PERF_TEST_RUNNABLE
> torture: Remove CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_RUNNABLE, simplify code
> torture: Forgive lengthy trace dumps and preemption
> torture: Break online and offline functions out of torture_onoff()
> torture: Add starvation events to error summary
> rcutorture: Drop "-soundhw pcspkr" from x86 boot arguments
> torture: Inflict default jitter
> rcu: No ordering for rcu_assign_pointer() of NULL
> rcu: Disable TASKS_RCU for usermode Linux
> rcu: Make call_rcu_tasks() tolerate first call with irqs disabled
> rcu: Fix a typo in a comment
> Merge branches 'doc.2016.06.15a', 'fixes.2016.06.15b' and 'torture.2016.06.14a' into HEAD
>
> Peter Zijlstra (1):
> rcu: Remove some superfluous lines
>
> Wei Yongjun (1):
> rcutorture: Fix error return code in rcu_perf_init()
>
> .../RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html | 35 ++
> Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt | 2 +-
> Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 3 +
> Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 12 +
> include/linux/kernel.h | 1 +
> include/linux/rcupdate.h | 23 +-
> include/linux/torture.h | 4 +
> init/Kconfig | 1 +
> kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c | 25 +-
> kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c | 9 +-
> kernel/rcu/tree.c | 586 +-----------------
> kernel/rcu/tree.h | 15 +
> kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h | 656 +++++++++++++++++++++
> kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 95 +--
> kernel/rcu/update.c | 7 +-
> kernel/sysctl.c | 11 +
> kernel/torture.c | 176 ++++--
> lib/Kconfig.debug | 33 --
> .../testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/functions.sh | 12 +-
> .../selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm-test-1-run.sh | 34 +-
> tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm.sh | 2 +-
> .../selftests/rcutorture/bin/parse-console.sh | 7 +-
> tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/initrd.txt | 22 +
> 23 files changed, 978 insertions(+), 793 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h

Pulled, thanks a lot Paul!

Ingo