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From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
To: rcu@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@meta.com,
	rostedt@goodmis.org, "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH rcu 6/7] rcu: Clarify RCU_LAZY and RCU_LAZY_DEFAULT_OFF help text
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 12:02:38 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250116200239.3782374-6-paulmck@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a2c2793d-771a-436e-8c42-4cb38def0e2f@paulmck-laptop>

This commit wordsmiths the RCU_LAZY and RCU_LAZY_DEFAULT_OFF Kconfig
options' help text.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
---
 kernel/rcu/Kconfig | 20 +++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig
index b9b6bc55185db..2bb22dac3b5a9 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig
@@ -323,21 +323,27 @@ config RCU_LAZY
 	depends on RCU_NOCB_CPU
 	default n
 	help
-	  To save power, batch RCU callbacks and flush after delay, memory
-	  pressure, or callback list growing too big.
+	  To save power, batch RCU callbacks and delay starting the
+	  corresponding grace  period for multiple seconds.  The grace
+	  period will be started after this delay, in case of memory
+	  pressure, or if the corresponding CPU's callback list grows
+	  too large.
 
-	  Requires rcu_nocbs=all to be set.
+	  These delays happen only on rcu_nocbs CPUs, that is, CPUs
+	  whose callbacks have been offloaded.
 
-	  Use rcutree.enable_rcu_lazy=0 to turn it off at boot time.
+	  Use the rcutree.enable_rcu_lazy=0 kernel-boot parameter to
+	  globally disable these delays.
 
 config RCU_LAZY_DEFAULT_OFF
 	bool "Turn RCU lazy invocation off by default"
 	depends on RCU_LAZY
 	default n
 	help
-	  Allows building the kernel with CONFIG_RCU_LAZY=y yet keep it default
-	  off. Boot time param rcutree.enable_rcu_lazy=1 can be used to switch
-	  it back on.
+	  Build the kernel with CONFIG_RCU_LAZY=y, but cause the kernel
+	  to boot with these energy-efficiency delays disabled.  Use the
+	  rcutree.enable_rcu_lazy=0 kernel-boot parameter to override
+	  the this option at boot time, thus re-enabling these delays.
 
 config RCU_DOUBLE_CHECK_CB_TIME
 	bool "RCU callback-batch backup time check"
-- 
2.40.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-01-16 20:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-01-16 20:02 [PATCH rcu 0/7] Documentation upates Paul E. McKenney
2025-01-16 20:02 ` [PATCH rcu 1/7] doc: Add broken-timing possibility to stallwarn.rst Paul E. McKenney
2025-01-16 20:02 ` [PATCH rcu 2/7] docs: Improve discussion of this_cpu_ptr(), add raw_cpu_ptr() Paul E. McKenney
2025-01-16 21:02   ` Matthew Wilcox
2025-01-16 22:57     ` Paul E. McKenney
2025-01-16 20:02 ` [PATCH rcu 3/7] rcu: Document self-propagating callbacks Paul E. McKenney
2025-01-16 21:38   ` Jens Axboe
2025-01-16 20:02 ` [PATCH rcu 4/7] srcu: Point call_srcu() to call_rcu() for detailed memory ordering Paul E. McKenney
2025-01-16 20:02 ` [PATCH rcu 5/7] rcu: Add CONFIG_RCU_LAZY delays to call_rcu() kernel-doc header Paul E. McKenney
2025-01-16 20:02 ` Paul E. McKenney [this message]
2025-01-16 20:02 ` [PATCH rcu 7/7] rcu: Remove references to old grace-period-wait primitives Paul E. McKenney
2025-01-30 18:47 ` [PATCH rcu 0/7] Documentation upates Paul E. McKenney
2025-01-30 18:49   ` [PATCH rcu v2 1/7] doc: Add broken-timing possibility to stallwarn.rst Paul E. McKenney
2025-01-30 18:49   ` [PATCH rcu v2 2/7] docs: Improve discussion of this_cpu_ptr(), add raw_cpu_ptr() Paul E. McKenney
2025-01-30 18:49   ` [PATCH rcu v2 3/7] rcu: Document self-propagating callbacks Paul E. McKenney
2025-01-30 18:49   ` [PATCH rcu v2 4/7] srcu: Point call_srcu() to call_rcu() for detailed memory ordering Paul E. McKenney
2025-01-30 18:49   ` [PATCH rcu v2 5/7] rcu: Add CONFIG_RCU_LAZY delays to call_rcu() kernel-doc header Paul E. McKenney
2025-01-30 18:49   ` [PATCH rcu v2 6/7] rcu: Clarify RCU_LAZY and RCU_LAZY_DEFAULT_OFF help text Paul E. McKenney
2025-01-30 18:49   ` [PATCH rcu v2 7/7] rcu: Remove references to old grace-period-wait primitives Paul E. McKenney
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2025-02-18  5:45 [PATCH rcu 0/7] RCU documentation changes for v6.15 Boqun Feng
2025-02-18  5:45 ` [PATCH rcu 6/7] rcu: Clarify RCU_LAZY and RCU_LAZY_DEFAULT_OFF help text Boqun Feng

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