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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 v2 5/7] rcu: Add CONFIG_RCU_LAZY delays to call_rcu() kernel-doc header
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 10:49:23 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250130184925.1651665-5-paulmck@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <851fd11f-6397-4411-983b-96f7234326d5@paulmck-laptop>

This commit adds a description of the energy-efficiency delays that
call_rcu() can impose, along with a pointer to call_rcu_hurry() for
latency-sensitive kernel code.

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

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index befe35058c49..229f427b8c82 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -3193,6 +3193,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(call_rcu_hurry);
  *
  * Implementation of these memory-ordering guarantees is described here:
  * Documentation/RCU/Design/Memory-Ordering/Tree-RCU-Memory-Ordering.rst.
+ *
+ * Specific to call_rcu() (as opposed to the other call_rcu*() functions),
+ * in kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_LAZY=y, call_rcu() might delay for many
+ * seconds before starting the grace period needed by the corresponding
+ * callback.  This delay can significantly improve energy-efficiency
+ * on low-utilization battery-powered devices.  To avoid this delay,
+ * in latency-sensitive kernel code, use call_rcu_hurry().
  */
 void call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func)
 {
-- 
2.40.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-01-30 18:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ 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 ` [PATCH rcu 6/7] rcu: Clarify RCU_LAZY and RCU_LAZY_DEFAULT_OFF help text Paul E. McKenney
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   ` Paul E. McKenney [this message]
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

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