Re: Resend: 3.10.32-rt31: problem with "rcu: Eliminate softirq processing from rcutree"

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* Paul E. McKenney | 2014-03-08 12:04:00 [-0800]:

>On Sat, Mar 08, 2014 at 08:08:35PM +0100, Helmut Buchsbaum wrote:
>> This is the correct point to tweak the system, I was not yet aware of!
>> Thanks a lot for the hint. I just enabled RCU_BOOST with its default
>> settings and the system runs smooth and stable again even in heavy
>> load situations. Maybe the default for RCU_BOOST should be set to Y on
>> systems using PREEMPT_RT_FULL ?
>
>I must defer to Sebastian on this, but seems like a good approach.

Hmm. There are a few ways to break an RT system. Afaik RCU_BOOST was
recommended even before this change. 

Steven, tglx any opinion on that?

Another thing we could do is to register_shrinker() which is called
before OOM. But then boosting is simple enough.

>							Thanx, Paul

Sebastian
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