From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> This commit converts the long-standing schedule_timeout_interruptible() call used by RCU's priority-boosting kthreads to schedule_timeout_idle(). This conversion avoids polluting the load-average with RCU-related sleeping. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h index 3522236..25296c1 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h @@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ static int rcu_boost_kthread(void *arg) if (spincnt > 10) { WRITE_ONCE(rnp->boost_kthread_status, RCU_KTHREAD_YIELDING); trace_rcu_utilization(TPS("End boost kthread@rcu_yield")); - schedule_timeout_interruptible(2); + schedule_timeout_idle(2); trace_rcu_utilization(TPS("Start boost kthread@rcu_yield")); spincnt = 0; } -- 2.9.5