On Wed, Dec 01, 2021 at 02:57:18PM +0530, Neeraj Upadhyay wrote: > > > On 11/23/2021 6:07 AM, Frederic Weisbecker wrote: > > In order to be able to (de-)offload any CPU using cpuset in the future, > > create a NOCB kthread for all possible CPUs. For now this is done only > > as long as the "rcu_nocb=" or "nohz_full=" kernel parameters are passed > > to avoid the unnecessary overhead for most users. > > > > Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@xxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > Reviewed-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h | 14 ++++++-------- > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h > > index d8ed3ee47a67..9d37916278d4 100644 > > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h > > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h > > @@ -1229,11 +1229,8 @@ static void rcu_spawn_one_nocb_kthread(int cpu) > > struct rcu_data *rdp_gp; > > struct task_struct *t; > > - /* > > - * If this isn't a no-CBs CPU or if it already has an rcuo kthread, > > - * then nothing to do. > > - */ > > - if (!rcu_is_nocb_cpu(cpu) || rdp->nocb_cb_kthread) > > As rcu_is_nocb_cpu() does not have a user, we can probably remove it? Ah nice, I'll check that. Thanks!