Hello! This series provides real-time-related RCU updates: 1. Mark accesses to boost_starttime. 2. Handle concurrent nocb kthreads creation, courtesy of Neeraj Upadhyay. 3. Remove unused rcu_state.boost, courtesy of Neeraj Upadhyay. 4. Create per-cpu rcuc kthreads only when rcutree.use_softirq=0, courtesy of Zqiang. 5. Move kthread_prio bounds-check to a separate function, courtesy of Alison Chaiken. 6. Make priority of grace-period thread consistent, courtesy of Alison Chaiken. 7. Elevate priority of offloaded callback threads, courtesy of Alison Chaiken. 8. Update documentation regarding kthread_prio cmdline parameter, courtesy of Alison Chaiken. 9. Don't deboost before reporting expedited quiescent state. 10. Add per-CPU rcuc task dumps to RCU CPU stall warnings, courtesy of Zqiang. Thanx, Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 + b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c | 7 ++- b/kernel/rcu/tree.c | 2 - b/kernel/rcu/tree.h | 2 + b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h | 7 +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 2 - b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h | 35 +++++++++++++++++ kernel/rcu/tree.c | 44 +++++++++++++--------- kernel/rcu/tree.h | 6 +-- kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h | 7 +++ kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 11 +++-- 11 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
