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Scott Wood authored
PREEMPT_RT systems have long used the rcutree.use_softirq kernel boot parameter to avoid use of RCU_SOFTIRQ handlers, which can disrupt real-time applications by invoking callbacks during return from interrupts that arrived while executing time-critical code. This kernel boot parameter instead runs RCU core processing in an 'rcuc' kthread, thus allowing the scheduler to do its job of avoiding disrupting time-critical code. This commit therefore disables the rcutree.use_softirq kernel boot parameter on PREEMPT_RT systems, thus forcing such systems to do RCU core processing in 'rcuc' kthreads. This approach has long been in use by users of the -rt patchset, and there have been no complaints. There is therefore no way for the system administrator to override this choice, at least without modifying and rebuilding the kernel. Signed-off-by: Scott Wood <swood@redhat.com> [bigeasy: Reword commit message] Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> [ paulmck: Update kernel-parameters.txt accordingly. ] Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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