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CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU: Preemptible RCU

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU has multiple definitions:

found in init/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in init/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.37–2.6.39, 3.0–3.9, 3.10-rc+HEAD

Help text

This option enables preemptible-RCU code that is common between the TREE_PREEMPT_RCU and TINY_PREEMPT_RCU implementations.

Preemptible RCU found in init/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU:

• prompt: Preemptible RCU
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_PREEMPT
• defined in init/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.29–2.6.31

Help text

This option reduces the latency of the kernel by making certain RCU sections preemptible. Normally RCU code is non-preemptible, if this option is selected then read-only RCU sections become preemptible. This helps latency, but may expose bugs due to now-naive assumptions about each RCU read-side critical section remaining on a given CPU through its execution.

Preemptible RCU found in kernel/Kconfig.preempt

The configuration item CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU:

• prompt: Preemptible RCU
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_PREEMPT
• defined in kernel/Kconfig.preempt
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.25–2.6.28

Help text

This option reduces the latency of the kernel by making certain RCU sections preemptible. Normally RCU code is non-preemptible, if this option is selected then read-only RCU sections become preemptible. This helps latency, but may expose bugs due to now-naive assumptions about each RCU read-side critical section remaining on a given CPU through its execution.

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