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If a nohz_full CPU is idle or executing in userspace, it makes good sense to keep it out of RCU core processing. After all, the RCU grace-period kthread can see its quiescent states and all of its callbacks are offloaded, so there is nothing for RCU core processing to do. However, if a nohz_full CPU is executing in kernel space, the RCU grace-period kthread cannot do anything for it, so such a CPU must report its own quiescent states. This commit therefore makes nohz_full CPUs skip RCU core processing only if the scheduler-clock interrupt caught them in idle or in userspace. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.