Commit 2341bc4a authored by Sebastian Andrzej Siewior's avatar Sebastian Andrzej Siewior Committed by Paul E. McKenney
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rcu: Make RCU_BOOST default on CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT



On PREEMPT_RT kernels, RCU callbacks are deferred to the `rcuc' kthread.
This can stall RCU grace periods due to lengthy preemption not only of RCU
readers but also of 'rcuc' kthreads, either of which prevent grace periods
from completing, which can in turn result in OOM.  Because PREEMPT_RT
kernels have more kthreads that can block grace periods, it is more
important for such kernels to enable RCU_BOOST.

This commit therefore makes RCU_BOOST the default on PREEMPT_RT.
RCU_BOOST can still be manually disabled if need be.

Signed-off-by: default avatarSebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
parent 5c8fe583
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@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ config RCU_FAST_NO_HZ

config RCU_BOOST
	bool "Enable RCU priority boosting"
	depends on RT_MUTEXES && PREEMPT_RCU && RCU_EXPERT
	default n
	depends on (RT_MUTEXES && PREEMPT_RCU && RCU_EXPERT) || PREEMPT_RT
	default y if PREEMPT_RT
	help
	  This option boosts the priority of preempted RCU readers that
	  block the current preemptible RCU grace period for too long.