Re: [PATCH] ACPI/osl: speedup grace period in acpi_os_map_cleanup

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Sat Nov 08 2014 - 19:52:20 EST


On Sun, Nov 09, 2014 at 03:24:34AM +0400, Alexander Monakov wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 1:13 AM, Paul E. McKenney
> <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Did anyone try replacing the synchronize_rcu() with
> > synchronize_rcu_expedited()? That should provide substantial speedups
> > over synchronize_rcu().
>
> I've just briefly tested it on my laptop, and it also helps to avoid the issue.

OK, good.

In the past, synchronize_rcu_expedited() has been a bit unfriendly to
battery-powered platforms and to real-time and HPC workloads, but
recent changes for the most part fix this.

Thanx, Paul

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