Re: [PATCH 5/6] rcu/nocb: Allow empty "rcu_nocbs" kernel parameter

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Wed Nov 24 2021 - 20:05:02 EST


On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 01:55:26AM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 04:47:20PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 01:37:07AM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > > If a user wants to boot without any CPU in offloaded mode initially but
> > > with the possibility to offload them later using cpusets, provide a way
> > > to simply pass an empty "rcu_nocbs" kernel parameter which will enforce
> > > the creation of dormant nocb kthreads.
> >
> > Huh. This would have been a use for Yury Norov's "none" bitmask
> > specifier. ;-)
>
> This must be the last missing piece before we can finally support NR_CPUS=0 ;)

;-) ;-) ;-)

Thanx, Paul

> > I pulled this one in with the usual wordsmithing.
>
> Thanks!