Re: [GIT PULL tip/core/rcu] RCU, LKMM, and KCSAN commits for v5.14
From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Wed Jun 30 2021 - 11:32:25 EST
On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 03:39:21PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hello, Ingo!
> >
> > This pull request contains changes for RCU, KCSAN, and LKMM. You can
> > pull the entire group using branch for-mingo. Or, if you prefer, you
> > can pull them separately, using for-mingo-rcu to pull the RCU changes,
> > for-mingo-kcsan to pull the KCSAN changes, and for-mingo-lkmm to pull
> > the LKMM changes.
> >
> > The changes are as follows:
> >
> > 1. RCU changes (for-mingo-rcu):
> >
> > a. Bitmap support for "all" as alias for all bits, and with
> > modifiers allowed, courtesy of Yury Norov. This change
> > means that "rcu_nocbs=all:1/2" would offload all the
> > even-numbered CPUs regardless of the number of CPUs on
> > the system.
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210511224115.GA2892092@paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1
> >
> > b. Documentation updates.
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210511224402.GA2892361@paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1
> >
> > c. Miscellaneous fixes.
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210511225241.GA2893003@paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1
> >
> > d. kvfree_rcu updates, courtesy of Uladzislau Rezki and Zhang Qiang.
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210511225450.GA2893337@paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1
> >
> > e. mm_dump_obj() updates, courtesy of Maninder Singh, acked
> > by Vlastimil Babka.
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210511225744.GA2893615@paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1
> >
> > f. RCU callback offloading updates, courtesy of Frederic
> > Weisbecker and Ingo Molnar. ;-)
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210511230244.GA2894061@paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1
> >
> > g. SRCU updates, courtesy of Frederic Weisbecker.
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210511230720.GA2894512@paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1
> >
> > h. Tasks-RCU updates.
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210511230924.GA2894768@paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1
> >
> > i. Torture-test updates.
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210511231149.GA2895263@paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1
>
> Pulled into tip:core/rcu.
>
> > 2. Kernel concurrency sanitizer (KCSAN) updates from Marco Elver
> > and Mark Rutland (for-mingo-kcsan).
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210511232324.GA2896130@paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1
>
> Pulled into tip:locking/urgent.
>
> > 3. Linux-kernel memory model (LKMM) updates courtesy of Bj�rn T�pel
> > (for-mingo-lkmm).
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210305102823.415900-1-bjorn.topel@xxxxxxxxx
>
> Pulled into tip:locking/urgent.
>
> Thanks Paul, and sorry about the late response! Will get these to Linus
> ASAP if you don't beat me at it.
I wouldn't be sending it off until Friday morning, Pacific Time, so I am
as usual happy for you to send it. ;-)
Thanx, Paul