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

[Frederic Weisbecker]

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.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
index 1871f15b8472..3845f1885ffc 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
@@ -66,14 +66,16 @@ static bool rcu_nocb_is_setup;
 static int __init rcu_nocb_setup(char *str)
 {
 	alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var(&rcu_nocb_mask);
-	if (cpulist_parse(str, rcu_nocb_mask)) {
-		pr_warn("rcu_nocbs= bad CPU range, all CPUs set\n");
-		cpumask_setall(rcu_nocb_mask);
+	if (*str == '=') {
+		if (cpulist_parse(++str, rcu_nocb_mask)) {
+			pr_warn("rcu_nocbs= bad CPU range, all CPUs set\n");
+			cpumask_setall(rcu_nocb_mask);
+		}
 	}
 	rcu_nocb_is_setup = true;
 	return 1;
 }
-__setup("rcu_nocbs=", rcu_nocb_setup);
+__setup("rcu_nocbs", rcu_nocb_setup);
 
 static int __init parse_rcu_nocb_poll(char *arg)
 {
-- 
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