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    rcu/nocb: Use rcu_segcblist for no-CBs CPUs · 5d6742b3
    Paul E. McKenney authored
    
    
    Currently the RCU callbacks for no-CBs CPUs are queued on a series of
    ad-hoc linked lists, which means that these callbacks cannot benefit
    from "drive-by" grace periods, thus suffering needless delays prior
    to invocation.  In addition, the no-CBs grace-period kthreads first
    wait for callbacks to appear and later wait for a new grace period,
    which means that callbacks appearing during a grace-period wait can
    be delayed.  These delays increase memory footprint, and could even
    result in an out-of-memory condition.
    
    This commit therefore enqueues RCU callbacks from no-CBs CPUs on the
    rcu_segcblist structure that is already used by non-no-CBs CPUs.  It also
    restructures the no-CBs grace-period kthread to be checking for incoming
    callbacks while waiting for grace periods.  Also, instead of waiting
    for a new grace period, it waits for the closest grace period that will
    cause some of the callbacks to be safe to invoke.  All of these changes
    reduce callback latency and thus the number of outstanding callbacks,
    in turn reducing the probability of an out-of-memory condition.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
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