* Paul E. McKenney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here is the RCU priority-boosting patch. Pretty close to the
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/24/295 version. This patch prevents
> preempted or blocked low-priority RCU readers from indefinitely
> stalling RCU grace periods.
thanks - i've applied both patches to -rt and it's looking good so far!
Find a small cosmetic fix below.
Ingo
Index: linux/kernel/rcupreempt.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/kernel/rcupreempt.c
+++ linux/kernel/rcupreempt.c
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ void init_rcu_boost_late(void)
rcu_boost_task = kthread_run(rcu_booster, NULL, "RCU Prio Booster");
if (IS_ERR(rcu_boost_task)) {
printk(KERN_ALERT
- "Unable to create RCU Priority Booster, errno %d\n",
+ "Unable to create RCU Priority Booster, errno %ld\n",
-PTR_ERR(rcu_boost_task));
/*
-
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