[PATCH 8/8] rcu: deprecate "all" option to rcu_nocbs=

2021-02-21 Thread Paul Gortmaker
With the core bitmap support now accepting "N" as a placeholder for the end of the bitmap, "all" can be represented as "0-N" and has the advantage of not being specific to RCU (or any other subsystem). So deprecate the use of "all" by removing documentation references to it. The support itself

[PATCH 8/8] rcu: deprecate "all" option to rcu_nocbs=

2021-02-09 Thread Paul Gortmaker
With the core bitmap support now accepting "N" as a placeholder for the end of the bitmap, "all" can be represented as "0-N" and has the advantage of not being specific to RCU (or any other subsystem). So deprecate the use of "all" by removing documentation references to it. The support itself

Re: [PATCH 8/8] rcu: deprecate "all" option to rcu_nocbs=

2021-01-26 Thread Paul E. McKenney
On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 01:36:23PM -0800, Yury Norov wrote: > On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 9:12 AM Paul Gortmaker > wrote: > > > > With the core bitmap support now accepting "N" as a placeholder for > > the end of the bitmap, "all" can be represented as "0-N" and has the > > advantage of not being

Re: [PATCH 8/8] rcu: deprecate "all" option to rcu_nocbs=

2021-01-26 Thread Yury Norov
On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 9:12 AM Paul Gortmaker wrote: > > With the core bitmap support now accepting "N" as a placeholder for > the end of the bitmap, "all" can be represented as "0-N" and has the > advantage of not being specific to RCU (or any other subsystem). > > So deprecate the use of "all"

[PATCH 8/8] rcu: deprecate "all" option to rcu_nocbs=

2021-01-26 Thread Paul Gortmaker
With the core bitmap support now accepting "N" as a placeholder for the end of the bitmap, "all" can be represented as "0-N" and has the advantage of not being specific to RCU (or any other subsystem). So deprecate the use of "all" by removing documentation references to it. The support itself