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    rcu: Prevent RCU IPI storms in presence of high call_rcu() load · 37c72e56
    Paul E. McKenney authored
    
    
    As the number of callbacks on a given CPU rises, invoke
    force_quiescent_state() only every blimit number of callbacks
    (defaults to 10,000), and even then only if no other CPU has
    invoked force_quiescent_state() in the meantime.
    
    This should fix the performance regression reported by Nick.
    
    Reported-by: default avatarNick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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    Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca
    Cc: josh@joshtriplett.org
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    Cc: niv@us.ibm.com
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    Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org
    Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
    Cc: dhowells@redhat.com
    Cc: jens.axboe@oracle.com
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    Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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