rcu/nocb: Allow empty "rcu_nocbs" kernel parameter

Allow the rcu_nocbs kernel parameter to be specified just by itself,
without specifying any CPUs.  This allows systems administrators to use
"rcu_nocbs" to specify that none of the CPUs are to be offloaded at boot
time, but than any of them may be offloaded at runtime via cpusets.

In contrast, if the "rcu_nocbs" or "nohz_full" kernel parameters are not
specified at all, then not only are none of the CPUs offloaded at boot,
none of them can be offloaded at runtime, either.

While in the area, modernize the description of the "rcuo" kthreads'
naming scheme.

Reviewed-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@quicinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Cc: Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Tested-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

2 files changed, 30 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 9725c546a0d4..8b5da10f932e 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4343,19 +4343,30 @@
 				Disable the Correctable Errors Collector,
 				see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
 
-	rcu_nocbs=	[KNL]
-			The argument is a cpu list, as described above.
-
-			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, set
-			the specified list of CPUs to be no-callback CPUs.
-			Invocation of these CPUs' RCU callbacks will be
-			offloaded to "rcuox/N" kthreads created for that
-			purpose, where "x" is "p" for RCU-preempt, and
-			"s" for RCU-sched, and "N" is the CPU number.
-			This reduces OS jitter on the offloaded CPUs,
-			which can be useful for HPC and real-time
-			workloads.  It can also improve energy efficiency
-			for asymmetric multiprocessors.
+	rcu_nocbs[=cpu-list]
+			[KNL] The optional argument is a cpu list,
+			as described above.
+
+			In kernels built with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y,
+			enable the no-callback CPU mode, which prevents
+			such CPUs' callbacks from being invoked in
+			softirq context.  Invocation of such CPUs' RCU
+			callbacks will instead be offloaded to "rcuox/N"
+			kthreads created for that purpose, where "x" is
+			"p" for RCU-preempt, "s" for RCU-sched, and "g"
+			for the kthreads that mediate grace periods; and
+			"N" is the CPU number. This reduces OS jitter on
+			the offloaded CPUs, which can be useful for HPC
+			and real-time workloads.  It can also improve
+			energy efficiency for asymmetric multiprocessors.
+
+			If a cpulist is passed as an argument, the specified
+			list of	CPUs is set to no-callback mode from boot.
+
+			Otherwise, if the '=' sign and the cpulist
+			arguments are omitted, no CPU will be set to
+			no-callback mode from boot but the mode may be
+			toggled at runtime via cpusets.
 
 	rcu_nocb_poll	[KNL]
 			Rather than requiring that offloaded CPUs
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
index f580a6b2e74e..0c1802ce4764 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)
 {