From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 20:19:05 +0100 Subject: rcu: make RCU_BOOST default on RT Since it is no longer invoked from the softirq people run into OOM more often if the priority of the RCU thread is too low. Making boosting default on RT should help in those case and it can be switched off if someone knows better. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior --- init/Kconfig | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ config TINY_RCU config RCU_EXPERT bool "Make expert-level adjustments to RCU configuration" - default n + default y if PREEMPT_RT_FULL help This option needs to be enabled if you wish to make expert-level adjustments to RCU configuration. By default, @@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ config TREE_RCU_TRACE config RCU_BOOST bool "Enable RCU priority boosting" depends on RT_MUTEXES && PREEMPT_RCU && RCU_EXPERT - default n + default y if PREEMPT_RT_FULL help This option boosts the priority of preempted RCU readers that block the current preemptible RCU grace period for too long.