commit dae6e64d2bcfd4b06304ab864c7e3a4f6b5fedf4
author Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org> Sun Feb 10 20:48:58 2013 -0800
committer Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Tue Mar 26 08:04:44 2013 -0700
tree 79172d32aab5e0cecf8fc7ab4cf1fabf14328d81
parent 911af505ef407c2511106c224dd640f882f0f590

rcu: Introduce proper blocking to no-CBs kthreads GP waits

Currently, the no-CBs kthreads do repeated timed waits for grace periods
to elapse.  This is crude and energy inefficient, so this commit allows
no-CBs kthreads to specify exactly which grace period they are waiting
for and also allows them to block for the entire duration until the
desired grace period completes.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>