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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt4
-rw-r--r--kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h6
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 04545725f187..83e2ef192de9 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4068,9 +4068,7 @@
see CONFIG_RAS_CEC help text.
rcu_nocbs= [KNL]
- The argument is a cpu list, as described above,
- except that the string "all" can be used to
- specify every CPU on the system.
+ 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.
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index 2d603771c7dc..0b955627d609 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -1464,14 +1464,12 @@ static void rcu_cleanup_after_idle(void)
/*
* Parse the boot-time rcu_nocb_mask CPU list from the kernel parameters.
- * The string after the "rcu_nocbs=" is either "all" for all CPUs, or a
- * comma-separated list of CPUs and/or CPU ranges. If an invalid list is
- * given, a warning is emitted and all CPUs are offloaded.
+ * If the list is invalid, a warning is emitted and all CPUs are offloaded.
*/
static int __init rcu_nocb_setup(char *str)
{
alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var(&rcu_nocb_mask);
- if (!strcasecmp(str, "all"))
+ if (!strcasecmp(str, "all")) /* legacy: use "0-N" instead */
cpumask_setall(rcu_nocb_mask);
else
if (cpulist_parse(str, rcu_nocb_mask)) {