Information about the package, userspace-rcu, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The userspace-rcu package is designed for, RCU (read-copy-update) implementation in user space.
Package Name:
userspace-rcu
Summary:
RCU (read-copy-update) implementation in user space
Description:
This data synchronization library provides read-side access which scales linearly with the number of cores. It does so by allowing multiples copies of a given data structure to live at the same time, and by monitoring the data structure accesses to detect grace periods after which memory reclamation is possible.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.7.7
Release:
1.el6
Size:
60 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the userspace-rcu package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install userspace-rcu
This command will install userspace-rcu on the server.
yum remove userspace-rcu
This command will un-install userspace-rcu on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove userspace-rcu, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove userspace-rcu
This command will un-install userspace-rcu on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove userspace-rcu when using the -y flag.
yum update userspace-rcu
This command will update userspace-rcu to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove userspace-rcu, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update userspace-rcu
This command will update userspace-rcu to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove userspace-rcu when using the -y flag.
yum info userspace-rcu
This command will show you core information about the userspace-rcu package.
yum deplist userspace-rcu
This command will show you the dependencies for userspace-rcu. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update userspace-rcu
This command will check if there is an update waiting on userspace-rcu. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.