How To Install userspace-rcu on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install userspace-rcu on CentOS 7. userspace-rcu is RCU (read-copy-update) implementation in user space

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install userspace-rcu on CentOS 7.

What is userspace-rcu

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.

We can use yum or dnf to install userspace-rcu on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install userspace-rcu.

Install userspace-rcu on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install userspace-rcu using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install userspace-rcu

Install userspace-rcu on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install userspace-rcu using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install userspace-rcu

How To Uninstall userspace-rcu on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the userspace-rcu package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove userspace-rcu

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install userspace-rcu on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.