From 27ac1ddf214741d152909f89981ee2bdf16318c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 12:32:45 -0700 Subject: rcutorture: Refactor TREE_RCU test cases The TREE_RCU test cases were first put in place many years ago, and have been incrementally modified rather than being reworked. This commit therefore completes a long-overdue reworking of the TREE_RCU test cases. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Cc: Greg KH --- .../selftests/rcutorture/doc/TREE_RCU-Kconfig.txt | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 95 insertions(+) create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/TREE_RCU-Kconfig.txt (limited to 'tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc') diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/TREE_RCU-Kconfig.txt b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/TREE_RCU-Kconfig.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..adbb76cffb49 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/TREE_RCU-Kconfig.txt @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@ +This document gives a brief rationale for the TREE_RCU-related test +cases, a group that includes TREE_PREEMPT_RCU. + + +Kconfig Parameters: + +CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC -- Do three, covering CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING & not. +CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD -- Do one. +CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU -- Do half. (Every second.) +CONFIG_HZ_PERIODIC -- Do one. +CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE -- Do those not otherwise specified. (Groups of two.) +CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL -- Do two, one with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE. +CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE -- Do one. +CONFIG_PREEMPT -- Do half. (First three and #8.) +CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING -- Do all but two, covering CONFIG_PROVE_RCU and not. +CONFIG_PROVE_RCU -- Do all but one under CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING. +CONFIG_PROVE_RCU_DELAY -- Do one. +CONFIG_RCU_BOOST -- one of TREE_PREEMPT_RCU. +CONFIG_RCU_BOOST_PRIO -- set to 2 for _BOOST testing. +CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_INFO -- do one with and without _VERBOSE. +CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_VERBOSE -- do one with and without _INFO. +CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT -- Cover hierarchy as currently, but overlap with others. +CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT -- Do one. +CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF -- Do one non-default. +CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ -- Do one, but not with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL. +CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU -- Do three, see below. +CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL -- Do one. +CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE -- Do one. +CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ZERO -- Do one. +CONFIG_RCU_TRACE -- Do half. +CONFIG_SMP -- Need one !SMP for TREE_PREEMPT_RCU. +RCU-bh: Do one with PREEMPT and one with !PREEMPT. +RCU-sched: Do one with PREEMPT but not BOOST. + + +Hierarchy: + +TREE01. CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT=8, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT=n. +TREE02. CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT=3, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT=n, + CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF=3. +TREE03. CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT=4, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT=n, + CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF=4. +TREE04. CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT=2, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT=n, + CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF=2. +TREE05. CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT=6, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT=n + CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF=6. +TREE06. CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT=6, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT=y + CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF=6. +TREE07. CONFIG_NR_CPUS=16, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT=2, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT=n, + CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF=2. +TREE08. CONFIG_NR_CPUS=16, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT=3, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT=y, + CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF=2. +TREE09. CONFIG_NR_CPUS=1. + + +Kconfig Parameters Ignored: + +CONFIG_64BIT + + Used only to check CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT value, inspection suffices. + +CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE_SMALL + + Defer until Frederic uses this. + +CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT +CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU + + Redundant with CONFIG_PREEMPT, ignore. + +CONFIG_RCU_BOOST_DELAY + + Inspection suffices, ignore. + +CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_TIMEOUT + + Inspection suffices, ignore. + +CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON + + Implied by TREE_RCU and TREE_PREEMPT_RCU. + +CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST +CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_RUNNABLE + + Always used in KVM testing. + +CONFIG_RCU_USER_QS + + Redundant with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL. + +CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU +CONFIG_TREE_RCU + + These are controlled by CONFIG_PREEMPT. -- cgit v1.2.3