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| author | Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org> | 2012-01-21 03:36:33 +0400 |
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| committer | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2012-02-21 21:03:52 +0400 |
| commit | c13f3757d0fcdcc2b7fc5d5e38da76b8913e6648 (patch) | |
| tree | 7ae68a12459fc4f18b87fa1a44239e29f82cd244 /Documentation/RCU/torture.txt | |
| parent | 105617da8dc0ae3cf5f5a581330b1e4846fe87f2 (diff) | |
| download | linux-c13f3757d0fcdcc2b7fc5d5e38da76b8913e6648.tar.xz | |
rcu: Add CPU-stall capability to rcutorture
Add module parameters to rcutorture that induce a CPU stall.
The stall_cpu parameter specifies how long to stall in seconds,
defaulting to zero, which indicates no stalling is to be undertaken.
The stall_cpu_holdoff parameter specifies how many seconds after
insmod (or boot, if rcutorture is built into the kernel) that this
stall is to start. The default value for stall_cpu_holdoff is ten
seconds.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/RCU/torture.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/torture.txt | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt b/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt index d25be872ae33..375d3fb71437 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt @@ -86,6 +86,24 @@ shutdown_secs The number of seconds to run the test before terminating zero, which disables test termination and system shutdown. This capability is useful for automated testing. +stall_cpu The number of seconds that a CPU should be stalled while + within both an rcu_read_lock() and a preempt_disable(). + This stall happens only once per rcutorture run. + If you need multiple stalls, use modprobe and rmmod to + repeatedly run rcutorture. The default for stall_cpu + is zero, which prevents rcutorture from stalling a CPU. + + Note that attempts to rmmod rcutorture while the stall + is ongoing will hang, so be careful what value you + choose for this module parameter! In addition, too-large + values for stall_cpu might well induce failures and + warnings in other parts of the kernel. You have been + warned! + +stall_cpu_holdoff + The number of seconds to wait after rcutorture starts + before stalling a CPU. Defaults to 10 seconds. + stat_interval The number of seconds between output of torture statistics (via printk()). Regardless of the interval, statistics are printed when the module is unloaded. |