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author | Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org> | 2012-04-23 21:54:45 +0400 |
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committer | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2012-04-25 07:54:53 +0400 |
commit | dabb8aa96020bde8359bc73e76c484dd7ff9b7f2 (patch) | |
tree | 75da355f3e9eb331e381ac1c6b0a641bd1768608 /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |
parent | 8932a63d5edb02f714d50c26583152fe0a97a69c (diff) | |
download | linux-dabb8aa96020bde8359bc73e76c484dd7ff9b7f2.tar.xz |
rcu: Document kernel command-line parameters
Bring RCU's kernel command-line parameter documentation up to date.
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/kernel-parameters.txt')
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1 files changed, 85 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index c1601e5a8b71..ab84a01c8d68 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2330,18 +2330,100 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes See Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt. - rcupdate.blimit= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutree.blimit= [KNL,BOOT] Set maximum number of finished RCU callbacks to process in one batch. - rcupdate.qhimark= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutree.qhimark= [KNL,BOOT] Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks over which batch limiting is disabled. - rcupdate.qlowmark= [KNL,BOOT] + rcutree.qlowmark= [KNL,BOOT] Set threshold of queued RCU callbacks below which batch limiting is re-enabled. + rcutree.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL,BOOT] + Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages. + + rcutree.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL,BOOT] + Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages. + + rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL,BOOT] + Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts. + + rcutorture.fqs_holdoff= [KNL,BOOT] + Set holdoff time within force_quiescent_state bursts. + + rcutorture.fqs_stutter= [KNL,BOOT] + Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts. + + rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL,BOOT] + Test RCU readers from irq handlers. + + rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL,BOOT] + Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing. + + rcutorture.nfakewriters= [KNL,BOOT] + Set number of concurrent RCU writers. These just + stress RCU, they don't participate in the actual + test, hence the "fake". + + rcutorture.nreaders= [KNL,BOOT] + Set number of RCU readers. + + rcutorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL,BOOT] + Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing. + + rcutorture.onoff_interval= [KNL,BOOT] + Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or + zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing. + + rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL,BOOT] + Set task-shuffle interval (s). Shuffling tasks + allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle mode + during the rcutorture test. + + rcutorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL,BOOT] + Set time (s) after boot system shutdown. This + is useful for hands-off automated testing. + + rcutorture.stall_cpu= [KNL,BOOT] + Duration of CPU stall (s) to test RCU CPU stall + warnings, zero to disable. + + rcutorture.stall_cpu_holdoff= [KNL,BOOT] + Time to wait (s) after boot before inducing stall. + + rcutorture.stat_interval= [KNL,BOOT] + Time (s) between statistics printk()s. + + rcutorture.stutter= [KNL,BOOT] + Time (s) to stutter testing, for example, specifying + five seconds causes the test to run for five seconds, + wait for five seconds, and so on. This tests RCU's + ability to transition abruptly to and from idle. + + rcutorture.test_boost= [KNL,BOOT] + Test RCU priority boosting? 0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes. + "Maybe" means test if the RCU implementation + under test support RCU priority boosting. + + rcutorture.test_boost_duration= [KNL,BOOT] + Duration (s) of each individual boost test. + + rcutorture.test_boost_interval= [KNL,BOOT] + Interval (s) between each boost test. + + rcutorture.test_no_idle_hz= [KNL,BOOT] + Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling. See also the + rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter. + + rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL,BOOT] + Specify the RCU implementation to test. + + rcutorture.verbose= [KNL,BOOT] + Enable additional printk() statements. + rdinit= [KNL] Format: <full_path> Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk, |