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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index bdc1f33fd3d1..91a56382ae56 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -4637,6 +4637,98 @@ Format: integer between 0 and 10 Default is 0. + scftorture.holdoff= [KNL] + Number of seconds to hold off before starting + test. Defaults to zero for module insertion and + to 10 seconds for built-in smp_call_function() + tests. + + scftorture.longwait= [KNL] + Request ridiculously long waits randomly selected + up to the chosen limit in seconds. Zero (the + default) disables this feature. Please note + that requesting even small non-zero numbers of + seconds can result in RCU CPU stall warnings, + softlockup complaints, and so on. + + scftorture.nthreads= [KNL] + Number of kthreads to spawn to invoke the + smp_call_function() family of functions. + The default of -1 specifies a number of kthreads + equal to the number of CPUs. + + scftorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL] + Number seconds to wait after the start of the + test before initiating CPU-hotplug operations. + + scftorture.onoff_interval= [KNL] + Number seconds to wait between successive + CPU-hotplug operations. Specifying zero (which + is the default) disables CPU-hotplug operations. + + scftorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL] + The number of seconds following the start of the + test after which to shut down the system. The + default of zero avoids shutting down the system. + Non-zero values are useful for automated tests. + + scftorture.stat_interval= [KNL] + The number of seconds between outputting the + current test statistics to the console. A value + of zero disables statistics output. + + scftorture.stutter_cpus= [KNL] + The number of jiffies to wait between each change + to the set of CPUs under test. + + scftorture.use_cpus_read_lock= [KNL] + Use use_cpus_read_lock() instead of the default + preempt_disable() to disable CPU hotplug + while invoking one of the smp_call_function*() + functions. + + scftorture.verbose= [KNL] + Enable additional printk() statements. + + scftorture.weight_single= [KNL] + The probability weighting to use for the + smp_call_function_single() function with a zero + "wait" parameter. A value of -1 selects the + default if all other weights are -1. However, + if at least one weight has some other value, a + value of -1 will instead select a weight of zero. + + scftorture.weight_single_wait= [KNL] + The probability weighting to use for the + smp_call_function_single() function with a + non-zero "wait" parameter. See weight_single. + + scftorture.weight_many= [KNL] + The probability weighting to use for the + smp_call_function_many() function with a zero + "wait" parameter. See weight_single. + Note well that setting a high probability for + this weighting can place serious IPI load + on the system. + + scftorture.weight_many_wait= [KNL] + The probability weighting to use for the + smp_call_function_many() function with a + non-zero "wait" parameter. See weight_single + and weight_many. + + scftorture.weight_all= [KNL] + The probability weighting to use for the + smp_call_function_all() function with a zero + "wait" parameter. See weight_single and + weight_many. + + scftorture.weight_all_wait= [KNL] + The probability weighting to use for the + smp_call_function_all() function with a + non-zero "wait" parameter. See weight_single + and weight_many. + skew_tick= [KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set. |