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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-02-28 10:13:16 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-02-28 10:13:16 -0800 |
| commit | 642c4c75a765d7a3244ab39c8e6fb09be21eca5b (patch) | |
| tree | ce0be9b476f362835d3a3d6e4fd32801cd15c9fe /Documentation/RCU/torture.txt | |
| parent | f91b22c35f6b0ae06ec5b67922eca1999c3b6e0a (diff) | |
| parent | 71da81324c83ef65bb196c7f874ac1c6996d8287 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (44 commits)
rcu: Fix accelerated GPs for last non-dynticked CPU
rcu: Make non-RCU_PROVE_LOCKING rcu_read_lock_sched_held() understand boot
rcu: Fix accelerated grace periods for last non-dynticked CPU
rcu: Export rcu_scheduler_active
rcu: Make rcu_read_lock_sched_held() take boot time into account
rcu: Make lockdep_rcu_dereference() message less alarmist
sched, cgroups: Fix module export
rcu: Add RCU_CPU_STALL_VERBOSE to dump detailed per-task information
rcu: Fix rcutorture mod_timer argument to delay one jiffy
rcu: Fix deadlock in TREE_PREEMPT_RCU CPU stall detection
rcu: Convert to raw_spinlocks
rcu: Stop overflowing signed integers
rcu: Use canonical URL for Mathieu's dissertation
rcu: Accelerate grace period if last non-dynticked CPU
rcu: Fix citation of Mathieu's dissertation
rcu: Documentation update for CONFIG_PROVE_RCU
security: Apply lockdep-based checking to rcu_dereference() uses
idr: Apply lockdep-based diagnostics to rcu_dereference() uses
radix-tree: Disable RCU lockdep checking in radix tree
vfs: Abstract rcu_dereference_check for files-fdtable use
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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt b/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt index 9dba3bb90e6..0e50bc2aa1e 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt @@ -30,6 +30,18 @@ MODULE PARAMETERS This module has the following parameters: +fqs_duration Duration (in microseconds) of artificially induced bursts + of force_quiescent_state() invocations. In RCU + implementations having force_quiescent_state(), these + bursts help force races between forcing a given grace + period and that grace period ending on its own. + +fqs_holdoff Holdoff time (in microseconds) between consecutive calls + to force_quiescent_state() within a burst. + +fqs_stutter Wait time (in seconds) between consecutive bursts + of calls to force_quiescent_state(). + irqreaders Says to invoke RCU readers from irq level. This is currently done via timers. Defaults to "1" for variants of RCU that permit this. (Or, more accurately, variants of RCU that do |