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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/torture.txt | 23 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt b/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt index 516527d4bc5..a342b6e1cc1 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt @@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ MODULE PARAMETERS This module has the following parameters: -nreaders This is the number of RCU reading threads supported. - The default is twice the number of CPUs. Why twice? - To properly exercise RCU implementations with preemptible - read-side critical sections. +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 + -not- permit this know to ignore this variable.) nfakewriters This is the number of RCU fake writer threads to run. Fake writer threads repeatedly use the synchronous "wait for @@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ nfakewriters This is the number of RCU fake writer threads to run. Fake to trigger special cases caused by multiple writers, such as the synchronize_srcu() early return optimization. +nreaders This is the number of RCU reading threads supported. + The default is twice the number of CPUs. Why twice? + To properly exercise RCU implementations with preemptible + read-side critical sections. + +shuffle_interval + The number of seconds to keep the test threads affinitied + to a particular subset of the CPUs, defaults to 3 seconds. + Used in conjunction with test_no_idle_hz. + 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. @@ -51,11 +61,6 @@ stat_interval The number of seconds between output of torture be printed -only- when the module is unloaded, and this is the default. -shuffle_interval - The number of seconds to keep the test threads affinitied - to a particular subset of the CPUs, defaults to 3 seconds. - Used in conjunction with test_no_idle_hz. - stutter The length of time to run the test before pausing for this same period of time. Defaults to "stutter=5", so as to run and pause for (roughly) five-second intervals. |