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From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org,
	mingo@redhat.com, Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>,
	"Guohanjun (Hanjun Guo)" <guohanjun@huawei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] locktorture: Fix NULL pointer when torture_type is invalid
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 22:46:35 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160202064635.GH6719@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56AED0C7.7050505@huawei.com>

On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 11:28:07AM +0800, Kefeng Wang wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2016/2/1 11:02, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> > On Mon, 01 Feb 2016, Kefeng Wang wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi Davidlohr,
> >>
> [...]
> >>
> >> Yes, it works, but what you are doing is to revert commit a36a99618b1adb2d6ca0b7e08e3a656a04e477fe
> > 
> > Oh, I see. I was definitely not aware of that one.
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> >> And what Paul wanted is something that would print the full statistics
> >> at the end regardless of the periodic statistics.
> >>
> >> I prefer my version 2, here is some log with my patch v2, it is keep consistent
> >> with rcutorture.
> >> -------------------------------------------------------
> >> -bash-4.3# insmod locktorture.ko torture_type=mutex
> >> [  190.845067] lock-torture: invalid torture type: "mutex"
> >> [  190.845748] lock-torture types:
> >> [  190.846099]  lock_busted spin_lock
> >> [  190.863211]  spin_lock_irq rw_lock
> >> [  190.863668]  rw_lock_irq mutex_lock
> >> [  190.864049]  rtmutex_lock rwsem_lock
> >> [  190.864390]  percpu_rwsem_lock[  190.864686]
> >> [  190.865662] Writes:  Total: 0  Max/Min: 0/0   Fail: 0
> >> [  190.866218] Reads :  Total: 0  Max/Min: 0/0   Fail: 0
> >> [  190.875071] mutex-torture:--- End of test: SUCCESS: nwriters_stress=0 nreaders_stress=0 stat_interval=60 verbose=1 shuffle_interval=3 stutter=5 shutdown_secs=0 onoff_interval=0 onoff_holdoff=0
> > 
> > How can the above be a successful run (SUCCESS string) if we didn't pass a
> > valid torture_type? iow, there is no test without it. Just think of passing
> > the wrong param in a userland application, 99.999% of the tools simply error
> > out complaining about the bogus input.
> > 
> > I think the right approach would be to decouple the statistics from the cleanup,
> > that way we can still do the required cleanups and avoid any stats.
> 
> Just like I mentioned before, keep consistent with rcutorture,I am happy to any
> way to solve this issue,
> 
> To Paul, what's your advice?

Hmmm...   If nothing happened, then I agree that it makes sense not to
print any statistics.  But if some testing actually was carried out, then
we really need to print the statistics.

							Thanx, Paul

> Thanks,
> Kefeng
> 
> Attached rcutorture log,
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> -bash-4.3# insmod rcutorture.ko torture_type=xxx
> [ 3195.103753] rcu-torture: invalid torture type: "xxx"
> [ 3195.104328] rcu-torture types:
> [ 3195.104610]  rcu rcu_bh
> [ 3195.104889]  rcu_busted srcu
> [ 3195.105188]  srcud sched
> [ 3195.105464]  tasks[ 3195.105680]
> [ 3196.121026] xxx-torture: rtc:           (null) ver: 0 tfle: 1 rta: 0 rtaf: 0 rtf: 0 rtmbe: 0 rtbke: 0 rtbre: 0 rtbf: 0 rtb: 0 nt: 0 onoff: 0/0:0/0 -1,0:-1,0 0:0 (HZ=250) barrier: 0/0:0 cbflood: 0
> [ 3196.125066] xxx-torture: Reader Pipe:  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> [ 3196.126176] xxx-torture: Reader Batch:  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> [ 3196.128884] xxx-torture: Free-Block Circulation:  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> [ 3196.129945] xxx-torture:--- End of test: SUCCESS: nreaders=0 nfakewriters=4 stat_interval=60 verbose=1 test_no_idle_hz=1 shuffle_interval=3 stutter=5 irqreader=1 fqs_duration=0 fqs_holdoff=0 fqs_stutter=3 test_boost=1/0 test_boost_interval=7 test_boost_duration=4 shutdown_secs=0 stall_cpu=0 stall_cpu_holdoff=10 n_barrier_cbs=0 onoff_interval=0 onoff_holdoff=0
> insmod: ERROR: could not insert module rcutorture.ko: Invalid parameters
> 
> 
> -bash-4.3# insmod rcutorture.ko torture_type=rcu
> [ 3205.456128] rcu-torture:--- Start of test: nreaders=1 nfakewriters=4 stat_interval=60 verbose=1 test_no_idle_hz=1 shuffle_interval=3 stutter=5 irqreader=1 fqs_duration=0 fqs_holdoff=0 fqs_stutter=3 test_boost=1/0 test_boost_interval=7 test_boost_duration=4 shutdown_secs=0 stall_cpu=0 stall_cpu_holdoff=10 n_barrier_cbs=0 onoff_interval=0 onoff_holdoff=0
> [ 3205.474983] rcu-torture: Creating rcu_torture_writer task
> [ 3205.478951] rcu-torture: Creating rcu_torture_fakewriter task
> [ 3205.479966] rcu-torture: rcu_torture_writer task started
> [ 3205.480410] rcu-torture: Grace periods expedited from boot/sysfs for rcu,
> [ 3205.480942] rcu-torture: Testing of dynamic grace-period expediting diabled.
> [ 3205.482951] rcu-torture: Creating rcu_torture_fakewriter task
> [ 3205.483854] rcu-torture: rcu_torture_fakewriter task started
> [ 3205.491931] rcu-torture: Creating rcu_torture_fakewriter task
> [ 3205.492858] rcu-torture: rcu_torture_fakewriter task started
> [ 3205.493613] rcu-torture: Creating rcu_torture_fakewriter task
> [ 3205.495176] rcu-torture: rcu_torture_fakewriter task started
> [ 3205.499013] rcu-torture: Creating rcu_torture_reader task
> [ 3205.499919] rcu-torture: rcu_torture_fakewriter task started
> [ 3205.500578] rcu-torture: Creating rcu_torture_stats task
> [ 3205.501297] rcu-torture: rcu_torture_reader task started
> [ 3205.502903] rcu-torture: Creating torture_shuffle task
> [ 3205.503797] rcu-torture: rcu_torture_stats task started
> [ 3205.514980] rcu-torture: Creating torture_stutter task
> [ 3205.515871] rcu-torture: torture_shuffle task started
> [ 3205.520461] rcu-torture: Creating rcu_torture_cbflood task
> [ 3205.521379] rcu-torture: torture_stutter task started
> [ 3205.529569] rcu-torture: rcu_torture_cbflood task started
> -bash-4.3# rmmod rcutorture.ko
> [ 3209.438170] rcu-torture: Stopping torture_shuffle task
> [ 3209.439312] rcu-torture: Stopping torture_shuffle
> [ 3209.440150] rcu-torture: Stopping torture_stutter task
> [ 3209.446624] rcu-torture: Stopping torture_stutter
> [ 3209.447376] rcu-torture: Stopping rcu_torture_fakewriter
> [ 3209.448028] rcu-torture: Stopping rcu_torture_writer task
> [ 3209.448594] rcu-torture: Stopping rcu_torture_fakewriter
> [ 3209.449088] rcu-torture: Stopping rcu_torture_reader
> [ 3209.453865] rcu-torture: Stopping rcu_torture_fakewriter
> [ 3209.454995] rcu-torture: Stopping rcu_torture_fakewriter
> [ 3209.455551] rcu-torture: Stopping rcu_torture_writer
> [ 3209.456288] rcu-torture: Stopping rcu_torture_reader task
> [ 3209.457060] rcu-torture: Stopping rcu_torture_fakewriter task
> [ 3209.457836] rcu-torture: Stopping rcu_torture_fakewriter task
> [ 3209.462206] rcu-torture: Stopping rcu_torture_fakewriter task
> [ 3209.463673] rcu-torture: Stopping rcu_torture_fakewriter task
> [ 3209.464398] rcu-torture: Stopping rcu_torture_stats task
> [ 3209.465139] rcu-torture: rtc:           (null) ver: 217 tfle: 0 rta: 217 rtaf: 0 rtf: 206 rtmbe: 0 rtbke: 0 rtbre: 0 rtbf: 0 rtb: 0 nt: 740 onoff: 0/0:0/0 -1,0:-1,0 0:0 (HZ=250) barrier: 0/0:0 cbflood: 3
> [ 3209.469436] rcu-torture: Reader Pipe:  776988 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> [ 3209.471702] rcu-torture: Reader Batch:  620212 156872 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> [ 3209.472626] rcu-torture: Free-Block Circulation:  216 215 214 213 211 210 209 208 207 206 0
> [ 3209.473730] rcu-torture: Stopping rcu_torture_stats
> [ 3209.474885] rcu-torture: Stopping rcu_torture_cbflood task
> [ 3209.539215] rcu-torture: Stopping rcu_torture_cbflood
> [ 3209.540049] rcu-torture: rtc:           (null) ver: 217 tfle: 0 rta: 217 rtaf: 0 rtf: 206 rtmbe: 0 rtbke: 0 rtbre: 0 rtbf: 0 rtb: 0 nt: 740 onoff: 0/0:0/0 -1,0:-1,0 0:0 (HZ=250) barrier: 0/0:0 cbflood: 4
> [ 3209.541674] rcu-torture: Reader Pipe:  776988 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> [ 3209.544527] rcu-torture: Reader Batch:  620212 156872 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> [ 3209.545288] rcu-torture: Free-Block Circulation:  216 215 214 213 211 210 209 208 207 206 0
> [ 3209.548506] rcu-torture:--- End of test: SUCCESS: nreaders=1 nfakewriters=4 stat_interval=60 verbose=1 test_no_idle_hz=1 shuffle_interval=3 stutter=5 irqreader=1 fqs_duration=0 fqs_holdoff=0 fqs_stutter=3 test_boost=1/0 test_boost_interval=7 test_boost_duration=4 shutdown_secs=0 stall_cpu=0 stall_cpu_holdoff=10 n_barrier_cbs=0 onoff_interval=0 onoff_holdoff=0
> 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Davidlohr
> > 
> > .
> > 
> 

  reply	other threads:[~2016-02-02  6:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-01-28  4:25 [PATCH v2] locktorture: Fix NULL pointer when torture_type is invalid Kefeng Wang
2016-01-30  2:46 ` Kefeng Wang
2016-01-31  0:27   ` Paul E. McKenney
2016-01-31 22:17     ` Davidlohr Bueso
2016-02-01  2:25       ` Kefeng Wang
2016-02-01  3:02         ` Davidlohr Bueso
2016-02-01  3:28           ` Kefeng Wang
2016-02-02  6:46             ` Paul E. McKenney [this message]
2016-02-03  0:23               ` Davidlohr Bueso
2016-03-02 19:55                 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2016-03-02 21:12                   ` Paul E. McKenney
2016-03-03  1:37                     ` Kefeng Wang
2016-03-03  4:31                       ` Kefeng Wang
2016-03-03  8:36                         ` Davidlohr Bueso
2016-03-04 18:41                           ` Davidlohr Bueso
2016-03-07  2:00                           ` Kefeng Wang
2016-03-07  5:40                             ` Davidlohr Bueso
2016-03-07  7:02                               ` Kefeng Wang
2016-03-07 13:37                                 ` Paul E. McKenney
2016-03-08  2:10                                   ` Kefeng Wang
2016-03-08 19:51                                     ` Paul E. McKenney
2016-03-03 14:14                       ` Paul E. McKenney

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