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From: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>,
	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
	Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
	Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraj.upadhyay@amd.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com>, rcu <rcu@vger.kernel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 17/23] doc: Catch-up update for locktorture module parameters
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 13:59:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231010115921.988766-18-frederic@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231010115921.988766-1-frederic@kernel.org>

From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>

This commit documents recently added locktorture module parameters.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
---
 .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         | 50 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 300e2c30986c..47f8b1cef4fd 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2913,6 +2913,11 @@
 			to extract confidential information from the kernel
 			are also disabled.
 
+	locktorture.acq_writer_lim= [KNL]
+			Set the time limit in jiffies for a lock
+			acquisition.  Acquisitions exceeding this limit
+			will result in a splat once they do complete.
+
 	locktorture.call_rcu_chains= [KNL]
 			Specify the number of self-propagating call_rcu()
 			chains to set up.  These are used to ensure that
@@ -2920,6 +2925,18 @@
 			in progress at any given time.	Defaults to 0,
 			which disables these call_rcu() chains.
 
+	locktorture.long_hold= [KNL]
+			Specify the duration in milliseconds for the
+			occasional long-duration lock hold time.  Defaults
+			to 100 milliseconds.  Select 0 to disable.
+
+	locktorture.nested_locks= [KNL]
+			Specify the maximum lock nesting depth that
+			locktorture is to exercise, up to a limit of 8
+			(MAX_NESTED_LOCKS).  Specify zero to disable.
+			Note that this parameter is ineffective on types
+			of locks that do not support nested acquisition.
+
 	locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
 			Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
 			Defaults to being automatically set based on the
@@ -2935,6 +2952,29 @@
 			Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
 			zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
 
+	locktorture.readers_bind= [KNL]
+			Specify the list of CPUs to which the readers are
+			to be bound.
+
+	locktorture.rt_boost= [KNL]
+			Do periodic testing of real-time lock priority
+			boosting.  Select 0 to disable, 1 to boost
+			only rt_mutex, and 2 to boost unconditionally.
+			Defaults to 2, which might seem to be an
+			odd choice, but which should be harmless for
+			non-real-time spinlocks, due to their disabling
+			of preemption.	Note that non-realtime mutexes
+			disable boosting.
+
+	locktorture.rt_boost_factor= [KNL]
+			Number that determines how often and for how
+			long priority boosting is exercised.  This is
+			scaled down by the number of writers, so that the
+			number of boosts per unit time remains roughly
+			constant as the number of writers increases.
+			On the other hand, the duration of each boost
+			increases with the number of writers.
+
 	locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
 			Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies).  Shuffling
 			tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
@@ -2957,13 +2997,17 @@
 	locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
 			Specify the locking implementation to test.
 
+	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
+			Enable additional printk() statements.
+
+	locktorture.writers_bind= [KNL]
+			Specify the list of CPUs to which the writers are
+			to be bound.
+
 	locktorture.writer_fifo= [KNL]
 			Run the write-side locktorture kthreads at
 			sched_set_fifo() real-time priority.
 
-	locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
-			Enable additional printk() statements.
-
 	logibm.irq=	[HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
 			Format: <irq>
 
-- 
2.34.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-10-10 12:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-10-10 11:58 [PATCH 00/23] RCU/lock torture updates for v6.7 Frederic Weisbecker
2023-10-10 11:58 ` [PATCH 01/23] torture: Share torture_random_state with torture_shuffle_tasks() Frederic Weisbecker
2023-10-10 11:59 ` [PATCH 02/23] torture: Make kvm-recheck.sh use mktemp Frederic Weisbecker
2023-10-10 11:59 ` [PATCH 03/23] torture: Make torture_hrtimeout_ns() take an hrtimer mode parameter Frederic Weisbecker
2023-10-10 11:59 ` [PATCH 04/23] rcu: Include torture_sched_setaffinity() declaration Frederic Weisbecker
2023-10-10 11:59 ` [PATCH 05/23] torture: Move rcutorture_sched_setaffinity() out of rcutorture Frederic Weisbecker
2023-10-10 11:59 ` [PATCH 06/23] locktorture: Add readers_bind and writers_bind module parameters Frederic Weisbecker
2023-10-10 11:59 ` [PATCH 07/23] rcutorture: Add CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS to RCU Tasks testing Frederic Weisbecker
2023-10-10 11:59 ` [PATCH 08/23] rcutorture: Fix stuttering races and other issues Frederic Weisbecker
2023-10-10 11:59 ` [PATCH 09/23] locktorture: Alphabetize torture_param() entries Frederic Weisbecker
2023-10-10 11:59 ` [PATCH 10/23] locktorture: Consolidate "if" statements in lock_torture_writer() Frederic Weisbecker
2023-10-10 11:59 ` [PATCH 11/23] locktorture: Add acq_writer_lim to complain about long acquistion times Frederic Weisbecker
2023-10-10 11:59 ` [PATCH 12/23] rcutorture: Copy out ftrace into its own console file Frederic Weisbecker
2023-10-10 11:59 ` [PATCH 13/23] torture: Print out torture module parameters Frederic Weisbecker
2023-10-10 11:59 ` [PATCH 14/23] torture: Make torture.sh refscale testing qualify verbose_batched Frederic Weisbecker
2023-10-10 11:59 ` [PATCH 15/23] locktorture: Add new module parameters to lock_torture_print_module_parms() Frederic Weisbecker
2023-10-10 11:59 ` [PATCH 16/23] locktorture: Add call_rcu_chains module parameter Frederic Weisbecker
2023-10-10 11:59 ` Frederic Weisbecker [this message]
2023-10-10 11:59 ` [PATCH 18/23] locktorture: Rename readers_bind/writers_bind to bind_readers/bind_writers Frederic Weisbecker
2023-10-10 11:59 ` [PATCH 19/23] torture: Add kvm.sh --debug-info argument Frederic Weisbecker
2023-10-10 11:59 ` [PATCH 20/23] rcutorture: Replace schedule_timeout*() 1-jiffy waits with HZ/20 Frederic Weisbecker
2023-10-10 11:59 ` [PATCH 21/23] rcutorture: Traverse possible cpu to set maxcpu in rcu_nocb_toggle() Frederic Weisbecker
2023-10-10 11:59 ` [PATCH 22/23] torture: Convert parse-console.sh to mktemp Frederic Weisbecker
2023-10-10 11:59 ` [PATCH 23/23] locktorture: Check the correct variable for allocation failure Frederic Weisbecker
2023-10-10 13:55   ` Paul E. McKenney
2023-10-10 14:07     ` Dan Carpenter
2023-10-10 15:53       ` Paul E. McKenney
2023-10-11  6:46         ` Dan Carpenter

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