public inbox for linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: tip-bot for Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com,
	hpa@zytor.com, mingo@redhat.com, rostedt@goodmis.org,
	josh@joshtriplett.org, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@elte.hu
Subject: [tip:core/urgent] rcutorture: Occasionally delay readers enough to make RCU force_quiescent_state
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:10:29 GMT	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-b8d57a76d9f92aa63b4f12990da5697b17000b0c@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <12524504772607-git-send-email->

Commit-ID:  b8d57a76d9f92aa63b4f12990da5697b17000b0c
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/b8d57a76d9f92aa63b4f12990da5697b17000b0c
Author:     Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
AuthorDate: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 15:54:35 -0700
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
CommitDate: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:05:34 +0200

rcutorture: Occasionally delay readers enough to make RCU force_quiescent_state

rcutorture already delays readers, but never for long enough to
make RCU force a quiescent state.  Add an occasional delay of
50ms.

Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: laijs@cn.fujitsu.com
Cc: dipankar@in.ibm.com
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca
Cc: josht@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: dvhltc@us.ibm.com
Cc: niv@us.ibm.com
Cc: peterz@infradead.org
LKML-Reference: <12524504772607-git-send-email->
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>


---
 kernel/rcutorture.c |   15 +++++++++------
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcutorture.c
index b33db53..328a825 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutorture.c
@@ -281,14 +281,17 @@ static int rcu_torture_read_lock(void) __acquires(RCU)
 
 static void rcu_read_delay(struct rcu_random_state *rrsp)
 {
-	long delay;
-	const long longdelay = 200;
+	const unsigned long shortdelay_us = 200;
+	const unsigned long longdelay_ms = 50;
 
-	/* We want there to be long-running readers, but not all the time. */
+	/* We want a short delay sometimes to make a reader delay the grace
+	 * period, and we want a long delay occasionally to trigger
+	 * force_quiescent_state. */
 
-	delay = rcu_random(rrsp) % (nrealreaders * 2 * longdelay);
-	if (!delay)
-		udelay(longdelay);
+	if (!(rcu_random(rrsp) % (nrealreaders * 2000 * longdelay_ms)))
+		mdelay(longdelay_ms);
+	if (!(rcu_random(rrsp) % (nrealreaders * 2 * shortdelay_us)))
+		udelay(shortdelay_us);
 }
 
 static void rcu_torture_read_unlock(int idx) __releases(RCU)

  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-09-17 22:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-09-08 22:53 [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/3] increase rcutorture intensity and fix a couple resulting bugs Paul E. McKenney
2009-09-08 22:54 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 1/3] rcutorture: Occasionally delay readers enough to make RCU force_quiescent_state Paul E. McKenney
2009-09-12  7:45   ` Ingo Molnar
2009-09-12 14:36     ` Paul E. McKenney
2009-09-12  7:55   ` [tip:core/urgent] " tip-bot for Josh Triplett
2009-09-17 22:10   ` tip-bot for Josh Triplett [this message]
2009-09-08 22:54 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 2/3] Need to update rnp->gpnum if preemptable RCU is to be reliable Paul E. McKenney
2009-09-12  7:55   ` [tip:core/urgent] rcu: " tip-bot for Paul E. McKenney
2009-09-17 22:10   ` tip-bot for Paul E. McKenney
2009-09-08 22:54 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 3/3] Initialize multi-level RCU grace periods holding locks Paul E. McKenney
2009-09-12  7:55   ` [tip:core/urgent] rcu: " tip-bot for Paul E. McKenney
2009-09-17 22:10   ` tip-bot for Paul E. McKenney
2009-09-08 23:37 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/3] increase rcutorture intensity and fix a couple resulting bugs Steven Rostedt
2009-09-09 17:43 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2009-09-09 18:23   ` Paul E. McKenney
2009-09-12  7:46   ` Ingo Molnar

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=tip-b8d57a76d9f92aa63b4f12990da5697b17000b0c@git.kernel.org \
    --to=josh@joshtriplett.org \
    --cc=hpa@zytor.com \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=mingo@elte.hu \
    --cc=mingo@redhat.com \
    --cc=paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com \
    --cc=rostedt@goodmis.org \
    --cc=tglx@linutronix.de \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox