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From: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>,
	Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraj.upadhyay@kernel.org>,
	Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>,
	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
	Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
	Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>,
	Zqiang <qiang.zhang1211@gmail.com>
Cc: rcu@vger.kernel.org, Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH 07/12] rcutorture: Comment invocations of tick_dep_set_task()
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:09:53 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250418161005.2425391-22-joelagnelf@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250418161005.2425391-1-joelagnelf@nvidia.com>

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

The rcu_torture_reader() and rcu_torture_fwd_prog_cr() functions
run CPU-bound for extended periods of time (tens or even
hundreds of milliseconds), so they invoke tick_dep_set_task() and
tick_dep_clear_task() to ensure that the scheduling-clock tick helps
move grace periods forward.

So why doesn't rcu_torture_fwd_prog_nr() also invoke tick_dep_set_task()
and tick_dep_clear_task()?  Because the point of this function is to test
RCU's ability to (eventually) force grace periods forward even when the
tick has been disabled during long CPU-bound kernel execution.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
---
 kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
index 7eccc74e60a7..ea40f3ad32dc 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
@@ -2410,7 +2410,7 @@ rcu_torture_reader(void *arg)
 	set_user_nice(current, MAX_NICE);
 	if (irqreader && cur_ops->irq_capable)
 		timer_setup_on_stack(&t, rcu_torture_timer, 0);
-	tick_dep_set_task(current, TICK_DEP_BIT_RCU);
+	tick_dep_set_task(current, TICK_DEP_BIT_RCU);  // CPU bound, so need tick.
 	do {
 		if (irqreader && cur_ops->irq_capable) {
 			if (!timer_pending(&t))
@@ -3260,7 +3260,7 @@ static void rcu_torture_fwd_prog_cr(struct rcu_fwd *rfp)
 	cver = READ_ONCE(rcu_torture_current_version);
 	gps = cur_ops->get_gp_seq();
 	rfp->rcu_launder_gp_seq_start = gps;
-	tick_dep_set_task(current, TICK_DEP_BIT_RCU);
+	tick_dep_set_task(current, TICK_DEP_BIT_RCU);  // CPU bound, so need tick.
 	while (time_before(jiffies, stopat) &&
 	       !shutdown_time_arrived() &&
 	       !READ_ONCE(rcu_fwd_emergency_stop) && !torture_must_stop()) {
-- 
2.43.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-04-18 16:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-04-18 16:09 [PATCH 00/14] RCU torture changes for v6.16 Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 01/14] rcutorture: Make srcu_lockdep.sh check kernel Kconfig Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 02/14] rcutorture: Make srcu_lockdep.sh check reader-conflict handling Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 03/14] rcutorture: Split out beginning and end from rcu_torture_one_read() Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 04/14] rcutorture: Make torture.sh --do-rt use CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 05/14] rcutorture: Add tests for SRCU up/down reader primitives Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 06/14] rcutorture: Pull rcu_torture_updown() loop body into new function Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 07/14] rcutorture: Comment invocations of tick_dep_set_task() Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 08/14] rcutorture: Complain if an ->up_read() is delayed more than 10 seconds Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 09/14] rcutorture: Check for ->up_read() without matching ->down_read() Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 20:26   ` Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 10/14] checkpatch: Deprecate srcu_read_lock_lite() and srcu_read_unlock_lite() Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 11/14] torture: Add --do-{,no-}normal to torture.sh Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 12/14] torture: Add testing of RCU's Rust bindings " Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 17:31   ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-04-18 18:04     ` Paul E. McKenney
2025-04-18 18:32       ` Miguel Ojeda
2025-04-18 20:28         ` Paul E. McKenney
2025-04-18 22:29           ` [12/14] " Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 22:29           ` Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 22:45             ` Paul E. McKenney
2025-04-19 22:24               ` Joel Fernandes
2025-04-20  0:17                 ` Paul E. McKenney
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 13/14] rcutorture: Perform more frequent testing of ->gpwrap Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 14/14] rcutorture: Fix issue with re-using old images on ARM64 Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 01/12] rcutorture: Make srcu_lockdep.sh check kernel Kconfig Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 02/12] rcutorture: Make srcu_lockdep.sh check reader-conflict handling Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 03/12] rcutorture: Split out beginning and end from rcu_torture_one_read() Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 04/12] rcutorture: Make torture.sh --do-rt use CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 05/12] rcutorture: Add tests for SRCU up/down reader primitives Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 06/12] rcutorture: Pull rcu_torture_updown() loop body into new function Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:09 ` Joel Fernandes [this message]
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 08/12] rcutorture: Complain if an ->up_read() is delayed more than 10 seconds Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 09/12] rcutorture: Check for ->up_read() without matching ->down_read() Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 10/12] checkpatch: Deprecate srcu_read_lock_lite() and srcu_read_unlock_lite() Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 11/12] torture: Add --do-{,no-}normal to torture.sh Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 12/12] torture: Add testing of RCU's Rust bindings " Joel Fernandes
2025-04-18 16:23 ` [PATCH 00/14] RCU torture changes for v6.16 Joel Fernandes

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