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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/rcu')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c b/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c index d1ebdf9868bb..777e7a6a0292 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c @@ -61,11 +61,30 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>"); #define VERBOSE_PERFOUT_ERRSTRING(s) \ do { if (verbose) pr_alert("%s" PERF_FLAG "!!! %s\n", perf_type, s); } while (0) +/* + * The intended use cases for the nreaders and nwriters module parameters + * are as follows: + * + * 1. Specify only the nr_cpus kernel boot parameter. This will + * set both nreaders and nwriters to the value specified by + * nr_cpus for a mixed reader/writer test. + * + * 2. Specify the nr_cpus kernel boot parameter, but set + * rcuperf.nreaders to zero. This will set nwriters to the + * value specified by nr_cpus for an update-only test. + * + * 3. Specify the nr_cpus kernel boot parameter, but set + * rcuperf.nwriters to zero. This will set nreaders to the + * value specified by nr_cpus for a read-only test. + * + * Various other use cases may of course be specified. + */ + torture_param(bool, gp_async, false, "Use asynchronous GP wait primitives"); torture_param(int, gp_async_max, 1000, "Max # outstanding waits per reader"); torture_param(bool, gp_exp, false, "Use expedited GP wait primitives"); torture_param(int, holdoff, 10, "Holdoff time before test start (s)"); -torture_param(int, nreaders, 0, "Number of RCU reader threads"); +torture_param(int, nreaders, -1, "Number of RCU reader threads"); torture_param(int, nwriters, -1, "Number of RCU updater threads"); torture_param(bool, shutdown, !IS_ENABLED(MODULE), "Shutdown at end of performance tests."); |