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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-10-13 15:44:12 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-10-13 15:44:12 +0200
commitd6dd50e07c5bec00db2005969b1a01f8ca3d25ef (patch)
tree53e36ac30a3d0fdca3834f4e1eb36ddc67b512ce /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
parent5ff0b9e1a1da58b584aa4b8ea234be20b5a1164b (diff)
parentfd19bda491207f66d39aeba93487197a087bc00b (diff)
Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull RCU updates from Ingo Molnar: "The main changes in this cycle were: - changes related to No-CBs CPUs and NO_HZ_FULL - RCU-tasks implementation - torture-test updates - miscellaneous fixes - locktorture updates - RCU documentation updates" * 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (81 commits) workqueue: Use cond_resched_rcu_qs macro workqueue: Add quiescent state between work items locktorture: Cleanup header usage locktorture: Cannot hold read and write lock locktorture: Fix __acquire annotation for spinlock irq locktorture: Support rwlocks rcu: Eliminate deadlock between CPU hotplug and expedited grace periods locktorture: Document boot/module parameters rcutorture: Rename rcutorture_runnable parameter locktorture: Add test scenario for rwsem_lock locktorture: Add test scenario for mutex_lock locktorture: Make torture scripting account for new _runnable name locktorture: Introduce torture context locktorture: Support rwsems locktorture: Add infrastructure for torturing read locks torture: Address race in module cleanup locktorture: Make statistics generic locktorture: Teach about lock debugging locktorture: Support mutexes locktorture: Add documentation ...
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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index f8a07128a6e8..04e9f5505faa 100644
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@@ -1723,6 +1723,49 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
lockd.nlm_udpport=M [NFS] Assign UDP port.
Format: <integer>
+ locktorture.nreaders_stress= [KNL]
+ Set the number of locking read-acquisition kthreads.
+ Defaults to being automatically set based on the
+ number of online CPUs.
+
+ locktorture.nwriters_stress= [KNL]
+ Set the number of locking write-acquisition kthreads.
+
+ locktorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL]
+ Set time (s) after boot for CPU-hotplug testing.
+
+ locktorture.onoff_interval= [KNL]
+ Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
+ zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
+
+ locktorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
+ Set task-shuffle interval (jiffies). Shuffling
+ tasks allows some CPUs to go into dyntick-idle
+ mode during the locktorture test.
+
+ locktorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL]
+ Set time (s) after boot system shutdown. This
+ is useful for hands-off automated testing.
+
+ locktorture.stat_interval= [KNL]
+ Time (s) between statistics printk()s.
+
+ locktorture.stutter= [KNL]
+ Time (s) to stutter testing, for example,
+ specifying five seconds causes the test to run for
+ five seconds, wait for five seconds, and so on.
+ This tests the locking primitive's ability to
+ transition abruptly to and from idle.
+
+ locktorture.torture_runnable= [BOOT]
+ Start locktorture running at boot time.
+
+ locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
+ Specify the locking implementation to test.
+
+ locktorture.verbose= [KNL]
+ Enable additional printk() statements.
+
logibm.irq= [HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
Format: <irq>
@@ -2900,6 +2943,24 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
Lazy RCU callbacks are those which RCU can
prove do nothing more than free memory.
+ rcutorture.cbflood_inter_holdoff= [KNL]
+ Set holdoff time (jiffies) between successive
+ callback-flood tests.
+
+ rcutorture.cbflood_intra_holdoff= [KNL]
+ Set holdoff time (jiffies) between successive
+ bursts of callbacks within a given callback-flood
+ test.
+
+ rcutorture.cbflood_n_burst= [KNL]
+ Set the number of bursts making up a given
+ callback-flood test. Set this to zero to
+ disable callback-flood testing.
+
+ rcutorture.cbflood_n_per_burst= [KNL]
+ Set the number of callbacks to be registered
+ in a given burst of a callback-flood test.
+
rcutorture.fqs_duration= [KNL]
Set duration of force_quiescent_state bursts.
@@ -2939,7 +3000,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
Set time (s) between CPU-hotplug operations, or
zero to disable CPU-hotplug testing.
- rcutorture.rcutorture_runnable= [BOOT]
+ rcutorture.torture_runnable= [BOOT]
Start rcutorture running at boot time.
rcutorture.shuffle_interval= [KNL]
@@ -3001,6 +3062,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
+ rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
+ Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall warning
+ messages. Disable with a value less than or equal
+ to zero.
+
rdinit= [KNL]
Format: <full_path>
Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,