Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 1/5] rcu: Update rcutorture defaults

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Thu Aug 30 2012 - 17:35:41 EST


On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:57:05AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:45:08AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paul.mckenney@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > A number of new features have been added to rcutorture over the years, but
> > the defaults have not been updated to include them. This commit therefore
> > turns on a couple of them that have proven helpful and trustworthy, namely
> > periodic progress reports and testing of NO_HZ.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > kernel/rcutorture.c | 4 ++--
> > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcutorture.c
> > index 25b1503..86315d3 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcutorture.c
> > +++ b/kernel/rcutorture.c
> > @@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> and Josh Triplett <josh@fre
> >
> > static int nreaders = -1; /* # reader threads, defaults to 2*ncpus */
> > static int nfakewriters = 4; /* # fake writer threads */
> > -static int stat_interval; /* Interval between stats, in seconds. */
> > +static int stat_interval = 60; /* Interval between stats, in seconds. */
> > /* Defaults to "only at end of test". */
>
> Need to remove this comment about the default.

Good catch! I have replaced it with "Zero means "only at end of test".

> > static bool verbose; /* Print more debug info. */
> > -static bool test_no_idle_hz; /* Test RCU's support for tickless idle CPUs. */
> > +static bool test_no_idle_hz = 1; /* Test RCU support for tickless idle CPUs. */
>
> s/1/true/

Good point, fixed.

Thank you for looking this over!

Thanx, Paul

> > static int shuffle_interval = 3; /* Interval between shuffles (in sec)*/
> > static int stutter = 5; /* Start/stop testing interval (in sec) */
> > static int irqreader = 1; /* RCU readers from irq (timers). */
> > --
> > 1.7.8
> >
>

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