linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/12] add CPU notifier error injection module

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Date:	Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:48:09 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/12] add CPU notifier error injection module

On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:05:24 +0900
Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com> wrote:

> I used this module to test the series of modification to the
> cpu notifiers code.
> 
> Example1: inject CPU offline error (-1 == -EPERM)
> 
> 	# modprobe cpu-notifier-error-inject cpu_down_prepare_error=-1
> 	# echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online0
> 	bash: echo: write error: Operation not permitted
> 
> Example2: inject CPU online error (-2 == -ENOENT)
> 
> 	# modprobe cpu-notifier-error-inject cpu_up_prepare_error=-2
> 	# echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online0
> 	bash: echo: write error: No such file or directory
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
> +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -885,6 +885,18 @@ config LKDTM
>  	Documentation on how to use the module can be found in
>  	Documentation/fault-injection/provoke-crashes.txt
>  
> +config CPU_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECT
> +	tristate "CPU notifier error injection module"
> +	depends on HOTPLUG_CPU && DEBUG_KERNEL
> +	help
> +	  This option provides a kernel module that can be used to test
> +	  the error handling of the cpu notifiers
> +
> +	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will
> +	  be called cpu-notify-inject.

Should be "cpu-notifier-error-inject", yes?

> +	  If unsure, say N.
> +
>  config FAULT_INJECTION
>  	bool "Fault-injection framework"
>  	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL

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