linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/8] Torture-test updates for 4.5

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Date:	Fri, 4 Dec 2015 17:05:22 -0800
From:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
To:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...nel.org,
	jiangshanlai@...il.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com, dvhart@...ux.intel.com,
	fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com, bobby.prani@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/8] Torture-test updates for 4.5

On Fri, Dec 04, 2015 at 04:23:31PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> This series contains torture-test updates:
> 
> 1.	Add batch number to script printout to allow easier estimation
> 	of test duration.
> 
> 2.	Dump stack when RCU's grace-period kthread stalls.
> 
> 3.	Set the scripting's default test-hang "grace period" to three
> 	minutes, and allow this to be overridden.
> 
> 4.	Remove the obsolete CONFIG_RCU_USER_QS Kconfig option from
> 	the rcutorture selftest documentation, courtesy of Yang Shi.
> 
> 5.	Print symbolic name for rcu_torture_writer_state, saving the
> 	time otherwise required to manually translate from integer
> 	to symbol.
> 
> 6.	Print symbolic name for ->gp_state, again saving the time
> 	otherwise required to manually translate from integer to symbol.
> 
> 7.	Abbreviate console error dump, allowing the results of an
> 	rcutorture script run to be observed with less back-scrolling.
> 
> 8.	Place console.log files correctly from the get-go, preventing
> 	multiple qemu instances from outputting to the same file.

I sent comments on patches 2, 5, and 6; for the rest:

Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
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