linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 09/20] doc: Document rcutorture forward-progress test kernel parameters

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Date:   Sun, 11 Nov 2018 11:56:34 -0800
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, jiangshanlai@...il.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
        josh@...htriplett.org, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
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        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 09/20] doc: Document rcutorture forward-progress test kernel parameters

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 81d1d5a74728..3823679deea5 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3773,6 +3773,23 @@
 			Set wait time between force_quiescent_state bursts
 			in seconds.
 
+	rcutorture.fwd_progress= [KNL]
+			Enable RCU grace-period forward-progress testing
+			for the types of RCU supporting this notion.
+
+	rcutorture.fwd_progress_div= [KNL]
+			Specify the fraction of a CPU-stall-warning
+			period to do tight-loop forward-progress testing.
+
+	rcutorture.fwd_progress_holdoff= [KNL]
+			Number of seconds to wait between successive
+			forward-progress tests.
+
+	rcutorture.fwd_progress_need_resched= [KNL]
+			Enclose cond_resched() calls within checks for
+			need_resched() during tight-loop forward-progress
+			testing.
+
 	rcutorture.gp_cond= [KNL]
 			Use conditional/asynchronous update-side
 			primitives, if available.
-- 
2.17.1