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Message-ID: <tip-f4a82a059aea43947d4f37dba9da1782d11caece@git.kernel.org>
Date:	Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:55:41 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	josh@...htriplett.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:core/urgent] rcutorture: Occasionally delay readers enough to make RCU force_quiescent_state

Commit-ID:  f4a82a059aea43947d4f37dba9da1782d11caece
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/f4a82a059aea43947d4f37dba9da1782d11caece
Author:     Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
AuthorDate: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 15:54:35 -0700
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:47:07 +0200

rcutorture: Occasionally delay readers enough to make RCU force_quiescent_state

rcutorture already delays readers, but never for long enough to
make RCU force a quiescent state.  Add an occasional delay of
50ms.

Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: laijs@...fujitsu.com
Cc: dipankar@...ibm.com
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca
Cc: josht@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: dvhltc@...ibm.com
Cc: niv@...ibm.com
Cc: peterz@...radead.org
LKML-Reference: <12524504772607-git-send-email->
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>


---
 kernel/rcutorture.c |   15 +++++++++------
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcutorture.c
index b33db53..328a825 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutorture.c
@@ -281,14 +281,17 @@ static int rcu_torture_read_lock(void) __acquires(RCU)
 
 static void rcu_read_delay(struct rcu_random_state *rrsp)
 {
-	long delay;
-	const long longdelay = 200;
+	const unsigned long shortdelay_us = 200;
+	const unsigned long longdelay_ms = 50;
 
-	/* We want there to be long-running readers, but not all the time. */
+	/* We want a short delay sometimes to make a reader delay the grace
+	 * period, and we want a long delay occasionally to trigger
+	 * force_quiescent_state. */
 
-	delay = rcu_random(rrsp) % (nrealreaders * 2 * longdelay);
-	if (!delay)
-		udelay(longdelay);
+	if (!(rcu_random(rrsp) % (nrealreaders * 2000 * longdelay_ms)))
+		mdelay(longdelay_ms);
+	if (!(rcu_random(rrsp) % (nrealreaders * 2 * shortdelay_us)))
+		udelay(shortdelay_us);
 }
 
 static void rcu_torture_read_unlock(int idx) __releases(RCU)
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