linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 17/24] torture: Clarify refusal to run more than one torture test

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Message-Id: <1460475837-26498-17-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue, 12 Apr 2016 08:43:50 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.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,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
	dvhart@...ux.intel.com, fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com,
	bobby.prani@...il.com,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 17/24] torture: Clarify refusal to run more than one torture test

This commit clarifies error messages -- you only get to run one torture
test at a time!

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 kernel/torture.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/torture.c b/kernel/torture.c
index 44aa462d033f..e912ccd960f0 100644
--- a/kernel/torture.c
+++ b/kernel/torture.c
@@ -602,8 +602,9 @@ bool torture_init_begin(char *ttype, bool v, int *runnable)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&fullstop_mutex);
 	if (torture_type != NULL) {
-		pr_alert("torture_init_begin: refusing %s init: %s running",
+		pr_alert("torture_init_begin: Refusing %s init: %s running.\n",
 			 ttype, torture_type);
+		pr_alert("torture_init_begin: One torture test at a time!\n");
 		mutex_unlock(&fullstop_mutex);
 		return false;
 	}
-- 
2.5.2