linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 05/20] rcutorture: Preempt RCU-preempt readers more vigorously

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Date:   Fri,  1 Dec 2017 12:08:50 -0800
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,
        fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 05/20] rcutorture: Preempt RCU-preempt readers more vigorously

This commit attempts to make a very rare rcutorture failure happen
more often by increasing the fraction of RCU-preempt read-side critical
sections that are preempted.

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

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
index 61fb95612125..2e810443975d 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ static void rcu_read_delay(struct torture_random_state *rrsp)
 	if (!(torture_random(rrsp) % (nrealreaders * 2 * shortdelay_us)))
 		udelay(shortdelay_us);
 	if (!preempt_count() &&
-	    !(torture_random(rrsp) % (nrealreaders * 20000)))
+	    !(torture_random(rrsp) % (nrealreaders * 500)))
 		torture_preempt_schedule();  /* QS only if preemptible. */
 }
 
-- 
2.5.2