linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 7/9] rcutorture: Make in-kernel-loop testing more brutal

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Message-Id: <20191003014728.13496-7-paulmck@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed,  2 Oct 2019 18:47:26 -0700
From:   paulmck@...nel.org
To:     rcu@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 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, joel@...lfernandes.org,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 7/9] rcutorture: Make in-kernel-loop testing more brutal

From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>

The rcu_torture_fwd_prog_nr() tests the ability of RCU to tolerate
in-kernel busy loops.  It invokes rcu_torture_fwd_prog_cond_resched()
within its delay loop, which, in PREEMPT && NO_HZ_FULL kernels results
in the occasional direct call to schedule().  Now, this direct call to
schedule() is appropriate for call_rcu() flood testing, in which either
the kernel should restrain itself or userspace transitions will supply
the needed restraint.  But in pure in-kernel loops, the occasional
cond_resched() should do the job.

This commit therefore makes rcu_torture_fwd_prog_nr() use cond_resched()
instead of rcu_torture_fwd_prog_cond_resched() in order to increase the
brutality of this aspect of rcutorture testing.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.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 a9e97c3..f1339ee 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
@@ -1811,7 +1811,7 @@ static void rcu_torture_fwd_prog_nr(int *tested, int *tested_tries)
 		udelay(10);
 		cur_ops->readunlock(idx);
 		if (!fwd_progress_need_resched || need_resched())
-			rcu_torture_fwd_prog_cond_resched(1);
+			cond_resched();
 	}
 	(*tested_tries)++;
 	if (!time_before(jiffies, stopat) &&
-- 
2.9.5