linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/7] rcutorture: Suppress "Writer stall state" reports during boot

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Message-Id: <20250816000837.2622858-4-paulmck@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 17:08:34 -0700
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To: rcu@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...a.com,
	rostedt@...dmis.org,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4/7] rcutorture: Suppress "Writer stall state" reports during boot

When rcutorture is running on only the one boot-time CPU while that CPU
is busy invoking initcall() functions, the added load is quite likely to
unduly delay the RCU grace-period kthread, rcutorture readers, and much
else besides.  This can result in rcu_torture_stats_print() reporting
rcutorture writer stalls, which are not really a bug in that environment.
After all, one CPU can only do so much.

This commit therefore suppresses rcutorture writer stalls while the
kernel is booting, that is, while rcu_inkernel_boot_has_ended() continues
returning false.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
index 7a893d51d02b6a..49e048da4f6810 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
@@ -2756,7 +2756,8 @@ rcu_torture_stats_print(void)
 		cur_ops->stats();
 	if (rtcv_snap == rcu_torture_current_version &&
 	    rcu_access_pointer(rcu_torture_current) &&
-	    !rcu_stall_is_suppressed()) {
+	    !rcu_stall_is_suppressed() &&
+	    rcu_inkernel_boot_has_ended()) {
 		int __maybe_unused flags = 0;
 		unsigned long __maybe_unused gp_seq = 0;

-- 
2.40.1