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author | 2020-09-03 09:47:01 -0700 | |
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committer | 2020-09-03 09:47:01 -0700 | |
commit | f511ce1424e5f3c32619eb0258afa8abd38fe3cc (patch) | |
tree | 61bb3f37e85c3ac4c9eb941f4f0630836d2ddb46 /Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | |
parent | Merge branches 'doc.2020.08.24a', 'fixes.2020.09.03b' and 'torture.2020.08.24... (diff) | |
parent | rcuperf: Change rcuperf to rcuscale (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'scftorture.2020.08.24a' into HEAD
scftorture.2020.08.24a: Torture tests for smp_call_function() and friends.
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 6d984f153669..e2ed5a4bcbd4 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -4157,41 +4157,41 @@ rcu_node tree with an eye towards determining why a new grace period has not yet started. - rcuperf.gp_async= [KNL] + rcuscale.gp_async= [KNL] Measure performance of asynchronous grace-period primitives such as call_rcu(). - rcuperf.gp_async_max= [KNL] + rcuscale.gp_async_max= [KNL] Specify the maximum number of outstanding callbacks per writer thread. When a writer thread exceeds this limit, it invokes the corresponding flavor of rcu_barrier() to allow previously posted callbacks to drain. - rcuperf.gp_exp= [KNL] + rcuscale.gp_exp= [KNL] Measure performance of expedited synchronous grace-period primitives. - rcuperf.holdoff= [KNL] + rcuscale.holdoff= [KNL] Set test-start holdoff period. The purpose of this parameter is to delay the start of the test until boot completes in order to avoid interference. - rcuperf.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL] + rcuscale.kfree_rcu_test= [KNL] Set to measure performance of kfree_rcu() flooding. - rcuperf.kfree_nthreads= [KNL] + rcuscale.kfree_nthreads= [KNL] The number of threads running loops of kfree_rcu(). - rcuperf.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL] + rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num= [KNL] Number of allocations and frees done in an iteration. - rcuperf.kfree_loops= [KNL] - Number of loops doing rcuperf.kfree_alloc_num number + rcuscale.kfree_loops= [KNL] + Number of loops doing rcuscale.kfree_alloc_num number of allocations and frees. - rcuperf.nreaders= [KNL] + rcuscale.nreaders= [KNL] Set number of RCU readers. The value -1 selects N, where N is the number of CPUs. A value "n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again @@ -4200,23 +4200,23 @@ A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects a single reader. - rcuperf.nwriters= [KNL] + rcuscale.nwriters= [KNL] Set number of RCU writers. The values operate - the same as for rcuperf.nreaders. + the same as for rcuscale.nreaders. N, where N is the number of CPUs - rcuperf.perf_type= [KNL] + rcuscale.perf_type= [KNL] Specify the RCU implementation to test. - rcuperf.shutdown= [KNL] + rcuscale.shutdown= [KNL] Shut the system down after performance tests complete. This is useful for hands-off automated testing. - rcuperf.verbose= [KNL] + rcuscale.verbose= [KNL] Enable additional printk() statements. - rcuperf.writer_holdoff= [KNL] + rcuscale.writer_holdoff= [KNL] Write-side holdoff between grace periods, in microseconds. The default of zero says no holdoff. @@ -4502,8 +4502,8 @@ refscale.shutdown= [KNL] Shut down the system at the end of the performance test. This defaults to 1 (shut it down) when - rcuperf is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave - it running) when rcuperf is built as a module. + refscale is built into the kernel and to 0 (leave + it running) when refscale is built as a module. refscale.verbose= [KNL] Enable additional printk() statements. @@ -4649,6 +4649,98 @@ Format: integer between 0 and 10 Default is 0. + scftorture.holdoff= [KNL] + Number of seconds to hold off before starting + test. Defaults to zero for module insertion and + to 10 seconds for built-in smp_call_function() + tests. + + scftorture.longwait= [KNL] + Request ridiculously long waits randomly selected + up to the chosen limit in seconds. Zero (the + default) disables this feature. Please note + that requesting even small non-zero numbers of + seconds can result in RCU CPU stall warnings, + softlockup complaints, and so on. + + scftorture.nthreads= [KNL] + Number of kthreads to spawn to invoke the + smp_call_function() family of functions. + The default of -1 specifies a number of kthreads + equal to the number of CPUs. + + scftorture.onoff_holdoff= [KNL] + Number seconds to wait after the start of the + test before initiating CPU-hotplug operations. + + scftorture.onoff_interval= [KNL] + Number seconds to wait between successive + CPU-hotplug operations. Specifying zero (which + is the default) disables CPU-hotplug operations. + + scftorture.shutdown_secs= [KNL] + The number of seconds following the start of the + test after which to shut down the system. The + default of zero avoids shutting down the system. + Non-zero values are useful for automated tests. + + scftorture.stat_interval= [KNL] + The number of seconds between outputting the + current test statistics to the console. A value + of zero disables statistics output. + + scftorture.stutter_cpus= [KNL] + The number of jiffies to wait between each change + to the set of CPUs under test. + + scftorture.use_cpus_read_lock= [KNL] + Use use_cpus_read_lock() instead of the default + preempt_disable() to disable CPU hotplug + while invoking one of the smp_call_function*() + functions. + + scftorture.verbose= [KNL] + Enable additional printk() statements. + + scftorture.weight_single= [KNL] + The probability weighting to use for the + smp_call_function_single() function with a zero + "wait" parameter. A value of -1 selects the + default if all other weights are -1. However, + if at least one weight has some other value, a + value of -1 will instead select a weight of zero. + + scftorture.weight_single_wait= [KNL] + The probability weighting to use for the + smp_call_function_single() function with a + non-zero "wait" parameter. See weight_single. + + scftorture.weight_many= [KNL] + The probability weighting to use for the + smp_call_function_many() function with a zero + "wait" parameter. See weight_single. + Note well that setting a high probability for + this weighting can place serious IPI load + on the system. + + scftorture.weight_many_wait= [KNL] + The probability weighting to use for the + smp_call_function_many() function with a + non-zero "wait" parameter. See weight_single + and weight_many. + + scftorture.weight_all= [KNL] + The probability weighting to use for the + smp_call_function_all() function with a zero + "wait" parameter. See weight_single and + weight_many. + + scftorture.weight_all_wait= [KNL] + The probability weighting to use for the + smp_call_function_all() function with a + non-zero "wait" parameter. See weight_single + and weight_many. + skew_tick= [KNL] Offset the periodic timer tick per cpu to mitigate xtime_lock contention on larger systems, and/or RCU lock contention on all systems with CONFIG_MAXSMP set. |