[PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 31/41] rcu: Add CPU-stall capability to rcutorture

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Wed Feb 01 2012 - 14:49:49 EST


From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paul.mckenney@xxxxxxxxxx>

Add module parameters to rcutorture that induce a CPU stall.
The stall_cpu parameter specifies how long to stall in seconds,
defaulting to zero, which indicates no stalling is to be undertaken.
The stall_cpu_holdoff parameter specifies how many seconds after
insmod (or boot, if rcutorture is built into the kernel) that this
stall is to start. The default value for stall_cpu_holdoff is ten
seconds.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/RCU/torture.txt | 18 +++++++++++
kernel/rcutorture.c | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt b/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt
index d25be87..375d3fb 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt
@@ -86,6 +86,24 @@ shutdown_secs The number of seconds to run the test before terminating
zero, which disables test termination and system shutdown.
This capability is useful for automated testing.

+stall_cpu The number of seconds that a CPU should be stalled while
+ within both an rcu_read_lock() and a preempt_disable().
+ This stall happens only once per rcutorture run.
+ If you need multiple stalls, use modprobe and rmmod to
+ repeatedly run rcutorture. The default for stall_cpu
+ is zero, which prevents rcutorture from stalling a CPU.
+
+ Note that attempts to rmmod rcutorture while the stall
+ is ongoing will hang, so be careful what value you
+ choose for this module parameter! In addition, too-large
+ values for stall_cpu might well induce failures and
+ warnings in other parts of the kernel. You have been
+ warned!
+
+stall_cpu_holdoff
+ The number of seconds to wait after rcutorture starts
+ before stalling a CPU. Defaults to 10 seconds.
+
stat_interval The number of seconds between output of torture
statistics (via printk()). Regardless of the interval,
statistics are printed when the module is unloaded.
diff --git a/kernel/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcutorture.c
index eeafbd0..4910681 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutorture.c
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ static int fqs_stutter = 3; /* Wait time between bursts (s). */
static int onoff_interval; /* Wait time between CPU hotplugs, 0=disable. */
static int onoff_holdoff; /* Seconds after boot before CPU hotplugs. */
static int shutdown_secs; /* Shutdown time (s). <=0 for no shutdown. */
+static int stall_cpu; /* CPU-stall duration (s). 0 for no stall. */
+static int stall_cpu_holdoff = 10; /* Time to wait until stall (s). */
static int test_boost = 1; /* Test RCU prio boost: 0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes. */
static int test_boost_interval = 7; /* Interval between boost tests, seconds. */
static int test_boost_duration = 4; /* Duration of each boost test, seconds. */
@@ -100,6 +102,10 @@ module_param(onoff_holdoff, int, 0444);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(onoff_holdoff, "Time after boot before CPU hotplugs (s)");
module_param(shutdown_secs, int, 0444);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(shutdown_secs, "Shutdown time (s), zero to disable.");
+module_param(stall_cpu, int, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(stall_cpu, "Stall duration (s), zero to disable.");
+module_param(stall_cpu_holdoff, int, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(stall_cpu_holdoff, "Time to wait before starting stall (s).");
module_param(test_boost, int, 0444);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(test_boost, "Test RCU prio boost: 0=no, 1=maybe, 2=yes.");
module_param(test_boost_interval, int, 0444);
@@ -132,6 +138,7 @@ static struct task_struct *shutdown_task;
#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
static struct task_struct *onoff_task;
#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
+static struct task_struct *stall_task;

#define RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN 10

@@ -1489,6 +1496,60 @@ static void rcu_torture_onoff_cleanup(void)

#endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */

+/*
+ * CPU-stall kthread. It waits as specified by stall_cpu_holdoff, then
+ * induces a CPU stall for the time specified by stall_cpu.
+ */
+static int __cpuinit rcu_torture_stall(void *args)
+{
+ unsigned long stop_at;
+
+ VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("rcu_torture_stall task started");
+ if (stall_cpu_holdoff > 0) {
+ VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("rcu_torture_stall begin holdoff");
+ schedule_timeout_interruptible(stall_cpu_holdoff * HZ);
+ VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("rcu_torture_stall end holdoff");
+ }
+ if (!kthread_should_stop()) {
+ stop_at = get_seconds() + stall_cpu;
+ /* RCU CPU stall is expected behavior in following code. */
+ printk(KERN_ALERT "rcu_torture_stall start.\n");
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ preempt_disable();
+ while (ULONG_CMP_LT(get_seconds(), stop_at))
+ continue; /* Induce RCU CPU stall warning. */
+ preempt_enable();
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ printk(KERN_ALERT "rcu_torture_stall end.\n");
+ }
+ rcutorture_shutdown_absorb("rcu_torture_stall");
+ while (!kthread_should_stop())
+ schedule_timeout_interruptible(10 * HZ);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* Spawn CPU-stall kthread, if stall_cpu specified. */
+static int __init rcu_torture_stall_init(void)
+{
+ if (stall_cpu <= 0)
+ return 0;
+ stall_task = kthread_run(rcu_torture_stall, NULL, "rcu_torture_stall");
+ if (IS_ERR(stall_task)) {
+ stall_task = NULL;
+ return PTR_ERR(stall_task);
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* Clean up after the CPU-stall kthread, if one was spawned. */
+static void rcu_torture_stall_cleanup(void)
+{
+ if (stall_task == NULL)
+ return;
+ VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("Stopping rcu_torture_stall_task.");
+ kthread_stop(stall_task);
+}
+
static int rcutorture_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
{
@@ -1531,6 +1592,7 @@ rcu_torture_cleanup(void)
fullstop = FULLSTOP_RMMOD;
mutex_unlock(&fullstop_mutex);
unregister_reboot_notifier(&rcutorture_shutdown_nb);
+ rcu_torture_stall_cleanup();
if (stutter_task) {
VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("Stopping rcu_torture_stutter task");
kthread_stop(stutter_task);
@@ -1831,6 +1893,7 @@ rcu_torture_init(void)
}
rcu_torture_onoff_init();
register_reboot_notifier(&rcutorture_shutdown_nb);
+ rcu_torture_stall_init();
rcutorture_record_test_transition();
mutex_unlock(&fullstop_mutex);
return 0;
--
1.7.8

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