Re: [PATCH rcu 3/9] torture: Add lock_torture_writer_fifo module param

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 11:20:36AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> From: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@xxxxxxx>
> 
> Modifies locktorture writer to run as RT task.
> 
> To use it:
> insmod /lib/modules/torture.ko random_shuffle=1 lock_torture_writer_fifo=1
>                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> insmod /lib/modules/locktorture.ko torture_type=mutex_lock rt_boost=1 rt_boost_factor=50 nested_locks=3
> 
> This patch has been helpful to uncover issues with the proxy-execution
> series.
> 
> Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: kernel-team@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@xxxxxxx>
> [jstultz: Include header change to build, reword commit message]
> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <jstultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/locking/locktorture.c |  3 ++-
>  kernel/torture.c             | 11 ++++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/locking/locktorture.c b/kernel/locking/locktorture.c
> index 949d3deae506..aac48d323254 100644
> --- a/kernel/locking/locktorture.c
> +++ b/kernel/locking/locktorture.c
> @@ -809,7 +809,8 @@ static int lock_torture_writer(void *arg)
>  	bool skip_main_lock;
>  
>  	VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("lock_torture_writer task started");
> -	set_user_nice(current, MAX_NICE);
> +	if (!rt_task(current))
> +		set_user_nice(current, MAX_NICE);
>  
>  	do {
>  		if ((torture_random(&rand) & 0xfffff) == 0)
> diff --git a/kernel/torture.c b/kernel/torture.c
> index 8be83fdc6be1..db79197e257a 100644
> --- a/kernel/torture.c
> +++ b/kernel/torture.c
> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
>  #include <linux/ktime.h>
>  #include <asm/byteorder.h>
>  #include <linux/torture.h>
> +#include <linux/sched/rt.h>
>  #include "rcu/rcu.h"
>  
>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> @@ -57,6 +58,9 @@ module_param(verbose_sleep_duration, int, 0444);
>  static int random_shuffle;
>  module_param(random_shuffle, int, 0444);
>  
> +static int lock_torture_writer_fifo;
> +module_param(lock_torture_writer_fifo, int, 0444);
> +
>  static char *torture_type;
>  static int verbose;
>  
> @@ -734,7 +738,7 @@ bool stutter_wait(const char *title)
>  	cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs();
>  	spt = READ_ONCE(stutter_pause_test);
>  	for (; spt; spt = READ_ONCE(stutter_pause_test)) {
> -		if (!ret) {
> +		if (!ret && !rt_task(current)) {
>  			sched_set_normal(current, MAX_NICE);
>  			ret = true;
>  		}
> @@ -944,6 +948,11 @@ int _torture_create_kthread(int (*fn)(void *arg), void *arg, char *s, char *m,
>  		*tp = NULL;
>  		return ret;
>  	}
> +
> +	if (lock_torture_writer_fifo &&
> +	    !strncmp(s, "lock_torture_writer", strlen(s)))
> +		sched_set_fifo(*tp);

I replaced this with a callback function in order to confine
locktorture-specific code to kernel/locking/locktorture.c.

I will reply with the following two patches.

1.	Add a kthread-creation callback to _torture_create_kthread().

2.	Add lock_torture writer_fifo module parameter, courtesy of
	Dietmar Eggemann.

Please let me know if you have objections to this change.

						Thanx, Paul

------------------------------------------------------------------------

 b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |    4 ++++
 b/include/linux/torture.h                         |    7 +++++--
 b/kernel/locking/locktorture.c                    |   12 +++++++-----
 b/kernel/torture.c                                |    6 +++++-
 kernel/torture.c                                  |    3 ++-
 5 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)