From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755345Ab2LaCrc (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:47:32 -0500 Received: from mail-pa0-f43.google.com ([209.85.220.43]:49460 "EHLO mail-pa0-f43.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752054Ab2LaCra (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:47:30 -0500 From: Michel Lespinasse To: Andrew Morton , David Howells Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Rik van Riel Subject: [PATCH 0/2] extend synchro-test module to test spinlocks too Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:47:12 -0800 Message-Id: <1356922034-25165-1-git-send-email-walken@google.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.7.3 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I wanted a synthetic test to help me understand the performance of Rik's proposed spinlock proportional backoff patches, and the synchro-test in andrew's mmotm tree looked like an obvious candidate to be extended, so I ended up with the following couple patches. I'm not sure whats' the back story with synchro-test though - they seem to have been stuck in andrew's tree for a very long time now. Is there any reason delaying their inclusion or is it just that nobody's been pushing for them ? Michel Lespinasse (2): add spinlock test to synchro-test module Document default load and interval values in synchro-test module Documentation/synchro-test.txt | 4 +- kernel/synchro-test.c | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) -- 1.7.7.3