From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755597AbcHVPPB (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Aug 2016 11:15:01 -0400 Received: from mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.158.5]:30905 "EHLO mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755174AbcHVPO6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Aug 2016 11:14:58 -0400 X-IBM-Helo: d03dlp03.boulder.ibm.com X-IBM-MailFrom: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: mingo@kernel.org, jiangshanlai@gmail.com, dipankar@in.ibm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com, josh@joshtriplett.org, tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, dhowells@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, dvhart@linux.intel.com, fweisbec@gmail.com, oleg@redhat.com, bobby.prani@gmail.com, SeongJae Park , "Paul E. McKenney" Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 1/2] rcutorture: Remove outdated config option description Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 08:14:42 -0700 X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.5.2 In-Reply-To: <20160822151413.GA6337@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <20160822151413.GA6337@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 X-Content-Scanned: Fidelis XPS MAILER x-cbid: 16082215-0004-0000-0000-00001030E094 X-IBM-SpamModules-Scores: X-IBM-SpamModules-Versions: BY=3.00005629; HX=3.00000240; KW=3.00000007; PH=3.00000004; SC=3.00000183; SDB=6.00748113; UDB=6.00353033; IPR=6.00520778; BA=6.00004672; NDR=6.00000001; ZLA=6.00000005; ZF=6.00000009; ZB=6.00000000; ZP=6.00000000; ZH=6.00000000; ZU=6.00000002; MB=3.00012420; XFM=3.00000011; UTC=2016-08-22 15:14:35 X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused x-cbparentid: 16082215-0005-0000-0000-00007831034A Message-Id: <1471878883-6660-1-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:,, definitions=2016-08-22_07:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=1 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1604210000 definitions=main-1608220158 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: SeongJae Park CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_RUNNABLE has removed by commit 4e9a073f60367 ("torture: Remove CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_RUNNABLE, simplify code") entirely but the document has not updated. This commit updates the document to remove the description for the config option and adding a description for the alternative module parameter. Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- Documentation/RCU/torture.txt | 15 --------------- 1 file changed, 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt b/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt index 118e7c176ce7..278f6a9383b6 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt @@ -10,21 +10,6 @@ status messages via printk(), which can be examined via the dmesg command (perhaps grepping for "torture"). The test is started when the module is loaded, and stops when the module is unloaded. -CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_RUNNABLE - -It is also possible to specify CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST=y, which will -result in the tests being loaded into the base kernel. In this case, -the CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_RUNNABLE config option is used to specify -whether the RCU torture tests are to be started immediately during -boot or whether the /proc/sys/kernel/rcutorture_runnable file is used -to enable them. This /proc file can be used to repeatedly pause and -restart the tests, regardless of the initial state specified by the -CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_RUNNABLE config option. - -You will normally -not- want to start the RCU torture tests during boot -(and thus the default is CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_RUNNABLE=n), but doing -this can sometimes be useful in finding boot-time bugs. - MODULE PARAMETERS -- 2.5.2