Re: [PATCH] RCU torture testing

["Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com>]

On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 11:05:49PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > The attached patch adds CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST, which enables a /proc-based
> > intense torture test of the RCU infrastructure.  This is needed due to the
> > continued changes to RCU infrastructure to accommodate dynamic ticks, CPU
> > hotplug, and so on.  Most of the code is in a separate file that is compiled
> > only if the CONFIG variable is set.  Documentation on how to run the test
> > and interpret the output is also included.
> > 
> > This code has been tested on i386 and ppc64, and an earlier version of the
> > code has seen extensive testing on a number of architectures as part of the
> > PREEMPT_RT patchset.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
> 
> Can you just run the tests from time to time inside IBM?

In principle, I could, but in practice it is appropriate for non-IBMers to
be able to test the RCU infrastructure easily and thoroughly when they
work on it.

						Thanx, Paul