Re: [PATCH] RCU torture-testing kernel module

[Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com>]

On Oct 24, 2005, at 14:10:58, Badari Pulavarty wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 13:59 -0400, Kyle Moffett wrote:
>> Uhh...  It's a torture test.  What exactly do _you_ expect it will  
>> do?  I think the idea is to enable it as a module and load it when  
>> you want to start torture testing, and unload it when done.   
>> "TORTURE_TEST"s are not for production systems :-D.
>
> I was expecting that - even if its compiled in, there would be a  
> way to turn on/off the tests from /proc or something :)

 From the docs:
> The test is started when the module is loaded, and stops when the  
> module is unloaded.
>
> However, actually setting this config option to "y" results in the  
> system running the test immediately upon boot, and ending only when  
> the system is taken down.
>
> MODULE PARAMETERS
>
> [snip description of parameters]

You turn the test on and off by inserting and removing the module, as  
I found in about 30 seconds by reading the top of the patch.

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett

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