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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/trace.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 38 |
2 files changed, 43 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt b/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt index ec6998b1b6d0..00a3a38b375a 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt @@ -237,17 +237,17 @@ o "ktl" is the low-order 16 bits (in hexadecimal) of the count of The output of "cat rcu/rcu_preempt/rcuexp" looks as follows: -s=21872 wd0=0 wd1=0 wd2=0 wd3=5 n=0 enq=0 sc=21872 +s=21872 wd1=0 wd2=0 wd3=5 n=0 enq=0 sc=21872 These fields are as follows: o "s" is the sequence number, with an odd number indicating that an expedited grace period is in progress. -o "wd0", "wd1", "wd2", and "wd3" are the number of times that an - attempt to start an expedited grace period found that someone - else had completed an expedited grace period that satisfies the - attempted request. "Our work is done." +o "wd1", "wd2", and "wd3" are the number of times that an attempt + to start an expedited grace period found that someone else had + completed an expedited grace period that satisfies the attempted + request. "Our work is done." o "n" is number of times that a concurrent CPU-hotplug operation forced a fallback to a normal grace period. diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index ecc74fa4bfde..da9ee466789b 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -3284,6 +3284,44 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Lazy RCU callbacks are those which RCU can prove do nothing more than free memory. + rcuperf.gp_exp= [KNL] + Measure performance of expedited synchronous + grace-period primitives. + + rcuperf.holdoff= [KNL] + Set test-start holdoff period. The purpose of + this parameter is to delay the start of the + test until boot completes in order to avoid + interference. + + rcuperf.nreaders= [KNL] + Set number of RCU readers. The value -1 selects + N, where N is the number of CPUs. A value + "n" less than -1 selects N-n+1, where N is again + the number of CPUs. For example, -2 selects N + (the number of CPUs), -3 selects N+1, and so on. + A value of "n" less than or equal to -N selects + a single reader. + + rcuperf.nwriters= [KNL] + Set number of RCU writers. The values operate + the same as for rcuperf.nreaders. + N, where N is the number of CPUs + + rcuperf.perf_runnable= [BOOT] + Start rcuperf running at boot time. + + rcuperf.shutdown= [KNL] + Shut the system down after performance tests + complete. This is useful for hands-off automated + testing. + + rcuperf.perf_type= [KNL] + Specify the RCU implementation to test. + + rcuperf.verbose= [KNL] + Enable additional printk() statements. + rcutorture.cbflood_inter_holdoff= [KNL] Set holdoff time (jiffies) between successive callback-flood tests. |