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* [PATCH] RCU: add fake writers to rcutortureJosh Triplett2006-10-04
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | rcutorture currently has one writer and an arbitrary number of readers. To better exercise some of the code paths in RCU implementations, add fake writer threads which call the synchronize function for the RCU variant in a loop, with a delay between calls to arrange for different numbers of writers running in parallel. [bunk@stusta.de: cleanup] Acked-by: Paul McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Cc: Dipkanar Sarma <dipankar@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] srcu-3: add SRCU operations to rcutorturePaul E. McKenney2006-10-04
| | | | | | | | | | | | Adds SRCU operations to rcutorture and updates rcutorture documentation. Also increases the stress imposed by the rcutorture test. [bunk@stusta.de: make needlessly global code static] Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] srcu-3: RCU variant permitting read-side blockingPaul E. McKenney2006-10-04
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Updated patch adding a variant of RCU that permits sleeping in read-side critical sections. SRCU is as follows: o Each use of SRCU creates its own srcu_struct, and each srcu_struct has its own set of grace periods. This is critical, as it prevents one subsystem with a blocking reader from holding up SRCU grace periods for other subsystems. o The SRCU primitives (srcu_read_lock(), srcu_read_unlock(), and synchronize_srcu()) all take a pointer to a srcu_struct. o The SRCU primitives must be called from process context. o srcu_read_lock() returns an int that must be passed to the matching srcu_read_unlock(). Realtime RCU avoids the need for this by storing the state in the task struct, but SRCU needs to allow a given code path to pass through multiple SRCU domains -- storing state in the task struct would therefore require either arbitrary space in the task struct or arbitrary limits on SRCU nesting. So I kicked the state-storage problem up to the caller. Of course, it is not permitted to call synchronize_srcu() while in an SRCU read-side critical section. o There is no call_srcu(). It would not be hard to implement one, but it seems like too easy a way to OOM the system. (Hey, we have enough trouble with call_rcu(), which does -not- permit readers to sleep!!!) So, if you want it, please tell me why... [josht@us.ibm.com: sparse notation] Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* Documentation: remove duplicated wordsPaolo Ornati2006-10-03
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Remove many duplicated words under Documentation/ and do other small cleanups. Examples: "and and" --> "and" "in in" --> "in" "the the" --> "the" "the the" --> "to the" ... Signed-off-by: Paolo Ornati <ornati@fastwebnet.it> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
* Fix typos in Documentation/: 'S'Matt LaPlante2006-10-03
| | | | | | | | | | This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. The patch addresses some words starting with the letter 'S'. Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
* [PATCH] RCU Documentation fixUrs Thuermann2006-07-10
| | | | | | | | | Updater should use _rcu variant of list_del(). Signed-off-by: Urs Thuermann <urs@isnogud.escape.de> Acked-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] rcutorture: add ops vector and Classic RCU opsPaul E. McKenney2006-06-27
| | | | | | | | | Add an ops vector to rcutorture, and add the ops for Classic RCU. Update the rcutorture documentation to reflect slight change to the dmesg formats. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] rcutorture: catchup doc fixes for idle-hz testsPaul E. McKenney2006-06-27
| | | | | | | | | | | This just catches the RCU torture documentation up with the recent fixes that test RCU for architectures that turn of the scheduling-clock interrupt for idle CPUs and the addition of a SUCCESS/FAILURE indication, fixing up an obsolete comment as well. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] RCU documentation: self-limiting updates and call_rcu()Paul E. McKenney2006-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | An update to the RCU documentation calling out the self-limiting-update-rate advantages of synchronize_rcu(), and describing how to use call_rcu() in a way that results in self-limiting updates. Self-limiting updates are important to avoiding RCU-induced OOM in face of denial-of-service attacks. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Make RCU API inaccessible to non-GPL Linux kernel modulesPaul E. McKenney2006-06-23
| | | | | | | | | | | Remove synchronize_kernel() (deprecated 2-APR-2005 in http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/3/11) and makes the RCU API inaccessible to non-GPL Linux kernel modules (as was announced more than one year ago in http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/3/8). Tested on x86 and ppc64. Signed-off-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] for_each_possible_cpu: documentaionKAMEZAWA Hiroyuki2006-03-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Replace for_each_cpu with for_each_possible_cpu. Modifies occurences in documentaion. for_each_cpu in whatisRCU.txt should be for_each_online_cpu ??? (I'm not sure..) Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* rcu: undeclared variable used in documentationBaruch Even2006-03-24
| | | | | | | | | The RCU documentation uses an fp variable which is not declared in the code snippets. Use the new_fp variable instead. Signed-Off-By: Baruch Even <baruch@ev-en.org> Acked-by: <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
* [PATCH] RCU documentation fixes (January 2006 update)Paul E. McKenney2006-02-01
| | | | | | | | | Updates to in-tree RCU documentation based on comments over the past few months. Signed-off-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] rcu file: use atomic primitivesNick Piggin2006-01-08
| | | | | | | | | Use atomic_inc_not_zero for rcu files instead of special case rcuref. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Remove hlist_for_each_rcu() API, convert existing use to ↵Paul E. McKenney2005-11-07
| | | | | | | | | | | | | hlist_for_each_entry_rcu Remove the hlist_for_each_rcu() API, which is used only in one place, and is trivially converted to hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(), making the code shorter and more readable. Any out-of-tree uses may be similarly converted. Signed-off-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] RCU torture-testing kernel modulePaul E. McKenney2005-10-30
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch is a rewrite of the one submitted on October 1st, using modules (http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112819093522998&w=2). This rewrite adds a tristate CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST, which enables an intense torture test of the RCU infratructure. This is needed due to the continued changes to the RCU infrastructure to accommodate dynamic ticks, CPU hotplug, realtime, 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 received extensive testing on a number of architectures as part of the PREEMPT_RT patchset. Signed-off-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Yet another RCU documentation updatePaul E. McKenney2005-09-10
| | | | | | | | | Update RCU documentation based on discussions and review of RCU-based tree patches. Add an introductory whatisRCU.txt file. Signed-off-by: <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] files: rcuref APIsDipankar Sarma2005-09-09
| | | | | | | | | | Adds a set of primitives to do reference counting for objects that are looked up without locks using RCU. Signed-off-by: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran_th@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] NMI: Update NMI users of RCU to use new APIPaul E. McKenney2005-09-07
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Uses of RCU for dynamically changeable NMI handlers need to use the new rcu_dereference() and rcu_assign_pointer() facilities. This change makes it clear that these uses are safe from a memory-barrier viewpoint, but the main purpose is to document exactly what operations are being protected by RCU. This has been tested on x86 and x86-64, which are the only architectures affected by this change. Signed-off-by: <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Update RCU documentationPaul E. McKenney2005-05-01
| | | | | | | | | Update the RCU documentation to allow for the new synchronize_rcu() and synchronize_sched() primitives. Fix a few other nits as well. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* Linux-2.6.12-rc2v2.6.12-rc2Linus Torvalds2005-04-16
Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history, even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about 3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good infrastructure for it. Let it rip!
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