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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c | 4 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index bdc1f33fd3d1..6d984f153669 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -4269,6 +4269,18 @@ are zero, rcutorture acts as if is interpreted they are all non-zero. + rcutorture.irqreader= [KNL] + Run RCU readers from irq handlers, or, more + accurately, from a timer handler. Not all RCU + flavors take kindly to this sort of thing. + + rcutorture.leakpointer= [KNL] + Leak an RCU-protected pointer out of the reader. + This can of course result in splats, and is + intended to test the ability of things like + CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y to detect + such leaks. + rcutorture.n_barrier_cbs= [KNL] Set callbacks/threads for rcu_barrier() testing. diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c index 983f82fccb18..916ea4f66e4b 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c @@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ torture_param(bool, gp_normal, false, "Use normal (non-expedited) GP wait primitives"); torture_param(bool, gp_sync, false, "Use synchronous GP wait primitives"); torture_param(int, irqreader, 1, "Allow RCU readers from irq handlers"); +torture_param(int, leakpointer, 0, "Leak pointer dereferences from readers"); torture_param(int, n_barrier_cbs, 0, "# of callbacks/kthreads for barrier testing"); torture_param(int, nfakewriters, 4, "Number of RCU fake writer threads"); @@ -1401,6 +1402,9 @@ static bool rcu_torture_one_read(struct torture_random_state *trsp) preempt_enable(); rcutorture_one_extend(&readstate, 0, trsp, rtrsp); WARN_ON_ONCE(readstate & RCUTORTURE_RDR_MASK); + // This next splat is expected behavior if leakpointer, especially + // for CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD=y kernels. + WARN_ON_ONCE(leakpointer && READ_ONCE(p->rtort_pipe_count) > 1); /* If error or close call, record the sequence of reader protections. */ if ((pipe_count > 1 || completed > 1) && !xchg(&err_segs_recorded, 1)) { |