Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932295AbVJCPcG (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Oct 2005 11:32:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932302AbVJCPcG (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Oct 2005 11:32:06 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:47247 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932301AbVJCPcE (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Oct 2005 11:32:04 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] RCU torture testing From: Arjan van de Ven To: paulmck@us.ibm.com Cc: Pavel Machek , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org, dipankar@in.ibm.com, vatsa@in.ibm.com, rusty@au1.ibm.com, mingo@elte.hu, manfred@colorfullife.com In-Reply-To: <20051003152602.GD1300@us.ibm.com> References: <20051001182056.GA1613@us.ibm.com> <20051002210549.GA8503@elf.ucw.cz> <20051003143009.GB1300@us.ibm.com> <1128350188.17024.14.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20051003152602.GD1300@us.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 17:31:59 +0200 Message-Id: <1128353520.17024.19.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 2.9 (++) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.0.4 on pentafluge.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (2.9 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL RBL: SORBS: sent directly from dynamic IP address [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 2.8 RCVD_IN_DSBL RBL: Received via a relay in list.dsbl.org [] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 685 Lines: 15 > Good point -- all I really need for module parameters is the number > of readers. I should be able to have module load start the test and > module unload stop it (any problems with this approach?). only one potential gotcha; it means you can't load the system to the extend that the shell doesn't get cpu time otherwise the admin can never issue the unload. Maybe a time limit on the testing? (optional as module parm for all I care) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/