[PATCH] RCU torture-testing kernel module

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>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/rcupdate.c b/kernel/rcupdate.c
index 2559d4b..c4d159a 100644
--- a/kernel/rcupdate.c
+++ b/kernel/rcupdate.c
@@ -154,6 +154,15 @@ void fastcall call_rcu_bh(struct rcu_head *head,
 }
 
 /*
+ * Return the number of RCU batches processed thus far.  Useful
+ * for debug and statistics.
+ */
+long rcu_batches_completed(void)
+{
+	return rcu_ctrlblk.completed;
+}
+
+/*
  * Invoke the completed RCU callbacks. They are expected to be in
  * a per-cpu list.
  */
@@ -501,6 +510,7 @@ void synchronize_kernel(void)
 }
 
 module_param(maxbatch, int, 0);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_batches_completed);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_rcu);  /* WARNING: GPL-only in April 2006. */
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_rcu_bh);  /* WARNING: GPL-only in April 2006. */
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_rcu);