From bdea9e347783c2724997db7c5d5b45a301e2dc90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 13:47:19 -0800 Subject: rcutorture: Documentation for rcuperf kernel parameters This commit adds documentation for the new rcuperf module's kernel boot parameters. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index ecc74fa..951af48 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -3284,6 +3284,38 @@ 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.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. -- cgit v0.10.2