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SubjectRe: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/3] increase rcutorture intensity and fix a couple resulting bugs
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On Tue, 2009-09-08 at 15:53 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> This patch series increases the intensity of rcutorture testing for
> TREE_PREEMPT_RCU and provides fixes for a couple resulting bugs.
>
> o Make rcutorture's RCU read-side critical sections occasionally
> spin for a few tens of milliseconds, which greatly increases
> the probability that they will be preempted and that quiescent
> states will be forced. Yes, this does uncover some bugs in
> TREE_PREEMPT_RCU (though TREE_RCU passes with flying colors).
>
> o Fix a bug where rnp->gpnum was not being updated. This
> increases TREE_PREEMPT_RCU's reliability considerably, though
> bugs still remain.
>
> o Make the initialization of multi-node trees of rcu_node
> structures unconditionally acquire rnp->lock. This simplifies
> the code a bit and will make it easier to allow grace-period
> initialization become preemptable, should this be needed.
>
> Next steps include applying review comments, adding expedited grace
> periods, and chasing down remaining bugs. Longer term, RCU priority
> boosting.

Hi Paul,

These patches look decent to me.

If it makes you feel comfy:

Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>

-- Steve




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