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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c | 33 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c b/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c index 9eb39c20082c..21448d3374e2 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c @@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>"); * value specified by nr_cpus for a read-only test. * * Various other use cases may of course be specified. + * + * Note that this test's readers are intended only as a test load for + * the writers. The reader performance statistics will be overly + * pessimistic due to the per-critical-section interrupt disabling, + * test-end checks, and the pair of calls through pointers. */ #ifdef MODULE @@ -309,8 +314,10 @@ static void rcu_perf_wait_shutdown(void) } /* - * RCU perf reader kthread. Repeatedly does empty RCU read-side - * critical section, minimizing update-side interference. + * RCU perf reader kthread. Repeatedly does empty RCU read-side critical + * section, minimizing update-side interference. However, the point of + * this test is not to evaluate reader performance, but instead to serve + * as a test load for update-side performance testing. */ static int rcu_perf_reader(void *arg) @@ -354,7 +361,6 @@ rcu_perf_writer(void *arg) int i_max; long me = (long)arg; struct rcu_head *rhp = NULL; - struct sched_param sp; bool started = false, done = false, alldone = false; u64 t; u64 *wdp; @@ -363,8 +369,7 @@ rcu_perf_writer(void *arg) VERBOSE_PERFOUT_STRING("rcu_perf_writer task started"); WARN_ON(!wdpp); set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpumask_of(me % nr_cpu_ids)); - sp.sched_priority = 1; - sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current, SCHED_FIFO, &sp); + sched_set_fifo_low(current); if (holdoff) schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(holdoff * HZ); @@ -420,9 +425,7 @@ retry: started = true; if (!done && i >= MIN_MEAS) { done = true; - sp.sched_priority = 0; - sched_setscheduler_nocheck(current, - SCHED_NORMAL, &sp); + sched_set_normal(current, 0); pr_alert("%s%s rcu_perf_writer %ld has %d measurements\n", perf_type, PERF_FLAG, me, MIN_MEAS); if (atomic_inc_return(&n_rcu_perf_writer_finished) >= @@ -576,11 +579,8 @@ static int compute_real(int n) static int rcu_perf_shutdown(void *arg) { - do { - wait_event(shutdown_wq, - atomic_read(&n_rcu_perf_writer_finished) >= - nrealwriters); - } while (atomic_read(&n_rcu_perf_writer_finished) < nrealwriters); + wait_event(shutdown_wq, + atomic_read(&n_rcu_perf_writer_finished) >= nrealwriters); smp_mb(); /* Wake before output. */ rcu_perf_cleanup(); kernel_power_off(); @@ -693,11 +693,8 @@ kfree_perf_cleanup(void) static int kfree_perf_shutdown(void *arg) { - do { - wait_event(shutdown_wq, - atomic_read(&n_kfree_perf_thread_ended) >= - kfree_nrealthreads); - } while (atomic_read(&n_kfree_perf_thread_ended) < kfree_nrealthreads); + wait_event(shutdown_wq, + atomic_read(&n_kfree_perf_thread_ended) >= kfree_nrealthreads); smp_mb(); /* Wake before output. */ |