This document gives a brief rationale for the TREE_RCU-related test cases, a group that includes PREEMPT_RCU. Kconfig Parameters: CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC -- Do three, covering CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING & not. CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD -- Do one. CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU -- Do half. (Every second.) CONFIG_HZ_PERIODIC -- Do one. CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE -- Do those not otherwise specified. (Groups of two.) CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL -- Do two, one with partial CPU enablement. CONFIG_PREEMPT -- Do half. (First three and #8.) CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING -- Do several, covering CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC=y and not. CONFIG_PROVE_RCU -- Hardwired to CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING. CONFIG_RCU_BOOST -- one of PREEMPT_RCU. CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT -- Cover hierarchy, but overlap with others. CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF -- Do one non-default. CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ -- Do one, but not with all nohz_full CPUs. CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU -- Do three, one with no rcu_nocbs CPUs, one with rcu_nocbs=0, and one with all rcu_nocbs CPUs. CONFIG_RCU_TRACE -- Do half. CONFIG_SMP -- Need one !SMP for PREEMPT_RCU. CONFIG_RCU_EXPERT=n -- Do a few, but these have to be vanilla configurations. CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG -- Do at least one for CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL and not. RCU-bh: Do one with PREEMPT and one with !PREEMPT. RCU-sched: Do one with PREEMPT but not BOOST. Boot parameters: nohz_full - do at least one. maxcpu -- do at least one. rcupdate.rcu_self_test_bh -- Do at least one each, offloaded and not. rcupdate.rcu_self_test_sched -- Do at least one each, offloaded and not. rcupdate.rcu_self_test -- Do at least one each, offloaded and not. rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact -- Do at least one. Kconfig Parameters Ignored: CONFIG_64BIT Used only to check CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT value, inspection suffices. CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU Redundant with CONFIG_PREEMPT, ignore. CONFIG_RCU_BOOST_DELAY Inspection suffices, ignore. CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_TIMEOUT Inspection suffices, ignore. CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON Implied by TREE_RCU and PREEMPT_RCU. CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_RUNNABLE Always used in KVM testing. CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU CONFIG_TREE_RCU CONFIG_TINY_RCU CONFIG_TASKS_RCU These are controlled by CONFIG_PREEMPT and/or CONFIG_SMP. CONFIG_SRCU Selected by CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST, so cannot disable. boot parameters ignored: TBD