rcutorture: Allow pointer leaks to test diagnostic code
authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Tue, 11 Aug 2020 17:33:39 +0000 (10:33 -0700)
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Tue, 25 Aug 2020 01:45:36 +0000 (18:45 -0700)
commitd685514260e21aabd65a9aa8be045766bdaa0549
tree376e37434d4e26cd06c879713f1d71e7bd10bb2e
parent299c7d94f635ab93ffb0468aec6b6e2176ec5cbf
rcutorture: Allow pointer leaks to test diagnostic code

This commit adds an rcutorture.leakpointer module parameter that
intentionally leaks an RCU-protected pointer out of the RCU read-side
critical section and checks to see if the corresponding grace period
has elapsed, emitting a WARN_ON_ONCE() if so.  This module parameter can
be used to test facilities like CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD that end
grace periods quickly.

While in the area, also document rcutorture.irqreader, which was
previously left out.

Reported-by Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c