On Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 1:35 AM Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> When setting nocbs_nthreads to start rcutorture test with a non-zero value,
> the nocb tasks will be created and invoke rcu_nocb_cpu_offload/deoffload()
> to toggle CPU's callback-offload state, but this is meaningless for non-rcu
> testing or CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=n kernel create nocb tasks to periodically
> toggle CPU's callback-offload state and adds unnecessary testing overhead.
>
> This commit therefore add checks for cur_ops types and CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU
> options when nocbs_nthreads is non-zero to avoid unnecessary nocb task
> creation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
thanks,
- Joel
> ---
> kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
> index 297da28ce92d..d01127e0e8cd 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
> @@ -3708,6 +3708,12 @@ rcu_torture_init(void)
> pr_alert("rcu-torture: ->fqs NULL and non-zero fqs_duration, fqs disabled.\n");
> fqs_duration = 0;
> }
> + if (nocbs_nthreads != 0 && (cur_ops != &rcu_ops ||
> + !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU))) {
> + pr_alert("rcu-torture types: %s and CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=%d, nocb toggle disabled.\n",
> + cur_ops->name, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU));
> + nocbs_nthreads = 0;
> + }
> if (cur_ops->init)
> cur_ops->init();
>
> --
> 2.25.1
>
