On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 04:24:09PM -0500, Joel Fernandes wrote: > On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 12:00:18PM +0100, Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) wrote: > > Currently "nfakewriters" parameter can be set to any value but > > there is no possibility to adjust it automatically based on how > > many CPUs a system has where a test is run on. > > > > To address this, if the "nfakewriters" is set to negative it will > > be adjusted to num_online_cpus() during torture initialization. > > > > Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++------ > > 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c > > index d98b3bd6d91f..f376262532ce 100644 > > --- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c > > +++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c > > @@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(torture_type, "Type of RCU to torture (rcu, srcu, ...)"); > > IMO, this should also be updated to reflect the possibily to set it negative > and hence to number CPUs: > > torture_param(int, nfakewriters, 4, "Number of RCU fake writer threads"); > You can set it to a negative as well as to number of CPUs or any other number. -- Uladzislau Rezki
