--- /dev/null
+RCU Torture Test Operation
+
+
+CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST
+
+The CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST config option is available for all RCU
+implementations. It creates an rcutorture kernel module that can
+be loaded to run a torture test. The test periodically outputs
+status messages via printk(), which can be examined via the dmesg
+command (perhaps grepping for "rcutorture"). The test is started
+when the module is loaded, and stops when the module is unloaded.
+
+However, actually setting this config option to "y" results in the system
+running the test immediately upon boot, and ending only when the system
+is taken down. Normally, one will instead want to build the system
+with CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST=m and to use modprobe and rmmod to control
+the test, perhaps using a script similar to the one shown at the end of
+this document. Note that you will need CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD in order
+to be able to end the test.
+
+
+MODULE PARAMETERS
+
+This module has the following parameters:
+
+nreaders This is the number of RCU reading threads supported.
+ The default is twice the number of CPUs. Why twice?
+ To properly exercise RCU implementations with preemptible
+ read-side critical sections.
+
+stat_interval The number of seconds between output of torture
+ statistics (via printk()). Regardless of the interval,
+ statistics are printed when the module is unloaded.
+ Setting the interval to zero causes the statistics to
+ be printed -only- when the module is unloaded, and this
+ is the default.
+
+verbose Enable debug printk()s. Default is disabled.
+
+
+OUTPUT
+
+The statistics output is as follows:
+
+ rcutorture: --- Start of test: nreaders=16 stat_interval=0 verbose=0
+ rcutorture: rtc: 0000000000000000 ver: 1916 tfle: 0 rta: 1916 rtaf: 0 rtf: 1915
+ rcutorture: Reader Pipe: 1466408 9747 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
+ rcutorture: Reader Batch: 1464477 11678 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
+ rcutorture: Free-Block Circulation: 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 0
+ rcutorture: --- End of test
+
+The command "dmesg | grep rcutorture:" will extract this information on
+most systems. On more esoteric configurations, it may be necessary to
+use other commands to access the output of the printk()s used by
+the RCU torture test. The printk()s use KERN_ALERT, so they should
+be evident. ;-)
+
+The entries are as follows:
+
+o "ggp": The number of counter flips (or batches) since boot.
+
+o "rtc": The hexadecimal address of the structure currently visible
+ to readers.
+
+o "ver": The number of times since boot that the rcutw writer task
+ has changed the structure visible to readers.
+
+o "tfle": If non-zero, indicates that the "torture freelist"
+ containing structure to be placed into the "rtc" area is empty.
+ This condition is important, since it can fool you into thinking
+ that RCU is working when it is not. :-/
+
+o "rta": Number of structures allocated from the torture freelist.
+
+o "rtaf": Number of allocations from the torture freelist that have
+ failed due to the list being empty.
+
+o "rtf": Number of frees into the torture freelist.
+
+o "Reader Pipe": Histogram of "ages" of structures seen by readers.
+ If any entries past the first two are non-zero, RCU is broken.
+ And rcutorture prints the error flag string "!!!" to make sure
+ you notice. The age of a newly allocated structure is zero,
+ it becomes one when removed from reader visibility, and is
+ incremented once per grace period subsequently -- and is freed
+ after passing through (RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN-2) grace periods.
+
+ The output displayed above was taken from a correctly working
+ RCU. If you want to see what it looks like when broken, break
+ it yourself. ;-)
+
+o "Reader Batch": Another histogram of "ages" of structures seen
+ by readers, but in terms of counter flips (or batches) rather
+ than in terms of grace periods. The legal number of non-zero
+ entries is again two. The reason for this separate view is
+ that it is easier to get the third entry to show up in the
+ "Reader Batch" list than in the "Reader Pipe" list.
+
+o "Free-Block Circulation": Shows the number of torture structures
+ that have reached a given point in the pipeline. The first element
+ should closely correspond to the number of structures allocated,
+ the second to the number that have been removed from reader view,
+ and all but the last remaining to the corresponding number of
+ passes through a grace period. The last entry should be zero,
+ as it is only incremented if a torture structure's counter
+ somehow gets incremented farther than it should.
+
+
+USAGE
+
+The following script may be used to torture RCU:
+
+ #!/bin/sh
+
+ modprobe rcutorture
+ sleep 100
+ rmmod rcutorture
+ dmesg | grep rcutorture:
+
+The output can be manually inspected for the error flag of "!!!".
+One could of course create a more elaborate script that automatically
+checked for such errors.
--- /dev/null
+/*
+ * Read-Copy Update /proc-based torture test facility
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2005
+ *
+ * Authors: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * See also: Documentation/RCU/torture.txt
+ */
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/smp.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <asm/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/completion.h>
+#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
+#include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
+#include <linux/rcuref.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/random.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/byteorder/swabb.h>
+#include <linux/stat.h>
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+
+static int nreaders = -1; /* # reader threads, defaults to 4*ncpus */
+static int stat_interval = 0; /* Interval between stats, in seconds. */
+ /* Defaults to "only at end of test". */
+static int verbose = 0; /* Print more debug info. */
+
+MODULE_PARM(nreaders, "i");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(nreaders, "Number of RCU reader threads");
+MODULE_PARM(stat_interval, "i");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(stat_interval, "Number of seconds between stats printk()s");
+MODULE_PARM(verbose, "i");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(verbose, "Enable verbose debugging printk()s");
+#define TORTURE_FLAG "rcutorture: "
+#define PRINTK_STRING(s) \
+ do { printk(KERN_ALERT TORTURE_FLAG s "\n"); } while (0)
+#define VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING(s) \
+ do { if (verbose) printk(KERN_ALERT TORTURE_FLAG s "\n"); } while (0)
+#define VERBOSE_PRINTK_ERRSTRING(s) \
+ do { if (verbose) printk(KERN_ALERT TORTURE_FLAG "!!! " s "\n"); } while (0)
+
+static char printk_buf[4096];
+
+static int nrealreaders;
+static struct task_struct *writer_task;
+static struct task_struct **reader_tasks;
+static struct task_struct *stats_task;
+
+#define RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN 10
+
+struct rcu_torture {
+ struct rcu_head rtort_rcu;
+ int rtort_pipe_count;
+ struct list_head rtort_free;
+};
+
+static int fullstop = 0; /* stop generating callbacks at test end. */
+static LIST_HEAD(rcu_torture_freelist);
+static struct rcu_torture *rcu_torture_current = NULL;
+static long rcu_torture_current_version = 0;
+static struct rcu_torture rcu_tortures[10 * RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN];
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(rcu_torture_lock);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(long [RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN + 1], rcu_torture_count) =
+ { 0 };
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(long [RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN + 1], rcu_torture_batch) =
+ { 0 };
+static atomic_t rcu_torture_wcount[RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN + 1];
+atomic_t n_rcu_torture_alloc;
+atomic_t n_rcu_torture_alloc_fail;
+atomic_t n_rcu_torture_free;
+
+/*
+ * Allocate an element from the rcu_tortures pool.
+ */
+struct rcu_torture *
+rcu_torture_alloc(void)
+{
+ struct list_head *p;
+
+ spin_lock(&rcu_torture_lock);
+ if (list_empty(&rcu_torture_freelist)) {
+ atomic_inc(&n_rcu_torture_alloc_fail);
+ spin_unlock(&rcu_torture_lock);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ atomic_inc(&n_rcu_torture_alloc);
+ p = rcu_torture_freelist.next;
+ list_del_init(p);
+ spin_unlock(&rcu_torture_lock);
+ return container_of(p, struct rcu_torture, rtort_free);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Free an element to the rcu_tortures pool.
+ */
+static void
+rcu_torture_free(struct rcu_torture *p)
+{
+ atomic_inc(&n_rcu_torture_free);
+ spin_lock(&rcu_torture_lock);
+ list_add_tail(&p->rtort_free, &rcu_torture_freelist);
+ spin_unlock(&rcu_torture_lock);
+}
+
+static void
+rcu_torture_cb(struct rcu_head *p)
+{
+ int i;
+ struct rcu_torture *rp = container_of(p, struct rcu_torture, rtort_rcu);
+
+ if (fullstop) {
+ /* Test is ending, just drop callbacks on the floor. */
+ /* The next initialization will pick up the pieces. */
+ return;
+ }
+ i = rp->rtort_pipe_count;
+ if (i > RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN)
+ i = RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN;
+ atomic_inc(&rcu_torture_wcount[i]);
+ if (++rp->rtort_pipe_count >= RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN)
+ rcu_torture_free(rp);
+ else
+ call_rcu(p, rcu_torture_cb);
+}
+
+struct rcu_random_state {
+ unsigned long rrs_state;
+ unsigned long rrs_count;
+};
+
+#define RCU_RANDOM_MULT 39916801 /* prime */
+#define RCU_RANDOM_ADD 479001701 /* prime */
+#define RCU_RANDOM_REFRESH 10000
+
+#define DEFINE_RCU_RANDOM(name) struct rcu_random_state name = { 0, 0 }
+
+/*
+ * Crude but fast random-number generator. Uses a linear congruential
+ * generator, with occasional help from get_random_bytes().
+ */
+static long
+rcu_random(struct rcu_random_state *rrsp)
+{
+ long refresh;
+
+ if (--rrsp->rrs_count < 0) {
+ get_random_bytes(&refresh, sizeof(refresh));
+ rrsp->rrs_state += refresh;
+ rrsp->rrs_count = RCU_RANDOM_REFRESH;
+ }
+ rrsp->rrs_state = rrsp->rrs_state * RCU_RANDOM_MULT + RCU_RANDOM_ADD;
+ return swahw32(rrsp->rrs_state);
+}
+
+/*
+ * RCU torture writer kthread. Repeatedly substitutes a new structure
+ * for that pointed to by rcu_torture_current, freeing the old structure
+ * after a series of grace periods (the "pipeline").
+ */
+static int
+rcu_torture_writer(void *arg)
+{
+ int i;
+ long oldbatch = rcu_batches_completed();
+ struct rcu_torture *rp;
+ struct rcu_torture *old_rp;
+ static DEFINE_RCU_RANDOM(rand);
+
+ VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("rcu_torture_writer task started");
+ do {
+ schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+ if (rcu_batches_completed() == oldbatch)
+ continue;
+ if ((rp = rcu_torture_alloc()) == NULL)
+ continue;
+ rp->rtort_pipe_count = 0;
+ udelay(rcu_random(&rand) & 0x3ff);
+ old_rp = rcu_torture_current;
+ rcu_assign_pointer(rcu_torture_current, rp);
+ smp_wmb();
+ if (old_rp != NULL) {
+ i = old_rp->rtort_pipe_count;
+ if (i > RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN)
+ i = RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN;
+ atomic_inc(&rcu_torture_wcount[i]);
+ old_rp->rtort_pipe_count++;
+ call_rcu(&old_rp->rtort_rcu, rcu_torture_cb);
+ }
+ rcu_torture_current_version++;
+ oldbatch = rcu_batches_completed();
+ } while (!kthread_should_stop() && !fullstop);
+ VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("rcu_torture_writer task stopping");
+ while (!kthread_should_stop())
+ schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * RCU torture reader kthread. Repeatedly dereferences rcu_torture_current,
+ * incrementing the corresponding element of the pipeline array. The
+ * counter in the element should never be greater than 1, otherwise, the
+ * RCU implementation is broken.
+ */
+static int
+rcu_torture_reader(void *arg)
+{
+ int completed;
+ DEFINE_RCU_RANDOM(rand);
+ struct rcu_torture *p;
+ int pipe_count;
+
+ VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("rcu_torture_reader task started");
+ do {
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ completed = rcu_batches_completed();
+ p = rcu_dereference(rcu_torture_current);
+ if (p == NULL) {
+ /* Wait for rcu_torture_writer to get underway */
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ schedule_timeout_interruptible(HZ);
+ continue;
+ }
+ udelay(rcu_random(&rand) & 0x7f);
+ preempt_disable();
+ pipe_count = p->rtort_pipe_count;
+ if (pipe_count > RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN) {
+ /* Should not happen, but... */
+ pipe_count = RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN;
+ }
+ ++__get_cpu_var(rcu_torture_count)[pipe_count];
+ completed = rcu_batches_completed() - completed;
+ if (completed > RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN) {
+ /* Should not happen, but... */
+ completed = RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN;
+ }
+ ++__get_cpu_var(rcu_torture_batch)[completed];
+ preempt_enable();
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ schedule();
+ } while (!kthread_should_stop() && !fullstop);
+ VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("rcu_torture_reader task stopping");
+ while (!kthread_should_stop())
+ schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Create an RCU-torture statistics message in the specified buffer.
+ */
+static int
+rcu_torture_printk(char *page)
+{
+ int cnt = 0;
+ int cpu;
+ int i;
+ long pipesummary[RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN + 1] = { 0 };
+ long batchsummary[RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN + 1] = { 0 };
+
+ for_each_cpu(cpu) {
+ for (i = 0; i < RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN + 1; i++) {
+ pipesummary[i] += per_cpu(rcu_torture_count, cpu)[i];
+ batchsummary[i] += per_cpu(rcu_torture_batch, cpu)[i];
+ }
+ }
+ for (i = RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+ if (pipesummary[i] != 0)
+ break;
+ }
+ cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt], "rcutorture: ");
+ cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt],
+ "rtc: %p ver: %ld tfle: %d rta: %d rtaf: %d rtf: %d",
+ rcu_torture_current,
+ rcu_torture_current_version,
+ list_empty(&rcu_torture_freelist),
+ atomic_read(&n_rcu_torture_alloc),
+ atomic_read(&n_rcu_torture_alloc_fail),
+ atomic_read(&n_rcu_torture_free));
+ cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt], "\nrcutorture: ");
+ if (i > 1)
+ cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt], "!!! ");
+ cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt], "Reader Pipe: ");
+ for (i = 0; i < RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN + 1; i++)
+ cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt], " %ld", pipesummary[i]);
+ cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt], "\nrcutorture: ");
+ cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt], "Reader Batch: ");
+ for (i = 0; i < RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN; i++)
+ cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt], " %ld", batchsummary[i]);
+ cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt], "\nrcutorture: ");
+ cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt], "Free-Block Circulation: ");
+ for (i = 0; i < RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN + 1; i++) {
+ cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt], " %d",
+ atomic_read(&rcu_torture_wcount[i]));
+ }
+ cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt], "\n");
+ return cnt;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Print torture statistics. Caller must ensure that there is only
+ * one call to this function at a given time!!! This is normally
+ * accomplished by relying on the module system to only have one copy
+ * of the module loaded, and then by giving the rcu_torture_stats
+ * kthread full control (or the init/cleanup functions when rcu_torture_stats
+ * thread is not running).
+ */
+static void
+rcu_torture_stats_print(void)
+{
+ int cnt;
+
+ cnt = rcu_torture_printk(printk_buf);
+ printk(KERN_ALERT "%s", printk_buf);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Periodically prints torture statistics, if periodic statistics printing
+ * was specified via the stat_interval module parameter.
+ *
+ * No need to worry about fullstop here, since this one doesn't reference
+ * volatile state or register callbacks.
+ */
+static int
+rcu_torture_stats(void *arg)
+{
+ VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("rcu_torture_stats task started");
+ do {
+ schedule_timeout_interruptible(stat_interval * HZ);
+ rcu_torture_stats_print();
+ } while (!kthread_should_stop());
+ VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("rcu_torture_stats task stopping");
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+rcu_torture_cleanup(void)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ fullstop = 1;
+ if (writer_task != NULL) {
+ VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("Stopping rcu_torture_writer task");
+ kthread_stop(writer_task);
+ }
+ writer_task = NULL;
+
+ if (reader_tasks != NULL) {
+ for (i = 0; i < nrealreaders; i++) {
+ if (reader_tasks[i] != NULL) {
+ VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING(
+ "Stopping rcu_torture_reader task");
+ kthread_stop(reader_tasks[i]);
+ }
+ reader_tasks[i] = NULL;
+ }
+ kfree(reader_tasks);
+ reader_tasks = NULL;
+ }
+ rcu_torture_current = NULL;
+
+ if (stats_task != NULL) {
+ VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("Stopping rcu_torture_stats task");
+ kthread_stop(stats_task);
+ }
+ stats_task = NULL;
+
+ /* Wait for all RCU callbacks to fire. */
+
+ for (i = 0; i < RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN; i++)
+ synchronize_rcu();
+ rcu_torture_stats_print(); /* -After- the stats thread is stopped! */
+ PRINTK_STRING("--- End of test");
+}
+
+static int
+rcu_torture_init(void)
+{
+ int i;
+ int cpu;
+ int firsterr = 0;
+
+ /* Process args and tell the world that the torturer is on the job. */
+
+ if (nreaders >= 0)
+ nrealreaders = nreaders;
+ else
+ nrealreaders = 2 * num_online_cpus();
+ printk(KERN_ALERT TORTURE_FLAG
+ "--- Start of test: nreaders=%d stat_interval=%d verbose=%d\n",
+ nrealreaders, stat_interval, verbose);
+ fullstop = 0;
+
+ /* Set up the freelist. */
+
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rcu_torture_freelist);
+ for (i = 0; i < sizeof(rcu_tortures) / sizeof(rcu_tortures[0]); i++) {
+ list_add_tail(&rcu_tortures[i].rtort_free,
+ &rcu_torture_freelist);
+ }
+
+ /* Initialize the statistics so that each run gets its own numbers. */
+
+ rcu_torture_current = NULL;
+ rcu_torture_current_version = 0;
+ atomic_set(&n_rcu_torture_alloc, 0);
+ atomic_set(&n_rcu_torture_alloc_fail, 0);
+ atomic_set(&n_rcu_torture_free, 0);
+ for (i = 0; i < RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN + 1; i++)
+ atomic_set(&rcu_torture_wcount[i], 0);
+ for_each_cpu(cpu) {
+ for (i = 0; i < RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN + 1; i++) {
+ per_cpu(rcu_torture_count, cpu)[i] = 0;
+ per_cpu(rcu_torture_batch, cpu)[i] = 0;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /* Start up the kthreads. */
+
+ VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("Creating rcu_torture_writer task");
+ writer_task = kthread_run(rcu_torture_writer, NULL,
+ "rcu_torture_writer");
+ if (IS_ERR(writer_task)) {
+ firsterr = PTR_ERR(writer_task);
+ VERBOSE_PRINTK_ERRSTRING("Failed to create writer");
+ writer_task = NULL;
+ goto unwind;
+ }
+ reader_tasks = kmalloc(nrealreaders * sizeof(reader_tasks[0]),
+ GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (reader_tasks == NULL) {
+ VERBOSE_PRINTK_ERRSTRING("out of memory");
+ firsterr = -ENOMEM;
+ goto unwind;
+ }
+ for (i = 0; i < nrealreaders; i++) {
+ VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("Creating rcu_torture_reader task");
+ reader_tasks[i] = kthread_run(rcu_torture_reader, NULL,
+ "rcu_torture_reader");
+ if (IS_ERR(reader_tasks[i])) {
+ firsterr = PTR_ERR(reader_tasks[i]);
+ VERBOSE_PRINTK_ERRSTRING("Failed to create reader");
+ reader_tasks[i] = NULL;
+ goto unwind;
+ }
+ }
+ if (stat_interval > 0) {
+ VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("Creating rcu_torture_stats task");
+ stats_task = kthread_run(rcu_torture_stats, NULL,
+ "rcu_torture_stats");
+ if (IS_ERR(stats_task)) {
+ firsterr = PTR_ERR(stats_task);
+ VERBOSE_PRINTK_ERRSTRING("Failed to create stats");
+ stats_task = NULL;
+ goto unwind;
+ }
+ }
+ return 0;
+
+unwind:
+ rcu_torture_cleanup();
+ return firsterr;
+}
+
+module_init(rcu_torture_init);
+module_exit(rcu_torture_cleanup);