From 57f0f512b273f60d52568b8c6b77e17f5636edc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: André Fabian Silva Delgado Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 17:04:01 -0300 Subject: Initial import --- .../testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/TINY_RCU.txt | 40 ++++++++++ .../selftests/rcutorture/doc/TREE_RCU-kconfig.txt | 93 ++++++++++++++++++++++ tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/initrd.txt | 91 +++++++++++++++++++++ .../selftests/rcutorture/doc/rcu-test-image.txt | 42 ++++++++++ 4 files changed, 266 insertions(+) create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/TINY_RCU.txt create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/TREE_RCU-kconfig.txt create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/initrd.txt create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/rcu-test-image.txt (limited to 'tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc') diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/TINY_RCU.txt b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/TINY_RCU.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9ef33a743 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/TINY_RCU.txt @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +This document gives a brief rationale for the TINY_RCU test cases. + + +Kconfig Parameters: + +CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC -- Do all three and none of the three. +CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT +CONFIG_RCU_TRACE + +The theory here is that randconfig testing will hit the other six possible +combinations of these parameters. + + +Kconfig Parameters Ignored: + +CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD +CONFIG_PROVE_RCU + + In common code tested by TREE_RCU test cases. + +CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE +CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU +CONFIG_RCU_USER_QS + + Meaningless for TINY_RCU. + +CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON +CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST + + Redundant with CONFIG_RCU_TRACE. + +CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU +CONFIG_PREEMPT +CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU +CONFIG_SMP +CONFIG_TINY_RCU +CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU +CONFIG_TREE_RCU + + All forced by CONFIG_TINY_RCU. diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/TREE_RCU-kconfig.txt b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/TREE_RCU-kconfig.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ec03c883d --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/TREE_RCU-kconfig.txt @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ +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 CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE. +CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE -- Do one. +CONFIG_PREEMPT -- Do half. (First three and #8.) +CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING -- Do all but two, covering CONFIG_PROVE_RCU and not. +CONFIG_PROVE_RCU -- Do all but one under CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING. +CONFIG_RCU_BOOST -- one of PREEMPT_RCU. +CONFIG_RCU_KTHREAD_PRIO -- set to 2 for _BOOST testing. +CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_INFO -- Do one. +CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT -- Cover hierarchy as currently, but overlap with others. +CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT -- Do one. +CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF -- Do one non-default. +CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ -- Do one, but not with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL. +CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU -- Do three, see below. +CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL -- Do one. +CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_NONE -- Do one. +CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ZERO -- Do one. +CONFIG_RCU_TRACE -- Do half. +CONFIG_SMP -- Need one !SMP for PREEMPT_RCU. +RCU-bh: Do one with PREEMPT and one with !PREEMPT. +RCU-sched: Do one with PREEMPT but not BOOST. + + +Hierarchy: + +TREE01. CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT=8, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT=n. +TREE02. CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT=3, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT=n, + CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF=3. +TREE03. CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT=4, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT=n, + CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF=4. +TREE04. CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT=2, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT=n, + CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF=2. +TREE05. CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT=6, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT=n + CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF=6. +TREE06. CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT=6, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT=y + CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF=6. +TREE07. CONFIG_NR_CPUS=16, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT=2, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT=n, + CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF=2. +TREE08. CONFIG_NR_CPUS=16, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT=3, CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_EXACT=y, + CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF=2. +TREE09. CONFIG_NR_CPUS=1. + + +Kconfig Parameters Ignored: + +CONFIG_64BIT + + Used only to check CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT value, inspection suffices. + +CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE_SMALL + + Defer until Frederic uses this. + +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_RCU_USER_QS + + Redundant with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL. + +CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU +CONFIG_TREE_RCU + + These are controlled by CONFIG_PREEMPT. diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/initrd.txt b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/initrd.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4170e714f --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/initrd.txt @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +This document describes one way to create the initrd directory hierarchy +in order to allow an initrd to be built into your kernel. The trick +here is to steal the initrd file used on your Linux laptop, Ubuntu in +this case. There are probably much better ways of doing this. + +That said, here are the commands: + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +cd tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture +zcat /initrd.img > /tmp/initrd.img.zcat +mkdir initrd +cd initrd +cpio -id < /tmp/initrd.img.zcat +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +Interestingly enough, if you are running rcutorture, you don't really +need userspace in many cases. Running without userspace has the +advantage of allowing you to test your kernel independently of the +distro in place, the root-filesystem layout, and so on. To make this +happen, put the following script in the initrd's tree's "/init" file, +with 0755 mode. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +#!/bin/sh + +[ -d /dev ] || mkdir -m 0755 /dev +[ -d /root ] || mkdir -m 0700 /root +[ -d /sys ] || mkdir /sys +[ -d /proc ] || mkdir /proc +[ -d /tmp ] || mkdir /tmp +mkdir -p /var/lock +mount -t sysfs -o nodev,noexec,nosuid sysfs /sys +mount -t proc -o nodev,noexec,nosuid proc /proc +# Some things don't work properly without /etc/mtab. +ln -sf /proc/mounts /etc/mtab + +# Note that this only becomes /dev on the real filesystem if udev's scripts +# are used; which they will be, but it's worth pointing out +if ! mount -t devtmpfs -o mode=0755 udev /dev; then + echo "W: devtmpfs not available, falling back to tmpfs for /dev" + mount -t tmpfs -o mode=0755 udev /dev + [ -e /dev/console ] || mknod --mode=600 /dev/console c 5 1 + [ -e /dev/kmsg ] || mknod --mode=644 /dev/kmsg c 1 11 + [ -e /dev/null ] || mknod --mode=666 /dev/null c 1 3 +fi + +mkdir /dev/pts +mount -t devpts -o noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620 devpts /dev/pts || true +mount -t tmpfs -o "nosuid,size=20%,mode=0755" tmpfs /run +mkdir /run/initramfs +# compatibility symlink for the pre-oneiric locations +ln -s /run/initramfs /dev/.initramfs + +# Export relevant variables +export ROOT= +export ROOTDELAY= +export ROOTFLAGS= +export ROOTFSTYPE= +export IP= +export BOOT= +export BOOTIF= +export UBIMTD= +export break= +export init=/sbin/init +export quiet=n +export readonly=y +export rootmnt=/root +export debug= +export panic= +export blacklist= +export resume= +export resume_offset= +export recovery= + +for i in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/online +do + case $i in + '/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/online') + ;; + '/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/online') + ;; + *) + echo 1 > $i + ;; + esac +done + +while : +do + sleep 10 +done diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/rcu-test-image.txt b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/rcu-test-image.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..66efb59a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/doc/rcu-test-image.txt @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +This document describes one way to created the rcu-test-image file +that contains the filesystem used by the guest-OS kernel. There are +probably much better ways of doing this, and this filesystem could no +doubt be smaller. It is probably also possible to simply download +an appropriate image from any number of places. + +That said, here are the commands: + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +dd if=/dev/zero of=rcu-test-image bs=400M count=1 +mkfs.ext3 ./rcu-test-image +sudo mount -o loop ./rcu-test-image /mnt + +# Replace "precise" below with your favorite Ubuntu release. +# Empirical evidence says this image will work for 64-bit, but... +# Note that debootstrap does take a few minutes to run. Or longer. +sudo debootstrap --verbose --arch i386 precise /mnt http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu +cat << '___EOF___' | sudo dd of=/mnt/etc/fstab +# UNCONFIGURED FSTAB FOR BASE SYSTEM +# +/dev/vda / ext3 defaults 1 1 +dev /dev tmpfs rw 0 0 +tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 +devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 +sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 +proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 +___EOF___ +sudo umount /mnt +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + +References: + + http://sripathikodi.blogspot.com/2010/02/creating-kvm-bootable-fedora-system.html + https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/CreateGuests + https://help.ubuntu.com/community/JeOSVMBuilder + http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/UbuntuKVMWalkthrough + http://www.moe.co.uk/2011/01/07/pci_add_option_rom-failed-to-find-romfile-pxe-rtl8139-bin/ -- "apt-get install kvm-pxe" + http://www.landley.net/writing/rootfs-howto.html + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initrd + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cpio + http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/UbuntuKVMWalkthrough -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf