[PATCH] Extend RCU torture module to test tickless idle CPU
authorSrivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@in.ibm.com>
Sun, 8 Jan 2006 09:03:42 +0000 (01:03 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Mon, 9 Jan 2006 04:13:59 +0000 (20:13 -0800)
commitd84f520348d77e61f936227a048403dbc349fff1
tree765dd3cc733b4149222d4ac9cf746f54cf557fdd
parent9841d61d75da5e46ed7a978bed4f50c78b1d87fd
[PATCH] Extend RCU torture module to test tickless idle CPU

This patch forces RCU torture threads off various CPUs in the system
allowing them to become idle and go tickless.  Meant to test support for
such tickless idle CPU in RCU.

Signed-off-by: Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@in.ibm.com>
Cc: Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@in.ibm.com>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
kernel/rcutorture.c