Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 06/45] torture: Intensify locking test

2014-05-07 Thread Paul E. McKenney
On Wed, May 07, 2014 at 02:20:15PM -0700, j...@joshtriplett.org wrote: > On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 05:24:54PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > From: "Paul E. McKenney" > > > > The current lock_torture_writer() spends too much time sleeping and not > > enough time hammering locks, as in an

Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 06/45] torture: Intensify locking test

2014-05-07 Thread josh
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 05:24:54PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > From: "Paul E. McKenney" > > The current lock_torture_writer() spends too much time sleeping and not > enough time hammering locks, as in an eight-CPU test will often only be > utilizing a CPU or two. This commit therefore

Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 06/45] torture: Intensify locking test

2014-05-07 Thread josh
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 05:24:54PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: From: Paul E. McKenney paul...@linux.vnet.ibm.com The current lock_torture_writer() spends too much time sleeping and not enough time hammering locks, as in an eight-CPU test will often only be utilizing a CPU or two. This

Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 06/45] torture: Intensify locking test

2014-05-07 Thread Paul E. McKenney
On Wed, May 07, 2014 at 02:20:15PM -0700, j...@joshtriplett.org wrote: On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 05:24:54PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: From: Paul E. McKenney paul...@linux.vnet.ibm.com The current lock_torture_writer() spends too much time sleeping and not enough time hammering locks,

[PATCH tip/core/rcu 06/45] torture: Intensify locking test

2014-04-28 Thread Paul E. McKenney
From: "Paul E. McKenney" The current lock_torture_writer() spends too much time sleeping and not enough time hammering locks, as in an eight-CPU test will often only be utilizing a CPU or two. This commit therefore makes lock_torture_writer() sleep less and hammer more. Signed-off-by: Paul E.

[PATCH tip/core/rcu 06/45] torture: Intensify locking test

2014-04-28 Thread Paul E. McKenney
From: Paul E. McKenney paul...@linux.vnet.ibm.com The current lock_torture_writer() spends too much time sleeping and not enough time hammering locks, as in an eight-CPU test will often only be utilizing a CPU or two. This commit therefore makes lock_torture_writer() sleep less and hammer more.