torture: Intensify locking test

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.

Paul E. McKenney committed 12 years ago

Commit da601c61 parent 2f66dbc1 file · +2 −1Browse files

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kernel/locking/locktorture.c+2−1

@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ static int lock_torture_writer(void *arg) · 218 unmodified lines
219	219	set_user_nice(current, 19);
220	220
221	221	do {
222		− schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
	222	+ if ((torture_random(&rand) & 0xfffff) == 0)
	223	+ schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
223	224	cur_ops->writelock();
224	225	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(lock_is_write_held))
225	226	lwsp->n_write_lock_fail++;