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      1 This document gives a brief rationale for the TREE_RCU-related test
      2 cases, a group that includes PREEMPT_RCU.
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      4 
      5 Kconfig Parameters:
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      7 CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC -- Do three, covering CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING & not.
      8 CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD -- Do one.
      9 CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU -- Do half.  (Every second.)
     10 CONFIG_HZ_PERIODIC -- Do one.
     11 CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE -- Do those not otherwise specified. (Groups of two.)
     12 CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL -- Do two, one with partial CPU enablement.
     13 CONFIG_PREEMPT -- Do half.  (First three and #8.)
     14 CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING -- Do several, covering CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC=y and not.
     15 CONFIG_PROVE_RCU -- Hardwired to CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING.
     16 CONFIG_RCU_BOOST -- one of PREEMPT_RCU.
     17 CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT -- Cover hierarchy, but overlap with others.
     18 CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF -- Do one non-default.
     19 CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ -- Do one, but not with all nohz_full CPUs.
     20 CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU -- Do three, one with no rcu_nocbs CPUs, one with
     21 	rcu_nocbs=0, and one with all rcu_nocbs CPUs.
     22 CONFIG_RCU_TRACE -- Do half.
     23 CONFIG_SMP -- Need one !SMP for PREEMPT_RCU.
     24 CONFIG_RCU_EXPERT=n -- Do a few, but these have to be vanilla configurations.
     25 CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG -- Do at least one for CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL and not.
     26 
     27 RCU-bh: Do one with PREEMPT and one with !PREEMPT.
     28 RCU-sched: Do one with PREEMPT but not BOOST.
     29 
     30 
     31 Boot parameters:
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     33 nohz_full - do at least one.
     34 maxcpu -- do at least one.
     35 rcupdate.rcu_self_test_bh -- Do at least one each, offloaded and not.
     36 rcupdate.rcu_self_test_sched -- Do at least one each, offloaded and not.
     37 rcupdate.rcu_self_test -- Do at least one each, offloaded and not.
     38 rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact -- Do at least one.
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     40 
     41 Kconfig Parameters Ignored:
     42 
     43 CONFIG_64BIT
     44 
     45 	Used only to check CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT value, inspection suffices.
     46 
     47 CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT
     48 CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
     49 
     50 	Redundant with CONFIG_PREEMPT, ignore.
     51 
     52 CONFIG_RCU_BOOST_DELAY
     53 
     54 	Inspection suffices, ignore.
     55 
     56 CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_TIMEOUT
     57 
     58 	Inspection suffices, ignore.
     59 
     60 CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON
     61 
     62 	Implied by TREE_RCU and PREEMPT_RCU.
     63 
     64 CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST
     65 CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_RUNNABLE
     66 
     67 	Always used in KVM testing.
     68 
     69 CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
     70 CONFIG_TREE_RCU
     71 CONFIG_TINY_RCU
     72 CONFIG_TASKS_RCU
     73 
     74 	These are controlled by CONFIG_PREEMPT and/or CONFIG_SMP.
     75 
     76 CONFIG_SRCU
     77 
     78 	Selected by CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST, so cannot disable.
     79 
     80 
     81 boot parameters ignored: TBD
     82