[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)
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

Simple merge