rcu: Add rcutorture system-shutdown capability

[karo-tx-linux.git] / Documentation / RCU / torture.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt b/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt
index 783d6c134d3f007c220ca6a24203b1a16ea136c2..af40929e1cb0b1df3e60a6e8ed0226a89d9266a2 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ shuffle_interval
                to a particular subset of the CPUs, defaults to 3 seconds.
                Used in conjunction with test_no_idle_hz.
 
+shutdown_secs  The number of seconds to run the test before terminating
+               the test and powering off the system.  The default is
+               zero, which disables test termination and system shutdown.
+               This capability is useful for automated testing.
+
 stat_interval  The number of seconds between output of torture
                statistics (via printk()).  Regardless of the interval,
                statistics are printed when the module is unloaded.