From: Paul E. McKenney Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:00:17 +0000 (-0700) Subject: rcu: Allow rcutorture's stat_interval parameter to be changed at runtime X-Git-Tag: next-20110913~19^2~28 X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=601ea26d5f8974e17c199e2d4a328a653960b174;p=karo-tx-linux.git rcu: Allow rcutorture's stat_interval parameter to be changed at runtime When rcutorture is compiled directly into the kernel (instead of separately as a module), it is necessary to specify rcutorture.stat_interval as a kernel command-line parameter, otherwise, the rcu_torture_stats kthread is never started. However, when working with the system after it has booted, it is convenient to be able to change the time between statistic printing, particularly when logged into the console. This commit therefore allows the stat_interval parameter to be changed at runtime. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- diff --git a/kernel/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcutorture.c index 1194d6c16467..6648e00b1c4a 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutorture.c +++ b/kernel/rcutorture.c @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ module_param(nreaders, int, 0444); MODULE_PARM_DESC(nreaders, "Number of RCU reader threads"); module_param(nfakewriters, int, 0444); MODULE_PARM_DESC(nfakewriters, "Number of RCU fake writer threads"); -module_param(stat_interval, int, 0444); +module_param(stat_interval, int, 0644); MODULE_PARM_DESC(stat_interval, "Number of seconds between stats printk()s"); module_param(verbose, bool, 0444); MODULE_PARM_DESC(verbose, "Enable verbose debugging printk()s");