torture: Eliminate torture_runnable and perf_runnable

The purpose of torture_runnable is to allow rcutorture and locktorture
to be started and stopped via sysfs when they are built into the kernel
(as in not compiled as loadable modules).  However, the 0444 permissions
for both instances of torture_runnable prevent this use case from ever
being put into practice.  Given that there have been no complaints
about this deficiency, it is reasonable to conclude that no one actually
makes use of this sysfs capability.  The perf_runnable module parameter
for rcuperf is in the same situation.

This commit therefore removes both torture_runnable instances as well
as perf_runnable.

Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
This commit is contained in:
Paul E. McKenney
2017-11-21 20:19:17 -08:00
parent 4ced3314fd
commit a2f2577d96
10 changed files with 6 additions and 37 deletions

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@@ -2049,9 +2049,6 @@
This tests the locking primitive's ability to
transition abruptly to and from idle.
locktorture.torture_runnable= [BOOT]
Start locktorture running at boot time.
locktorture.torture_type= [KNL]
Specify the locking implementation to test.
@@ -3459,9 +3456,6 @@
the same as for rcuperf.nreaders.
N, where N is the number of CPUs
rcuperf.perf_runnable= [BOOT]
Start rcuperf running at boot time.
rcuperf.perf_type= [KNL]
Specify the RCU implementation to test.
@@ -3595,9 +3589,6 @@
Test RCU's dyntick-idle handling. See also the
rcutorture.shuffle_interval parameter.
rcutorture.torture_runnable= [BOOT]
Start rcutorture running at boot time.
rcutorture.torture_type= [KNL]
Specify the RCU implementation to test.