rcutorture: Allow pointer leaks to test diagnostic code

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This commit adds an rcutorture.leakpointer module parameter that
intentionally leaks an RCU-protected pointer out of the RCU read-side
critical section and checks to see if the corresponding grace period
has elapsed, emitting a WARN_ON_ONCE() if so.  This module parameter can
be used to test facilities like CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD that end
grace periods quickly.

While in the area, also document rcutorture.irqreader, which was
previously left out.

Reported-by Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

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Paul E. McKenney 2020-08-11 10:33:39 -07:00

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Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt

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kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c

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