[PATCH] Fix bug in RCU torture test

While doing some test of RCU torture module, I hit a OOPS in rcu_do_batch,
which was trying to processes callback of a module that was just removed.
This is because we weren't waiting long enough for all callbacks to fire.

Patch below fixes that.

Signed-off-by : Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@xxxxxxxxxx>


---

linux-2.6.15-rc5-mm1-root/kernel/rcutorture.c | 3 +--
1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN kernel/rcutorture.c~rcutorture_fix kernel/rcutorture.c
--- linux-2.6.15-rc5-mm1/kernel/rcutorture.c~rcutorture_fix 2005-12-05 15:33:06.000000000 +0530
+++ linux-2.6.15-rc5-mm1-root/kernel/rcutorture.c 2005-12-05 15:33:17.000000000 +0530
@@ -408,9 +408,8 @@ rcu_torture_cleanup(void)
stats_task = NULL;

/* Wait for all RCU callbacks to fire. */
+ rcu_barrier();

- for (i = 0; i < RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN; i++)
- synchronize_rcu();
rcu_torture_stats_print(); /* -After- the stats thread is stopped! */
printk(KERN_ALERT TORTURE_FLAG
"--- End of test: %s\n",

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Thanks and Regards,
Srivatsa Vaddagiri,
Linux Technology Center,
IBM Software Labs,
Bangalore, INDIA - 560017
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