Merge branches 'doc.2013.08.19a', 'fixes.2013.08.20a', 'sysidle.2013.08.31a' and 'torture.2013.08.20a' into HEAD

doc.2013.08.19a: Documentation updates
fixes.2013.08.20a: Miscellaneous fixes
sysidle.2013.08.31a: Detect system-wide idle state.
torture.2013.08.20a: rcutorture updates.
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Paul E. McKenney
2013-08-31 14:44:45 -07:00
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@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ fqs_holdoff Holdoff time (in microseconds) between consecutive calls
fqs_stutter Wait time (in seconds) between consecutive bursts
of calls to force_quiescent_state().
gp_normal Make the fake writers use normal synchronous grace-period
primitives.
gp_exp Make the fake writers use expedited synchronous grace-period
primitives. If both gp_normal and gp_exp are set, or
if neither gp_normal nor gp_exp are set, then randomly
choose the primitive so that about 50% are normal and
50% expedited. By default, neither are set, which
gives best overall test coverage.
irqreader Says to invoke RCU readers from irq level. This is currently
done via timers. Defaults to "1" for variants of RCU that
permit this. (Or, more accurately, variants of RCU that do