Re: [PATCH 2/2] rcutorture: Fix rcu_barrier successes counter

From: Joel Fernandes
Date: Tue Jun 19 2018 - 18:17:01 EST


On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 08:41:39AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 09:12:23AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 00:31:15 -0700
> > Joel Fernandes <joelaf@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Paul,
> > > Think some more about this counter, I think you mean 'successes' as in
> > > 'successful attempts' than 'successful test' ? If so, then perhaps you can
> > > drop this patch. It wasn't clear to me what the 'successes' meant so I may
> > > have been a bit misled into changing its meaning. If on the other hand, it
> > > means 'successful test', then yes this patch would be Ok then. thanks! -Joel
> >
> > In either case, it sounds like a comment should be added to clarify
> > what n_barrier_successes actually means ;-)
>
> Or change the name to n_barrier_attempts. Except that there already
> is an n_barrier_attempts, and it is incremented on each attempt.
>
> So perhaps the original patch is on-point. ;-)

Cool, added a comment just to clarify it and resent the updated patch.

thanks!

- Joel