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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt | 33 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/rcutree.h | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/rcutree_plugin.h | 4 |
3 files changed, 32 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt index 1927151b386b..e38b8df3d727 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt @@ -92,14 +92,14 @@ If the CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_INFO kernel configuration parameter is set, more information is printed with the stall-warning message, for example: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stall on CPU - 0: (63959 ticks this GP) idle=241/3fffffffffffffff/0 + 0: (63959 ticks this GP) idle=241/3fffffffffffffff/0 softirq=82/543 (t=65000 jiffies) In kernels with CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ, even more information is printed: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stall on CPU - 0: (64628 ticks this GP) idle=dd5/3fffffffffffffff/0 drain=0 . timer not pending + 0: (64628 ticks this GP) idle=dd5/3fffffffffffffff/0 softirq=82/543 last_accelerate: a345/d342 nonlazy_posted: 25 .D (t=65000 jiffies) The "(64628 ticks this GP)" indicates that this CPU has taken more @@ -116,13 +116,28 @@ number between the two "/"s is the value of the nesting, which will be a small positive number if in the idle loop and a very large positive number (as shown above) otherwise. -For CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ kernels, the "drain=0" indicates that the CPU is -not in the process of trying to force itself into dyntick-idle state, the -"." indicates that the CPU has not given up forcing RCU into dyntick-idle -mode (it would be "H" otherwise), and the "timer not pending" indicates -that the CPU has not recently forced RCU into dyntick-idle mode (it -would otherwise indicate the number of microseconds remaining in this -forced state). +The "softirq=" portion of the message tracks the number of RCU softirq +handlers that the stalled CPU has executed. The number before the "/" +is the number that had executed since boot at the time that this CPU +last noted the beginning of a grace period, which might be the current +(stalled) grace period, or it might be some earlier grace period (for +example, if the CPU might have been in dyntick-idle mode for an extended +time period. The number after the "/" is the number that have executed +since boot until the current time. If this latter number stays constant +across repeated stall-warning messages, it is possible that RCU's softirq +handlers are no longer able to execute on this CPU. This can happen if +the stalled CPU is spinning with interrupts are disabled, or, in -rt +kernels, if a high-priority process is starving RCU's softirq handler. + +For CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ kernels, the "last_accelerate:" prints the +low-order 16 bits (in hex) of the jiffies counter when this CPU last +invoked rcu_try_advance_all_cbs() from rcu_needs_cpu() or last invoked +rcu_accelerate_cbs() from rcu_prepare_for_idle(). The "nonlazy_posted:" +prints the number of non-lazy callbacks posted since the last call to +rcu_needs_cpu(). Finally, an "L" indicates that there are currently +no non-lazy callbacks ("." is printed otherwise, as shown above) and +"D" indicates that dyntick-idle processing is enabled ("." is printed +otherwise, for example, if disabled via the "nohz=" kernel boot parameter). Multiple Warnings From One Stall diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.h b/kernel/rcutree.h index 8e756099a1a8..26c9bb3166a3 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree.h +++ b/kernel/rcutree.h @@ -325,6 +325,11 @@ struct rcu_data { struct task_struct *nocb_kthread; #endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU */ + /* 8) RCU CPU stall data. */ +#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_INFO + unsigned int softirq_snap; /* Snapshot of softirq activity. */ +#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_INFO */ + int cpu; struct rcu_state *rsp; }; diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h index c1cc7e17ff9d..7fcd3bbf67da 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h +++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h @@ -2070,10 +2070,11 @@ static void print_cpu_stall_info(struct rcu_state *rsp, int cpu) ticks_value = rsp->gpnum - rdp->gpnum; } print_cpu_stall_fast_no_hz(fast_no_hz, cpu); - printk(KERN_ERR "\t%d: (%lu %s) idle=%03x/%llx/%d %s\n", + printk(KERN_ERR "\t%d: (%lu %s) idle=%03x/%llx/%d softirq=%u/%u %s\n", cpu, ticks_value, ticks_title, atomic_read(&rdtp->dynticks) & 0xfff, rdtp->dynticks_nesting, rdtp->dynticks_nmi_nesting, + rdp->softirq_snap, kstat_softirqs_cpu(RCU_SOFTIRQ, cpu), fast_no_hz); } @@ -2087,6 +2088,7 @@ static void print_cpu_stall_info_end(void) static void zero_cpu_stall_ticks(struct rcu_data *rdp) { rdp->ticks_this_gp = 0; + rdp->softirq_snap = kstat_softirqs_cpu(RCU_SOFTIRQ, smp_processor_id()); } /* Increment ->ticks_this_gp for all flavors of RCU. */ |