The following commit has been merged into the core/rcu branch of tip: Commit-ID: 160c7ba34605d9b59ee406a1b4a61b0f942b1ae9 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/160c7ba34605d9b59ee406a1b4a61b0f942b1ae9 Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Wed, 08 Jul 2020 16:25:43 -07:00 Committer: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 14:24:25 -07:00 lib: Add backtrace_idle parameter to force backtrace of idle CPUs Currently, the nmi_cpu_backtrace() declines to produce backtraces for idle CPUs. This is a good choice in the common case in which problems are caused only by non-idle CPUs. However, there are occasionally situations in which idle CPUs are helping to cause problems. This commit therefore adds an nmi_backtrace.backtrace_idle kernel boot parameter that causes nmi_cpu_backtrace() to dump stacks even of idle CPUs. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ++++ lib/nmi_backtrace.c | 6 +++++- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index bdc1f33..5e6d191 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -3073,6 +3073,10 @@ and gids from such clients. This is intended to ease migration from NFSv2/v3. + nmi_backtrace.backtrace_idle [KNL] + Dump stacks even of idle CPUs in response to an + NMI stack-backtrace request. + nmi_debug= [KNL,SH] Specify one or more actions to take when a NMI is triggered. Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die] diff --git a/lib/nmi_backtrace.c b/lib/nmi_backtrace.c index 15ca78e..8abe187 100644 --- a/lib/nmi_backtrace.c +++ b/lib/nmi_backtrace.c @@ -85,12 +85,16 @@ void nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace(const cpumask_t *mask, put_cpu(); } +// Dump stacks even for idle CPUs. +static bool backtrace_idle; +module_param(backtrace_idle, bool, 0644); + bool nmi_cpu_backtrace(struct pt_regs *regs) { int cpu = smp_processor_id(); if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, to_cpumask(backtrace_mask))) { - if (regs && cpu_in_idle(instruction_pointer(regs))) { + if (!READ_ONCE(backtrace_idle) && regs && cpu_in_idle(instruction_pointer(regs))) { pr_warn("NMI backtrace for cpu %d skipped: idling at %pS\n", cpu, (void *)instruction_pointer(regs)); } else {
