Hi Zhen Lei, On Wed, Nov 09, 2022 at 05:37:36PM +0800, Zhen Lei wrote: > v5 --> v6: > 1. When there are more than two continuous RCU stallings, correctly handle the > value of the second and subsequent sampling periods. Update comments and > document. > Thanks to Elliott, Robert for the test. > 2. Change "rcu stall" to "RCU stall". > > v4 --> v5: > 1. Resolve a git am conflict. No code change. > > v3 --> v4: > 1. Rename rcu_cpu_stall_deep_debug to rcu_cpu_stall_cputime. > > v2 --> v3: > 1. Fix the return type of kstat_cpu_irqs_sum() > 2. Add Kconfig option CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_DEEP_DEBUG and boot parameter > rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_deep_debug. > 3. Add comments and normalize local variable name > > > v1 --> v2: > 1. Fixed a bug in the code. If the rcu stall is detected by another CPU, > kcpustat_this_cpu cannot be used. > @@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ static void print_cpu_stat_info(int cpu) > if (r->gp_seq != rdp->gp_seq) > return; > > - cpustat = kcpustat_this_cpu->cpustat; > + cpustat = kcpustat_cpu(cpu).cpustat; > 2. Move the start point of statistics from rcu_stall_kick_kthreads() to > rcu_implicit_dynticks_qs(), removing the dependency on irq_work. > > v1: > In some extreme cases, such as the I/O pressure test, the CPU usage may > be 100%, causing RCU stall. In this case, the printed information about > current is not useful. Displays the number and usage of hard interrupts, > soft interrupts, and context switches that are generated within half of > the CPU stall timeout, can help us make a general judgment. In other > cases, we can preliminarily determine whether an infinite loop occurs > when local_irq, local_bh or preempt is disabled. That looks useful but I have to ask: what does it bring that the softlockup and hardlockup watchdog can not already solve? Thanks. > > Zhen Lei (2): > rcu: Add RCU stall diagnosis information > doc: Document CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_CPUTIME=y stall information > > Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.rst | 88 +++++++++++++++++++ > .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 ++ > kernel/rcu/Kconfig.debug | 11 +++ > kernel/rcu/rcu.h | 1 + > kernel/rcu/tree.c | 17 ++++ > kernel/rcu/tree.h | 19 ++++ > kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h | 29 ++++++ > kernel/rcu/update.c | 2 + > 8 files changed, 173 insertions(+) > > -- > 2.25.1 >
