For kernels built with enable PREEMPT_NONE and CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP, running the RCU stall tests. runqemu kvm slirp nographic qemuparams="-m 1024 -smp 4" bootparams="nokaslr console=ttyS0 rcutorture.stall_cpu=30 rcutorture.stall_no_softlockup=1 rcutorture.stall_cpu_irqsoff=1 rcutorture.stall_cpu_block=1" -d [ 10.841071] rcu-torture: rcu_torture_stall begin CPU stall [ 10.841073] rcu_torture_stall start on CPU 3. [ 10.841077] BUG: scheduling while atomic: rcu_torture_sta/66/0x0000000 .... [ 10.841108] Call Trace: [ 10.841110] <TASK> [ 10.841112] dump_stack_lvl+0x64/0xb0 [ 10.841118] dump_stack+0x10/0x20 [ 10.841121] __schedule_bug+0x8b/0xb0 [ 10.841126] __schedule+0x2172/0x2940 [ 10.841157] schedule+0x9b/0x150 [ 10.841160] schedule_timeout+0x2e8/0x4f0 [ 10.841192] schedule_timeout_uninterruptible+0x47/0x50 [ 10.841195] rcu_torture_stall+0x2e8/0x300 [ 10.841199] kthread+0x175/0x1a0 [ 10.841206] ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50 The above calltrace occurs in the local_irq_disable/enable() critical section call schedule_timeout(), and invoke schedule_timeout() also implies a quiescent state, of course it also fails to trigger RCU stall, this commit therefore use mdelay() instead of schedule_timeout() to trigger RCU stall. Suggested-by: Joel Fernandes <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c index d06c2da04c34..a08a72bef5f1 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c @@ -2472,7 +2472,7 @@ static int rcu_torture_stall(void *args) #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPTION preempt_schedule(); #else - schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(HZ); + mdelay(jiffies_to_msecs(HZ)); #endif } else if (stall_no_softlockup) { touch_softlockup_watchdog(); -- 2.25.1