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@@ -56,8 +56,20 @@ RCU_STALL_RAT_DELAY
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two jiffies. (This is a cpp macro, not a kernel configuration
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parameter.)
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-When a CPU detects that it is stalling, it will print a message similar
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-to the following:
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+rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout
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+
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+ This boot/sysfs parameter controls the RCU-tasks stall warning
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+ interval. A value of zero or less suppresses RCU-tasks stall
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+ warnings. A positive value sets the stall-warning interval
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+ in jiffies. An RCU-tasks stall warning starts wtih the line:
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+
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+ INFO: rcu_tasks detected stalls on tasks:
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+
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+ And continues with the output of sched_show_task() for each
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+ task stalling the current RCU-tasks grace period.
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+
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+For non-RCU-tasks flavors of RCU, when a CPU detects that it is stalling,
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+it will print a message similar to the following:
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INFO: rcu_sched_state detected stall on CPU 5 (t=2500 jiffies)
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@@ -174,8 +186,12 @@ o A CPU looping with preemption disabled. This condition can
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o A CPU looping with bottom halves disabled. This condition can
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result in RCU-sched and RCU-bh stalls.
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-o For !CONFIG_PREEMPT kernels, a CPU looping anywhere in the kernel
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- without invoking schedule().
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+o For !CONFIG_PREEMPT kernels, a CPU looping anywhere in the
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+ kernel without invoking schedule(). Note that cond_resched()
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+ does not necessarily prevent RCU CPU stall warnings. Therefore,
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+ if the looping in the kernel is really expected and desirable
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+ behavior, you might need to replace some of the cond_resched()
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+ calls with calls to cond_resched_rcu_qs().
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o A CPU-bound real-time task in a CONFIG_PREEMPT kernel, which might
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happen to preempt a low-priority task in the middle of an RCU
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@@ -208,11 +224,10 @@ o A hardware failure. This is quite unlikely, but has occurred
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This resulted in a series of RCU CPU stall warnings, eventually
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leading the realization that the CPU had failed.
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-The RCU, RCU-sched, and RCU-bh implementations have CPU stall warning.
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-SRCU does not have its own CPU stall warnings, but its calls to
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-synchronize_sched() will result in RCU-sched detecting RCU-sched-related
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-CPU stalls. Please note that RCU only detects CPU stalls when there is
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-a grace period in progress. No grace period, no CPU stall warnings.
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+The RCU, RCU-sched, RCU-bh, and RCU-tasks implementations have CPU stall
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+warning. Note that SRCU does -not- have CPU stall warnings. Please note
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+that RCU only detects CPU stalls when there is a grace period in progress.
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+No grace period, no CPU stall warnings.
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To diagnose the cause of the stall, inspect the stack traces.
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The offending function will usually be near the top of the stack.
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