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Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:27:23 -0700
From: Ravikiran G Thirumalai <kiran@...lex86.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, shai@...lex86.org, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: Re: [patch] Change softlockup trigger limit using a kernel parameter
On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 11:09:07PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
>On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:41:21 -0700 Ravikiran G Thirumalai <kiran@...lex86.org> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 04:08:58PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> > On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:26:50 -0700
>> > Ravikiran G Thirumalai <kiran@...lex86.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Kernel warns of softlockups if the softlockup thread is not able to run
>> > > on a CPU for 10s. It is useful to lower the softlockup warning
>> > > threshold in testing environments to catch potential lockups early.
>> > > Following patch adds a kernel parameter 'softlockup_lim' to control
>> > > the softlockup threshold.
>> > >
>> >
>> > Why not make it tunable at runtime?
>>
>> Sure! Like a sysctl?
>>
Hi Andrew,
Here's another take, incorporating all of your comments.
Thanks,
Kiran
Control the trigger limit for softlockup warnings. This is useful for
debugging softlockups, by lowering the softlockup_thresh to identify
possible softlockups earlier.
This patch:
1. Adds a sysctl softlockup_thresh with valid values of 1-60s
(Higher value to disable false positives)
2. Changes the softlockup printk to print the cpu softlockup time
Signed-off-by: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran@...lex86.org>
Signed-off-by: Shai Fultheim <shai@...lex86.org>
---
Patch applies on top of Ingo's softlockup patches
Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 8 ++++++++
include/linux/sched.h | 1 +
kernel/softlockup.c | 8 +++++---
kernel/sysctl.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------
4 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6.22/kernel/softlockup.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.22.orig/kernel/softlockup.c 2007-07-18 11:15:18.506614500 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.22/kernel/softlockup.c 2007-07-18 21:39:20.498592750 -0700
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, pri
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, watchdog_task);
static int did_panic;
+int softlockup_thresh = 10;
static int
softlock_panic(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, void *ptr)
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ void softlockup_tick(void)
wake_up_process(per_cpu(watchdog_task, this_cpu));
/* Warn about unreasonable 10+ seconds delays: */
- if (now <= (touch_timestamp + 10))
+ if (now <= (touch_timestamp + softlockup_thresh))
return;
regs = get_irq_regs();
@@ -109,8 +110,9 @@ void softlockup_tick(void)
per_cpu(print_timestamp, this_cpu) = touch_timestamp;
spin_lock(&print_lock);
- printk(KERN_ERR "BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#%d! [%s:%d]\n",
- this_cpu, current->comm, current->pid);
+ printk(KERN_ERR "BUG: soft lockup - CPU#%d stuck for %lus! [%s:%d]\n",
+ this_cpu, now - touch_timestamp,
+ current->comm, current->pid);
if (regs)
show_regs(regs);
else
Index: linux-2.6.22/kernel/sysctl.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.22.orig/kernel/sysctl.c 2007-07-08 16:32:17.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.22/kernel/sysctl.c 2007-07-19 13:42:50.275478000 -0700
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ extern int compat_log;
extern int maps_protect;
extern int sysctl_stat_interval;
+/* Constants used for minimum and maximum */
+static int one = 1;
+static int zero;
+static int sixty = 60;
+static int one_hundred = 100;
+
/* this is needed for the proc_dointvec_minmax for [fs_]overflow UID and GID */
static int maxolduid = 65535;
static int minolduid;
@@ -615,16 +621,23 @@ static ctl_table kern_table[] = {
.proc_handler = &proc_dointvec,
},
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
+ {
+ .ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED,
+ .procname = "softlockup_thresh",
+ .data = &softlockup_thresh,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(int),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = &proc_dointvec_minmax,
+ .strategy = &sysctl_intvec,
+ .extra1 = &one,
+ .extra2 = &sixty,
+ },
+#endif
{ .ctl_name = 0 }
};
-/* Constants for minimum and maximum testing in vm_table.
- We use these as one-element integer vectors. */
-static int zero;
-static int one_hundred = 100;
-
-
static ctl_table vm_table[] = {
{
.ctl_name = VM_OVERCOMMIT_MEMORY,
Index: linux-2.6.22/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.22.orig/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt 2007-07-08 16:32:17.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.22/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt 2007-07-19 13:42:09.748945250 -0700
@@ -320,6 +320,14 @@ kernel. This value defaults to SHMMAX.
==============================================================
+softlockup_thresh:
+
+This value can be used to lower the softlockup tolerance
+threshold. The default threshold is 10s. If a cpu is locked up
+for 10s, the kernel complains. Valid values are 1-60s.
+
+==============================================================
+
tainted:
Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted. Numeric values, which
Index: linux-2.6.22/include/linux/sched.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.22.orig/include/linux/sched.h 2007-07-19 13:35:08.610625750 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.22/include/linux/sched.h 2007-07-19 13:38:57.816950250 -0700
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ extern void softlockup_tick(void);
extern void spawn_softlockup_task(void);
extern void touch_softlockup_watchdog(void);
extern void touch_all_softlockup_watchdogs(void);
+extern int softlockup_thresh;
#else
static inline void softlockup_tick(void)
{
-
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