linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 4/4] rcu: add control variables to lockdep_rcu

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Date:	Wed,  3 Mar 2010 07:46:59 -0800
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, laijs@...fujitsu.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca,
	josh@...htriplett.org, dvhltc@...ibm.com, niv@...ibm.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu, dhowells@...hat.com,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 4/4] rcu: add control variables to lockdep_rcu_dereference() diagnostics

Add the values of rcu_scheduler_active() and debug_locks() to the
lockdep_rcu_dereference() output to help diagnose RCU lockdep splats
that occur shortly after the scheduler starts.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 kernel/lockdep.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/lockdep.c b/kernel/lockdep.c
index 0c30d04..681bc2e 100644
--- a/kernel/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/lockdep.c
@@ -3822,6 +3822,7 @@ void lockdep_rcu_dereference(const char *file, const int line)
 	printk("%s:%d invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!\n",
 			file, line);
 	printk("\nother info that might help us debug this:\n\n");
+	printk("\nrcu_scheduler_active = %d, debug_locks = %d\n", rcu_scheduler_active, debug_locks);
 	lockdep_print_held_locks(curr);
 	printk("\nstack backtrace:\n");
 	dump_stack();
-- 
1.6.6

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