linux-kernel - [PATCH RFC] sysrq,rcu: suppress RCU stall warnings while sysrq runs

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Date:	Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:04:52 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	joern@...fs.org, peterz@...radead.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, cxie@...hat.com,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH RFC] sysrq,rcu: suppress RCU stall warnings while sysrq runs

As suggested by Paul McKenney...

This seems small and simple enough that it should not introduce any
extra maintenance work in the future.

---8<---

Some sysrq handlers can run for a long time, because they dump a lot
of data onto a serial console. Having RCU stall warnings pop up in
the middle of them only makes the problem worse.

This patch temporarily disables RCU stall warnings while a sysrq
request is handled.

Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Suggested-by: Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/tty/sysrq.c      |  2 ++
 include/linux/rcupdate.h |  2 ++
 kernel/rcu/update.c      | 11 +++++++++++
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
index 3c61e9b..dd53af9 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
@@ -511,6 +511,7 @@ void __handle_sysrq(int key, bool check_mask)
 	int orig_log_level;
 	int i;
 
+	rcu_sysrq_start();
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	/*
 	 * Raise the apparent loglevel to maximum so that the sysrq header
@@ -554,6 +555,7 @@ void __handle_sysrq(int key, bool check_mask)
 		console_loglevel = orig_log_level;
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
+	rcu_sysrq_end();
 }
 
 void handle_sysrq(int key)
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 00a7fd6..b9a95f8 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ void rcu_idle_enter(void);
 void rcu_idle_exit(void);
 void rcu_irq_enter(void);
 void rcu_irq_exit(void);
+void rcu_sysrq_start(void);
+void rcu_sysrq_end(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_USER_QS
 void rcu_user_enter(void);
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/update.c b/kernel/rcu/update.c
index 4c0a9b0..2ac3289 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/update.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/update.c
@@ -320,6 +320,17 @@ int rcu_jiffies_till_stall_check(void)
 	return till_stall_check * HZ + RCU_STALL_DELAY_DELTA;
 }
 
+void rcu_sysrq_start(void)
+{
+	rcu_cpu_stall_suppress = 2;
+}
+
+void rcu_sysrq_end(void)
+{
+	if (rcu_cpu_stall_suppress == 2)
+		rcu_cpu_stall_suppress = 0;
+}
+
 static int rcu_panic(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long ev, void *ptr)
 {
 	rcu_cpu_stall_suppress = 1;
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