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Message-ID: <20140427062650.GW4496@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Sat, 26 Apr 2014 23:26:50 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, umgwanakikbuti@...il.com
Subject: Re: mmotm 2014-04-24-13-07 uploaded

On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 01:52:30PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 04/25/14 13:44, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > On 04/25/14 07:04, Rik van Riel wrote:
> >> On Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:40:29 -0700
> >> Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> uml on x86_64 defconfig:
> >>>
> >>> drivers/built-in.o: In function `__handle_sysrq':
> >>> drivers/tty/sysrq.c:514: undefined reference to `rcu_sysrq_start'
> >>> drivers/tty/sysrq.c:558: undefined reference to `rcu_sysrq_end'
> >>
> >> Randy, does the patch below fix it?
> 
> CONFIG_TINY_RCU=y
> 
> tiny.c does not provide these functions...  Paul...
> 
> > Hm, no, it does not.  I'll look into it.
> > 
> >> Mike, this patch should also address your concerns.
> >>
> >> Andrew, this can be a -fix patch for the sysctl-rcu patch,
> >> assuming it fixes things :)
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/tty/sysrq.c | 1 +
> >>  kernel/rcu/update.c | 3 ++-
> >>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
> >> index dd53af9..0867433 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
> >> @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
> >>  #include <linux/jiffies.h>
> >>  #include <linux/syscalls.h>
> >>  #include <linux/of.h>
> >> +#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
> >>  
> >>  #include <asm/ptrace.h>
> >>  #include <asm/irq_regs.h>
> >> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/update.c b/kernel/rcu/update.c
> >> index 2ac3289..d22309c 100644
> >> --- a/kernel/rcu/update.c
> >> +++ b/kernel/rcu/update.c
> >> @@ -322,7 +322,8 @@ int rcu_jiffies_till_stall_check(void)
> >>  
> >>  void rcu_sysrq_start(void)
> >>  {
> >> -	rcu_cpu_stall_suppress = 2;
> >> +	if (!rcu_cpu_stall_suppress)
> >> +		rcu_cpu_stall_suppress = 2;
> >>  }
> >>  
> >>  void rcu_sysrq_end(void)

You would think that I would have learned by now that RCU requires a bit
more care...  Anyway, patch containing only the APIs that -should- work
is below.  Currently testing it on the usual set of configs.

							Thanx, Paul

------------------------------------------------------------------------

rcu: Provide API to suppress stall warnings while sysrc runs

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 commit provides rcu_sysrq_start() and rcu_sysrq_end() APIs to
temporarily suppress RCU CPU stall warnings while a sysrq request is
handled.

Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
[ paulmck: Fix TINY_RCU build error. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index a6f2664a1b77..3f53c96b3b77 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -248,6 +248,18 @@ void rcu_idle_exit(void);
 void rcu_irq_enter(void);
 void rcu_irq_exit(void);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON
+void rcu_sysrq_start(void);
+void rcu_sysrq_end(void);
+#else /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON */
+void rcu_sysrq_start(void)
+{
+}
+void rcu_sysrq_end(void)
+{
+}
+#endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON */
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_USER_QS
 void rcu_user_enter(void);
 void rcu_user_exit(void);
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/update.c b/kernel/rcu/update.c
index ed7a0d72562c..a2aeb4df0f60 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/update.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/update.c
@@ -320,6 +320,18 @@ int rcu_jiffies_till_stall_check(void)
 	return till_stall_check * HZ + RCU_STALL_DELAY_DELTA;
 }
 
+void rcu_sysrq_start(void)
+{
+	if (!rcu_cpu_stall_suppress)
+		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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