linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] khungtaskd: Kick stuck processes

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Date:   Thu, 08 Feb 2018 23:15:20 +0000
From:   Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
To:     Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, ak@...ux.intel.com,
        jack@...e.cz, aryabinin@...tuozzo.com, dvyukov@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] khungtaskd: Kick stuck processes

Quoting Tetsuo Handa (2018-02-08 23:10:43)
> Chris Wilson wrote:
> > After spotting a stuck process, and having decided not to panic, give
> > the task a kick to see if that helps it to recover (e.g. to paper over a
> > missed wake up).
> 
> Yes, we are seeing hangs at io_schedule(), but doesn't optionally allowing
> io_schedule() be replaced with timeout version (e.g. dump_page() upon timeout
> if io_schedule() was called for e.g. wait_on_page_bit()) give us more clue?

Yes, this isn't for debugging who left the page locked (or the exact
root cause), this is just trying to allow the system to limp along
afterwards :) From personal experience, I know how easy it is to lose a
wakeup and the only thing to notice is khungtaskd shouting every 120s.
-Chris