linux-kernel - [PATCH] rcu: Fix the (t=0 jiffies) false positive

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Message-Id: <1583394357-11767-1-git-send-email-zhangzl2013@126.com>
Date:   Thu,  5 Mar 2020 15:45:57 +0800
From:   Zhaolong Zhang <zhangzl2013@....com>
To:     Zhaolong Zhang <zhangzl2013@....com.com>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
Cc:     rcu@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] rcu: Fix the (t=0 jiffies) false positive

Calculate 't' with the previously recorded 'gps' instead of 'gp_start'.

Signed-off-by: Zhaolong Zhang <zhangzl2013@....com>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
index 55f9b84..4223b8b 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ static void rcu_check_gp_kthread_starvation(void)
 	}
 }
 
-static void print_other_cpu_stall(unsigned long gp_seq)
+static void print_other_cpu_stall(unsigned long gp_seq, unsigned long gps)
 {
 	int cpu;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ static void print_other_cpu_stall(unsigned long gp_seq)
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
 		totqlen += rcu_get_n_cbs_cpu(cpu);
 	pr_cont("\t(detected by %d, t=%ld jiffies, g=%ld, q=%lu)\n",
-	       smp_processor_id(), (long)(jiffies - rcu_state.gp_start),
+	       smp_processor_id(), (long)(jiffies - gps),
 	       (long)rcu_seq_current(&rcu_state.gp_seq), totqlen);
 	if (ndetected) {
 		rcu_dump_cpu_stacks();
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ static void print_other_cpu_stall(unsigned long gp_seq)
 	rcu_force_quiescent_state();  /* Kick them all. */
 }
 
-static void print_cpu_stall(void)
+static void print_cpu_stall(unsigned long gps)
 {
 	int cpu;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ static void print_cpu_stall(void)
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
 		totqlen += rcu_get_n_cbs_cpu(cpu);
 	pr_cont("\t(t=%lu jiffies g=%ld q=%lu)\n",
-		jiffies - rcu_state.gp_start,
+		jiffies - gps,
 		(long)rcu_seq_current(&rcu_state.gp_seq), totqlen);
 
 	rcu_check_gp_kthread_starvation();
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ static void check_cpu_stall(struct rcu_data *rdp)
 	    cmpxchg(&rcu_state.jiffies_stall, js, jn) == js) {
 
 		/* We haven't checked in, so go dump stack. */
-		print_cpu_stall();
+		print_cpu_stall(gps);
 		if (rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump)
 			rcu_ftrace_dump(DUMP_ALL);
 
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ static void check_cpu_stall(struct rcu_data *rdp)
 		   cmpxchg(&rcu_state.jiffies_stall, js, jn) == js) {
 
 		/* They had a few time units to dump stack, so complain. */
-		print_other_cpu_stall(gs2);
+		print_other_cpu_stall(gs2, gps);
 		if (rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump)
 			rcu_ftrace_dump(DUMP_ALL);
 	}
-- 
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