linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/24] nocb: Clarify RCU nocb CPU error message

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Message-Id: <20200831180116.32690-7-paulmck@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 31 Aug 2020 11:00:59 -0700
From:   paulmck@...nel.org
To:     rcu@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com, mingo@...nel.org,
        jiangshanlai@...il.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
        josh@...htriplett.org, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com, joel@...lfernandes.org,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/24] nocb: Clarify RCU nocb CPU error message

From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>

A message of the form "rcu:    !!! lDTs ." can be tracked down, but
doing so is not trivial.  This commit therefore eases this process by
adding text so that this error message now reads as follows:
"rcu:    nocb GP activity on CB-only CPU!!! lDTs ."

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index 982fc5b..bbc0c07 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -2417,7 +2417,7 @@ static void show_rcu_nocb_state(struct rcu_data *rdp)
 	    !waslocked && !wastimer && !wassleep)
 		return;  /* Nothing untowards. */
 
-	pr_info("   !!! %c%c%c%c %c\n",
+	pr_info("   nocb GP activity on CB-only CPU!!! %c%c%c%c %c\n",
 		"lL"[waslocked],
 		"dD"[!!rdp->nocb_defer_wakeup],
 		"tT"[wastimer],
-- 
2.9.5