linux-kernel - [tip: core/rcu] tick-sched: Clarify "NOHZ: local_softirq

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Message-ID: <160222533152.7002.4472002575038406164.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Fri, 09 Oct 2020 06:35:31 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Paul E. McKenney" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [tip: core/rcu] tick-sched: Clarify "NOHZ: local_softirq_pending" warning

The following commit has been merged into the core/rcu branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     bca37119c57bdc2c68c84b313a5118005e8693cf
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/bca37119c57bdc2c68c84b313a5118005e8693cf
Author:        Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
AuthorDate:    Fri, 26 Jun 2020 13:39:41 -07:00
Committer:     Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 18:38:32 -07:00

tick-sched: Clarify "NOHZ: local_softirq_pending" warning

Currently, can_stop_idle_tick() prints "NOHZ: local_softirq_pending HH"
(where "HH" is the hexadecimal softirq vector number) when one or more
non-RCU softirq handlers are still enabled when checking to stop the
scheduler-tick interrupt.  This message is not as enlightening as one
might hope, so this commit changes it to "NOHZ tick-stop error: Non-RCU
local softirq work is pending, handler #HH".

Reported-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index f0199a4..81632cd 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ static bool can_stop_idle_tick(int cpu, struct tick_sched *ts)
 
 		if (ratelimit < 10 &&
 		    (local_softirq_pending() & SOFTIRQ_STOP_IDLE_MASK)) {
-			pr_warn("NOHZ: local_softirq_pending %02x\n",
+			pr_warn("NOHZ tick-stop error: Non-RCU local softirq work is pending, handler #%02x!!!\n",
 				(unsigned int) local_softirq_pending());
 			ratelimit++;
 		}