linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] rcu: Don't dump the stalled CPU on where RCU GP kthread last ran twice

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Message-ID: <6e6bede7-288d-b793-89d1-fc8d6550a545@huawei.com>
Date:   Wed, 5 Jul 2023 16:17:12 +0800
From:   "Leizhen (ThunderTown)" <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
To:     "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@...cinc.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        Zqiang <qiang.zhang1211@...il.com>, <rcu@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] rcu: Don't dump the stalled CPU on where RCU GP
 kthread last ran twice



On 2023/7/5 15:30, Zhen Lei wrote:
> The stacks of all stalled CPUs will be dumped. If the CPU on where RCU GP
> kthread last ran is stalled, its stack does not need to be dumped again.

Should I add Fixes?

Fixes: 243027a3c805 ("rcu: For RCU grace-period kthread starvation, dump last CPU it ran on")

> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
> ---
>  kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
> index dcfaa3d5db2cbc7..cc884cd49e026a3 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
> @@ -534,12 +534,14 @@ static void rcu_check_gp_kthread_starvation(void)
>  		       data_race(READ_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_state)),
>  		       gpk ? data_race(READ_ONCE(gpk->__state)) : ~0, cpu);
>  		if (gpk) {
> +			struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data, cpu);
> +
>  			pr_err("\tUnless %s kthread gets sufficient CPU time, OOM is now expected behavior.\n", rcu_state.name);
>  			pr_err("RCU grace-period kthread stack dump:\n");
>  			sched_show_task(gpk);
>  			if (cpu_is_offline(cpu)) {
>  				pr_err("RCU GP kthread last ran on offline CPU %d.\n", cpu);
> -			} else  {
> +			} else if (!(data_race(READ_ONCE(rdp->mynode->qsmask)) & rdp->grpmask)) {
>  				pr_err("Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:\n");
>  				dump_cpu_task(cpu);
>  			}
> 

-- 
Regards,
  Zhen Lei