linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 29/30] Documentation: tracing: add TIF_NEED_RESCHED

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Message-ID: <20240221164334.6f8c69e8@gandalf.local.home>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 16:43:34 -0500
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: Ankur Arora <ankur.a.arora@...cle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 29/30] Documentation: tracing: add TIF_NEED_RESCHED_LAZY

On Mon, 12 Feb 2024 21:55:53 -0800
Ankur Arora <ankur.a.arora@...cle.com> wrote:

> Document various combinations of resched flags.
> 
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
> Originally-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/87jzshhexi.ffs@tglx/
> Signed-off-by: Ankur Arora <ankur.a.arora@...cle.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
> index 7e7b8ec17934..7f20c0bae009 100644
> --- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
> @@ -1036,8 +1036,12 @@ explains which is which.
>  		be printed here.
>  
>    need-resched:
> -	- 'N' both TIF_NEED_RESCHED and PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED is set,
> +	- 'B' all three, TIF_NEED_RESCHED, TIF_NEED_RESCHED_LAZY and PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED are set,
> +	- 'N' both TIF_NEED_RESCHED and PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED are set,
> +	- 'L' both TIF_NEED_RESCHED_LAZY and PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED are set,
> +	- 'b' both TIF_NEED_RESCHED and TIF_NEED_RESCHED_LAZY are set,
>  	- 'n' only TIF_NEED_RESCHED is set,
> +	- 'l' only TIF_NEED_RESCHED_LAZY is set,
>  	- 'p' only PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED is set,
>  	- '.' otherwise.
>  

I wonder if we should also add this information in /sys/kernel/tracing/README
so that it is easier to find on a machine.

-- Steve