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author | Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@google.com> | 2009-01-15 19:08:40 (GMT) |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-01-16 13:06:04 (GMT) |
commit | e162b39a368f0401e41b558f430c354d12a85b37 (patch) | |
tree | 3fb7e4d48f398d62e5074e7e3dd183cc54f59820 /kernel/softlockup.c | |
parent | c903ff837909ccada51243307d4239f86af40179 (diff) | |
download | linux-e162b39a368f0401e41b558f430c354d12a85b37.tar.xz |
softlockup: decouple hung tasks check from softlockup detection
Decoupling allows:
* hung tasks check to happen at very low priority
* hung tasks check and softlockup to be enabled/disabled independently
at compile and/or run-time
* individual panic settings to be enabled disabled independently
at compile and/or run-time
* softlockup threshold to be reduced without increasing hung tasks
poll frequency (hung task check is expensive relative to softlock watchdog)
* hung task check to be zero over-head when disabled at run-time
Signed-off-by: Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/softlockup.c')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/softlockup.c | 100 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 100 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/softlockup.c b/kernel/softlockup.c index 85d5a24..88796c3 100644 --- a/kernel/softlockup.c +++ b/kernel/softlockup.c @@ -166,97 +166,11 @@ void softlockup_tick(void) } /* - * Have a reasonable limit on the number of tasks checked: - */ -unsigned long __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_check_count = 1024; - -/* - * Zero means infinite timeout - no checking done: - */ -unsigned long __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs = 480; - -unsigned long __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_warnings = 10; - -/* - * Only do the hung-tasks check on one CPU: - */ -static int check_cpu __read_mostly = -1; - -static void check_hung_task(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long now) -{ - unsigned long switch_count = t->nvcsw + t->nivcsw; - - if (t->flags & PF_FROZEN) - return; - - if (switch_count != t->last_switch_count || !t->last_switch_timestamp) { - t->last_switch_count = switch_count; - t->last_switch_timestamp = now; - return; - } - if ((long)(now - t->last_switch_timestamp) < - sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs) - return; - if (!sysctl_hung_task_warnings) - return; - sysctl_hung_task_warnings--; - - /* - * Ok, the task did not get scheduled for more than 2 minutes, - * complain: - */ - printk(KERN_ERR "INFO: task %s:%d blocked for more than " - "%ld seconds.\n", t->comm, t->pid, - sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs); - printk(KERN_ERR "\"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs\"" - " disables this message.\n"); - sched_show_task(t); - __debug_show_held_locks(t); - - t->last_switch_timestamp = now; - touch_nmi_watchdog(); - - if (softlockup_panic) - panic("softlockup: blocked tasks"); -} - -/* - * Check whether a TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE does not get woken up for - * a really long time (120 seconds). If that happens, print out - * a warning. - */ -static void check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks(int this_cpu) -{ - int max_count = sysctl_hung_task_check_count; - unsigned long now = get_timestamp(this_cpu); - struct task_struct *g, *t; - - /* - * If the system crashed already then all bets are off, - * do not report extra hung tasks: - */ - if (test_taint(TAINT_DIE) || did_panic) - return; - - read_lock(&tasklist_lock); - do_each_thread(g, t) { - if (!--max_count) - goto unlock; - /* use "==" to skip the TASK_KILLABLE tasks waiting on NFS */ - if (t->state == TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE) - check_hung_task(t, now); - } while_each_thread(g, t); - unlock: - read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); -} - -/* * The watchdog thread - runs every second and touches the timestamp. */ static int watchdog(void *__bind_cpu) { struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = MAX_RT_PRIO-1 }; - int this_cpu = (long)__bind_cpu; sched_setscheduler(current, SCHED_FIFO, ¶m); @@ -276,11 +190,6 @@ static int watchdog(void *__bind_cpu) if (kthread_should_stop()) break; - if (this_cpu == check_cpu) { - if (sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs) - check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks(this_cpu); - } - set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); } __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING); @@ -312,18 +221,9 @@ cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu) break; case CPU_ONLINE: case CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN: - check_cpu = cpumask_any(cpu_online_mask); wake_up_process(per_cpu(watchdog_task, hotcpu)); break; #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU - case CPU_DOWN_PREPARE: - case CPU_DOWN_PREPARE_FROZEN: - if (hotcpu == check_cpu) { - /* Pick any other online cpu. */ - check_cpu = cpumask_any_but(cpu_online_mask, hotcpu); - } - break; - case CPU_UP_CANCELED: case CPU_UP_CANCELED_FROZEN: if (!per_cpu(watchdog_task, hotcpu)) |