Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755396AbbGQXbu (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Jul 2015 19:31:50 -0400 Received: from e37.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.158]:40779 "EHLO e37.co.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754076AbbGQX3e (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Jul 2015 19:29:34 -0400 X-Helo: d03dlp01.boulder.ibm.com X-MailFrom: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com X-RcptTo: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: mingo@kernel.org, jiangshanlai@gmail.com, dipankar@in.ibm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com, josh@joshtriplett.org, tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, dhowells@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, dvhart@linux.intel.com, fweisbec@gmail.com, oleg@redhat.com, bobby.prani@gmail.com, "Paul E. McKenney" Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 16/19] documentation: Describe new expedited stall warnings Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 16:29:21 -0700 Message-Id: <1437175764-24096-16-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.1.5 In-Reply-To: <1437175764-24096-1-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <20150717232901.GA22511@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1437175764-24096-1-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-TM-AS-MML: disable X-Content-Scanned: Fidelis XPS MAILER x-cbid: 15071723-0025-0000-0000-00001744049A Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1594 Lines: 43 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt index 046f32637b95..efb9454875ab 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt @@ -163,6 +163,23 @@ message will be about three times the interval between the beginning of the stall and the first message. +Stall Warnings for Expedited Grace Periods + +If an expedited grace period detects a stall, it will place a message +like the following in dmesg: + + INFO: rcu_sched detected expedited stalls on CPUs: { 1 2 6 } 26009 jiffies s: 1043 + +This indicates that CPUs 1, 2, and 6 have failed to respond to a +reschedule IPI, that the expedited grace period has been going on for +26,009 jiffies, and that the expedited grace-period sequence counter is +1043. The fact that this last value is odd indicates that an expedited +grace period is in flight. + +It is entirely possible to see stall warnings from normal and from +expedited grace periods at about the same time from the same run. + + What Causes RCU CPU Stall Warnings? So your kernel printed an RCU CPU stall warning. The next question is -- 1.8.1.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/