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From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] sched/debug: Use sched_debug_lock to serialize use
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On Thu,  1 Apr 2021 14:10:30 -0400
Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> wrote:

> The handling of sysrq key can be activated by echoing the key to
> /proc/sysrq-trigger or via the magic key sequence typed into a terminal
> that is connected to the system in some way (serial, USB or other mean).
> In the former case, the handling is done in a user context. In the
> latter case, it is likely to be in an interrupt context.
> 
> There should be no more than one instance of sysrq key processing via
> a terminal, but multiple instances of /proc/sysrq-trigger is possible.
> 
> Currently in print_cpu() of kernel/sched/debug.c, sched_debug_lock is
> taken with interrupt disabled for the whole duration of the calls to
> print_*_stats() and print_rq() which could last for the quite some time
> if the information dump happens on the serial console.
> 
> If the system has many cpus and the sched_debug_lock is somehow busy
> (e.g. parallel sysrq-t), the system may hit a hard lockup panic
> depending on the actually serial console implementation of the
> system. For instance,

Wouldn't placing strategically located "touch_nmi_watchdog()"s around fix
this?

-- Steve