ich777/linux_media
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/tbsdtv/linux_media.git synced 2025-07-23 04:33:26 +02:00
Code Issues Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

kernel/hung_task.c: introduce sysctl to print all traces when a hung task is detected

Browse Source 
Commit 401c636a0e ("kernel/hung_task.c: show all hung tasks before
panic") introduced a change in that we started to show all CPUs
backtraces when a hung task is detected _and_ the sysctl/kernel
parameter "hung_task_panic" is set.  The idea is good, because usually
when observing deadlocks (that may lead to hung tasks), the culprit is
another task holding a lock and not necessarily the task detected as
hung.

The problem with this approach is that dumping backtraces is a slightly
expensive task, specially printing that on console (and specially in
many CPU machines, as servers commonly found nowadays).  So, users that
plan to collect a kdump to investigate the hung tasks and narrow down
the deadlock definitely don't need the CPUs backtrace on dmesg/console,
which will delay the panic and pollute the log (crash tool would easily
grab all CPUs traces with 'bt -a' command).

Also, there's the reciprocal scenario: some users may be interested in
seeing the CPUs backtraces but not have the system panic when a hung
task is detected.  The current approach hence is almost as embedding a
policy in the kernel, by forcing the CPUs backtraces' dump (only) on
hung_task_panic.

This patch decouples the panic event on hung task from the CPUs
backtraces dump, by creating (and documenting) a new sysctl called
"hung_task_all_cpu_backtrace", analog to the approach taken on soft/hard
lockups, that have both a panic and an "all_cpu_backtrace" sysctl to
allow individual control.  The new mechanism for dumping the CPUs
backtraces on hung task detection respects "hung_task_warnings" by not
dumping the traces in case there's no warnings left.

Signed-off-by: Guilherme G. Piccoli <gpiccoli@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200327223646.20779-1-gpiccoli@canonical.com
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
This commit is contained in:
Guilherme G. Piccoli
2020-06-07 21:40:45 -07:00
committed by Linus Torvalds
parent f117955a22
commit 0ec9dc9bcb
4 changed files with 50 additions and 2 deletions
Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

20
kernel/hung_task.c
View File

@@ -53,9 +53,18 @@ int __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_warnings = 10;
static int __read_mostly did_panic;
static bool hung_task_show_lock;
static bool hung_task_call_panic;
static bool hung_task_show_all_bt;
static struct task_struct *watchdog_task;
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
/*
* Should we dump all CPUs backtraces in a hung task event?
* Defaults to 0, can be changed via sysctl.
*/
unsigned int __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_all_cpu_backtrace;
#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
/*
* Should we panic (and reboot, if panic_timeout= is set) when a
* hung task is detected:
@@ -127,6 +136,9 @@ static void check_hung_task(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long timeout)
" disables this message.\n");
sched_show_task(t);
hung_task_show_lock = true;
if (sysctl_hung_task_all_cpu_backtrace)
hung_task_show_all_bt = true;
}
touch_nmi_watchdog();
@@ -191,10 +203,14 @@ static void check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks(unsigned long timeout)
rcu_read_unlock();
if (hung_task_show_lock)
debug_show_all_locks();
if (hung_task_call_panic) {
if (hung_task_show_all_bt) {
hung_task_show_all_bt = false;
trigger_all_cpu_backtrace();
panic("hung_task: blocked tasks");
}
if (hung_task_call_panic)
panic("hung_task: blocked tasks");
}
static long hung_timeout_jiffies(unsigned long last_checked,