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author | Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@google.com> | 2009-01-15 22:08:40 +0300 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-01-16 16:06:04 +0300 |
commit | e162b39a368f0401e41b558f430c354d12a85b37 (patch) | |
tree | 3fb7e4d48f398d62e5074e7e3dd183cc54f59820 /kernel/hung_task.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/hung_task.c')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/hung_task.c | 198 |
1 files changed, 198 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/hung_task.c b/kernel/hung_task.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ba5a77cad3bb --- /dev/null +++ b/kernel/hung_task.c @@ -0,0 +1,198 @@ +/* + * Detect Hung Task + * + * kernel/hung_task.c - kernel thread for detecting tasks stuck in D state + * + */ + +#include <linux/mm.h> +#include <linux/cpu.h> +#include <linux/nmi.h> +#include <linux/init.h> +#include <linux/delay.h> +#include <linux/freezer.h> +#include <linux/kthread.h> +#include <linux/lockdep.h> +#include <linux/module.h> +#include <linux/sysctl.h> + +/* + * 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 = 120; +static unsigned long __read_mostly hung_task_poll_jiffies; + +unsigned long __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_warnings = 10; + +static int __read_mostly did_panic; + +static struct task_struct *watchdog_task; + +/* + * Should we panic (and reboot, if panic_timeout= is set) when a + * hung task is detected: + */ +unsigned int __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_panic = + CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC_VALUE; + +static int __init hung_task_panic_setup(char *str) +{ + sysctl_hung_task_panic = simple_strtoul(str, NULL, 0); + + return 1; +} +__setup("hung_task_panic=", hung_task_panic_setup); + +static int +hung_task_panic(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, void *ptr) +{ + did_panic = 1; + + return NOTIFY_DONE; +} + +static struct notifier_block panic_block = { + .notifier_call = hung_task_panic, +}; + +/* + * Returns seconds, approximately. We don't need nanosecond + * resolution, and we don't need to waste time with a big divide when + * 2^30ns == 1.074s. + */ +static unsigned long get_timestamp(void) +{ + int this_cpu = raw_smp_processor_id(); + + return cpu_clock(this_cpu) >> 30LL; /* 2^30 ~= 10^9 */ +} + +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 (sysctl_hung_task_panic) + panic("hung_task: 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(void) +{ + int max_count = sysctl_hung_task_check_count; + unsigned long now = get_timestamp(); + 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); +} + +static void update_poll_jiffies(void) +{ + /* timeout of 0 will disable the watchdog */ + if (sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs == 0) + hung_task_poll_jiffies = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT; + else + hung_task_poll_jiffies = sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs * HZ / 2; +} + +/* + * Process updating of timeout sysctl + */ +int proc_dohung_task_timeout_secs(struct ctl_table *table, int write, + struct file *filp, void __user *buffer, + size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos) +{ + int ret; + + ret = proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, filp, buffer, lenp, ppos); + + if (ret || !write) + goto out; + + update_poll_jiffies(); + + wake_up_process(watchdog_task); + + out: + return ret; +} + +/* + * kthread which checks for tasks stuck in D state + */ +static int watchdog(void *dummy) +{ + set_user_nice(current, 0); + update_poll_jiffies(); + + for ( ; ; ) { + while (schedule_timeout_interruptible(hung_task_poll_jiffies)); + check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks(); + } + + return 0; +} + +static int __init hung_task_init(void) +{ + atomic_notifier_chain_register(&panic_notifier_list, &panic_block); + watchdog_task = kthread_run(watchdog, NULL, "khungtaskd"); + + return 0; +} + +module_init(hung_task_init); |