tools/rcu: Add drgn script to dump number of RCU callbacks
authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Thu, 22 Apr 2021 18:55:43 +0000 (11:55 -0700)
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Mon, 10 May 2021 22:39:19 +0000 (15:39 -0700)
commite5bd61e82b7a60c92bc09a618a0d8a612689037b
tree2b7d401482dedb984c3d1b46e3edbdeeff8686f8
parent58d0db869d7ab8ca97b521f167022caa2c42cbe7
tools/rcu: Add drgn script to dump number of RCU callbacks

This commit adds an rcu-cbs.py drgn script that computes the number of
RCU callbacks waiting to be invoked.  This information can be helpful
when managing systems that are short of memory and that have software
components that make heavy use of RCU, for example, by opening and
closing files in tight loops.  (But please note that there are almost
always better ways to get your job done than by opening and closing
files in tight loops.)

Reported-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
tools/rcu/rcu-cbs.py [new file with mode: 0644]