tracing: Have osnoise_main() add a quiescent state for task rcu
authorSteven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 15:49:53 +0000 (11:49 -0400)
committerSteven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:11:41 +0000 (14:11 -0400)
ftracetest triggered:

 INFO: rcu_tasks detected stalls on tasks:
 00000000b92b832d: .. nvcsw: 1/1 holdout: 1 idle_cpu: -1/7
 task:osnoise/7       state:R  running task     stack:    0 pid: 2133 ppid:     2 flags:0x00004000
 Call Trace:
  ? asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x12/0x20
  ? asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x12/0x20
  ? trace_hardirqs_on+0x2b/0xe0
  ? asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x12/0x20
  ? trace_clock_local+0xc/0x20
  ? osnoise_main+0x10e/0x450
  ? trace_softirq_entry_callback+0x50/0x50
  ? kthread+0x153/0x170
  ? __kthread_bind_mask+0x60/0x60
  ? ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30

While running osnoise tracer with other tracers that rely on
synchronize_rcu_tasks(), where that just hung.

The reason is that osnoise_main() never schedules out if the interval
is less than 1, and this will cause synchronize_rcu_tasks() to never
return.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210628114953.6dc06a91@oasis.local.home
Fixes: bce29ac9ce0bb ("trace: Add osnoise tracer")
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c

index 38aa5e2..556d530 100644 (file)
@@ -1216,8 +1216,11 @@ static int osnoise_main(void *data)
                 * differently from hwlat_detector, the osnoise tracer can run
                 * without a pause because preemption is on.
                 */
-               if (interval < 1)
+               if (interval < 1) {
+                       /* Let synchronize_rcu_tasks() make progress */
+                       cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs();
                        continue;
+               }
 
                if (msleep_interruptible(interval))
                        break;