@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ warnings:
2525
2626- A CPU looping with bottom halves disabled.
2727
28- - For !CONFIG_PREEMPTION kernels, a CPU looping anywhere in the kernel
29- without invoking schedule(). If the looping in the kernel is
30- really expected and desirable behavior, you might need to add
31- some calls to cond_resched().
28+ - For !CONFIG_PREEMPTION kernels, a CPU looping anywhere in the
29+ kernel without potentially invoking schedule(). If the looping
30+ in the kernel is really expected and desirable behavior, you
31+ might need to add some calls to cond_resched().
3232
3333- Booting Linux using a console connection that is too slow to
3434 keep up with the boot-time console-message rate. For example,
@@ -108,16 +108,17 @@ warnings:
108108
109109- A bug in the RCU implementation.
110110
111- - A hardware failure. This is quite unlikely, but has occurred
112- at least once in real life. A CPU failed in a running system,
113- becoming unresponsive, but not causing an immediate crash.
114- This resulted in a series of RCU CPU stall warnings, eventually
115- leading the realization that the CPU had failed.
111+ - A hardware failure. This is quite unlikely, but is not at all
112+ uncommon in large datacenter. In one memorable case some decades
113+ back, a CPU failed in a running system, becoming unresponsive,
114+ but not causing an immediate crash. This resulted in a series
115+ of RCU CPU stall warnings, eventually leading the realization
116+ that the CPU had failed.
116117
117- The RCU, RCU-sched, and RCU-tasks implementations have CPU stall warning.
118- Note that SRCU does *not * have CPU stall warnings. Please note that
119- RCU only detects CPU stalls when there is a grace period in progress.
120- No grace period, no CPU stall warnings.
118+ The RCU, RCU-sched, RCU-tasks, and RCU-tasks-trace implementations have
119+ CPU stall warning. Note that SRCU does *not * have CPU stall warnings.
120+ Please note that RCU only detects CPU stalls when there is a grace period
121+ in progress. No grace period, no CPU stall warnings.
121122
122123To diagnose the cause of the stall, inspect the stack traces.
123124The offending function will usually be near the top of the stack.
@@ -205,16 +206,21 @@ RCU_STALL_RAT_DELAY
205206rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout
206207-------------------------------
207208
208- This boot/sysfs parameter controls the RCU-tasks stall warning
209- interval. A value of zero or less suppresses RCU-tasks stall
210- warnings. A positive value sets the stall-warning interval
211- in seconds. An RCU-tasks stall warning starts with the line:
209+ This boot/sysfs parameter controls the RCU-tasks and
210+ RCU-tasks-trace stall warning intervals. A value of zero or less
211+ suppresses RCU-tasks stall warnings. A positive value sets the
212+ stall-warning interval in seconds. An RCU-tasks stall warning
213+ starts with the line:
212214
213215 INFO: rcu_tasks detected stalls on tasks:
214216
215217 And continues with the output of sched_show_task() for each
216218 task stalling the current RCU-tasks grace period.
217219
220+ An RCU-tasks-trace stall warning starts (and continues) similarly:
221+
222+ INFO: rcu_tasks_trace detected stalls on tasks
223+
218224
219225Interpreting RCU's CPU Stall-Detector "Splats"
220226==============================================
@@ -248,7 +254,8 @@ dynticks counter, which will have an even-numbered value if the CPU
248254is in dyntick-idle mode and an odd-numbered value otherwise. The hex
249255number between the two "/"s is the value of the nesting, which will be
250256a small non-negative number if in the idle loop (as shown above) and a
251- very large positive number otherwise.
257+ very large positive number otherwise. The number following the final
258+ "/" is the NMI nesting, which will be a small non-negative number.
252259
253260The "softirq=" portion of the message tracks the number of RCU softirq
254261handlers that the stalled CPU has executed. The number before the "/"
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