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Daniel Bristot de Oliveira 088e9d253d rcu: sysctl: Panic on RCU Stall 
It is not always easy to determine the cause of an RCU stall just by
analysing the RCU stall messages, mainly when the problem is caused
by the indirect starvation of rcu threads. For example, when preempt_rcu
is not awakened due to the starvation of a timer softirq.

We have been hard coding panic() in the RCU stall functions for
some time while testing the kernel-rt. But this is not possible in
some scenarios, like when supporting customers.

This patch implements the sysctl kernel.panic_on_rcu_stall. If
set to 1, the system will panic() when an RCU stall takes place,
enabling the capture of a vmcore. The vmcore provides a way to analyze
all kernel/tasks states, helping out to point to the culprit and the
solution for the stall.

The kernel.panic_on_rcu_stall sysctl is disabled by default.

Changes from v1:
- Fixed a typo in the git log
- The if(sysctl_panic_on_rcu_stall) panic() is in a static function
- Fixed the CONFIG_TINY_RCU compilation issue
- The var sysctl_panic_on_rcu_stall is now __read_mostly

Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Reviewed-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Tested-by: "Luis Claudio R. Goncalves" <lgoncalv@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2016-06-15 16:00:05 -07:00
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bpf Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2016-05-31 22:28:28 -07:00
configs
debug mm/init: Add 'rodata=off' boot cmdline parameter to disable read-only kernel mappings 2016-02-22 08:51:37 +01:00
events Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-05-25 17:05:40 -07:00
gcov gcov: disable for COMPILE_TEST 2016-05-10 17:12:49 +02:00
irq irqchip updates for 4.7-rc1: 2016-06-03 15:05:51 +02:00
livepatch Merge branches 'for-4.7/core', 'for-4.7/livepatching-doc' and 'for-4.7/livepatching-ppc64' into for-linus 2016-05-17 12:06:35 +02:00
locking add down_write_killable_nested() 2016-05-26 00:04:58 -04:00
power PM / Hibernate: Call flush_icache_range() on pages restored in-place 2016-04-28 13:35:48 +01:00
printk printk/nmi: flush NMI messages on the system panic 2016-05-20 17:58:30 -07:00
rcu rcu: sysctl: Panic on RCU Stall 2016-06-15 16:00:05 -07:00
sched Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-05-25 17:11:43 -07:00
time timer: Export destroy_hrtimer_on_stack() 2016-05-31 11:44:08 -07:00
trace Three more changes. 2016-05-22 19:40:39 -07:00
.gitignore certs: add .gitignore to stop git nagging about x509_certificate_list 2015-10-21 15:18:35 +01:00
acct.c
async.c async: export current_is_async() 2015-11-19 17:51:48 +01:00
audit_fsnotify.c wrappers for ->i_mutex access 2016-01-22 18:04:28 -05:00
audit_tree.c audit: cleanup prune_tree_thread 2016-04-04 09:46:47 -04:00
audit_watch.c don't bother with ->d_inode->i_sb - it's always equal to ->d_sb 2016-04-10 17:11:51 -04:00
audit.c Merge branch 'stable-4.7' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2016-05-18 18:46:55 -07:00
audit.h security: Make inode argument of inode_getsecid non-const 2015-12-24 11:09:39 -05:00
auditfilter.c audit: Fix typo in comment 2016-02-08 11:25:39 -05:00
auditsc.c Merge branch 'stable-4.7' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2016-05-18 18:46:55 -07:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c
cgroup_freezer.c cgroup: kill cgrp_ss_priv[CGROUP_CANFORK_COUNT] and friends 2015-12-03 10:24:08 -05:00
cgroup_pids.c cgroup_pids: fix a typo. 2015-12-14 14:54:37 -05:00
cgroup.c cgroup: fix compile warning 2016-05-12 11:05:27 -04:00
compat.c
configs.c
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Switch to new static_branch API 2015-11-24 09:56:43 +01:00
cpu_pm.c kernel/cpu_pm: fix cpu_cluster_pm_exit comment 2015-09-03 02:42:20 +02:00
cpu.c sched/hotplug: Make activate() the last hotplug step 2016-05-06 14:58:25 +02:00
cpuset.c cpuset: use static key better and convert to new API 2016-05-19 19:12:14 -07:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c kmemcg: account certain kmem allocations to memcg 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
delayacct.c kmemcg: account certain kmem allocations to memcg 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c wait: allow sys_waitid() to accept __WNOTHREAD/__WCLONE/__WALL 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
extable.c kernel/extable.c: remove duplicated include 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
fork.c mm: oom_reaper: remove some bloat 2016-05-26 15:35:44 -07:00
freezer.c
futex_compat.c ptrace: use fsuid, fsgid, effective creds for fs access checks 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
futex.c x86: remove more uaccess_32.h complexity 2016-05-22 17:21:27 -07:00
groups.c
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: use timeout diff when timeout is updated 2016-03-22 15:36:02 -07:00
irq_work.c treewide: Remove old email address 2015-11-23 09:44:58 +01:00
jump_label.c treewide: Remove old email address 2015-11-23 09:44:58 +01:00
kallsyms.c kallsyms: add support for relative offsets in kallsyms address table 2016-03-15 16:55:16 -07:00
kcmp.c ptrace: use fsuid, fsgid, effective creds for fs access checks 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kcov.c kcov: don't profile branches in kcov 2016-04-28 19:34:04 -07:00
kexec_core.c s390/kexec: consolidate crash_map/unmap_reserved_pages() and arch_kexec_protect(unprotect)_crashkres() 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
kexec_file.c kexec: introduce a protection mechanism for the crashkernel reserved memory 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
kexec_internal.h kexec: move some memembers and definitions within the scope of CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
kexec.c s390/kexec: consolidate crash_map/unmap_reserved_pages() and arch_kexec_protect(unprotect)_crashkres() 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
kmod.c kmod: don't run async usermode helper as a child of kworker thread 2015-10-23 17:55:10 +09:00
kprobes.c
ksysfs.c rcu: Remove TINY_RCU bloat from pointless boot parameters 2015-12-07 16:59:37 -08:00
kthread.c kernel/kthread.c:kthread_create_on_node(): clarify documentation 2015-09-04 16:54:41 -07:00
latencytop.c sched/debug: Make schedstats a runtime tunable that is disabled by default 2016-02-09 11:54:23 +01:00
Makefile ELF/MIPS build fix 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
membarrier.c sys_membarrier(): system-wide memory barrier (generic, x86) 2015-09-11 15:21:34 -07:00
memremap.c memremap: add arch specific hook for MEMREMAP_WB mappings 2016-04-04 10:26:41 +02:00
module_signing.c KEYS: Move the point of trust determination to __key_link() 2016-04-11 22:43:43 +01:00
module-internal.h
module.c module: preserve Elf information for livepatch modules 2016-04-01 15:00:10 +02:00
notifier.c Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-09-01 08:40:25 -07:00
nsproxy.c cgroup: introduce cgroup namespaces 2016-02-16 13:04:58 -05:00
padata.c kernel/padata.c: hide unused functions 2016-05-19 19:12:14 -07:00
panic.c printk/nmi: flush NMI messages on the system panic 2016-05-20 17:58:30 -07:00
params.c Nothing exciting, minor tweaks and cleanups. 2015-11-09 15:53:39 -08:00
pid_namespace.c
pid.c remove lots of IS_ERR_VALUE abuses 2016-05-27 15:26:11 -07:00
profile.c profile: hide unused functions when !CONFIG_PROC_FS 2016-03-22 15:36:02 -07:00
ptrace.c ptrace: change __ptrace_unlink() to clear ->ptrace under ->siglock 2016-03-22 15:36:02 -07:00
range.c
reboot.c kexec: split kexec_load syscall from kexec core code 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
relay.c wrappers for ->i_mutex access 2016-01-22 18:04:28 -05:00
resource.c /proc/iomem: only expose physical resource addresses to privileged users 2016-04-14 12:56:09 -07:00
seccomp.c Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/ralf/upstream-linus 2016-05-19 10:02:26 -07:00
signal.c kernel/signal.c: convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> ...) to pr_<level>(...) 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
smp.c Merge branch 'smp-hotplug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-03-15 13:50:29 -07:00
smpboot.c cpu/hotplug: Unpark smpboot threads from the state machine 2016-03-01 20:36:56 +01:00
smpboot.h cpu/hotplug: Create hotplug threads 2016-03-01 20:36:56 +01:00
softirq.c arch, ftrace: for KASAN put hard/soft IRQ entries into separate sections 2016-03-25 16:37:42 -07:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c kernel/stop_machine.c: remove CONFIG_SMP dependencies 2016-01-16 11:17:24 -08:00
sys_ni.c vfs: add copy_file_range syscall and vfs helper 2015-12-01 14:00:53 -05:00
sys.c prctl: make PR_SET_THP_DISABLE wait for mmap_sem killable 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c kernel/sysctl_binary.c: use generic UUID library 2016-05-20 17:58:30 -07:00
sysctl.c rcu: sysctl: Panic on RCU Stall 2016-06-15 16:00:05 -07:00
task_work.c task_work: remove fifo ordering guarantee 2015-09-05 13:46:58 -07:00
taskstats.c taskstats: use the libnl API to align nlattr on 64-bit 2016-04-23 20:13:25 -04:00
test_kprobes.c
torture.c rcutorture: Dump trace buffer upon shutdown 2016-04-21 13:47:04 -07:00
tracepoint.c kernel/...: convert pr_warning to pr_warn 2016-03-22 15:36:02 -07:00
tsacct.c time, acct: Drop irq save & restore from __acct_update_integrals() 2016-02-29 09:53:09 +01:00
uid16.c
up.c
user_namespace.c kernel/*: switch to memdup_user_nul() 2016-01-04 10:27:55 -05:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c
watchdog.c watchdog: don't run proc_watchdog_update if new value is same as old 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h sched/core: Get rid of 'cpu' argument in wq_worker_sleeping() 2016-03-02 10:28:47 -05:00
workqueue.c debugobjects: insulate non-fixup logic related to static obj from fixup callbacks 2016-05-19 19:12:14 -07:00