hung_task: Display every hung task warning

When khungtaskd detects hung tasks, it prints out
backtraces from a number of those tasks.

Limiting the number of backtraces being printed
out can result in the user not seeing the information
necessary to debug the issue. The hung_task_warnings
sysctl controls this feature.

This patch makes it possible for hung_task_warnings
to accept a special value to print an unlimited
number of backtraces when khungtaskd detects hung
tasks.

The special value is -1. To use this value it is
necessary to change types from ulong to int.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: oleg@redhat.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1390239253-24030-3-git-send-email-atomlin@redhat.com
[ Build warning fix. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 6d486404200e9bbd71a20e97f1e85e74615014a5..4205f3c05cbe1eee55d823773741bd381e3ba6e0 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
 - domainname
 - hostname
 - hotplug
+- hung_task_panic
+- hung_task_check_count
+- hung_task_timeout_secs
+- hung_task_warnings
 - kptr_restrict
 - kstack_depth_to_print       [ X86 only ]
 - l2cr                        [ PPC only ]
@@ -287,6 +291,44 @@ Default value is "/sbin/hotplug".
 
 ==============================================================
 
+hung_task_panic:
+
+Controls the kernel's behavior when a hung task is detected.
+This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled.
+
+0: continue operation. This is the default behavior.
+
+1: panic immediately.
+
+==============================================================
+
+hung_task_check_count:
+
+The upper bound on the number of tasks that are checked.
+This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled.
+
+==============================================================
+
+hung_task_timeout_secs:
+
+Check interval. When a task in D state did not get scheduled
+for more than this value report a warning.
+This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled.
+
+0: means infinite timeout - no checking done.
+
+==============================================================
+
+hung_task_warning:
+
+The maximum number of warnings to report. During a check interval
+When this value is reached, no more the warnings will be reported.
+This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled.
+
+-1: report an infinite number of warnings.
+
+==============================================================
+
 kptr_restrict:
 
 This toggle indicates whether restrictions are placed on

diff --git a/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h
index 31e0193cb0c5b06c505742c3ec21e41a902ea6ed..3a93f842306a80460b998673af36893d9d4705bb 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 extern int          sysctl_hung_task_check_count;
 extern unsigned int  sysctl_hung_task_panic;
 extern unsigned long sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs;
-extern unsigned long sysctl_hung_task_warnings;
+extern int sysctl_hung_task_warnings;
 extern int proc_dohung_task_timeout_secs(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
                                         void __user *buffer,
                                         size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);

diff --git a/kernel/hung_task.c b/kernel/hung_task.c
index 9328b80eaf14c347bb188bee856154ea07b86168..0b9c169d577f967ab04750d32d2639a5e7d2bc6f 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/hung_task.c
+++ b/kernel/hung_task.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ int __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_check_count = PID_MAX_LIMIT;
  */
 unsigned long __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs = CONFIG_DEFAULT_HUNG_TASK_TIMEOUT;
 
-unsigned long __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_warnings = 10;
+int __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_warnings = 10;
 
 static int __read_mostly did_panic;
 
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ static void check_hung_task(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long timeout)
 
        if (!sysctl_hung_task_warnings)
                return;
-       sysctl_hung_task_warnings--;
+
+       if (sysctl_hung_task_warnings > 0)
+               sysctl_hung_task_warnings--;
 
        /*
         * Ok, the task did not get scheduled for more than 2 minutes,

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index c398a58673a75594ad5951dc4607f07dce451f62..dd5b4496637e284009a0e34280e98d88772f91f8 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ extern int blk_iopoll_enabled;
 static int sixty = 60;
 #endif
 
-static int neg_one = -1;
+static int __maybe_unused neg_one = -1;
+
 static int zero;
 static int __maybe_unused one = 1;
 static int __maybe_unused two = 2;
@@ -978,9 +979,10 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
        {
                .procname       = "hung_task_warnings",
                .data           = &sysctl_hung_task_warnings,
-               .maxlen         = sizeof(unsigned long),
+               .maxlen         = sizeof(int),
                .mode           = 0644,
-               .proc_handler   = proc_doulongvec_minmax,
+               .proc_handler   = proc_dointvec_minmax,
+               .extra1         = &neg_one,
        },
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT