rcu: Add tracing to rcu_gp_kthread()

This commit adds tracing to the rcu_gp_kthread() function in order to
help trace down hangs potentially involving this kthread.
Reported-by: NClark Williams <williams@redhat.com>
Reported-by: NCarsten Emde <C.Emde@osadl.org>
Signed-off-by: NPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

include/trace/events/rcu.h

@@ -39,15 +39,25 @@ TRACE_EVENT(rcu_utilization,
 #if defined(CONFIG_TREE_RCU) || defined(CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU)
 
 /*
- * Tracepoint for grace-period events: starting and ending a grace
- * period ("start" and "end", respectively), a CPU noting the start
- * of a new grace period or the end of an old grace period ("cpustart"
- * and "cpuend", respectively), a CPU passing through a quiescent
- * state ("cpuqs"), a CPU coming online or going offline ("cpuonl"
- * and "cpuofl", respectively), a CPU being kicked for being too
- * long in dyntick-idle mode ("kick"), a CPU accelerating its new
- * callbacks to RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL ("AccReadyCB"), and a CPU
- * accelerating its new callbacks to RCU_WAIT_TAIL ("AccWaitCB").
+ * Tracepoint for grace-period events.  Takes a string identifying the
+ * RCU flavor, the grace-period number, and a string identifying the
+ * grace-period-related event as follows:
+ *
+ *	"AccReadyCB": CPU acclerates new callbacks to RCU_NEXT_READY_TAIL.
+ *	"AccWaitCB": CPU accelerates new callbacks to RCU_WAIT_TAIL.
+ *	"start": Start a grace period.
+ *	"cpustart": CPU first notices a grace-period start.
+ *	"cpuqs": CPU passes through a quiescent state.
+ *	"cpuonl": CPU comes online.
+ *	"cpuofl": CPU goes offline.
+ *	"reqwait": GP kthread sleeps waiting for grace-period request.
+ *	"reqwaitsig": GP kthread awakened by signal from reqwait state.
+ *	"fqswait": GP kthread waiting until time to force quiescent states.
+ *	"fqsstart": GP kthread starts forcing quiescent states.
+ *	"fqsend": GP kthread done forcing quiescent states.
+ *	"fqswaitsig": GP kthread awakened by signal from fqswait state.
+ *	"end": End a grace period.
+ *	"cpuend": CPU first notices a grace-period end.
  */
 TRACE_EVENT(rcu_grace_period,
 

kernel/rcutree.c

@@ -1480,6 +1480,9 @@ static int __noreturn rcu_gp_kthread(void *arg)
 
 		/* Handle grace-period start. */
 		for (;;) {
+			trace_rcu_grace_period(rsp->name,
+					       ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->gpnum),
+					       TPS("reqwait"));
 			wait_event_interruptible(rsp->gp_wq,
 						 ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->gp_flags) &
 						 RCU_GP_FLAG_INIT);
@@ -1487,6 +1490,9 @@ static int __noreturn rcu_gp_kthread(void *arg)
 				break;
 			cond_resched();
 			flush_signals(current);
+			trace_rcu_grace_period(rsp->name,
+					       ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->gpnum),
+					       TPS("reqwaitsig"));
 		}
 
 		/* Handle quiescent-state forcing. */
@@ -1500,6 +1506,9 @@ static int __noreturn rcu_gp_kthread(void *arg)
 		for (;;) {
 			if (!ret)
 				rsp->jiffies_force_qs = jiffies + j;
+			trace_rcu_grace_period(rsp->name,
+					       ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->gpnum),
+					       TPS("fqswait"));
 			ret = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(rsp->gp_wq,
 					((gf = ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->gp_flags)) &
 					 RCU_GP_FLAG_FQS) ||
@@ -1513,12 +1522,21 @@ static int __noreturn rcu_gp_kthread(void *arg)
 			/* If time for quiescent-state forcing, do it. */
 			if (ULONG_CMP_GE(jiffies, rsp->jiffies_force_qs) ||
 			    (gf & RCU_GP_FLAG_FQS)) {
+				trace_rcu_grace_period(rsp->name,
+						       ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->gpnum),
+						       TPS("fqsstart"));
 				fqs_state = rcu_gp_fqs(rsp, fqs_state);
+				trace_rcu_grace_period(rsp->name,
+						       ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->gpnum),
+						       TPS("fqsend"));
 				cond_resched();
 			} else {
 				/* Deal with stray signal. */
 				cond_resched();
 				flush_signals(current);
+				trace_rcu_grace_period(rsp->name,
+						       ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->gpnum),
+						       TPS("fqswaitsig"));
 			}
 			j = jiffies_till_next_fqs;
 			if (j > HZ) {