4 * kernel/hung_task.c - kernel thread for detecting tasks stuck in D state
10 #include <linux/nmi.h>
11 #include <linux/init.h>
12 #include <linux/delay.h>
13 #include <linux/freezer.h>
14 #include <linux/kthread.h>
15 #include <linux/lockdep.h>
16 #include <linux/module.h>
17 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
20 * The number of tasks checked:
22 unsigned long __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_check_count
= PID_MAX_LIMIT
;
25 * Limit number of tasks checked in a batch.
27 * This value controls the preemptibility of khungtaskd since preemption
28 * is disabled during the critical section. It also controls the size of
29 * the RCU grace period. So it needs to be upper-bound.
31 #define HUNG_TASK_BATCHING 1024
34 * Zero means infinite timeout - no checking done:
36 unsigned long __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs
= CONFIG_DEFAULT_HUNG_TASK_TIMEOUT
;
38 unsigned long __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_warnings
= 10;
40 static int __read_mostly did_panic
;
42 static struct task_struct
*watchdog_task
;
45 * Should we panic (and reboot, if panic_timeout= is set) when a
46 * hung task is detected:
48 unsigned int __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_panic
=
49 CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC_VALUE
;
51 static int __init
hung_task_panic_setup(char *str
)
53 sysctl_hung_task_panic
= simple_strtoul(str
, NULL
, 0);
57 __setup("hung_task_panic=", hung_task_panic_setup
);
60 hung_task_panic(struct notifier_block
*this, unsigned long event
, void *ptr
)
67 static struct notifier_block panic_block
= {
68 .notifier_call
= hung_task_panic
,
71 static void check_hung_task(struct task_struct
*t
, unsigned long timeout
)
73 unsigned long switch_count
= t
->nvcsw
+ t
->nivcsw
;
76 * Ensure the task is not frozen.
77 * Also, skip vfork and any other user process that freezer should skip.
79 if (unlikely(t
->flags
& (PF_FROZEN
| PF_FREEZER_SKIP
)))
83 * When a freshly created task is scheduled once, changes its state to
84 * TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE without having ever been switched out once, it
87 if (unlikely(!switch_count
))
90 if (switch_count
!= t
->last_switch_count
) {
91 t
->last_switch_count
= switch_count
;
94 if (!sysctl_hung_task_warnings
)
96 sysctl_hung_task_warnings
--;
99 * Ok, the task did not get scheduled for more than 2 minutes,
102 printk(KERN_ERR
"INFO: task %s:%d blocked for more than "
103 "%ld seconds.\n", t
->comm
, t
->pid
, timeout
);
104 printk(KERN_ERR
"\"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs\""
105 " disables this message.\n");
107 debug_show_held_locks(t
);
109 touch_nmi_watchdog();
111 if (sysctl_hung_task_panic
)
112 panic("hung_task: blocked tasks");
116 * To avoid extending the RCU grace period for an unbounded amount of time,
117 * periodically exit the critical section and enter a new one.
119 * For preemptible RCU it is sufficient to call rcu_read_unlock in order
120 * to exit the grace period. For classic RCU, a reschedule is required.
122 static void rcu_lock_break(struct task_struct
*g
, struct task_struct
*t
)
134 * Check whether a TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE does not get woken up for
135 * a really long time (120 seconds). If that happens, print out
138 static void check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks(unsigned long timeout
)
140 int max_count
= sysctl_hung_task_check_count
;
141 int batch_count
= HUNG_TASK_BATCHING
;
142 struct task_struct
*g
, *t
;
145 * If the system crashed already then all bets are off,
146 * do not report extra hung tasks:
148 if (test_taint(TAINT_DIE
) || did_panic
)
152 do_each_thread(g
, t
) {
155 if (!--batch_count
) {
156 batch_count
= HUNG_TASK_BATCHING
;
157 rcu_lock_break(g
, t
);
158 /* Exit if t or g was unhashed during refresh. */
159 if (t
->state
== TASK_DEAD
|| g
->state
== TASK_DEAD
)
162 /* use "==" to skip the TASK_KILLABLE tasks waiting on NFS */
163 if (t
->state
== TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
)
164 check_hung_task(t
, timeout
);
165 } while_each_thread(g
, t
);
170 static unsigned long timeout_jiffies(unsigned long timeout
)
172 /* timeout of 0 will disable the watchdog */
173 return timeout
? timeout
* HZ
: MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT
;
177 * Process updating of timeout sysctl
179 int proc_dohung_task_timeout_secs(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
181 size_t *lenp
, loff_t
*ppos
)
185 ret
= proc_doulongvec_minmax(table
, write
, buffer
, lenp
, ppos
);
190 wake_up_process(watchdog_task
);
197 * kthread which checks for tasks stuck in D state
199 static int watchdog(void *dummy
)
201 set_user_nice(current
, 0);
204 unsigned long timeout
= sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs
;
206 while (schedule_timeout_interruptible(timeout_jiffies(timeout
)))
207 timeout
= sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs
;
209 check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks(timeout
);
215 static int __init
hung_task_init(void)
217 atomic_notifier_chain_register(&panic_notifier_list
, &panic_block
);
218 watchdog_task
= kthread_run(watchdog
, NULL
, "khungtaskd");
223 module_init(hung_task_init
);