xref: /linux/kernel/hung_task.c (revision b43ab901d671e3e3cad425ea5e9a3c74e266dcdd)
1 /*
2  * Detect Hung Task
3  *
4  * kernel/hung_task.c - kernel thread for detecting tasks stuck in D state
5  *
6  */
7 
8 #include <linux/mm.h>
9 #include <linux/cpu.h>
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/export.h>
17 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
18 
19 /*
20  * The number of tasks checked:
21  */
22 unsigned long __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_check_count = PID_MAX_LIMIT;
23 
24 /*
25  * Limit number of tasks checked in a batch.
26  *
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.
30  */
31 #define HUNG_TASK_BATCHING 1024
32 
33 /*
34  * Zero means infinite timeout - no checking done:
35  */
36 unsigned long __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs = CONFIG_DEFAULT_HUNG_TASK_TIMEOUT;
37 
38 unsigned long __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_warnings = 10;
39 
40 static int __read_mostly did_panic;
41 
42 static struct task_struct *watchdog_task;
43 
44 /*
45  * Should we panic (and reboot, if panic_timeout= is set) when a
46  * hung task is detected:
47  */
48 unsigned int __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_panic =
49 				CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC_VALUE;
50 
51 static int __init hung_task_panic_setup(char *str)
52 {
53 	sysctl_hung_task_panic = simple_strtoul(str, NULL, 0);
54 
55 	return 1;
56 }
57 __setup("hung_task_panic=", hung_task_panic_setup);
58 
59 static int
60 hung_task_panic(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, void *ptr)
61 {
62 	did_panic = 1;
63 
64 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
65 }
66 
67 static struct notifier_block panic_block = {
68 	.notifier_call = hung_task_panic,
69 };
70 
71 static void check_hung_task(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long timeout)
72 {
73 	unsigned long switch_count = t->nvcsw + t->nivcsw;
74 
75 	/*
76 	 * Ensure the task is not frozen.
77 	 * Also, skip vfork and any other user process that freezer should skip.
78 	 */
79 	if (unlikely(t->flags & (PF_FROZEN | PF_FREEZER_SKIP)))
80 	    return;
81 
82 	/*
83 	 * When a freshly created task is scheduled once, changes its state to
84 	 * TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE without having ever been switched out once, it
85 	 * musn't be checked.
86 	 */
87 	if (unlikely(!switch_count))
88 		return;
89 
90 	if (switch_count != t->last_switch_count) {
91 		t->last_switch_count = switch_count;
92 		return;
93 	}
94 	if (!sysctl_hung_task_warnings)
95 		return;
96 	sysctl_hung_task_warnings--;
97 
98 	/*
99 	 * Ok, the task did not get scheduled for more than 2 minutes,
100 	 * complain:
101 	 */
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");
106 	sched_show_task(t);
107 	debug_show_held_locks(t);
108 
109 	touch_nmi_watchdog();
110 
111 	if (sysctl_hung_task_panic)
112 		panic("hung_task: blocked tasks");
113 }
114 
115 /*
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.
118  *
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.
121  */
122 static void rcu_lock_break(struct task_struct *g, struct task_struct *t)
123 {
124 	get_task_struct(g);
125 	get_task_struct(t);
126 	rcu_read_unlock();
127 	cond_resched();
128 	rcu_read_lock();
129 	put_task_struct(t);
130 	put_task_struct(g);
131 }
132 
133 /*
134  * Check whether a TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE does not get woken up for
135  * a really long time (120 seconds). If that happens, print out
136  * a warning.
137  */
138 static void check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks(unsigned long timeout)
139 {
140 	int max_count = sysctl_hung_task_check_count;
141 	int batch_count = HUNG_TASK_BATCHING;
142 	struct task_struct *g, *t;
143 
144 	/*
145 	 * If the system crashed already then all bets are off,
146 	 * do not report extra hung tasks:
147 	 */
148 	if (test_taint(TAINT_DIE) || did_panic)
149 		return;
150 
151 	rcu_read_lock();
152 	do_each_thread(g, t) {
153 		if (!max_count--)
154 			goto unlock;
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)
160 				goto unlock;
161 		}
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);
166  unlock:
167 	rcu_read_unlock();
168 }
169 
170 static unsigned long timeout_jiffies(unsigned long timeout)
171 {
172 	/* timeout of 0 will disable the watchdog */
173 	return timeout ? timeout * HZ : MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
174 }
175 
176 /*
177  * Process updating of timeout sysctl
178  */
179 int proc_dohung_task_timeout_secs(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
180 				  void __user *buffer,
181 				  size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
182 {
183 	int ret;
184 
185 	ret = proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
186 
187 	if (ret || !write)
188 		goto out;
189 
190 	wake_up_process(watchdog_task);
191 
192  out:
193 	return ret;
194 }
195 
196 /*
197  * kthread which checks for tasks stuck in D state
198  */
199 static int watchdog(void *dummy)
200 {
201 	set_user_nice(current, 0);
202 
203 	for ( ; ; ) {
204 		unsigned long timeout = sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs;
205 
206 		while (schedule_timeout_interruptible(timeout_jiffies(timeout)))
207 			timeout = sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs;
208 
209 		check_hung_uninterruptible_tasks(timeout);
210 	}
211 
212 	return 0;
213 }
214 
215 static int __init hung_task_init(void)
216 {
217 	atomic_notifier_chain_register(&panic_notifier_list, &panic_block);
218 	watchdog_task = kthread_run(watchdog, NULL, "khungtaskd");
219 
220 	return 0;
221 }
222 
223 module_init(hung_task_init);
224