[tip:core/rcu] rcu: Update trace.txt documentation for blocked-tasks lists
From: tip-bot for Paul E. McKenney
Date: Thu Oct 15 2009 - 05:28:21 EST
Commit-ID: 0edf1a683e499191b27a067956ae9f5fa6e046c6
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/0edf1a683e499191b27a067956ae9f5fa6e046c6
Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:15:59 -0700
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:20:23 +0200
rcu: Update trace.txt documentation for blocked-tasks lists
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---
Documentation/RCU/trace.txt | 23 ++++++++++++++++-------
1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt b/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt
index c1a9550..8608fd8 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt
@@ -158,14 +158,14 @@ o "gpnum" is the number of grace periods that have started. It is
The output of "cat rcu/rcuhier" looks as follows, with very long lines:
c=6902 g=6903 s=2 jfq=3 j=72c7 nfqs=13142/nfqsng=0(13142) fqlh=6 oqlen=0
-1/1 0:127 ^0
-3/3 0:35 ^0 0/0 36:71 ^1 0/0 72:107 ^2 0/0 108:127 ^3
-3/3f 0:5 ^0 2/3 6:11 ^1 0/0 12:17 ^2 0/0 18:23 ^3 0/0 24:29 ^4 0/0 30:35 ^5 0/0 36:41 ^0 0/0 42:47 ^1 0/0 48:53 ^2 0/0 54:59 ^3 0/0 60:65 ^4 0/0 66:71 ^5 0/0 72:77 ^0 0/0 78:83 ^1 0/0 84:89 ^2 0/0 90:95 ^3 0/0 96:101 ^4 0/0 102:107 ^5 0/0 108:113 ^0 0/0 114:119 ^1 0/0 120:125 ^2 0/0 126:127 ^3
+1/1 .>. 0:127 ^0
+3/3 .>. 0:35 ^0 0/0 .>. 36:71 ^1 0/0 .>. 72:107 ^2 0/0 .>. 108:127 ^3
+3/3f .>. 0:5 ^0 2/3 .>. 6:11 ^1 0/0 .>. 12:17 ^2 0/0 .>. 18:23 ^3 0/0 .>. 24:29 ^4 0/0 .>. 30:35 ^5 0/0 .>. 36:41 ^0 0/0 .>. 42:47 ^1 0/0 .>. 48:53 ^2 0/0 .>. 54:59 ^3 0/0 .>. 60:65 ^4 0/0 .>. 66:71 ^5 0/0 .>. 72:77 ^0 0/0 .>. 78:83 ^1 0/0 .>. 84:89 ^2 0/0 .>. 90:95 ^3 0/0 .>. 96:101 ^4 0/0 .>. 102:107 ^5 0/0 .>. 108:113 ^0 0/0 .>. 114:119 ^1 0/0 .>. 120:125 ^2 0/0 .>. 126:127 ^3
rcu_bh:
c=-226 g=-226 s=1 jfq=-5701 j=72c7 nfqs=88/nfqsng=0(88) fqlh=0 oqlen=0
-0/1 0:127 ^0
-0/3 0:35 ^0 0/0 36:71 ^1 0/0 72:107 ^2 0/0 108:127 ^3
-0/3f 0:5 ^0 0/3 6:11 ^1 0/0 12:17 ^2 0/0 18:23 ^3 0/0 24:29 ^4 0/0 30:35 ^5 0/0 36:41 ^0 0/0 42:47 ^1 0/0 48:53 ^2 0/0 54:59 ^3 0/0 60:65 ^4 0/0 66:71 ^5 0/0 72:77 ^0 0/0 78:83 ^1 0/0 84:89 ^2 0/0 90:95 ^3 0/0 96:101 ^4 0/0 102:107 ^5 0/0 108:113 ^0 0/0 114:119 ^1 0/0 120:125 ^2 0/0 126:127 ^3
+0/1 .>. 0:127 ^0
+0/3 .>. 0:35 ^0 0/0 .>. 36:71 ^1 0/0 .>. 72:107 ^2 0/0 .>. 108:127 ^3
+0/3f .>. 0:5 ^0 0/3 .>. 6:11 ^1 0/0 .>. 12:17 ^2 0/0 .>. 18:23 ^3 0/0 .>. 24:29 ^4 0/0 .>. 30:35 ^5 0/0 .>. 36:41 ^0 0/0 .>. 42:47 ^1 0/0 .>. 48:53 ^2 0/0 .>. 54:59 ^3 0/0 .>. 60:65 ^4 0/0 .>. 66:71 ^5 0/0 .>. 72:77 ^0 0/0 .>. 78:83 ^1 0/0 .>. 84:89 ^2 0/0 .>. 90:95 ^3 0/0 .>. 96:101 ^4 0/0 .>. 102:107 ^5 0/0 .>. 108:113 ^0 0/0 .>. 114:119 ^1 0/0 .>. 120:125 ^2 0/0 .>. 126:127 ^3
This is once again split into "rcu_sched" and "rcu_bh" portions,
and CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU kernels will again have an additional
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ o Each element of the form "1/1 0:127 ^0" represents one struct
might be either one, two, or three levels of rcu_node structures,
depending on the relationship between CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT and
CONFIG_NR_CPUS.
-
+
o The numbers separated by the "/" are the qsmask followed
by the qsmaskinit. The qsmask will have one bit
set for each entity in the next lower level that
@@ -228,6 +228,15 @@ o Each element of the form "1/1 0:127 ^0" represents one struct
are still waiting for CPUs 2 and 4 to check in for the
current grace period.
+ o The characters separated by the ">" indicate the state
+ of the blocked-tasks lists. A "T" preceding the ">"
+ indicates that at least one task blocked in an RCU
+ read-side critical section blocks the current grace
+ period, while a "." preceding the ">" indicates otherwise.
+ The character following the ">" indicates similarly for
+ the next grace period. A "T" should appear in this
+ field only for rcu-preempt.
+
o The numbers separated by the ":" are the range of CPUs
served by this struct rcu_node. This can be helpful
in working out how the hierarchy is wired together.
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