[tip: core/rcu] locktorture: Track time of last ->writeunlock()

From: tip-bot2 for Paul E. McKenney
Date: Sun Dec 13 2020 - 14:04:33 EST


The following commit has been merged into the core/rcu branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 3480d6774f07341e3e1cf3114f58bef98ea58ae0
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/3480d6774f07341e3e1cf3114f58bef98ea58ae0
Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 21:48:23 -07:00
Committer: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Fri, 06 Nov 2020 17:13:29 -08:00

locktorture: Track time of last ->writeunlock()

This commit adds a last_lock_release variable that tracks the time of
the last ->writeunlock() call, which allows easier diagnosing of lock
hangs when using a kernel debugger.

Acked-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/locking/locktorture.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/locktorture.c b/kernel/locking/locktorture.c
index 62d215b..316531d 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/locktorture.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/locktorture.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ static struct task_struct **reader_tasks;

static bool lock_is_write_held;
static bool lock_is_read_held;
+static unsigned long last_lock_release;

struct lock_stress_stats {
long n_lock_fail;
@@ -632,6 +633,7 @@ static int lock_torture_writer(void *arg)
lwsp->n_lock_acquired++;
cxt.cur_ops->write_delay(&rand);
lock_is_write_held = false;
+ WRITE_ONCE(last_lock_release, jiffies);
cxt.cur_ops->writeunlock();

stutter_wait("lock_torture_writer");