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Subject[PATCH] workqueue: avoid hard lockups in show_workqueue_state()
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show_workqueue_state() can print out a lot of messages while being in
atomic context, e.g. sysrq-t -> show_workqueue_state(). If the console
device is slow it may end up triggering NMI hard lockup watchdog.

Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
---
kernel/workqueue.c | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 9960f8842b31..8dd2e66e8383 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <linux/sched/isolation.h>
+#include <linux/nmi.h>

#include "workqueue_internal.h"

@@ -4473,6 +4474,12 @@ void show_workqueue_state(void)
if (pwq->nr_active || !list_empty(&pwq->delayed_works))
show_pwq(pwq);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pwq->pool->lock, flags);
+ /*
+ * We could be printing a lot from atomic context, e.g.
+ * sysrq-t -> show_workqueue_state(). Avoid triggering
+ * hard lockup.
+ */
+ touch_nmi_watchdog();
}
}

@@ -4500,6 +4507,12 @@ void show_workqueue_state(void)
pr_cont("\n");
next_pool:
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
+ /*
+ * We could be printing a lot from atomic context, e.g.
+ * sysrq-t -> show_workqueue_state(). Avoid triggering
+ * hard lockup.
+ */
+ touch_nmi_watchdog();
}

rcu_read_unlock_sched();
--
2.15.1
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