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

Commit-ID:     725969ac11d7fa50aa701321daa600ce421fc21b
Gitweb:        
https://git.kernel.org/tip/725969ac11d7fa50aa701321daa600ce421fc21b
Author:        Paul E. McKenney <paul...@kernel.org>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 12 Nov 2020 12:19:47 -08:00
Committer:     Paul E. McKenney <paul...@kernel.org>
CommitterDate: Mon, 04 Jan 2021 13:59:47 -08:00

rcu: Do not NMI offline CPUs

Currently, RCU CPU stall warning messages will NMI whatever CPU looks
like it is blocking either the current grace period or the grace-period
kthread.  This can produce confusing output if the target CPU is offline.
This commit therefore checks for offline CPUs.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul...@kernel.org>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
index 35c1355..29cf096 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
@@ -333,9 +333,12 @@ static void rcu_dump_cpu_stacks(void)
        rcu_for_each_leaf_node(rnp) {
                raw_spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
                for_each_leaf_node_possible_cpu(rnp, cpu)
-                       if (rnp->qsmask & leaf_node_cpu_bit(rnp, cpu))
-                               if (!trigger_single_cpu_backtrace(cpu))
+                       if (rnp->qsmask & leaf_node_cpu_bit(rnp, cpu)) {
+                               if (cpu_is_offline(cpu))
+                                       pr_err("Offline CPU %d blocking current 
GP.\n", cpu);
+                               else if (!trigger_single_cpu_backtrace(cpu))
                                        dump_cpu_task(cpu);
+                       }
                raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
        }
 }
@@ -466,9 +469,13 @@ static void rcu_check_gp_kthread_starvation(void)
                        pr_err("RCU grace-period kthread stack dump:\n");
                        sched_show_task(gpk);
                        if (cpu >= 0) {
-                               pr_err("Stack dump where RCU grace-period 
kthread last ran:\n");
-                               if (!trigger_single_cpu_backtrace(cpu))
-                                       dump_cpu_task(cpu);
+                               if (cpu_is_offline(cpu)) {
+                                       pr_err("RCU GP kthread last ran on 
offline CPU %d.\n", cpu);
+                               } else  {
+                                       pr_err("Stack dump where RCU GP kthread 
last ran:\n");
+                                       if (!trigger_single_cpu_backtrace(cpu))
+                                               dump_cpu_task(cpu);
+                               }
                        }
                        wake_up_process(gpk);
                }

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