tree a6278f5f012d2284aecbeb17bf5371d4864963d3
parent 5e54f5986a579b8445aa1d5ad3435c2cf7568bed
author Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@google.com> 1233808548 -0800
committer Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> 1233860097 +0100

softlockup: check all tasks in hung_task

Impact: extend the scope of hung-task checks

Changed the default value of hung_task_check_count to PID_MAX_LIMIT.
hung_task_batch_count added to put an upper bound on the critical
section. Every hung_task_batch_count checks, the rcu lock is never
held for a too long time.

Keeping the critical section small minimizes time preemption is disabled
and keeps rcu grace periods small.

To prevent following a stale pointer, get_task_struct is called on g and t.
To verify that g and t have not been unhashed while outside the critical
section, the task states are checked.

The design was proposed by Frédéric Weisbecker.

Signed-off-by: Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@google.com>
Suggested-by: Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>