@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ In kernels with CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ, even more information is
printed:
INFO: rcu_preempt detected stall on CPU
- 0: (64628 ticks this GP) idle=dd5/3fffffffffffffff/0 drain=0 . timer=-1
+ 0: (64628 ticks this GP) idle=dd5/3fffffffffffffff/0 drain=0 . timer=4294967295
(t=65000 jiffies)
The "(64628 ticks this GP)" indicates that this CPU has taken more
@@ -119,10 +119,10 @@ number (as shown above) otherwise.
For CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ kernels, the "drain=0" indicates that the
CPU is not in the process of trying to force itself into dyntick-idle
state, the "." indicates that the CPU has not given up forcing RCU
-into dyntick-idle mode (it would be "H" otherwise), and the "timer=-1"
-indicates that the CPU has not recented forced RCU into dyntick-idle
-mode (it would otherwise indicate the number of microseconds remaining
-in this forced state).
+into dyntick-idle mode (it would be "H" otherwise), and the
+"timer=4294967295" (the magic number (2^32)-1) indicates that the CPU
+has not recently forced RCU into dyntick-idle mode (it would otherwise
+indicate the number of microseconds remaining in this forced state).
Multiple Warnings From One Stall
The CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ stall warning messages can never emit "timer=-1". This is because the printf() format specifier to generate that number is '%lu'. So, update the documentation to use the unsigned long equivalent instead, "timer=4294967295". This is what actually shows up in traces. Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <paul@pwsan.com> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@in.ibm.com> --- Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)