From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org,pmladek@suse.com,mhiramat@kernel.org,lance.yang@linux.dev,gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,atomlin@atomlin.com,akpm@linux-foundation.org
Subject: + hung_task-introduce-helper-for-hung-task-warning.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:38:06 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251216033807.79C28C4CEF5@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
The patch titled
Subject: hung_task: introduce helper for hung task warning
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch. Its filename is
hung_task-introduce-helper-for-hung-task-warning.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/hung_task-introduce-helper-for-hung-task-warning.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
Subject: hung_task: introduce helper for hung task warning
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:00:35 -0500
Patch series "hung_task: Provide runtime reset interface for hung task
detector", v3.
This series introduces the ability to reset
/proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_detect_count.
Writing any value to this file atomically resets the counter of detected
hung tasks to zero. This functionality provides system administrators
with the means to clear the cumulative diagnostic history following
incident resolution, thereby simplifying subsequent monitoring without
necessitating a system restart.
This patch (of 2):
Consolidate the multi-line console output block for reporting a hung task
into a new helper function, hung_task_diagnostics(). This improves
readability in the main check_hung_task() loop and makes the diagnostic
output structure easier to maintain and update in the future.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251216030036.1822217-1-atomlin@atomlin.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251216030036.1822217-2-atomlin@atomlin.com
Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Cc: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
kernel/hung_task.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
--- a/kernel/hung_task.c~hung_task-introduce-helper-for-hung-task-warning
+++ a/kernel/hung_task.c
@@ -223,6 +223,32 @@ static inline void debug_show_blocker(st
}
#endif
+/**
+ * hung_task_diagnostics - Print structured diagnostic info for a hung task.
+ * @t: Pointer to the detected hung task.
+ *
+ * This function consolidates the printing of core diagnostic information
+ * for a task found to be blocked.
+ */
+static inline void hung_task_diagnostics(struct task_struct *t)
+{
+ unsigned long blocked_secs = (jiffies - t->last_switch_time) / HZ;
+ const char *coredump_msg = " Blocked by coredump.";
+ const char *disable_msg =
+ "\"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs\""
+ " disables this message.";
+
+ pr_err("INFO: task %s:%d blocked for more than %ld seconds.\n",
+ t->comm, t->pid, blocked_secs);
+ pr_err(" %s %s %.*s\n",
+ print_tainted(), init_utsname()->release,
+ (int)strcspn(init_utsname()->version, " "),
+ init_utsname()->version);
+ if (t->flags & PF_POSTCOREDUMP)
+ pr_err("%s\n", coredump_msg);
+ pr_err("%s\n", disable_msg);
+}
+
static void check_hung_task(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long timeout,
unsigned long prev_detect_count)
{
@@ -252,16 +278,7 @@ static void check_hung_task(struct task_
if (sysctl_hung_task_warnings || hung_task_call_panic) {
if (sysctl_hung_task_warnings > 0)
sysctl_hung_task_warnings--;
- pr_err("INFO: task %s:%d blocked for more than %ld seconds.\n",
- t->comm, t->pid, (jiffies - t->last_switch_time) / HZ);
- pr_err(" %s %s %.*s\n",
- print_tainted(), init_utsname()->release,
- (int)strcspn(init_utsname()->version, " "),
- init_utsname()->version);
- if (t->flags & PF_POSTCOREDUMP)
- pr_err(" Blocked by coredump.\n");
- pr_err("\"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs\""
- " disables this message.\n");
+ hung_task_diagnostics(t);
sched_show_task(t);
debug_show_blocker(t, timeout);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from atomlin@atomlin.com are
hung_task-introduce-helper-for-hung-task-warning.patch
hung_task-enable-runtime-reset-of-hung_task_detect_count.patch
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