+ hung_task-increment-the-global-counter-immediately.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

The patch titled
     Subject: hung_task: increment the global counter immediately
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     hung_task-increment-the-global-counter-immediately.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/hung_task-increment-the-global-counter-immediately.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: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Subject: hung_task: increment the global counter immediately
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 15:30:31 -0500

A recent change allowed to reset the global counter of hung tasks using
the sysctl interface.  A potential race with the regular check has been
solved by updating the global counter only once at the end of the check.

However, the hung task check can take a significant amount of time,
particularly when task information is being dumped to slow serial
consoles.  Some users monitor this global counter to trigger immediate
migration of critical containers.  Delaying the increment until the full
check completes postpones these high-priority rescue operations.

Update the global counter as soon as a hung task is detected.  Since the
value is read asynchronously, a relaxed atomic operation is sufficient.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260303203031.4097316-4-atomlin@atomlin.com
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
Reported-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/f239e00f-4282-408d-b172-0f9885f4b01b@linux.dev
Reviewed-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
Reviewed-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 kernel/hung_task.c |   23 ++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/hung_task.c~hung_task-increment-the-global-counter-immediately
+++ a/kernel/hung_task.c
@@ -302,16 +302,11 @@ static void check_hung_uninterruptible_t
 	int max_count = sysctl_hung_task_check_count;
 	unsigned long last_break = jiffies;
 	struct task_struct *g, *t;
-	unsigned long total_count, this_round_count;
+	unsigned long this_round_count;
 	int need_warning = sysctl_hung_task_warnings;
 	unsigned long si_mask = hung_task_si_mask;
 
 	/*
-	 * The counter might get reset. Remember the initial value.
-	 * Acquire prevents reordering task checks before this point.
-	 */
-	total_count = atomic_long_read_acquire(&sysctl_hung_task_detect_count);
-	/*
 	 * If the system crashed already then all bets are off,
 	 * do not report extra hung tasks:
 	 */
@@ -330,6 +325,13 @@ static void check_hung_uninterruptible_t
 		}
 
 		if (task_is_hung(t, timeout)) {
+			/*
+			 * Increment the global counter so that userspace could
+			 * start migrating tasks ASAP. But count the current
+			 * round separately because userspace could reset
+			 * the global counter at any time.
+			 */
+			atomic_long_inc(&sysctl_hung_task_detect_count);
 			this_round_count++;
 			hung_task_info(t, timeout, this_round_count);
 		}
@@ -340,15 +342,6 @@ static void check_hung_uninterruptible_t
 	if (!this_round_count)
 		return;
 
-	/*
-	 * Do not count this round when the global counter has been reset
-	 * during this check. Release ensures we see all hang details
-	 * recorded during the scan.
-	 */
-	atomic_long_cmpxchg_release(&sysctl_hung_task_detect_count,
-				    total_count, total_count +
-				    this_round_count);
-
 	if (need_warning || hung_task_call_panic) {
 		si_mask |= SYS_INFO_LOCKS;
 
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from pmladek@suse.com are

hung_task-increment-the-global-counter-immediately.patch