From: Chao Liu <chao.liu@processmission.com>
To: Nam Cao <namcao@linutronix.de>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@redhat.com>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: lianux.mm@gmail.com, lianux.wang@processmission.com,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Chao Liu <chao.liu@processmission.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH] Documentation/rv: Explain epoll and aborted sleeps
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:57:06 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260722045706.85633-1-chao.liu@processmission.com> (raw)
The rtapp sleep monitor accepts epoll_wait() as a valid sleeping
reason, but the prose only discusses clock_nanosleep and futexes. Add
epoll_wait to the list of valid sleeping reasons.
ABORT_SLEEP represents a task restoring TASK_RUNNING before entering
the scheduler, but its meaning is not described. Explain why the
aborted sleep attempt is valid.
This RFC is based on Nam Cao's pending "rv: rtapp monitor update" v2
series:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/cover.1781852967.git.namcao@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Chao Liu <chao.liu@processmission.com>
---
Documentation/trace/rv/monitor_rtapp.rst | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/rv/monitor_rtapp.rst b/Documentation/trace/rv/monitor_rtapp.rst
index 238b59395ff5..234ed4d581ac 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/rv/monitor_rtapp.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/rv/monitor_rtapp.rst
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ thread to sleep for one of the following reasons:
variables as safe for real-time. As an alternative, the librtpi library
exists to provide a conditional variable implementation that is correct for
real-time applications in Linux.
+ - Real-time thread waiting for events using `epoll_wait`, which the monitor
+ accepts as a valid sleeping reason for real-time tasks.
Beside the reason for sleeping, the eventual waker should also be
real-time-safe. Namely, one of:
@@ -114,6 +116,10 @@ The monitor's specification is::
ALLOWLIST = BLOCK_ON_RT_MUTEX
or FUTEX_LOCK_PI
+`ABORT_SLEEP` represents a task restoring its state to `TASK_RUNNING` before
+entering the scheduler. In this case, the task does not actually block, so the
+monitor treats the aborted sleep attempt as valid.
+
Beside the scenarios described above, this specification also defines an allow list
to handle some special cases:
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prerequisite-patch-id: d8b6c952a954662852e6b0684e0a3386eaab7f41
prerequisite-patch-id: 940f7637aeabe4ba15a09c048c6f48138406f332
prerequisite-patch-id: b99812692691f76d825778e01a2e771e058febd6
prerequisite-patch-id: 512c300dce2cb74ac9cc007f9234aa507ef5c008
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