From: Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@linux.dev>
To: paulmck@kernel.org, frederic@kernel.org,
neeraj.upadhyay@kernel.org, joelagnelf@nvidia.com,
josh@joshtriplett.org, boqun@kernel.org, urezki@gmail.com,
rostedt@goodmis.org, mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com,
jiangshanlai@gmail.com, qiang.zhang@linux.dev, dave@stgolabs.net
Cc: rcu@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@gmail.com>,
Wang Lian <lianux.mm@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] rcu: Use task_state_to_char() in stall-warning prints
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:32:01 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260611073201.3889919-1-kunwu.chan@linux.dev> (raw)
From: Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@gmail.com>
RCU stall warnings currently print task states as raw hexadecimal
values (e.g., ->state=0x402), forcing developers to manually decode
them from memory.
Replace these raw hex values with the compact, single-letter symbols
already established by sched_show_task():
->state=0x402 becomes ->state=I (TASK_IDLE)
->state=0x0 becomes ->state=R (TASK_RUNNING)
->state=0x2 becomes ->state=D (TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)
Convert five print sites across tree_stall.h, rcutorture.c, and
hazptrtorture.c to use task_state_to_char() instead of the raw
->__state value.
Suggested-by: Zqiang <qiang.zhang@linux.dev>
Co-developed-by: Wang Lian <lianux.mm@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Wang Lian <lianux.mm@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@gmail.com>
---
Based on: linux-rcu repo (dev branch)
URL: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git
base-commit: 85bf11e84 ("smp: Make CSD lock acquisition atomic for debug mode")
---
kernel/rcu/hazptrtorture.c | 4 ++--
kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c | 4 ++--
kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h | 12 ++++++------
3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/hazptrtorture.c b/kernel/rcu/hazptrtorture.c
index 0da0a4606..19ea479c9 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/hazptrtorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/hazptrtorture.c
@@ -497,10 +497,10 @@ hazptr_torture_stats_print(void)
unsigned long __maybe_unused gp_seq = 0;
wtp = READ_ONCE(writer_task);
- pr_alert("??? Writer stall state %s(%d) g%lu f%#x ->state %#x cpu %d\n",
+ pr_alert("??? Writer stall state %s(%d) g%lu f%#x ->state %c cpu %d\n",
hazptr_torture_writer_state_getname(),
hazptr_torture_writer_state, gp_seq, flags,
- wtp == NULL ? ~0U : wtp->__state,
+ wtp == NULL ? '?' : task_state_to_char(wtp),
wtp == NULL ? -1 : (int)task_cpu(wtp));
if (!splatted && wtp) {
sched_show_task(wtp);
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
index fcb421ced..4d4ebeeea 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
@@ -3074,10 +3074,10 @@ rcu_torture_stats_print(void)
if (cur_ops->get_gp_data)
cur_ops->get_gp_data(&flags, &gp_seq);
wtp = READ_ONCE(writer_task);
- pr_alert("??? Writer stall state %s(%d) g%lu f%#x ->state %#x cpu %d\n",
+ pr_alert("??? Writer stall state %s(%d) g%lu f%#x ->state %c cpu %d\n",
rcu_torture_writer_state_getname(),
rcu_torture_writer_state, gp_seq, flags,
- wtp == NULL ? ~0U : wtp->__state,
+ wtp == NULL ? '?' : task_state_to_char(wtp),
wtp == NULL ? -1 : (int)task_cpu(wtp));
if (!splatted && wtp) {
sched_show_task(wtp);
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
index 317ef91b1..7ca434b08 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
@@ -596,13 +596,13 @@ static void rcu_check_gp_kthread_starvation(void)
if (rcu_is_gp_kthread_starving(&j)) {
cpu = gpk ? task_cpu(gpk) : -1;
- pr_err("%s kthread starved for %ld jiffies! g%ld f%#x %s(%d) ->state=%#x ->cpu=%d\n",
+ pr_err("%s kthread starved for %ld jiffies! g%ld f%#x %s(%d) ->state=%c ->cpu=%d\n",
rcu_state.name, j,
(long)rcu_seq_current(&rcu_state.gp_seq),
data_race(READ_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_flags)),
gp_state_getname(rcu_state.gp_state),
data_race(READ_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_state)),
- gpk ? data_race(READ_ONCE(gpk->__state)) : ~0, cpu);
+ gpk ? task_state_to_char(gpk) : '?', cpu);
if (gpk) {
struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data, cpu);
@@ -639,12 +639,12 @@ static void rcu_check_gp_kthread_expired_fqs_timer(void)
time_after(jiffies, jiffies_fqs + RCU_STALL_MIGHT_MIN) &&
gpk && !READ_ONCE(gpk->on_rq)) {
cpu = task_cpu(gpk);
- pr_err("%s kthread timer wakeup didn't happen for %ld jiffies! g%ld f%#x %s(%d) ->state=%#x\n",
+ pr_err("%s kthread timer wakeup didn't happen for %ld jiffies! g%ld f%#x %s(%d) ->state=%c\n",
rcu_state.name, (jiffies - jiffies_fqs),
(long)rcu_seq_current(&rcu_state.gp_seq),
data_race(READ_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_flags)), // Diagnostic read
gp_state_getname(RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS), RCU_GP_WAIT_FQS,
- data_race(READ_ONCE(gpk->__state)));
+ task_state_to_char(gpk));
pr_err("\tPossible timer handling issue on cpu=%d timer-softirq=%u\n",
cpu, kstat_softirqs_cpu(TIMER_SOFTIRQ, cpu));
}
@@ -971,10 +971,10 @@ void show_rcu_gp_kthreads(void)
jr = j - data_race(READ_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_req_activity));
js = j - data_race(READ_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_start));
jw = j - data_race(READ_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_wake_time));
- pr_info("%s: wait state: %s(%d) ->state: %#x ->rt_priority %u delta ->gp_start %lu ->gp_activity %lu ->gp_req_activity %lu ->gp_wake_time %lu ->gp_wake_seq %ld ->gp_seq %ld ->gp_seq_needed %ld ->gp_max %lu ->gp_flags %#x\n",
+ pr_info("%s: wait state: %s(%d) ->state: %c ->rt_priority %u delta ->gp_start %lu ->gp_activity %lu ->gp_req_activity %lu ->gp_wake_time %lu ->gp_wake_seq %ld ->gp_seq %ld ->gp_seq_needed %ld ->gp_max %lu ->gp_flags %#x\n",
rcu_state.name, gp_state_getname(rcu_state.gp_state),
data_race(READ_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_state)),
- t ? data_race(READ_ONCE(t->__state)) : 0x1ffff, t ? t->rt_priority : 0xffU,
+ t ? task_state_to_char(t) : '?', t ? t->rt_priority : 0xffU,
js, ja, jr, jw, (long)data_race(READ_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_wake_seq)),
(long)data_race(READ_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_seq)),
(long)data_race(READ_ONCE(rcu_get_root()->gp_seq_needed)),
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-11 7:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-11 7:32 Kunwu Chan [this message]
2026-06-11 19:58 ` [PATCH] rcu: Use task_state_to_char() in stall-warning prints Paul E. McKenney
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