On Thu, Nov 05, 2020 at 10:56:42PM -0800, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> On Thu, 05 Nov 2020, [email protected] wrote:
>
> > From: "Paul E. McKenney" <[email protected]>
> >
> > This commit adds a last_lock_release variable that tracks the time of
> > the last ->writeunlock() call, which allows easier diagnosing of lock
> > hangs when using a kernel debugger.
>
> This makes sense to have.
>
> Acked-by: Davidlohr Bueso <[email protected]>
Will apply, thank you!
Thanx, Paul
> > Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <[email protected]>
> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > kernel/locking/locktorture.c | 2 ++
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/locking/locktorture.c b/kernel/locking/locktorture.c
> > index 62d215b..316531d 100644
> > --- a/kernel/locking/locktorture.c
> > +++ b/kernel/locking/locktorture.c
> > @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ static struct task_struct **reader_tasks;
> >
> > static bool lock_is_write_held;
> > static bool lock_is_read_held;
> > +static unsigned long last_lock_release;
> >
> > struct lock_stress_stats {
> > long n_lock_fail;
> > @@ -632,6 +633,7 @@ static int lock_torture_writer(void *arg)
> > lwsp->n_lock_acquired++;
> > cxt.cur_ops->write_delay(&rand);
> > lock_is_write_held = false;
> > + WRITE_ONCE(last_lock_release, jiffies);
> > cxt.cur_ops->writeunlock();
> >
> > stutter_wait("lock_torture_writer");
> > --
> > 2.9.5
> >
