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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt index 1ab70c37921f..f48f4621ccbc 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt @@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ o A CPU-bound real-time task in a CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT kernel that CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU case, you might see stall-warning messages. + You can use the rcutree.kthread_prio kernel boot parameter to + increase the scheduling priority of RCU's kthreads, which can + help avoid this problem. However, please note that doing this + can increase your system's context-switch rate and thus degrade + performance. + o A periodic interrupt whose handler takes longer than the time interval between successive pairs of interrupts. This can prevent RCU's kthreads and softirq handlers from running. @@ -153,7 +159,7 @@ rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout This boot/sysfs parameter controls the RCU-tasks stall warning interval. A value of zero or less suppresses RCU-tasks stall warnings. A positive value sets the stall-warning interval - in jiffies. An RCU-tasks stall warning starts with the line: + in seconds. An RCU-tasks stall warning starts with the line: INFO: rcu_tasks detected stalls on tasks: |