[PATCH 1/2] kernel: set taint flag 'L' at any kind of lockup

From: Konstantin Khlebnikov
Date: Fri Nov 29 2019 - 08:22:02 EST


Any lockup or stall notifies about unexpected lack of progress.
It's better to know about them for further problem investigations.

Right now only softlockup has own taint flag. Let's generalize it.

This patch renames TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP into TAINT_LOCKUP at sets it for:
- softlockup
- hardlockup
- RCU stalls
- stuck in workqueues
- detected task hung

Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 2 +-
Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst | 8 ++++++--
include/linux/kernel.h | 2 +-
kernel/hung_task.c | 2 ++
kernel/panic.c | 2 +-
kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h | 1 +
kernel/watchdog.c | 2 +-
kernel/watchdog_hld.c | 1 +
kernel/workqueue.c | 1 +
tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint | 2 +-
10 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
index 032c7cd3cede..60867ec525a4 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ ORed together. The letters are seen in "Tainted" line of Oops reports.
2048 `(I)` workaround for bug in platform firmware applied
4096 `(O)` externally-built ("out-of-tree") module was loaded
8192 `(E)` unsigned module was loaded
- 16384 `(L)` soft lockup occurred
+ 16384 `(L)` lockup occurred
32768 `(K)` kernel has been live patched
65536 `(X)` Auxiliary taint, defined and used by for distros
131072 `(T)` The kernel was built with the struct randomization plugin
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
index 71e9184a9079..fc76d0aad9f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Bit Log Number Reason that got the kernel tainted
11 _/I 2048 workaround for bug in platform firmware applied
12 _/O 4096 externally-built ("out-of-tree") module was loaded
13 _/E 8192 unsigned module was loaded
- 14 _/L 16384 soft lockup occurred
+ 14 _/L 16384 lockup occurred
15 _/K 32768 kernel has been live patched
16 _/X 65536 auxiliary taint, defined for and used by distros
17 _/T 131072 kernel was built with the struct randomization plugin
@@ -152,7 +152,11 @@ More detailed explanation for tainting
13) ``E`` if an unsigned module has been loaded in a kernel supporting
module signature.

- 14) ``L`` if a soft lockup has previously occurred on the system.
+ 14) ``L`` if some kind of lockup has previously occurred on the system:
+ - soft/hardlockup, see Documentation/admin-guide/lockup-watchdogs.rst
+ - RCU stall, see Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt
+ - hung task detected, see CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK
+ - kernel workqueue lockup, see CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG

15) ``K`` if the kernel has been live patched.

diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index d83d403dac2e..e8a6808e4f2f 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ extern enum system_states {
#define TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND 11
#define TAINT_OOT_MODULE 12
#define TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE 13
-#define TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP 14
+#define TAINT_LOCKUP 14
#define TAINT_LIVEPATCH 15
#define TAINT_AUX 16
#define TAINT_RANDSTRUCT 17
diff --git a/kernel/hung_task.c b/kernel/hung_task.c
index 14a625c16cb3..521eb2fbf5fc 100644
--- a/kernel/hung_task.c
+++ b/kernel/hung_task.c
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ static void check_hung_task(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long timeout)
hung_task_show_lock = true;
}

+ add_taint(TAINT_LOCKUP, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
+
touch_nmi_watchdog();
}

diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index f470a038b05b..d7750a45ca8d 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ const struct taint_flag taint_flags[TAINT_FLAGS_COUNT] = {
[ TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND ] = { 'I', ' ', false },
[ TAINT_OOT_MODULE ] = { 'O', ' ', true },
[ TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE ] = { 'E', ' ', true },
- [ TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP ] = { 'L', ' ', false },
+ [ TAINT_LOCKUP ] = { 'L', ' ', false },
[ TAINT_LIVEPATCH ] = { 'K', ' ', true },
[ TAINT_AUX ] = { 'X', ' ', true },
[ TAINT_RANDSTRUCT ] = { 'T', ' ', true },
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
index c0b8c458d8a6..181495efff80 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ early_initcall(check_cpu_stall_init);
/* If so specified via sysctl, panic, yielding cleaner stall-warning output. */
static void panic_on_rcu_stall(void)
{
+ add_taint(TAINT_LOCKUP, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
if (sysctl_panic_on_rcu_stall)
panic("RCU Stall\n");
}
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index f41334ef0971..d60b195708f7 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart watchdog_timer_fn(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
smp_mb__after_atomic();
}

- add_taint(TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
+ add_taint(TAINT_LOCKUP, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
if (softlockup_panic)
panic("softlockup: hung tasks");
__this_cpu_write(soft_watchdog_warn, true);
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog_hld.c b/kernel/watchdog_hld.c
index 247bf0b1582c..f77256f47422 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog_hld.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog_hld.c
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ static void watchdog_overflow_callback(struct perf_event *event,
!test_and_set_bit(0, &hardlockup_allcpu_dumped))
trigger_allbutself_cpu_backtrace();

+ add_taint(TAINT_LOCKUP, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
if (hardlockup_panic)
nmi_panic(regs, "Hard LOCKUP");

diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index bc2e09a8ea61..825a92893882 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -5741,6 +5741,7 @@ static void wq_watchdog_timer_fn(struct timer_list *unused)
pr_cont_pool_info(pool);
pr_cont(" stuck for %us!\n",
jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies - pool_ts) / 1000);
+ add_taint(TAINT_LOCKUP, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
}
}

diff --git a/tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint b/tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint
index 2240cb56e6e5..9f24719d8c80 100755
--- a/tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint
+++ b/tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ if [ `expr $T % 2` -eq 0 ]; then
addout " "
else
addout "L"
- echo " * soft lockup occurred (#14)"
+ echo " * lockup occurred (#14)"
fi

T=`expr $T / 2`