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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt | 7 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt index efb9454875ab..0f7fb4298e7e 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt @@ -205,6 +205,13 @@ o For !CONFIG_PREEMPT kernels, a CPU looping anywhere in the behavior, you might need to replace some of the cond_resched() calls with calls to cond_resched_rcu_qs(). +o Booting Linux using a console connection that is too slow to + keep up with the boot-time console-message rate. For example, + a 115Kbaud serial console can be -way- too slow to keep up + with boot-time message rates, and will frequently result in + RCU CPU stall warning messages. Especially if you have added + debug printk()s. + o Anything that prevents RCU's grace-period kthreads from running. This can result in the "All QSes seen" console-log message. This message will include information on when the kthread last |