workqueue: implement lockup detector

Workqueue stalls can happen from a variety of usage bugs such as
missing WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag or concurrency managed work item
indefinitely staying RUNNING.  These stalls can be extremely difficult
to hunt down because the usual warning mechanisms can't detect
workqueue stalls and the internal state is pretty opaque.

To alleviate the situation, this patch implements workqueue lockup
detector.  It periodically monitors all worker_pools periodically and,
if any pool failed to make forward progress longer than the threshold
duration, triggers warning and dumps workqueue state as follows.

 BUG: workqueue lockup - pool cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 stuck for 31s!
 Showing busy workqueues and worker pools:
 workqueue events: flags=0x0
   pwq 0: cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 active=17/256
     pending: monkey_wrench_fn, e1000_watchdog, cache_reap, vmstat_shepherd, release_one_tty, release_one_tty, release_one_tty, release_one_tty, release_one_tty, release_one_tty, release_one_tty, release_one_tty, release_one_tty, release_one_tty, release_one_tty, release_one_tty, cgroup_release_agent
 workqueue events_power_efficient: flags=0x80
   pwq 0: cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 active=2/256
     pending: check_lifetime, neigh_periodic_work
 workqueue cgroup_pidlist_destroy: flags=0x0
   pwq 0: cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 active=1/1
     pending: cgroup_pidlist_destroy_work_fn
 ...

The detection mechanism is controller through kernel parameter
workqueue.watchdog_thresh and can be updated at runtime through the
sysfs module parameter file.

v2: Decoupled from softlockup control knobs.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Cc: Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@redhat.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Chris Mason <clm@fb.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 171 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index c7769c507bf5..1ecb588aae07 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ struct worker_pool {
 	int			id;		/* I: pool ID */
 	unsigned int		flags;		/* X: flags */
 
+	unsigned long		watchdog_ts;	/* L: watchdog timestamp */
+
 	struct list_head	worklist;	/* L: list of pending works */
 	int			nr_workers;	/* L: total number of workers */
 
@@ -1083,6 +1085,8 @@ static void pwq_activate_delayed_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct pool_workqueue *pwq = get_work_pwq(work);
 
 	trace_workqueue_activate_work(work);
+	if (list_empty(&pwq->pool->worklist))
+		pwq->pool->watchdog_ts = jiffies;
 	move_linked_works(work, &pwq->pool->worklist, NULL);
 	__clear_bit(WORK_STRUCT_DELAYED_BIT, work_data_bits(work));
 	pwq->nr_active++;
@@ -1385,6 +1389,8 @@ retry:
 		trace_workqueue_activate_work(work);
 		pwq->nr_active++;
 		worklist = &pwq->pool->worklist;
+		if (list_empty(worklist))
+			pwq->pool->watchdog_ts = jiffies;
 	} else {
 		work_flags |= WORK_STRUCT_DELAYED;
 		worklist = &pwq->delayed_works;
@@ -2157,6 +2163,8 @@ recheck:
 			list_first_entry(&pool->worklist,
 					 struct work_struct, entry);
 
+		pool->watchdog_ts = jiffies;
+
 		if (likely(!(*work_data_bits(work) & WORK_STRUCT_LINKED))) {
 			/* optimization path, not strictly necessary */
 			process_one_work(worker, work);
@@ -2240,6 +2248,7 @@ repeat:
 					struct pool_workqueue, mayday_node);
 		struct worker_pool *pool = pwq->pool;
 		struct work_struct *work, *n;
+		bool first = true;
 
 		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 		list_del_init(&pwq->mayday_node);
@@ -2256,9 +2265,14 @@ repeat:
 		 * process'em.
 		 */
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(scheduled));
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(work, n, &pool->worklist, entry)
-			if (get_work_pwq(work) == pwq)
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(work, n, &pool->worklist, entry) {
+			if (get_work_pwq(work) == pwq) {
+				if (first)
+					pool->watchdog_ts = jiffies;
 				move_linked_works(work, scheduled, &n);
+			}
+			first = false;
+		}
 
 		if (!list_empty(scheduled)) {
 			process_scheduled_works(rescuer);
@@ -3104,6 +3118,7 @@ static int init_worker_pool(struct worker_pool *pool)
 	pool->cpu = -1;
 	pool->node = NUMA_NO_NODE;
 	pool->flags |= POOL_DISASSOCIATED;
+	pool->watchdog_ts = jiffies;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pool->worklist);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pool->idle_list);
 	hash_init(pool->busy_hash);
@@ -4343,7 +4358,9 @@ void show_workqueue_state(void)
 
 		pr_info("pool %d:", pool->id);
 		pr_cont_pool_info(pool);
-		pr_cont(" workers=%d", pool->nr_workers);
+		pr_cont(" hung=%us workers=%d",
+			jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies - pool->watchdog_ts) / 1000,
+			pool->nr_workers);
 		if (pool->manager)
 			pr_cont(" manager: %d",
 				task_pid_nr(pool->manager->task));
@@ -5202,6 +5219,154 @@ static void workqueue_sysfs_unregister(struct workqueue_struct *wq)
 static void workqueue_sysfs_unregister(struct workqueue_struct *wq)	{ }
 #endif	/* CONFIG_SYSFS */
 
+/*
+ * Workqueue watchdog.
+ *
+ * Stall may be caused by various bugs - missing WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, illegal
+ * flush dependency, a concurrency managed work item which stays RUNNING
+ * indefinitely.  Workqueue stalls can be very difficult to debug as the
+ * usual warning mechanisms don't trigger and internal workqueue state is
+ * largely opaque.
+ *
+ * Workqueue watchdog monitors all worker pools periodically and dumps
+ * state if some pools failed to make forward progress for a while where
+ * forward progress is defined as the first item on ->worklist changing.
+ *
+ * This mechanism is controlled through the kernel parameter
+ * "workqueue.watchdog_thresh" which can be updated at runtime through the
+ * corresponding sysfs parameter file.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG
+
+static void wq_watchdog_timer_fn(unsigned long data);
+
+static unsigned long wq_watchdog_thresh = 30;
+static struct timer_list wq_watchdog_timer =
+	TIMER_DEFERRED_INITIALIZER(wq_watchdog_timer_fn, 0, 0);
+
+static unsigned long wq_watchdog_touched = INITIAL_JIFFIES;
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, wq_watchdog_touched_cpu) = INITIAL_JIFFIES;
+
+static void wq_watchdog_reset_touched(void)
+{
+	int cpu;
+
+	wq_watchdog_touched = jiffies;
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
+		per_cpu(wq_watchdog_touched_cpu, cpu) = jiffies;
+}
+
+static void wq_watchdog_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
+{
+	unsigned long thresh = READ_ONCE(wq_watchdog_thresh) * HZ;
+	bool lockup_detected = false;
+	struct worker_pool *pool;
+	int pi;
+
+	if (!thresh)
+		return;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+
+	for_each_pool(pool, pi) {
+		unsigned long pool_ts, touched, ts;
+
+		if (list_empty(&pool->worklist))
+			continue;
+
+		/* get the latest of pool and touched timestamps */
+		pool_ts = READ_ONCE(pool->watchdog_ts);
+		touched = READ_ONCE(wq_watchdog_touched);
+
+		if (time_after(pool_ts, touched))
+			ts = pool_ts;
+		else
+			ts = touched;
+
+		if (pool->cpu >= 0) {
+			unsigned long cpu_touched =
+				READ_ONCE(per_cpu(wq_watchdog_touched_cpu,
+						  pool->cpu));
+			if (time_after(cpu_touched, ts))
+				ts = cpu_touched;
+		}
+
+		/* did we stall? */
+		if (time_after(jiffies, ts + thresh)) {
+			lockup_detected = true;
+			pr_emerg("BUG: workqueue lockup - pool");
+			pr_cont_pool_info(pool);
+			pr_cont(" stuck for %us!\n",
+				jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies - pool_ts) / 1000);
+		}
+	}
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	if (lockup_detected)
+		show_workqueue_state();
+
+	wq_watchdog_reset_touched();
+	mod_timer(&wq_watchdog_timer, jiffies + thresh);
+}
+
+void wq_watchdog_touch(int cpu)
+{
+	if (cpu >= 0)
+		per_cpu(wq_watchdog_touched_cpu, cpu) = jiffies;
+	else
+		wq_watchdog_touched = jiffies;
+}
+
+static void wq_watchdog_set_thresh(unsigned long thresh)
+{
+	wq_watchdog_thresh = 0;
+	del_timer_sync(&wq_watchdog_timer);
+
+	if (thresh) {
+		wq_watchdog_thresh = thresh;
+		wq_watchdog_reset_touched();
+		mod_timer(&wq_watchdog_timer, jiffies + thresh * HZ);
+	}
+}
+
+static int wq_watchdog_param_set_thresh(const char *val,
+					const struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+	unsigned long thresh;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = kstrtoul(val, 0, &thresh);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (system_wq)
+		wq_watchdog_set_thresh(thresh);
+	else
+		wq_watchdog_thresh = thresh;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct kernel_param_ops wq_watchdog_thresh_ops = {
+	.set	= wq_watchdog_param_set_thresh,
+	.get	= param_get_ulong,
+};
+
+module_param_cb(watchdog_thresh, &wq_watchdog_thresh_ops, &wq_watchdog_thresh,
+		0644);
+
+static void wq_watchdog_init(void)
+{
+	wq_watchdog_set_thresh(wq_watchdog_thresh);
+}
+
+#else	/* CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG */
+
+static inline void wq_watchdog_init(void) { }
+
+#endif	/* CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG */
+
 static void __init wq_numa_init(void)
 {
 	cpumask_var_t *tbl;
@@ -5325,6 +5490,9 @@ static int __init init_workqueues(void)
 	       !system_unbound_wq || !system_freezable_wq ||
 	       !system_power_efficient_wq ||
 	       !system_freezable_power_efficient_wq);
+
+	wq_watchdog_init();
+
 	return 0;
 }
 early_initcall(init_workqueues);