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diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt index ed186a902d31..55f9707fe60a 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt @@ -187,6 +187,11 @@ 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 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 + ran and how often it should be expected to run. + o A CPU-bound real-time task in a CONFIG_PREEMPT kernel, which might happen to preempt a low-priority task in the middle of an RCU read-side critical section. This is especially damaging if |