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+++ b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt
@@ -152,6 +152,15 @@ no non-lazy callbacks ("." is printed otherwise, as shown above) and
"D" indicates that dyntick-idle processing is enabled ("." is printed
otherwise, for example, if disabled via the "nohz=" kernel boot parameter).
+If the relevant grace-period kthread has been unable to run prior to
+the stall warning, the following additional line is printed:
+
+ rcu_preempt kthread starved for 2023 jiffies!
+
+Starving the grace-period kthreads of CPU time can of course result in
+RCU CPU stall warnings even when all CPUs and tasks have passed through
+the required quiescent states.
+
Multiple Warnings From One Stall