rcu: Update trace.txt documentation for blocked-tasks lists

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: laijs@cn.fujitsu.com
Cc: dipankar@in.ibm.com
Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca
Cc: josh@joshtriplett.org
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Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org
Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com
Cc: npiggin@suse.de
Cc: jens.axboe@oracle.com
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Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt b/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt
index c1a95507d10e..8608fd85e921 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/trace.txt
@@ -158,14 +158,14 @@ o	"gpnum" is the number of grace periods that have started.  It is
 The output of "cat rcu/rcuhier" looks as follows, with very long lines:
 
 c=6902 g=6903 s=2 jfq=3 j=72c7 nfqs=13142/nfqsng=0(13142) fqlh=6 oqlen=0
-1/1 0:127 ^0    
-3/3 0:35 ^0    0/0 36:71 ^1    0/0 72:107 ^2    0/0 108:127 ^3    
-3/3f 0:5 ^0    2/3 6:11 ^1    0/0 12:17 ^2    0/0 18:23 ^3    0/0 24:29 ^4    0/0 30:35 ^5    0/0 36:41 ^0    0/0 42:47 ^1    0/0 48:53 ^2    0/0 54:59 ^3    0/0 60:65 ^4    0/0 66:71 ^5    0/0 72:77 ^0    0/0 78:83 ^1    0/0 84:89 ^2    0/0 90:95 ^3    0/0 96:101 ^4    0/0 102:107 ^5    0/0 108:113 ^0    0/0 114:119 ^1    0/0 120:125 ^2    0/0 126:127 ^3    
+1/1 .>. 0:127 ^0    
+3/3 .>. 0:35 ^0    0/0 .>. 36:71 ^1    0/0 .>. 72:107 ^2    0/0 .>. 108:127 ^3    
+3/3f .>. 0:5 ^0    2/3 .>. 6:11 ^1    0/0 .>. 12:17 ^2    0/0 .>. 18:23 ^3    0/0 .>. 24:29 ^4    0/0 .>. 30:35 ^5    0/0 .>. 36:41 ^0    0/0 .>. 42:47 ^1    0/0 .>. 48:53 ^2    0/0 .>. 54:59 ^3    0/0 .>. 60:65 ^4    0/0 .>. 66:71 ^5    0/0 .>. 72:77 ^0    0/0 .>. 78:83 ^1    0/0 .>. 84:89 ^2    0/0 .>. 90:95 ^3    0/0 .>. 96:101 ^4    0/0 .>. 102:107 ^5    0/0 .>. 108:113 ^0    0/0 .>. 114:119 ^1    0/0 .>. 120:125 ^2    0/0 .>. 126:127 ^3    
 rcu_bh:
 c=-226 g=-226 s=1 jfq=-5701 j=72c7 nfqs=88/nfqsng=0(88) fqlh=0 oqlen=0
-0/1 0:127 ^0    
-0/3 0:35 ^0    0/0 36:71 ^1    0/0 72:107 ^2    0/0 108:127 ^3    
-0/3f 0:5 ^0    0/3 6:11 ^1    0/0 12:17 ^2    0/0 18:23 ^3    0/0 24:29 ^4    0/0 30:35 ^5    0/0 36:41 ^0    0/0 42:47 ^1    0/0 48:53 ^2    0/0 54:59 ^3    0/0 60:65 ^4    0/0 66:71 ^5    0/0 72:77 ^0    0/0 78:83 ^1    0/0 84:89 ^2    0/0 90:95 ^3    0/0 96:101 ^4    0/0 102:107 ^5    0/0 108:113 ^0    0/0 114:119 ^1    0/0 120:125 ^2    0/0 126:127 ^3
+0/1 .>. 0:127 ^0    
+0/3 .>. 0:35 ^0    0/0 .>. 36:71 ^1    0/0 .>. 72:107 ^2    0/0 .>. 108:127 ^3    
+0/3f .>. 0:5 ^0    0/3 .>. 6:11 ^1    0/0 .>. 12:17 ^2    0/0 .>. 18:23 ^3    0/0 .>. 24:29 ^4    0/0 .>. 30:35 ^5    0/0 .>. 36:41 ^0    0/0 .>. 42:47 ^1    0/0 .>. 48:53 ^2    0/0 .>. 54:59 ^3    0/0 .>. 60:65 ^4    0/0 .>. 66:71 ^5    0/0 .>. 72:77 ^0    0/0 .>. 78:83 ^1    0/0 .>. 84:89 ^2    0/0 .>. 90:95 ^3    0/0 .>. 96:101 ^4    0/0 .>. 102:107 ^5    0/0 .>. 108:113 ^0    0/0 .>. 114:119 ^1    0/0 .>. 120:125 ^2    0/0 .>. 126:127 ^3
 
 This is once again split into "rcu_sched" and "rcu_bh" portions,
 and CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU kernels will again have an additional
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ o	Each element of the form "1/1 0:127 ^0" represents one struct
         might be either one, two, or three levels of rcu_node structures,
         depending on the relationship between CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT and
         CONFIG_NR_CPUS.
-        
+
         o       The numbers separated by the "/" are the qsmask followed
                 by the qsmaskinit.  The qsmask will have one bit
                 set for each entity in the next lower level that
@@ -228,6 +228,15 @@ o	Each element of the form "1/1 0:127 ^0" represents one struct
                 are still waiting for CPUs 2 and 4 to check in for the
                 current grace period.
 
+        o       The characters separated by the ">" indicate the state
+                of the blocked-tasks lists.  A "T" preceding the ">"
+                indicates that at least one task blocked in an RCU
+                read-side critical section blocks the current grace
+                period, while a "." preceding the ">" indicates otherwise.
+                The character following the ">" indicates similarly for
+                the next grace period.  A "T" should appear in this
+                field only for rcu-preempt.
+
         o       The numbers separated by the ":" are the range of CPUs
                 served by this struct rcu_node.  This can be helpful
                 in working out how the hierarchy is wired together.