Soft Lockup

// early_initcall ->
// spawn_softlockup_task ->
static int __cpuinit cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
{
	int hotcpu = (unsigned long)hcpu;
	struct task_struct *p;

	switch (action) {
	case CPU_UP_PREPARE:
	case CPU_UP_PREPARE_FROZEN:
		BUG_ON(per_cpu(watchdog_task, hotcpu));
		//创建内核线程,名字是watchdog/X
		p = kthread_create(watchdog, hcpu, "watchdog/%d", hotcpu);
		if (IS_ERR(p)) {
			printk(KERN_ERR "watchdog for %i failed\n", hotcpu);
			return NOTIFY_BAD;
		}
		per_cpu(touch_timestamp, hotcpu) = 0;
		per_cpu(watchdog_task, hotcpu) = p;
		//绑定cpu
		kthread_bind(p, hotcpu);
	...
}

/*
 * The watchdog thread - runs every second and touches the timestamp.
 */
static int watchdog(void *__bind_cpu)
{
	struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = MAX_RT_PRIO-1 };
	//设置为先进先出的实时优先级,并设置最高优先级MAX_RT_PRIO-1
	sched_setscheduler(current, SCHED_FIFO, &param);

	/* initialize timestamp */
	// 获取系统时间, 粗略的取了秒值 cpu_clock(this_cpu) >> 30LL;
	__touch_softlockup_watchdog();

	set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
	/*
	 * Run briefly once per second to reset the softlockup timestamp.
	 * If this gets delayed for more than 60 seconds then the
	 * debug-printout triggers in softlockup_tick().
	 */
	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
		__touch_softlockup_watchdog();
		schedule();

		if (kthread_should_stop())
			break;

		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
	}
	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);

	return 0;
}

// 此函数会被 hrtimer 的中断定期调用
/*
 * This callback runs from the timer interrupt, and checks
 * whether the watchdog thread has hung or not:
 */
void softlockup_tick(void)
{
	int this_cpu = smp_processor_id();
	unsigned long touch_timestamp = per_cpu(touch_timestamp, this_cpu);
	unsigned long print_timestamp;
	struct pt_regs *regs = get_irq_regs();
	unsigned long now;

	/* Is detection switched off? */
	if (!per_cpu(watchdog_task, this_cpu) || softlockup_thresh <= 0) {
		/* Be sure we don't false trigger if switched back on */
		if (touch_timestamp)
			per_cpu(touch_timestamp, this_cpu) = 0;
		return;
	}

	if (touch_timestamp == 0) {
		__touch_softlockup_watchdog();
		return;
	}

	print_timestamp = per_cpu(print_timestamp, this_cpu);

	/* report at most once a second */
	if (print_timestamp == touch_timestamp || did_panic)
		return;

	/* do not print during early bootup: */
	if (unlikely(system_state != SYSTEM_RUNNING)) {
		__touch_softlockup_watchdog();
		return;
	}

	now = get_timestamp(this_cpu);

	/*
	 * Wake up the high-prio watchdog task twice per
	 * threshold timespan.
	 */
	if (time_after(now - softlockup_thresh/2, touch_timestamp))
		wake_up_process(per_cpu(watchdog_task, this_cpu));

	/* Warn about unreasonable delays: */
	if (time_before_eq(now - softlockup_thresh, touch_timestamp))
		return;

	per_cpu(print_timestamp, this_cpu) = touch_timestamp;

	spin_lock(&print_lock);
	printk(KERN_ERR "BUG: soft lockup - CPU#%d stuck for %lus! [%s:%d]\n",
			this_cpu, now - touch_timestamp,
			current->comm, task_pid_nr(current));
	print_modules();
	print_irqtrace_events(current);
	if (regs)
		show_regs(regs);
	else
		dump_stack();
	spin_unlock(&print_lock);

	if (softlockup_panic)
		panic("softlockup: hung tasks");
}