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authorBreno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>2026-03-05 08:15:39 -0800
committerTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2026-03-05 07:27:48 -1000
commite8e14ac7cfe437b896838e7f7d07c573965b4e4e (patch)
tree3960fd8278b437a8c6fdc83c0416e4d439eb6546
parent6037160e52d72028da68546fd270a7dcac130d85 (diff)
workqueue: Show in-flight work item duration in stall diagnostics
When diagnosing workqueue stalls, knowing how long each in-flight work item has been executing is valuable. Add a current_start timestamp (jiffies) to struct worker, set it when a work item begins execution in process_one_work(), and print the elapsed wall-clock time in show_pwq(). Unlike current_at (which tracks CPU runtime and resets on wakeup for CPU-intensive detection), current_start is never reset because the diagnostic cares about total wall-clock time including sleeps. Before: in-flight: 165:stall_work_fn [wq_stall] After: in-flight: 165:stall_work_fn [wq_stall] for 100s Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org> Acked-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--kernel/workqueue.c3
-rw-r--r--kernel/workqueue_internal.h1
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 687d5c55c617..56d8af13843f 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -3204,6 +3204,7 @@ __acquires(&pool->lock)
worker->current_pwq = pwq;
if (worker->task)
worker->current_at = worker->task->se.sum_exec_runtime;
+ worker->current_start = jiffies;
work_data = *work_data_bits(work);
worker->current_color = get_work_color(work_data);
@@ -6359,6 +6360,8 @@ static void show_pwq(struct pool_workqueue *pwq)
pr_cont(" %s", comma ? "," : "");
pr_cont_worker_id(worker);
pr_cont(":%ps", worker->current_func);
+ pr_cont(" for %us",
+ jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies - worker->current_start) / 1000);
list_for_each_entry(work, &worker->scheduled, entry)
pr_cont_work(false, work, &pcws);
pr_cont_work_flush(comma, (work_func_t)-1L, &pcws);
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue_internal.h b/kernel/workqueue_internal.h
index f6275944ada7..8def1ddc5a1b 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue_internal.h
+++ b/kernel/workqueue_internal.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ struct worker {
work_func_t current_func; /* K: function */
struct pool_workqueue *current_pwq; /* K: pwq */
u64 current_at; /* K: runtime at start or last wakeup */
+ unsigned long current_start; /* K: start time of current work item */
unsigned int current_color; /* K: color */
int sleeping; /* S: is worker sleeping? */