From e8e14ac7cfe437b896838e7f7d07c573965b4e4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Breno Leitao Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 08:15:39 -0800 Subject: 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 Acked-by: Song Liu Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo --- kernel/workqueue.c | 3 +++ kernel/workqueue_internal.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'kernel') 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? */ -- cgit v1.2.3