tokio: improve taskdump documentation

tokio/src/runtime/handle.rs

@@ -406,9 +406,26 @@ cfg_taskdump! {
         /// # }
         /// ```
         ///
+        /// This produces highly detailed traces of tasks; e.g.:
+        ///
+        /// ```plain
+        /// TASK 0:
+        /// ╼ dump::main::{{closure}}::a::{{closure}} at /tokio/examples/dump.rs:18:20
+        /// └╼ dump::main::{{closure}}::b::{{closure}} at /tokio/examples/dump.rs:23:20
+        ///    └╼ dump::main::{{closure}}::c::{{closure}} at /tokio/examples/dump.rs:28:24
+        ///       └╼ tokio::sync::barrier::Barrier::wait::{{closure}} at /tokio/tokio/src/sync/barrier.rs:129:10
+        ///          └╼ <tokio::util::trace::InstrumentedAsyncOp<F> as core::future::future::Future>::poll at /tokio/tokio/src/util/trace.rs:77:46
+        ///             └╼ tokio::sync::barrier::Barrier::wait_internal::{{closure}} at /tokio/tokio/src/sync/barrier.rs:183:36
+        ///                └╼ tokio::sync::watch::Receiver<T>::changed::{{closure}} at /tokio/tokio/src/sync/watch.rs:604:55
+        ///                   └╼ tokio::sync::watch::changed_impl::{{closure}} at /tokio/tokio/src/sync/watch.rs:755:18
+        ///                      └╼ <tokio::sync::notify::Notified as core::future::future::Future>::poll at /tokio/tokio/src/sync/notify.rs:1103:9
+        ///                         └╼ tokio::sync::notify::Notified::poll_notified at /tokio/tokio/src/sync/notify.rs:996:32
+        /// ```
+        ///
         /// # Requirements
         ///
         /// ## Debug Info Must Be Available
+        ///
         /// To produce task traces, the application must **not** be compiled
         /// with split debuginfo. On Linux, including debuginfo within the
         /// application binary is the (correct) default. You can further ensure
@@ -419,9 +436,30 @@ cfg_taskdump! {
         /// split-debuginfo = "off"
         /// ```
         ///
+        /// ## Unstable Features
+        ///
+        /// This functionality is **unstable**, and requires both the
+        /// `tokio_unstable` and `tokio_taskdump` cfg flags to be set.
+        ///
+        /// You can do this by setting the `RUSTFLAGS` environment variable
+        /// before invoking `cargo`; e.g.:
+        /// ```bash
+        /// RUSTFLAGS="--cfg tokio_unstable --cfg tokio_taskdump" cargo run --example dump
+        /// ```
+        ///
+        /// Or by [configuring][cargo-config] `rustflags` in
+        /// `.cargo/config.toml`:
+        /// ```text
+        /// [build]
+        /// rustflags = ["--cfg tokio_unstable", "--cfg tokio_taskdump"]
+        /// ```
+        ///
+        /// [cargo-config]:
+        ///     https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html
+        ///
         /// ## Platform Requirements
         ///
-        /// Task dumps are supported on Linux atop x86 and x86_64.
+        /// Task dumps are supported on Linux atop aarch64, x86 and x86_64.
         ///
         /// ## Current Thread Runtime Requirements
         ///
@@ -431,6 +469,14 @@ cfg_taskdump! {
         ///
         /// # Limitations
         ///
+        /// ## Performance
+        ///
+        /// Although enabling the `tokio_taskdump` feature imposes virtually no
+        /// additional runtime overhead, actually calling `Handle::dump` is
+        /// expensive. The runtime must synchronize and pause its workers, then
+        /// re-poll every task in a special tracing mode. Avoid requesting dumps
+        /// often.
+        ///
         /// ## Local Executors
         ///
         /// Tasks managed by local executors (e.g., `FuturesUnordered` and