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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-23 18:34:13 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-23 18:34:13 -0700
commitd7b6de14a0ef8a376f9d57b867545b47302b7bfb (patch)
tree46904d68a5a68f22e6c6baf3472edd4c37a39481 /lib
parent30d38542ec777468bb6a31829076a2dbc5690e35 (diff)
parent4dca10a96041f78bed11ce9e4a5cfde813ec4ccb (diff)
Merge branch 'core/softlockup-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'core/softlockup-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: softlockup: fix invalid proc_handler for softlockup_panic softlockup: fix watchdog task wakeup frequency softlockup: fix watchdog task wakeup frequency softlockup: show irqtrace softlockup: print a module list on being stuck softlockup: fix NMI hangs due to lock race - 2.6.26-rc regression softlockup: fix false positives on nohz if CPU is 100% idle for more than 60 seconds softlockup: fix softlockup_thresh fix softlockup: fix softlockup_thresh unaligned access and disable detection at runtime softlockup: allow panic on lockup
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/Kconfig.debug26
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index ba106db5a65..882c5104899 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ config DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
help
Say Y here to enable the kernel to detect "soft lockups",
which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel
- mode for more than 10 seconds, without giving other tasks a
+ mode for more than 60 seconds, without giving other tasks a
chance to run.
When a soft-lockup is detected, the kernel will print the
@@ -162,6 +162,30 @@ config DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
can be detected via the NMI-watchdog, on platforms that
support it.)
+config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
+ bool "Panic (Reboot) On Soft Lockups"
+ depends on DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
+ help
+ Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic on "soft lockups",
+ which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel
+ mode for more than 60 seconds, without giving other tasks a
+ chance to run.
+
+ The panic can be used in combination with panic_timeout,
+ to cause the system to reboot automatically after a
+ lockup has been detected. This feature is useful for
+ high-availability systems that have uptime guarantees and
+ where a lockup must be resolved ASAP.
+
+ Say N if unsure.
+
+config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE
+ int
+ depends on DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
+ range 0 1
+ default 0 if !BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
+ default 1 if BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
+
config SCHED_DEBUG
bool "Collect scheduler debugging info"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS