From 270750dbc18a71b23d660df110e433ff9616a2d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Tomlin Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 17:34:13 +0000 Subject: hung_task: Display every hung task warning When khungtaskd detects hung tasks, it prints out backtraces from a number of those tasks. Limiting the number of backtraces being printed out can result in the user not seeing the information necessary to debug the issue. The hung_task_warnings sysctl controls this feature. This patch makes it possible for hung_task_warnings to accept a special value to print an unlimited number of backtraces when khungtaskd detects hung tasks. The special value is -1. To use this value it is necessary to change types from ulong to int. Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel Acked-by: David Rientjes Cc: oleg@redhat.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1390239253-24030-3-git-send-email-atomlin@redhat.com [ Build warning fix. ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl') diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 6d486404200e..4205f3c05cbe 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - domainname - hostname - hotplug +- hung_task_panic +- hung_task_check_count +- hung_task_timeout_secs +- hung_task_warnings - kptr_restrict - kstack_depth_to_print [ X86 only ] - l2cr [ PPC only ] @@ -287,6 +291,44 @@ Default value is "/sbin/hotplug". ============================================================== +hung_task_panic: + +Controls the kernel's behavior when a hung task is detected. +This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled. + +0: continue operation. This is the default behavior. + +1: panic immediately. + +============================================================== + +hung_task_check_count: + +The upper bound on the number of tasks that are checked. +This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled. + +============================================================== + +hung_task_timeout_secs: + +Check interval. When a task in D state did not get scheduled +for more than this value report a warning. +This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled. + +0: means infinite timeout - no checking done. + +============================================================== + +hung_task_warning: + +The maximum number of warnings to report. During a check interval +When this value is reached, no more the warnings will be reported. +This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled. + +-1: report an infinite number of warnings. + +============================================================== + kptr_restrict: This toggle indicates whether restrictions are placed on -- cgit v1.2.3