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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/sched.h | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/softlockup.c | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/sysctl.c | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.debug | 26 |
5 files changed, 62 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index e07c432c731f..042588fa12e5 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1971,6 +1971,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file snd-ymfpci= [HW,ALSA] + softlockup_panic= + [KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics. + sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver See Documentation/sonypi.txt diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index 5395a6176f4b..71f5972dc48e 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -294,7 +294,8 @@ extern void softlockup_tick(void); extern void spawn_softlockup_task(void); extern void touch_softlockup_watchdog(void); extern void touch_all_softlockup_watchdogs(void); -extern unsigned long softlockup_thresh; +extern unsigned int softlockup_panic; +extern unsigned long softlockup_thresh; extern unsigned long sysctl_hung_task_check_count; extern unsigned long sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs; extern unsigned long sysctl_hung_task_warnings; diff --git a/kernel/softlockup.c b/kernel/softlockup.c index 01b6522fd92b..78e0ad21cb0c 100644 --- a/kernel/softlockup.c +++ b/kernel/softlockup.c @@ -27,6 +27,21 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, watchdog_task); static int __read_mostly did_panic; unsigned long __read_mostly softlockup_thresh = 60; +/* + * Should we panic (and reboot, if panic_timeout= is set) when a + * soft-lockup occurs: + */ +unsigned int __read_mostly softlockup_panic = + CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE; + +static int __init softlockup_panic_setup(char *str) +{ + softlockup_panic = simple_strtoul(str, NULL, 0); + + return 1; +} +__setup("softlockup_panic=", softlockup_panic_setup); + static int softlock_panic(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, void *ptr) { @@ -120,6 +135,9 @@ void softlockup_tick(void) else dump_stack(); spin_unlock(&print_lock); + + if (softlockup_panic) + panic("softlockup: hung tasks"); } /* @@ -172,6 +190,9 @@ static void check_hung_task(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long now) t->last_switch_timestamp = now; touch_nmi_watchdog(); + + if (softlockup_panic) + panic("softlockup: blocked tasks"); } /* diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c index 29116652dca8..2d3b388c402d 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -729,6 +729,17 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = { #ifdef CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP { .ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED, + .procname = "softlockup_panic", + .data = &softlockup_panic, + .maxlen = sizeof(int), + .mode = 0644, + .proc_handler = &proc_doulongvec_minmax, + .strategy = &sysctl_intvec, + .extra1 = &zero, + .extra2 = &one, + }, + { + .ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED, .procname = "softlockup_thresh", .data = &softlockup_thresh, .maxlen = sizeof(unsigned long), diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index d2099f41aa1e..509ae35a9ef5 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ 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 @@ -159,6 +159,30 @@ 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 |