kernel/watchdog.c: add sysctl knob hardlockup_panic

The only way to enable a hardlockup to panic the machine is to set
'nmi_watchdog=panic' on the kernel command line.

This makes it awkward for end users and folks who want to run automate
tests (like myself).

Mimic the softlockup_panic knob and create a /proc/sys/kernel/hardlockup_panic
knob.

Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Cc: Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/lockup-watchdogs.txt b/Documentation/lockup-watchdogs.txt
index 22dd6af2e4bd..4a6e33e1af61 100644
--- a/Documentation/lockup-watchdogs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/lockup-watchdogs.txt
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ kernel mode for more than 10 seconds (see "Implementation" below for
 details), without letting other interrupts have a chance to run.
 Similarly to the softlockup case, the current stack trace is displayed
 upon detection and the system will stay locked up unless the default
-behavior is changed, which can be done through a compile time knob,
-"BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC", and a kernel parameter, "nmi_watchdog"
+behavior is changed, which can be done through a sysctl,
+'hardlockup_panic', a compile time knob, "BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC",
+and a kernel parameter, "nmi_watchdog"
 (see "Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt" for details).
 
 The panic option can be used in combination with panic_timeout (this