[PATCH] x86: Add abilty to enable/disable nmi watchdog with sysctl

Adds a new /proc/sys/kernel/nmi call that will enable/disable the nmi
watchdog.

Signed-off-by:  Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 83f16836162..040de6bd74d 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ extern int compat_log;
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC) && defined(CONFIG_X86)
 int unknown_nmi_panic;
+int nmi_watchdog_enabled;
+extern int proc_nmi_enabled(struct ctl_table *, int , struct file *,
+                        void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
 #endif
 
 /* this is needed for the proc_dointvec_minmax for [fs_]overflow UID and GID */
@@ -628,6 +631,14 @@ static ctl_table kern_table[] = {
                 .mode           = 0644,
                 .proc_handler   = &proc_dointvec,
         },
+        {
+                .ctl_name       = KERN_NMI_WATCHDOG,
+                .procname       = "nmi_watchdog",
+                .data           = &nmi_watchdog_enabled,
+                .maxlen         = sizeof (int),
+                .mode           = 0644,
+                .proc_handler   = &proc_nmi_enabled,
+        },
 #endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_X86)
         {