softlockup: allow panic on lockup

allow users to configure the softlockup detector to generate a panic
instead of a warning message.

high-availability systems might opt for this strict method (combined
with panic_timeout= boot option/sysctl), instead of generating
softlockup warnings ad infinitum.

also, automated tests work better if the system reboots reliably (into
a safe kernel) in case of a lockup.

The full spectrum of configurability is supported: boot option, sysctl
option and Kconfig option.

it's default-disabled.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

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");
 }
 
 /*