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authorFernando Luis Vázquez Cao <fernando@oss.ntt.co.jp>2012-02-09 17:42:21 -0500
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2012-02-11 09:11:30 -0500
commit5f329089431aac08bf759fa2bcb34077a6aa1f4e (patch)
tree400dd32e7651ca8fd34d52c63bf497aabb62d6b1 /lib/Kconfig.debug
parent9919cba7ff71147803c988521cc1ceb80e7f0f6d (diff)
watchdog: Update Kconfig entries
The soft and hard lockup thresholds have changed so the corresponding Kconfig entries need to be updated accordingly. Add a reference to watchdog_thresh while at it. Signed-off-by: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando@oss.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1328827342-6253-2-git-send-email-dzickus@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 8745ac7d1f75..9739c0b45e93 100644
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@@ -166,18 +166,21 @@ config LOCKUP_DETECTOR
166 hard and soft lockups. 166 hard and soft lockups.
167 167
168 Softlockups are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel 168 Softlockups are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel
169 mode for more than 60 seconds, without giving other tasks a 169 mode for more than 20 seconds, without giving other tasks a
170 chance to run. The current stack trace is displayed upon 170 chance to run. The current stack trace is displayed upon
171 detection and the system will stay locked up. 171 detection and the system will stay locked up.
172 172
173 Hardlockups are bugs that cause the CPU to loop in kernel mode 173 Hardlockups are bugs that cause the CPU to loop in kernel mode
174 for more than 60 seconds, without letting other interrupts have a 174 for more than 10 seconds, without letting other interrupts have a
175 chance to run. The current stack trace is displayed upon detection 175 chance to run. The current stack trace is displayed upon detection
176 and the system will stay locked up. 176 and the system will stay locked up.
177 177
178 The overhead should be minimal. A periodic hrtimer runs to 178 The overhead should be minimal. A periodic hrtimer runs to
179 generate interrupts and kick the watchdog task every 10-12 seconds. 179 generate interrupts and kick the watchdog task every 4 seconds.
180 An NMI is generated every 60 seconds or so to check for hardlockups. 180 An NMI is generated every 10 seconds or so to check for hardlockups.
181
182 The frequency of hrtimer and NMI events and the soft and hard lockup
183 thresholds can be controlled through the sysctl watchdog_thresh.
181 184
182config HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR 185config HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR
183 def_bool LOCKUP_DETECTOR && PERF_EVENTS && HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI && \ 186 def_bool LOCKUP_DETECTOR && PERF_EVENTS && HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI && \
@@ -189,7 +192,8 @@ config BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC
189 help 192 help
190 Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic on "hard lockups", 193 Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic on "hard lockups",
191 which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel 194 which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel
192 mode with interrupts disabled for more than 60 seconds. 195 mode with interrupts disabled for more than 10 seconds (configurable
196 using the watchdog_thresh sysctl).
193 197
194 Say N if unsure. 198 Say N if unsure.
195 199
@@ -206,8 +210,8 @@ config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
206 help 210 help
207 Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic on "soft lockups", 211 Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic on "soft lockups",
208 which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel 212 which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel
209 mode for more than 60 seconds, without giving other tasks a 213 mode for more than 20 seconds (configurable using the watchdog_thresh
210 chance to run. 214 sysctl), without giving other tasks a chance to run.
211 215
212 The panic can be used in combination with panic_timeout, 216 The panic can be used in combination with panic_timeout,
213 to cause the system to reboot automatically after a 217 to cause the system to reboot automatically after a