Merge branch 'core/softlockup-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'core/softlockup-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  softlockup: fix invalid proc_handler for softlockup_panic
  softlockup: fix watchdog task wakeup frequency
  softlockup: fix watchdog task wakeup frequency
  softlockup: show irqtrace
  softlockup: print a module list on being stuck
  softlockup: fix NMI hangs due to lock race - 2.6.26-rc regression
  softlockup: fix false positives on nohz if CPU is 100% idle for more than 60 seconds
  softlockup: fix softlockup_thresh fix
  softlockup: fix softlockup_thresh unaligned access and disable detection at runtime
  softlockup: allow panic on lockup

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index ba106db5a65b..882c51048993 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ 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
@@ -162,6 +162,30 @@ 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