1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index ecb87544cc5d..2aa3d4b000e6 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -394,6 +394,15 @@ extern int panic_on_oops;
 extern int panic_on_unrecovered_nmi;
 extern int panic_on_io_nmi;
 extern int sysctl_panic_on_stackoverflow;
+/*
+ * Only to be used by arch init code. If the user over-wrote the default
+ * CONFIG_PANIC_TIMEOUT, honor it.
+ */
+static inline void set_arch_panic_timeout(int timeout, int arch_default_timeout)
+{
+        if (panic_timeout == arch_default_timeout)
+                panic_timeout = timeout;
+}
 extern const char *print_tainted(void);
 enum lockdep_ok {
         LOCKDEP_STILL_OK,