From 84e478c6f1eb9c4bfa1fff2f8108e9a061b46428 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Don Zickus Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 21:47:05 -0500 Subject: nmi_watchdog: Config option to enable new nmi_watchdog These are the bits that enable the new nmi_watchdog and safely isolate the old nmi_watchdog. Only one or the other can run, not both at the same time. Signed-off-by: Don Zickus Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Andrew Morton Cc: gorcunov@gmail.com Cc: aris@redhat.com Cc: peterz@infradead.org LKML-Reference: <1265424425-31562-4-git-send-email-dzickus@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- lib/Kconfig.debug | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'lib') diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 25c3ed594c54..f80b67e72aa0 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -170,6 +170,19 @@ config DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP can be detected via the NMI-watchdog, on platforms that support it.) +config NMI_WATCHDOG + bool "Detect Hard Lockups with an NMI Watchdog" + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PERF_EVENTS + default y + help + Say Y here to enable the kernel to use the NMI as a watchdog + to detect hard lockups. This is useful when a cpu hangs for no + reason but can still respond to NMIs. A backtrace is displayed + for reviewing and reporting. + + The overhead should be minimal, just an extra NMI every few + seconds. + config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC bool "Panic (Reboot) On Soft Lockups" depends on DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP -- cgit v1.2.2