From: "Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao" <fernando@oss.ntt.co.jp>
To: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] watchdog: update Kconfig entries
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:42:13 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F332475.10603@oss.ntt.co.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F331AE7.40708@oss.ntt.co.jp>
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Hi Don,
Could you pick up the attached patch too?
Thanks,
Fernando
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Subject: [PATCH] watchdog: update Kconfig entries
From: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando@oss.ntt.co.jp>
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>
---
diff -urNp linux-3.2.5-orig/lib/Kconfig.debug linux-3.2.5/lib/Kconfig.debug
--- linux-3.2.5-orig/lib/Kconfig.debug 2012-01-05 08:55:44.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-3.2.5/lib/Kconfig.debug 2012-02-09 10:30:06.781625497 +0900
@@ -166,18 +166,21 @@ config LOCKUP_DETECTOR
hard and soft lockups.
Softlockups are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel
- mode for more than 60 seconds, without giving other tasks a
+ mode for more than 20 seconds, without giving other tasks a
chance to run. The current stack trace is displayed upon
detection and the system will stay locked up.
Hardlockups are bugs that cause the CPU to loop in kernel mode
- for more than 60 seconds, without letting other interrupts have a
+ for more than 10 seconds, without letting other interrupts have a
chance to run. The current stack trace is displayed upon detection
and the system will stay locked up.
The overhead should be minimal. A periodic hrtimer runs to
- generate interrupts and kick the watchdog task every 10-12 seconds.
- An NMI is generated every 60 seconds or so to check for hardlockups.
+ generate interrupts and kick the watchdog task every 4 seconds.
+ An NMI is generated every 10 seconds or so to check for hardlockups.
+
+ The frequency of hrtimer and NMI events and the soft and hard lockup
+ thresholds can be controlled through the sysctl watchdog_thresh.
config HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR
def_bool LOCKUP_DETECTOR && PERF_EVENTS && HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI && \
@@ -189,7 +192,8 @@ config BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC
help
Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic on "hard lockups",
which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel
- mode with interrupts disabled for more than 60 seconds.
+ mode with interrupts disabled for more than 10 seconds (configurable
+ using the watchdog_thresh sysctl).
Say N if unsure.
@@ -206,8 +210,8 @@ config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
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.
+ mode for more than 20 seconds (configurable using the watchdog_thresh
+ sysctl), 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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-09 1:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-08 9:06 [PATCH] watchdog: update documentation Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
2012-02-08 18:34 ` Randy Dunlap
2012-02-08 18:43 ` Don Zickus
2012-02-09 1:01 ` Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
2012-02-09 1:42 ` Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao [this message]
2012-02-09 3:04 ` [PATCH] watchdog: fix code/comments mismatches Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
2012-02-09 7:43 ` [PATCH] watchdog: update documentation Ingo Molnar
2012-02-09 14:53 ` Don Zickus
2012-02-09 15:58 ` Randy Dunlap
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