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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] [watchdog] combine nmi_watchdog and softlockup
On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:25:10 -0400 Don Zickus wrote:

> arch/x86/kernel/apic/hw_nmi.c | 2 +-
> include/linux/sched.h | 6 +
> init/Kconfig | 1 +
> kernel/Makefile | 4 +-
> kernel/sysctl.c | 9 +
> kernel/watchdog.c | 570 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> lib/Kconfig.debug | 21 +-
> 7 files changed, 605 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 kernel/watchdog.c

Updates to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt ??


> +static int __init no_watchdog_setup(char *str)
> +{
> + no_watchdog = 1;
> + return 1;
> +}
> +__setup("no_watchdog", no_watchdog_setup);

New, please document.

> +/* deprecated */
> +static int __init nosoftlockup_setup(char *str)
> +{
> + no_watchdog = 1;
> + return 1;
> +}

That's not marked as deprecated anywhere?

> +__setup("nosoftlockup", nosoftlockup_setup);
> +static int __init nonmi_watchdog_setup(char *str)
> +{
> + no_watchdog = 1;
> + return 1;
> +}
> +__setup("nonmi_watchdog", nonmi_watchdog_setup);

New, please document.


> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> index e2e73cc..280794a 100644
> --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
> +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -171,15 +171,24 @@ config DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
> support it.)
>
> config NMI_WATCHDOG
> - bool "Detect Hard Lockups with an NMI Watchdog"
> - depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PERF_EVENTS && PERF_EVENTS_NMI
> + bool "Detect Hard and Soft Lockups"
> + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
> + default DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
> 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

preferably: CPU

> - reason but can still respond to NMIs. A backtrace is displayed
> - for reviewing and reporting.
> + to detect 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
> + 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

ditto

> + for more than 60 seconds, without letting other interrupts a

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, just an extra NMI every few
> + The overhead should me minimal, just an extra NMI every few

be

> seconds.
>
> config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC


---
~Randy


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