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Subject[PATCH 1/2] watchdog, nmi: Allow hardlockup to panic by default
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Add a Kconfig option to allow users to set the hardlockup to panic
by default. Also add in a 'nmi_watchdog=nopanic' to override this.

Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>

---
Forgot to cc lkml, sorry for the spam

---
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++--
kernel/watchdog.c | 5 ++++-
lib/Kconfig.debug | 17 +++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 89835a4..ae0b499 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1577,11 +1577,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]

nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
- Format: [panic,][num]
+ Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
Valid num: 0
0 - turn nmi_watchdog off
When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
- timeout occurs.
+ timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to override the opposite
+ default).
This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
need the box quickly up again.

diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 18bb157..f7c0272 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -48,12 +48,15 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct perf_event *, watchdog_ev);
* Should we panic when a soft-lockup or hard-lockup occurs:
*/
#ifdef CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR
-static int hardlockup_panic;
+static int hardlockup_panic =
+ CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE;

static int __init hardlockup_panic_setup(char *str)
{
if (!strncmp(str, "panic", 5))
hardlockup_panic = 1;
+ else if (!strncmp(str, "nopanic", 5))
+ hardlockup_panic = 0;
else if (!strncmp(str, "0", 1))
watchdog_enabled = 0;
return 1;
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 2b97418..80bd292 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -176,6 +176,23 @@ config HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR
def_bool LOCKUP_DETECTOR && PERF_EVENTS && HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI && \
!ARCH_HAS_NMI_WATCHDOG

+config BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC
+ bool "Panic (Reboot) On Soft Lockups"
+ depends on LOCKUP_DETECTOR
+ 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.
+
+ Say N if unsure.
+
+config BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE
+ int
+ depends on LOCKUP_DETECTOR
+ range 0 1
+ default 0 if !BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC
+ default 1 if BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC
+
config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
bool "Panic (Reboot) On Soft Lockups"
depends on LOCKUP_DETECTOR
--
1.7.3.5


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