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authorMandeep Singh Baines <msb@google.com>2009-01-15 20:08:40 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-01-16 14:06:04 +0100
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softlockup: decouple hung tasks check from softlockup detection
Decoupling allows: * hung tasks check to happen at very low priority * hung tasks check and softlockup to be enabled/disabled independently at compile and/or run-time * individual panic settings to be enabled disabled independently at compile and/or run-time * softlockup threshold to be reduced without increasing hung tasks poll frequency (hung task check is expensive relative to softlock watchdog) * hung task check to be zero over-head when disabled at run-time Signed-off-by: Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@google.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
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--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -186,6 +186,44 @@ config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE
default 0 if !BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
default 1 if BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
+config DETECT_HUNG_TASK
+ bool "Detect Hung Tasks"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ default y
+ help
+ Say Y here to enable the kernel to detect "hung tasks",
+ which are bugs that cause the task to be stuck in
+ uninterruptible "D" state indefinitiley.
+
+ When a hung task is detected, the kernel will print the
+ current stack trace (which you should report), but the
+ task will stay in uninterruptible state. If lockdep is
+ enabled then all held locks will also be reported. This
+ feature has negligible overhead.
+
+config BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC
+ bool "Panic (Reboot) On Hung Tasks"
+ depends on DETECT_HUNG_TASK
+ help
+ Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic on "hung tasks",
+ which are bugs that cause the kernel to leave a task stuck
+ in uninterruptible "D" state.
+
+ The panic can be used in combination with panic_timeout,
+ to cause the system to reboot automatically after a
+ hung task has been detected. This feature is useful for
+ high-availability systems that have uptime guarantees and
+ where a hung tasks must be resolved ASAP.
+
+ Say N if unsure.
+
+config BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC_VALUE
+ int
+ depends on DETECT_HUNG_TASK
+ range 0 1
+ default 0 if !BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC
+ default 1 if BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC
+
config SCHED_DEBUG
bool "Collect scheduler debugging info"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS