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| author | Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao <fernando@oss.ntt.co.jp> | 2012-02-09 23:42:21 +0100 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2012-02-11 15:11:30 +0100 |
| commit | 5f329089431aac08bf759fa2bcb34077a6aa1f4e (patch) | |
| tree | 400dd32e7651ca8fd34d52c63bf497aabb62d6b1 /lib/Kconfig.debug | |
| parent | watchdog: Update documentation (diff) | |
| download | linux-5f329089431aac08bf759fa2bcb34077a6aa1f4e.tar.xz linux-5f329089431aac08bf759fa2bcb34077a6aa1f4e.zip | |
watchdog: Update Kconfig entries
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>
Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1328827342-6253-2-git-send-email-dzickus@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/Kconfig.debug')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.debug | 18 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 8745ac7d1f75..9739c0b45e93 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -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 |