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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index c831001c45f1..e5d528e0c46e 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -923,6 +923,27 @@ and nmi_watchdog. ============================================================== +watchdog_cpumask: + +This value can be used to control on which cpus the watchdog may run. +The default cpumask is all possible cores, but if NO_HZ_FULL is +enabled in the kernel config, and cores are specified with the +nohz_full= boot argument, those cores are excluded by default. +Offline cores can be included in this mask, and if the core is later +brought online, the watchdog will be started based on the mask value. + +Typically this value would only be touched in the nohz_full case +to re-enable cores that by default were not running the watchdog, +if a kernel lockup was suspected on those cores. + +The argument value is the standard cpulist format for cpumasks, +so for example to enable the watchdog on cores 0, 2, 3, and 4 you +might say: + + echo 0,2-4 > /proc/sys/kernel/watchdog_cpumask + +============================================================== + watchdog_thresh: This value can be used to control the frequency of hrtimer and NMI |