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softlockup: allow panic on lockup 

allow users to configure the softlockup detector to generate a panic
instead of a warning message.

high-availability systems might opt for this strict method (combined
with panic_timeout= boot option/sysctl), instead of generating
softlockup warnings ad infinitum.

also, automated tests work better if the system reboots reliably (into
a safe kernel) in case of a lockup.

The full spectrum of configurability is supported: boot option, sysctl
option and Kconfig option.

it's default-disabled.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
This commit is contained in:
Ingo Molnar 2008-05-12 21:21:04 +02:00 committed by Thomas Gleixner
parent 75d3bce2fc
commit 9c44bc03ff
5 changed files with 62 additions and 2 deletions
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3
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
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@ -1971,6 +1971,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
snd-ymfpci= [HW,ALSA]
softlockup_panic=
[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
See Documentation/sonypi.txt

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include/linux/sched.h
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@ -294,7 +294,8 @@ extern void softlockup_tick(void);
extern void spawn_softlockup_task(void);
extern void touch_softlockup_watchdog(void);
extern void touch_all_softlockup_watchdogs(void);
extern unsigned long softlockup_thresh;
extern unsigned int softlockup_panic;
extern unsigned long softlockup_thresh;
extern unsigned long sysctl_hung_task_check_count;
extern unsigned long sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs;
extern unsigned long sysctl_hung_task_warnings;

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kernel/softlockup.c
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@ -27,6 +27,21 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, watchdog_task);
static int __read_mostly did_panic;
unsigned long __read_mostly softlockup_thresh = 60;
/*
* Should we panic (and reboot, if panic_timeout= is set) when a
* soft-lockup occurs:
*/
unsigned int __read_mostly softlockup_panic =
CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE;
static int __init softlockup_panic_setup(char *str)
{
softlockup_panic = simple_strtoul(str, NULL, 0);
return 1;
}
__setup("softlockup_panic=", softlockup_panic_setup);
static int
softlock_panic(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, void *ptr)
{
@ -120,6 +135,9 @@ void softlockup_tick(void)
else
dump_stack();
spin_unlock(&print_lock);
if (softlockup_panic)
panic("softlockup: hung tasks");
}
/*
@ -172,6 +190,9 @@ static void check_hung_task(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long now)
t->last_switch_timestamp = now;
touch_nmi_watchdog();
if (softlockup_panic)
panic("softlockup: blocked tasks");
}
/*

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kernel/sysctl.c
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@ -727,6 +727,17 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
},
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
{
.ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED,
.procname = "softlockup_panic",
.data = &softlockup_panic,
.maxlen = sizeof(int),
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = &proc_doulongvec_minmax,
.strategy = &sysctl_intvec,
.extra1 = &zero,
.extra2 = &one,
},
{
.ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED,
.procname = "softlockup_thresh",

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lib/Kconfig.debug
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@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ config DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
help
Say Y here to enable the kernel to detect "soft lockups",
which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel
mode for more than 10 seconds, without giving other tasks a
mode for more than 60 seconds, without giving other tasks a
chance to run.
When a soft-lockup is detected, the kernel will print the
@ -159,6 +159,30 @@ config DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
can be detected via the NMI-watchdog, on platforms that
support it.)
config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
bool "Panic (Reboot) On Soft Lockups"
depends on DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
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.
The panic can be used in combination with panic_timeout,
to cause the system to reboot automatically after a
lockup has been detected. This feature is useful for
high-availability systems that have uptime guarantees and
where a lockup must be resolved ASAP.
Say N if unsure.
config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE
int
depends on DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
range 0 1
default 0 if !BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
default 1 if BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
config SCHED_DEBUG
bool "Collect scheduler debugging info"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS