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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/sched.h3
-rw-r--r--kernel/softlockup.c48
-rw-r--r--kernel/sysctl.c20
-rw-r--r--kernel/time/tick-sched.c4
-rw-r--r--lib/Kconfig.debug26
6 files changed, 89 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index e07c432c731f..042588fa12e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -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
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index c5d3f847ca8d..69760a379b6d 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -294,10 +294,11 @@ 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 sysctl_hung_task_check_count;
extern unsigned long sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs;
extern unsigned long sysctl_hung_task_warnings;
+extern int softlockup_thresh;
#else
static inline void softlockup_tick(void)
{
diff --git a/kernel/softlockup.c b/kernel/softlockup.c
index 01b6522fd92b..6b682d86bddf 100644
--- a/kernel/softlockup.c
+++ b/kernel/softlockup.c
@@ -25,7 +25,22 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, print_timestamp);
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, watchdog_task);
static int __read_mostly did_panic;
-unsigned long __read_mostly softlockup_thresh = 60;
+int __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)
@@ -49,12 +64,17 @@ static unsigned long get_timestamp(int this_cpu)
return cpu_clock(this_cpu) >> 30LL; /* 2^30 ~= 10^9 */
}
-void touch_softlockup_watchdog(void)
+static void __touch_softlockup_watchdog(void)
{
int this_cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
__raw_get_cpu_var(touch_timestamp) = get_timestamp(this_cpu);
}
+
+void touch_softlockup_watchdog(void)
+{
+ __raw_get_cpu_var(touch_timestamp) = 0;
+}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(touch_softlockup_watchdog);
void touch_all_softlockup_watchdogs(void)
@@ -79,8 +99,16 @@ void softlockup_tick(void)
struct pt_regs *regs = get_irq_regs();
unsigned long now;
+ /* Is detection switched off? */
+ if (!per_cpu(watchdog_task, this_cpu) || softlockup_thresh <= 0) {
+ /* Be sure we don't false trigger if switched back on */
+ if (touch_timestamp)
+ per_cpu(touch_timestamp, this_cpu) = 0;
+ return;
+ }
+
if (touch_timestamp == 0) {
- touch_softlockup_watchdog();
+ __touch_softlockup_watchdog();
return;
}
@@ -89,13 +117,13 @@ void softlockup_tick(void)
/* report at most once a second */
if ((print_timestamp >= touch_timestamp &&
print_timestamp < (touch_timestamp + 1)) ||
- did_panic || !per_cpu(watchdog_task, this_cpu)) {
+ did_panic) {
return;
}
/* do not print during early bootup: */
if (unlikely(system_state != SYSTEM_RUNNING)) {
- touch_softlockup_watchdog();
+ __touch_softlockup_watchdog();
return;
}
@@ -120,6 +148,9 @@ void softlockup_tick(void)
else
dump_stack();
spin_unlock(&print_lock);
+
+ if (softlockup_panic)
+ panic("softlockup: hung tasks");
}
/*
@@ -172,6 +203,9 @@ 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");
}
/*
@@ -214,7 +248,7 @@ static int watchdog(void *__bind_cpu)
sched_setscheduler(current, SCHED_FIFO, &param);
/* initialize timestamp */
- touch_softlockup_watchdog();
+ __touch_softlockup_watchdog();
set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
/*
@@ -223,7 +257,7 @@ static int watchdog(void *__bind_cpu)
* debug-printout triggers in softlockup_tick().
*/
while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
- touch_softlockup_watchdog();
+ __touch_softlockup_watchdog();
schedule();
if (kthread_should_stop())
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 29116652dca8..a829dc8d7a9e 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -84,12 +84,13 @@ extern int latencytop_enabled;
extern int sysctl_nr_open_min, sysctl_nr_open_max;
/* Constants used for minimum and maximum */
-#if defined(CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP) || defined(CONFIG_HIGHMEM)
+#if defined(CONFIG_HIGHMEM) || defined(CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP)
static int one = 1;
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
static int sixty = 60;
+static int neg_one = -1;
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
@@ -729,13 +730,24 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
#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",
.data = &softlockup_thresh,
- .maxlen = sizeof(unsigned long),
+ .maxlen = sizeof(int),
.mode = 0644,
- .proc_handler = &proc_doulongvec_minmax,
+ .proc_handler = &proc_dointvec_minmax,
.strategy = &sysctl_intvec,
- .extra1 = &one,
+ .extra1 = &neg_one,
.extra2 = &sixty,
},
{
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index b854a895591e..28abad66fc8e 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -133,8 +133,6 @@ void tick_nohz_update_jiffies(void)
if (!ts->tick_stopped)
return;
- touch_softlockup_watchdog();
-
cpu_clear(cpu, nohz_cpu_mask);
now = ktime_get();
ts->idle_waketime = now;
@@ -142,6 +140,8 @@ void tick_nohz_update_jiffies(void)
local_irq_save(flags);
tick_do_update_jiffies64(now);
local_irq_restore(flags);
+
+ touch_softlockup_watchdog();
}
void tick_nohz_stop_idle(int cpu)
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index d2099f41aa1e..509ae35a9ef5 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -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