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-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt8
-rw-r--r--include/linux/sched.h1
-rw-r--r--kernel/softlockup.c7
-rw-r--r--kernel/sysctl.c33
4 files changed, 40 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 111fd28727e..8984a539627 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -320,6 +320,14 @@ kernel. This value defaults to SHMMAX.
==============================================================
+softlockup_thresh:
+
+This value can be used to lower the softlockup tolerance
+threshold. The default threshold is 10s. If a cpu is locked up
+for 10s, the kernel complains. Valid values are 1-60s.
+
+==============================================================
+
tainted:
Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted. Numeric values, which
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 59738efff8a..e643357eda0 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ 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 int softlockup_thresh;
#else
static inline void softlockup_tick(void)
{
diff --git a/kernel/softlockup.c b/kernel/softlockup.c
index 72c2561ff5f..edeeef3a6a3 100644
--- a/kernel/softlockup.c
+++ b/kernel/softlockup.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, print_timestamp);
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, watchdog_task);
static int did_panic;
+int softlockup_thresh = 10;
static int
softlock_panic(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, void *ptr)
@@ -104,13 +105,15 @@ void softlockup_tick(void)
wake_up_process(per_cpu(watchdog_task, this_cpu));
/* Warn about unreasonable 10+ seconds delays: */
- if (now <= (touch_timestamp + 10))
+ if (now <= (touch_timestamp + softlockup_thresh))
return;
per_cpu(print_timestamp, this_cpu) = touch_timestamp;
spin_lock(&print_lock);
- printk(KERN_ERR "BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#%d!\n", this_cpu);
+ printk(KERN_ERR "BUG: soft lockup - CPU#%d stuck for %lus! [%s:%d]\n",
+ this_cpu, now - touch_timestamp,
+ current->comm, current->pid);
if (regs)
show_regs(regs);
else
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 5e63de0f9ee..dde3d53e8ad 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -80,6 +80,19 @@ extern int maps_protect;
extern int sysctl_stat_interval;
extern int audit_argv_kb;
+/* Constants used for minimum and maximum */
+#ifdef CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
+static int one = 1;
+static int sixty = 60;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+static int two = 2;
+#endif
+
+static int zero;
+static int one_hundred = 100;
+
/* this is needed for the proc_dointvec_minmax for [fs_]overflow UID and GID */
static int maxolduid = 65535;
static int minolduid;
@@ -711,6 +724,19 @@ static ctl_table kern_table[] = {
.proc_handler = &proc_dointvec,
},
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
+ {
+ .ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED,
+ .procname = "softlockup_thresh",
+ .data = &softlockup_thresh,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(int),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = &proc_dointvec_minmax,
+ .strategy = &sysctl_intvec,
+ .extra1 = &one,
+ .extra2 = &sixty,
+ },
+#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
{
.ctl_name = KERN_COMPAT_LOG,
@@ -757,13 +783,6 @@ static ctl_table kern_table[] = {
{ .ctl_name = 0 }
};
-/* Constants for minimum and maximum testing in vm_table.
- We use these as one-element integer vectors. */
-static int zero;
-static int two = 2;
-static int one_hundred = 100;
-
-
static ctl_table vm_table[] = {
{
.ctl_name = VM_OVERCOMMIT_MEMORY,