Both graphics and serial consoles are exposed to hard lockups
when handling a large amount of messaging. The kernel watchdog_thresh
parameter up to now has not been available to be set on the kernel line for
early boot.
This patch allows the setting of watchdog_thresh to be increased
when needed to extend the hard lockup timer in the console code.
Note that this also affects the soft lockup detector
Signed-off-by: Laurence Oberman <lober...@redhat.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 ++++++++
kernel/watchdog.c | 7 +++++++
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index b90fe3b6bc6c..4263937f4aa9 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4957,6 +4957,14 @@
or other driver-specific files in the
Documentation/watchdog/ directory.
+ watchdog_thresh=
+ [KNL]
+ Set the hard lockup detector stall duration
+ threshold in seconds. The soft lockup detector
+ threshold is set to twice the value. A value of 0
+ disables both lockup detectors. Default is 10
+ seconds.
+
workqueue.watchdog_thresh=
If CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG is configured, workqueue can
warn stall conditions and dump internal state to
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 977918d5d350..8fbfda94a67b 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -199,6 +199,13 @@ static int __init nosoftlockup_setup(char *str)
}
__setup("nosoftlockup", nosoftlockup_setup);
+static int __init watchdog_thresh_setup(char *str)
+{
+ get_option(&str, &watchdog_thresh);
+ return 1;
+}
+__setup("watchdog_thresh=", watchdog_thresh_setup);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
int __read_mostly sysctl_softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace;
--
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