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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-08-06 09:30:52 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-08-06 09:30:52 -0700 |
commit | 4aed2fd8e3181fea7c09ba79cf64e7e3f4413bf9 (patch) | |
tree | 1f69733e5daab4915a76a41de0e4d1dc61e12cfb /lib | |
parent | 3a3527b6461b1298cc53ce72f336346739297ac8 (diff) | |
parent | fc9ea5a1e53ee54f681e226d735008e2a6f8f470 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (162 commits)
tracing/kprobes: unregister_trace_probe needs to be called under mutex
perf: expose event__process function
perf events: Fix mmap offset determination
perf, powerpc: fsl_emb: Restore setting perf_sample_data.period
perf, powerpc: Convert the FSL driver to use local64_t
perf tools: Don't keep unreferenced maps when unmaps are detected
perf session: Invalidate last_match when removing threads from rb_tree
perf session: Free the ref_reloc_sym memory at the right place
x86,mmiotrace: Add support for tracing STOS instruction
perf, sched migration: Librarize task states and event headers helpers
perf, sched migration: Librarize the GUI class
perf, sched migration: Make the GUI class client agnostic
perf, sched migration: Make it vertically scrollable
perf, sched migration: Parameterize cpu height and spacing
perf, sched migration: Fix key bindings
perf, sched migration: Ignore unhandled task states
perf, sched migration: Handle ignored migrate out events
perf: New migration tool overview
tracing: Drop cpparg() macro
perf: Use tracepoint_synchronize_unregister() to flush any pending tracepoint call
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Fix up trivial conflicts in Makefile and drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.debug | 35 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index e80d6bf1c43d..ff87ddc4cbd5 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -152,28 +152,33 @@ config DEBUG_SHIRQ Drivers ought to be able to handle interrupts coming in at those points; some don't and need to be caught. -config DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP - bool "Detect Soft Lockups" +config LOCKUP_DETECTOR + bool "Detect Hard and Soft Lockups" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !S390 - default y help - Say Y here to enable the kernel to detect "soft lockups", - which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel + Say Y here to enable the kernel to act as a watchdog to detect + hard and soft lockups. + + Softlockups are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel mode for more than 60 seconds, without giving other tasks a - chance to run. + chance to run. The current stack trace is displayed upon + detection and the system will stay locked up. - When a soft-lockup is detected, the kernel will print the - current stack trace (which you should report), but the - system will stay locked up. This feature has negligible - overhead. + Hardlockups are bugs that cause the CPU to loop in kernel mode + for more than 60 seconds, without letting other interrupts have a + chance to run. The current stack trace is displayed upon detection + and the system will stay locked up. + + The overhead should be minimal. A periodic hrtimer runs to + generate interrupts and kick the watchdog task every 10-12 seconds. + An NMI is generated every 60 seconds or so to check for hardlockups. - (Note that "hard lockups" are separate type of bugs that - can be detected via the NMI-watchdog, on platforms that - support it.) +config HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR + def_bool LOCKUP_DETECTOR && PERF_EVENTS && HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC bool "Panic (Reboot) On Soft Lockups" - depends on DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP + depends on LOCKUP_DETECTOR help Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic on "soft lockups", which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel @@ -190,7 +195,7 @@ config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE int - depends on DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP + depends on LOCKUP_DETECTOR range 0 1 default 0 if !BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC default 1 if BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC |