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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt17
-rw-r--r--include/linux/nmi.h1
-rw-r--r--kernel/sysctl.c11
-rw-r--r--kernel/watchdog.c39
5 files changed, 73 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 884904975d0b..c1b9aa8c5a52 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3130,6 +3130,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.
Format: <integer>
+ softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=
+ [KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate
+ backtraces on all cpus.
+ Format: <integer>
+
sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
See Documentation/laptops/sonypi.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 708bb7f1b7e0..c14374e71775 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
- shmall
- shmmax [ sysv ipc ]
- shmmni
+- softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace
- stop-a [ SPARC only ]
- sysrq ==> Documentation/sysrq.txt
- sysctl_writes_strict
@@ -783,6 +784,22 @@ via the /proc/sys interface:
==============================================================
+softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace:
+
+This value controls the soft lockup detector thread's behavior
+when a soft lockup condition is detected as to whether or not
+to gather further debug information. If enabled, each cpu will
+be issued an NMI and instructed to capture stack trace.
+
+This feature is only applicable for architectures which support
+NMI.
+
+0: do nothing. This is the default behavior.
+
+1: on detection capture more debug information.
+
+==============================================================
+
tainted:
Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted. Numeric values, which
diff --git a/include/linux/nmi.h b/include/linux/nmi.h
index a17ab6398d7c..447775ee2c4b 100644
--- a/include/linux/nmi.h
+++ b/include/linux/nmi.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ int hw_nmi_is_cpu_stuck(struct pt_regs *);
u64 hw_nmi_get_sample_period(int watchdog_thresh);
extern int watchdog_user_enabled;
extern int watchdog_thresh;
+extern int sysctl_softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace;
struct ctl_table;
extern int proc_dowatchdog(struct ctl_table *, int ,
void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 075d1903138f..75b22e22a72c 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -860,6 +860,17 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
.extra1 = &zero,
.extra2 = &one,
},
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+ {
+ .procname = "softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace",
+ .data = &sysctl_softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(int),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
+ .extra1 = &zero,
+ .extra2 = &one,
+ },
+#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
{
.procname = "nmi_watchdog",
.data = &watchdog_user_enabled,
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 30e482240dae..c3319bd1b040 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
int watchdog_user_enabled = 1;
int __read_mostly watchdog_thresh = 10;
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+int __read_mostly sysctl_softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace;
+#else
+#define sysctl_softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace 0
+#endif
+
static int __read_mostly watchdog_running;
static u64 __read_mostly sample_period;
@@ -47,6 +53,7 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(bool, watchdog_nmi_touch);
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, hrtimer_interrupts_saved);
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct perf_event *, watchdog_ev);
#endif
+static unsigned long soft_lockup_nmi_warn;
/* boot commands */
/*
@@ -95,6 +102,15 @@ static int __init nosoftlockup_setup(char *str)
}
__setup("nosoftlockup", nosoftlockup_setup);
/* */
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+static int __init softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace_setup(char *str)
+{
+ sysctl_softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace =
+ !!simple_strtol(str, NULL, 0);
+ return 1;
+}
+__setup("softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace=", softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace_setup);
+#endif
/*
* Hard-lockup warnings should be triggered after just a few seconds. Soft-
@@ -271,6 +287,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart watchdog_timer_fn(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
unsigned long touch_ts = __this_cpu_read(watchdog_touch_ts);
struct pt_regs *regs = get_irq_regs();
int duration;
+ int softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace = sysctl_softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace;
/* kick the hardlockup detector */
watchdog_interrupt_count();
@@ -317,6 +334,17 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart watchdog_timer_fn(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
if (__this_cpu_read(soft_watchdog_warn) == true)
return HRTIMER_RESTART;
+ if (softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace) {
+ /* Prevent multiple soft-lockup reports if one cpu is already
+ * engaged in dumping cpu back traces
+ */
+ if (test_and_set_bit(0, &soft_lockup_nmi_warn)) {
+ /* Someone else will report us. Let's give up */
+ __this_cpu_write(soft_watchdog_warn, true);
+ return HRTIMER_RESTART;
+ }
+ }
+
printk(KERN_EMERG "BUG: soft lockup - CPU#%d stuck for %us! [%s:%d]\n",
smp_processor_id(), duration,
current->comm, task_pid_nr(current));
@@ -327,6 +355,17 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart watchdog_timer_fn(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
else
dump_stack();
+ if (softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace) {
+ /* Avoid generating two back traces for current
+ * given that one is already made above
+ */
+ trigger_allbutself_cpu_backtrace();
+
+ clear_bit(0, &soft_lockup_nmi_warn);
+ /* Barrier to sync with other cpus */
+ smp_mb__after_atomic();
+ }
+
if (softlockup_panic)
panic("softlockup: hung tasks");
__this_cpu_write(soft_watchdog_warn, true);