From baf48f6577e581a9adb8fe849dc80e24b21d171d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mandeep Singh Baines Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:15:17 -0800 Subject: softlock: fix false panic which can occur if softlockup_thresh is reduced At run-time, if softlockup_thresh is changed to a much lower value, touch_timestamp is likely to be much older than the new softlock_thresh. This will cause a false softlockup to be detected. If softlockup_panic is enabled, the system will panic. The fix is to touch all watchdogs before changing softlockup_thresh. Signed-off-by: Mandeep Singh Baines Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- include/linux/sched.h | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index 4cae9b81a1f8..54cbabf3b871 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -293,6 +293,9 @@ extern void sched_show_task(struct task_struct *p); extern void softlockup_tick(void); extern void touch_softlockup_watchdog(void); extern void touch_all_softlockup_watchdogs(void); +extern int proc_dosoftlockup_thresh(struct ctl_table *table, int write, + struct file *filp, void __user *buffer, + size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos); extern unsigned int softlockup_panic; extern unsigned long sysctl_hung_task_check_count; extern unsigned long sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs; -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522