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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 8745ac7d1f75..05037dc9bde7 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -166,18 +166,21 @@ config LOCKUP_DETECTOR
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
+ mode for more than 20 seconds, without giving other tasks a
chance to run. The current stack trace is displayed upon
detection and the system will stay locked up.
Hardlockups are bugs that cause the CPU to loop in kernel mode
- for more than 60 seconds, without letting other interrupts have a
+ for more than 10 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.
+ generate interrupts and kick the watchdog task every 4 seconds.
+ An NMI is generated every 10 seconds or so to check for hardlockups.
+
+ The frequency of hrtimer and NMI events and the soft and hard lockup
+ thresholds can be controlled through the sysctl watchdog_thresh.
config HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR
def_bool LOCKUP_DETECTOR && PERF_EVENTS && HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI && \
@@ -189,7 +192,8 @@ config BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC
help
Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic on "hard lockups",
which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel
- mode with interrupts disabled for more than 60 seconds.
+ mode with interrupts disabled for more than 10 seconds (configurable
+ using the watchdog_thresh sysctl).
Say N if unsure.
@@ -206,8 +210,8 @@ config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
help
Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic on "soft lockups",
which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel
- mode for more than 60 seconds, without giving other tasks a
- chance to run.
+ mode for more than 20 seconds (configurable using the watchdog_thresh
+ sysctl), without giving other tasks a chance to run.
The panic can be used in combination with panic_timeout,
to cause the system to reboot automatically after a
@@ -927,6 +931,30 @@ config RCU_CPU_STALL_VERBOSE
Say Y if you want to enable such checks.
+config RCU_CPU_STALL_INFO
+ bool "Print additional diagnostics on RCU CPU stall"
+ depends on (TREE_RCU || TREE_PREEMPT_RCU) && DEBUG_KERNEL
+ default n
+ help
+ For each stalled CPU that is aware of the current RCU grace
+ period, print out additional per-CPU diagnostic information
+ regarding scheduling-clock ticks, idle state, and,
+ for RCU_FAST_NO_HZ kernels, idle-entry state.
+
+ Say N if you are unsure.
+
+ Say Y if you want to enable such diagnostics.
+
+config RCU_TRACE
+ bool "Enable tracing for RCU"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+ help
+ This option provides tracing in RCU which presents stats
+ in debugfs for debugging RCU implementation.
+
+ Say Y here if you want to enable RCU tracing
+ Say N if you are unsure.
+
config KPROBES_SANITY_TEST
bool "Kprobes sanity tests"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL