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Message-ID: <20100301192734.GA1739@elte.hu>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 20:27:34 +0100
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] generic NMI watchdog for v2.6.34
Linus,
Please consider pulling the perf-nmi-for-linus git tree from:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git perf-nmi-for-linus
This tree adds a generic implementation of the x86 'NMI watchdog', in
kernel/nmi_watchdog.c. This is based on struct perf_event and hence will allow
the gradual phasing-out of the arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c code.
We placed it in kernel/ to enable other architectures to make use of it as
well in the future. An architecture can enable it by providing the
PERF_EVENTS_NMI Kconfig switch.
Thanks,
Ingo
------------------>
Don Zickus (10):
x86: Move notify_die from nmi.c to traps.c
nmi_watchdog: Add new, generic implementation, using perf events
nmi_watchdog: Config option to enable new nmi_watchdog
nmi_watchdog: Use a boolean config flag for compiling
nmi_watchdog: Compile and portability fixes
nmi_watchdog: Fallback to software events when no hardware pmu detected
nmi_watchdog: support for oprofile
nmi_watchdog: Properly configure for software events
nmi_watchdog: Fix undefined 'apic' build bug
nmi_watchdog: Clean up various small details
Ingo Molnar (2):
nmi_watchdog: Only enable on x86 for now
nmi_watchdog: Turn it off by default
arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h | 2 +
arch/x86/kernel/apic/Makefile | 7 +-
arch/x86/kernel/apic/hw_nmi.c | 127 ++++++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/kernel/apic/nmi.c | 7 -
arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | 7 +
include/linux/nmi.h | 13 ++
init/Kconfig | 5 +
kernel/Makefile | 1 +
kernel/nmi_watchdog.c | 257 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/sysctl.c | 15 +++-
lib/Kconfig.debug | 12 ++
12 files changed, 445 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/apic/hw_nmi.c
create mode 100644 kernel/nmi_watchdog.c
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index cbcbfde..4f9685f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ config X86
select HAVE_KERNEL_LZO
select HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
select PERF_EVENTS
+ select PERF_EVENTS_NMI
select ANON_INODES
select HAVE_ARCH_KMEMCHECK
select HAVE_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h
index 93da9c3..5b41b0f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nmi.h
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ int do_nmi_callback(struct pt_regs *regs, int cpu);
extern void die_nmi(char *str, struct pt_regs *regs, int do_panic);
extern int check_nmi_watchdog(void);
+#if !defined(CONFIG_NMI_WATCHDOG)
extern int nmi_watchdog_enabled;
+#endif
extern int avail_to_resrv_perfctr_nmi_bit(unsigned int);
extern int reserve_perfctr_nmi(unsigned int);
extern void release_perfctr_nmi(unsigned int);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/Makefile
index 565c1bf..1a4512e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
# Makefile for local APIC drivers and for the IO-APIC code
#
-obj-$(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC) += apic.o apic_noop.o probe_$(BITS).o ipi.o nmi.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC) += apic.o apic_noop.o probe_$(BITS).o ipi.o
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_NMI_WATCHDOG),y)
+obj-$(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC) += nmi.o
+endif
+obj-$(CONFIG_NMI_WATCHDOG) += hw_nmi.o
+
obj-$(CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC) += io_apic.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += ipi.o
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/hw_nmi.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/hw_nmi.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8b78a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/hw_nmi.c
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/*
+ * HW NMI watchdog support
+ *
+ * started by Don Zickus, Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * Arch specific calls to support NMI watchdog
+ *
+ * Bits copied from original nmi.c file
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <asm/apic.h>
+#include <linux/smp.h>
+#include <linux/cpumask.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/cpumask.h>
+#include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
+#include <asm/mce.h>
+
+#include <linux/nmi.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+
+/* For reliability, we're prepared to waste bits here. */
+static DECLARE_BITMAP(backtrace_mask, NR_CPUS) __read_mostly;
+
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned, last_irq_sum);
+
+/*
+ * Take the local apic timer and PIT/HPET into account. We don't
+ * know which one is active, when we have highres/dyntick on
+ */
+static inline unsigned int get_timer_irqs(int cpu)
+{
+ unsigned int irqs = per_cpu(irq_stat, cpu).irq0_irqs;
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC)
+ irqs += per_cpu(irq_stat, cpu).apic_timer_irqs;
+#endif
+
+ return irqs;
+}
+
+static inline int mce_in_progress(void)
+{
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86_MCE)
+ return atomic_read(&mce_entry) > 0;
+#endif
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int hw_nmi_is_cpu_stuck(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ unsigned int sum;
+ int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+
+ /* FIXME: cheap hack for this check, probably should get its own
+ * die_notifier handler
+ */
+ if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, to_cpumask(backtrace_mask))) {
+ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(lock); /* Serialise the printks */
+
+ spin_lock(&lock);
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "NMI backtrace for cpu %d\n", cpu);
+ show_regs(regs);
+ dump_stack();
+ spin_unlock(&lock);
+ cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, to_cpumask(backtrace_mask));
+ }
+
+ /* if we are doing an mce, just assume the cpu is not stuck */
+ /* Could check oops_in_progress here too, but it's safer not to */
+ if (mce_in_progress())
+ return 0;
+
+ /* We determine if the cpu is stuck by checking whether any
+ * interrupts have happened since we last checked. Of course
+ * an nmi storm could create false positives, but the higher
+ * level logic should account for that
+ */
+ sum = get_timer_irqs(cpu);
+ if (__get_cpu_var(last_irq_sum) == sum) {
+ return 1;
+ } else {
+ __get_cpu_var(last_irq_sum) = sum;
+ return 0;
+ }
+}
+
+u64 hw_nmi_get_sample_period(void)
+{
+ return cpu_khz * 1000;
+}
+
+#ifdef ARCH_HAS_NMI_WATCHDOG
+void arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace(void)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ cpumask_copy(to_cpumask(backtrace_mask), cpu_online_mask);
+
+ printk(KERN_INFO "sending NMI to all CPUs:\n");
+ apic->send_IPI_all(NMI_VECTOR);
+
+ /* Wait for up to 10 seconds for all CPUs to do the backtrace */
+ for (i = 0; i < 10 * 1000; i++) {
+ if (cpumask_empty(to_cpumask(backtrace_mask)))
+ break;
+ mdelay(1);
+ }
+}
+#endif
+
+/* STUB calls to mimic old nmi_watchdog behaviour */
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC)
+unsigned int nmi_watchdog = NMI_NONE;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(nmi_watchdog);
+void acpi_nmi_enable(void) { return; }
+void acpi_nmi_disable(void) { return; }
+#endif
+atomic_t nmi_active = ATOMIC_INIT(0); /* oprofile uses this */
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(nmi_active);
+int unknown_nmi_panic;
+void cpu_nmi_set_wd_enabled(void) { return; }
+void stop_apic_nmi_watchdog(void *unused) { return; }
+void setup_apic_nmi_watchdog(void *unused) { return; }
+int __init check_nmi_watchdog(void) { return 0; }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/nmi.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/nmi.c
index 0159a69..5d47682 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/nmi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/nmi.c
@@ -400,13 +400,6 @@ nmi_watchdog_tick(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned reason)
int cpu = smp_processor_id();
int rc = 0;
- /* check for other users first */
- if (notify_die(DIE_NMI, "nmi", regs, reason, 2, SIGINT)
- == NOTIFY_STOP) {
- rc = 1;
- touched = 1;
- }
-
sum = get_timer_irqs(cpu);
if (__get_cpu_var(nmi_touch)) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index 1168e44..bdc7fab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -400,7 +400,13 @@ static notrace __kprobes void default_do_nmi(struct pt_regs *regs)
if (notify_die(DIE_NMI_IPI, "nmi_ipi", regs, reason, 2, SIGINT)
== NOTIFY_STOP)
return;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
+ if (notify_die(DIE_NMI, "nmi", regs, reason, 2, SIGINT)
+ == NOTIFY_STOP)
+ return;
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_NMI_WATCHDOG
/*
* Ok, so this is none of the documented NMI sources,
* so it must be the NMI watchdog.
@@ -408,6 +414,7 @@ static notrace __kprobes void default_do_nmi(struct pt_regs *regs)
if (nmi_watchdog_tick(regs, reason))
return;
if (!do_nmi_callback(regs, cpu))
+#endif /* !CONFIG_NMI_WATCHDOG */
unknown_nmi_error(reason, regs);
#else
unknown_nmi_error(reason, regs);
diff --git a/include/linux/nmi.h b/include/linux/nmi.h
index b752e80..22cc796 100644
--- a/include/linux/nmi.h
+++ b/include/linux/nmi.h
@@ -20,10 +20,14 @@ extern void touch_nmi_watchdog(void);
extern void acpi_nmi_disable(void);
extern void acpi_nmi_enable(void);
#else
+#ifndef CONFIG_NMI_WATCHDOG
static inline void touch_nmi_watchdog(void)
{
touch_softlockup_watchdog();
}
+#else
+extern void touch_nmi_watchdog(void);
+#endif
static inline void acpi_nmi_disable(void) { }
static inline void acpi_nmi_enable(void) { }
#endif
@@ -47,4 +51,13 @@ static inline bool trigger_all_cpu_backtrace(void)
}
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_NMI_WATCHDOG
+int hw_nmi_is_cpu_stuck(struct pt_regs *);
+u64 hw_nmi_get_sample_period(void);
+extern int nmi_watchdog_enabled;
+struct ctl_table;
+extern int proc_nmi_enabled(struct ctl_table *, int ,
+ void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
+#endif
+
#endif
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index ada4844..7331a16 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -946,6 +946,11 @@ config PERF_USE_VMALLOC
help
See tools/perf/design.txt for details
+config PERF_EVENTS_NMI
+ bool
+ help
+ Arch has support for nmi_watchdog
+
menu "Kernel Performance Events And Counters"
config PERF_EVENTS
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 864ff75..8a5abe5 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_AUDIT_TREE) += audit_tree.o
obj-$(CONFIG_KPROBES) += kprobes.o
obj-$(CONFIG_KGDB) += kgdb.o
obj-$(CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP) += softlockup.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_NMI_WATCHDOG) += nmi_watchdog.o
obj-$(CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK) += hung_task.o
obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS) += irq/
obj-$(CONFIG_SECCOMP) += seccomp.o
diff --git a/kernel/nmi_watchdog.c b/kernel/nmi_watchdog.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a6f57f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/nmi_watchdog.c
@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+/*
+ * Detect Hard Lockups using the NMI
+ *
+ * started by Don Zickus, Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * this code detects hard lockups: incidents in where on a CPU
+ * the kernel does not respond to anything except NMI.
+ *
+ * Note: Most of this code is borrowed heavily from softlockup.c,
+ * so thanks to Ingo for the initial implementation.
+ * Some chunks also taken from arch/x86/kernel/apic/nmi.c, thanks
+ * to those contributors as well.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/nmi.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/freezer.h>
+#include <linux/lockdep.h>
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/sysctl.h>
+
+#include <asm/irq_regs.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
+
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct perf_event *, nmi_watchdog_ev);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, nmi_watchdog_touch);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(long, alert_counter);
+
+static int panic_on_timeout;
+
+void touch_nmi_watchdog(void)
+{
+ __raw_get_cpu_var(nmi_watchdog_touch) = 1;
+ touch_softlockup_watchdog();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(touch_nmi_watchdog);
+
+void touch_all_nmi_watchdog(void)
+{
+ int cpu;
+
+ for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
+ per_cpu(nmi_watchdog_touch, cpu) = 1;
+ touch_softlockup_watchdog();
+}
+
+static int __init setup_nmi_watchdog(char *str)
+{
+ if (!strncmp(str, "panic", 5)) {
+ panic_on_timeout = 1;
+ str = strchr(str, ',');
+ if (!str)
+ return 1;
+ ++str;
+ }
+ return 1;
+}
+__setup("nmi_watchdog=", setup_nmi_watchdog);
+
+struct perf_event_attr wd_hw_attr = {
+ .type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
+ .config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES,
+ .size = sizeof(struct perf_event_attr),
+ .pinned = 1,
+ .disabled = 1,
+};
+
+struct perf_event_attr wd_sw_attr = {
+ .type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE,
+ .config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK,
+ .size = sizeof(struct perf_event_attr),
+ .pinned = 1,
+ .disabled = 1,
+};
+
+void wd_overflow(struct perf_event *event, int nmi,
+ struct perf_sample_data *data,
+ struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+ int touched = 0;
+
+ if (__get_cpu_var(nmi_watchdog_touch)) {
+ per_cpu(nmi_watchdog_touch, cpu) = 0;
+ touched = 1;
+ }
+
+ /* check to see if the cpu is doing anything */
+ if (!touched && hw_nmi_is_cpu_stuck(regs)) {
+ /*
+ * Ayiee, looks like this CPU is stuck ...
+ * wait a few IRQs (5 seconds) before doing the oops ...
+ */
+ per_cpu(alert_counter, cpu) += 1;
+ if (per_cpu(alert_counter, cpu) == 5) {
+ if (panic_on_timeout)
+ panic("NMI Watchdog detected LOCKUP on cpu %d", cpu);
+ else
+ WARN(1, "NMI Watchdog detected LOCKUP on cpu %d", cpu);
+ }
+ } else {
+ per_cpu(alert_counter, cpu) = 0;
+ }
+
+ return;
+}
+
+static int enable_nmi_watchdog(int cpu)
+{
+ struct perf_event *event;
+ struct perf_event_attr *wd_attr;
+
+ event = per_cpu(nmi_watchdog_ev, cpu);
+ if (event && event->state > PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (event == NULL) {
+ /* Try to register using hardware perf events first */
+ wd_attr = &wd_hw_attr;
+ wd_attr->sample_period = hw_nmi_get_sample_period();
+ event = perf_event_create_kernel_counter(wd_attr, cpu, -1, wd_overflow);
+ if (IS_ERR(event)) {
+ /* hardware doesn't exist or not supported, fallback to software events */
+ printk(KERN_INFO "nmi_watchdog: hardware not available, trying software events\n");
+ wd_attr = &wd_sw_attr;
+ wd_attr->sample_period = NSEC_PER_SEC;
+ event = perf_event_create_kernel_counter(wd_attr, cpu, -1, wd_overflow);
+ if (IS_ERR(event)) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "nmi watchdog failed to create perf event on %i: %p\n", cpu, event);
+ return -1;
+ }
+ }
+ per_cpu(nmi_watchdog_ev, cpu) = event;
+ }
+ perf_event_enable(per_cpu(nmi_watchdog_ev, cpu));
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void disable_nmi_watchdog(int cpu)
+{
+ struct perf_event *event;
+
+ event = per_cpu(nmi_watchdog_ev, cpu);
+ if (event) {
+ perf_event_disable(per_cpu(nmi_watchdog_ev, cpu));
+ per_cpu(nmi_watchdog_ev, cpu) = NULL;
+ perf_event_release_kernel(event);
+ }
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
+/*
+ * proc handler for /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog
+ */
+int nmi_watchdog_enabled;
+
+int proc_nmi_enabled(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+ void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ int cpu;
+
+ if (!write) {
+ struct perf_event *event;
+ for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
+ event = per_cpu(nmi_watchdog_ev, cpu);
+ if (event && event->state > PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF) {
+ nmi_watchdog_enabled = 1;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ touch_all_nmi_watchdog();
+ proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
+ if (nmi_watchdog_enabled) {
+ for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
+ if (enable_nmi_watchdog(cpu)) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "NMI watchdog failed configuration, "
+ " can not be enabled\n");
+ }
+ } else {
+ for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
+ disable_nmi_watchdog(cpu);
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
+
+/*
+ * Create/destroy watchdog threads as CPUs come and go:
+ */
+static int __cpuinit
+cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
+{
+ int hotcpu = (unsigned long)hcpu;
+
+ switch (action) {
+ case CPU_UP_PREPARE:
+ case CPU_UP_PREPARE_FROZEN:
+ per_cpu(nmi_watchdog_touch, hotcpu) = 0;
+ break;
+ case CPU_ONLINE:
+ case CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN:
+ if (enable_nmi_watchdog(hotcpu))
+ return NOTIFY_BAD;
+ break;
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+ case CPU_UP_CANCELED:
+ case CPU_UP_CANCELED_FROZEN:
+ disable_nmi_watchdog(hotcpu);
+ case CPU_DEAD:
+ case CPU_DEAD_FROZEN:
+ break;
+#endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
+ }
+ return NOTIFY_OK;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata cpu_nfb = {
+ .notifier_call = cpu_callback
+};
+
+static int __initdata nonmi_watchdog;
+
+static int __init nonmi_watchdog_setup(char *str)
+{
+ nonmi_watchdog = 1;
+ return 1;
+}
+__setup("nonmi_watchdog", nonmi_watchdog_setup);
+
+static int __init spawn_nmi_watchdog_task(void)
+{
+ void *cpu = (void *)(long)smp_processor_id();
+ int err;
+
+ if (nonmi_watchdog)
+ return 0;
+
+ err = cpu_callback(&cpu_nfb, CPU_UP_PREPARE, cpu);
+ if (err == NOTIFY_BAD) {
+ BUG();
+ return 1;
+ }
+ cpu_callback(&cpu_nfb, CPU_ONLINE, cpu);
+ register_cpu_notifier(&cpu_nfb);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+early_initcall(spawn_nmi_watchdog_task);
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 8a68b24..ac72c9e 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@
#include <asm/io.h>
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_NMI_WATCHDOG
+#include <linux/nmi.h>
+#endif
+
#if defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL)
@@ -692,7 +696,16 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
.mode = 0444,
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec,
},
-#if defined(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC) && defined(CONFIG_X86)
+#if defined(CONFIG_NMI_WATCHDOG)
+ {
+ .procname = "nmi_watchdog",
+ .data = &nmi_watchdog_enabled,
+ .maxlen = sizeof (int),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = proc_nmi_enabled,
+ },
+#endif
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC) && defined(CONFIG_X86) && !defined(CONFIG_NMI_WATCHDOG)
{
.procname = "unknown_nmi_panic",
.data = &unknown_nmi_panic,
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 25c3ed5..e2e73cc 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -170,6 +170,18 @@ config DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
can be detected via the NMI-watchdog, on platforms that
support it.)
+config NMI_WATCHDOG
+ bool "Detect Hard Lockups with an NMI Watchdog"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PERF_EVENTS && PERF_EVENTS_NMI
+ help
+ Say Y here to enable the kernel to use the NMI as a watchdog
+ to detect hard lockups. This is useful when a cpu hangs for no
+ reason but can still respond to NMIs. A backtrace is displayed
+ for reviewing and reporting.
+
+ The overhead should be minimal, just an extra NMI every few
+ seconds.
+
config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
bool "Panic (Reboot) On Soft Lockups"
depends on DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
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