Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git...

[linux-flexiantxendom0-3.2.10.git] / lib / Kconfig.debug

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index d27a2aa..05037dc 100644 (file)
--- 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