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| author | Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com> | 2014-01-20 17:34:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2014-01-25 12:13:33 +0100 |
| commit | 270750dbc18a71b23d660df110e433ff9616a2d4 (patch) | |
| tree | 9b0400fc3713bd02d31835e8d0315cfbd7ccd912 /Documentation/sysctl | |
| parent | 2397efb1bb17595b35f31abb40d95074ebc04f1b (diff) | |
| download | linux-270750dbc18a71b23d660df110e433ff9616a2d4.tar.bz2 | |
hung_task: Display every hung task warning
When khungtaskd detects hung tasks, it prints out
backtraces from a number of those tasks.
Limiting the number of backtraces being printed
out can result in the user not seeing the information
necessary to debug the issue. The hung_task_warnings
sysctl controls this feature.
This patch makes it possible for hung_task_warnings
to accept a special value to print an unlimited
number of backtraces when khungtaskd detects hung
tasks.
The special value is -1. To use this value it is
necessary to change types from ulong to int.
Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: oleg@redhat.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1390239253-24030-3-git-send-email-atomlin@redhat.com
[ Build warning fix. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 42 |
1 files changed, 42 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 6d486404200e..4205f3c05cbe 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - domainname - hostname - hotplug +- hung_task_panic +- hung_task_check_count +- hung_task_timeout_secs +- hung_task_warnings - kptr_restrict - kstack_depth_to_print [ X86 only ] - l2cr [ PPC only ] @@ -287,6 +291,44 @@ Default value is "/sbin/hotplug". ============================================================== +hung_task_panic: + +Controls the kernel's behavior when a hung task is detected. +This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled. + +0: continue operation. This is the default behavior. + +1: panic immediately. + +============================================================== + +hung_task_check_count: + +The upper bound on the number of tasks that are checked. +This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled. + +============================================================== + +hung_task_timeout_secs: + +Check interval. When a task in D state did not get scheduled +for more than this value report a warning. +This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled. + +0: means infinite timeout - no checking done. + +============================================================== + +hung_task_warning: + +The maximum number of warnings to report. During a check interval +When this value is reached, no more the warnings will be reported. +This file shows up if CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK is enabled. + +-1: report an infinite number of warnings. + +============================================================== + kptr_restrict: This toggle indicates whether restrictions are placed on |