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SubjectRe: [PATCH] disable softlockup detection at boottime
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:16:13 -0500 Dimitri Sivanich wrote:

> This patch allows softlockup detection to be disabled by specifying
> a boottime parameter.

Seems to be missing (a) justification/why and
(b) entry in Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt


> Signed-off-by: Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@sgi.com>
>
> Index: linux/kernel/softlockup.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/kernel/softlockup.c 2008-04-23 13:50:06.000000000 -0500
> +++ linux/kernel/softlockup.c 2008-04-23 14:39:36.267398531 -0500
> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, tou
> static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, print_timestamp);
> static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, watchdog_task);
>
> +static int __read_mostly softlockup_off;
> static int __read_mostly did_panic;
> unsigned long __read_mostly softlockup_thresh = 60;
>
> @@ -53,7 +54,8 @@ void touch_softlockup_watchdog(void)
> {
> int this_cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
>
> - __raw_get_cpu_var(touch_timestamp) = get_timestamp(this_cpu);
> + if (!softlockup_off)
> + __raw_get_cpu_var(touch_timestamp) = get_timestamp(this_cpu);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(touch_softlockup_watchdog);
>
> @@ -61,6 +63,9 @@ void touch_all_softlockup_watchdogs(void
> {
> int cpu;
>
> + if (softlockup_off)
> + return;
> +
> /* Cause each CPU to re-update its timestamp rather than complain */
> for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
> per_cpu(touch_timestamp, cpu) = 0;
> @@ -79,6 +84,9 @@ void softlockup_tick(void)
> struct pt_regs *regs = get_irq_regs();
> unsigned long now;
>
> + if (softlockup_off)
> + return;
> +
> if (touch_timestamp == 0) {
> touch_softlockup_watchdog();
> return;
> @@ -306,9 +314,19 @@ __init void spawn_softlockup_task(void)
> void *cpu = (void *)(long)smp_processor_id();
> int err = cpu_callback(&cpu_nfb, CPU_UP_PREPARE, cpu);
>
> + if (softlockup_off)
> + return;
> +
> BUG_ON(err == NOTIFY_BAD);
> cpu_callback(&cpu_nfb, CPU_ONLINE, cpu);
> register_cpu_notifier(&cpu_nfb);
>
> atomic_notifier_chain_register(&panic_notifier_list, &panic_block);
> }
> +
> +static int __init disable_softlockup_detection(char *str)
> +{
> + softlockup_off = 1;
> + return 1;
> +}
> +__setup("nosoftlockup", disable_softlockup_detection);
> --

---
~Randy


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