[patch 8/8] Add abilty to enable/disable nmi watchdog from sysfs

From: dzickus
Date: Tue May 09 2006 - 16:58:08 EST



Adds a new /proc/sys/kernel/nmi call that will enable/disable the nmi
watchdog.

Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@xxxxxxxxxx>

Index: linux-don/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c
===================================================================
--- linux-don.orig/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c
+++ linux-don/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c
@@ -845,6 +845,56 @@ static int unknown_nmi_panic_callback(st
return 0;
}

+/*
+ * proc handler for /proc/sys/kernel/nmi
+ */
+int proc_nmi_enabled(struct ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *file,
+ void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ int old_state;
+
+ nmi_watchdog_enabled = (atomic_read(&nmi_active) > 0) ? 1 : 0;
+ old_state = nmi_watchdog_enabled;
+ proc_dointvec(table, write, file, buffer, length, ppos);
+ if (!!old_state == !!nmi_watchdog_enabled)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (atomic_read(&nmi_active) < 0) {
+ printk( KERN_WARNING "NMI watchdog is permanently disabled\n");
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ if (nmi_watchdog == NMI_DEFAULT) {
+ if (nmi_known_cpu() > 0)
+ nmi_watchdog = NMI_LOCAL_APIC;
+ else
+ nmi_watchdog = NMI_IO_APIC;
+ }
+
+ if (nmi_watchdog == NMI_LOCAL_APIC)
+ {
+ if (nmi_watchdog_enabled)
+ enable_lapic_nmi_watchdog();
+ else
+ disable_lapic_nmi_watchdog();
+ } else if (nmi_watchdog == NMI_IO_APIC) {
+ /* FIXME
+ * for some reason these functions don't work
+ */
+ printk("Can not enable/disable NMI on IO APIC\n");
+ return 0;
+ /*if (nmi_watchdog_enabled)
+ enable_timer_nmi_watchdog();
+ else
+ disable_timer_nmi_watchdog();
+ */
+ } else {
+ printk( KERN_WARNING
+ "NMI watchdog doesn't know what hardware to touch\n");
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
#endif

EXPORT_SYMBOL(nmi_active);
Index: linux-don/arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c
===================================================================
--- linux-don.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c
+++ linux-don/arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c
@@ -751,6 +751,52 @@ static int unknown_nmi_panic_callback(st
return 0;
}

+/*
+ * proc handler for /proc/sys/kernel/nmi
+ */
+int proc_nmi_enabled(struct ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *file,
+ void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ int old_state;
+
+ nmi_watchdog_enabled = (atomic_read(&nmi_active) > 0) ? 1 : 0;
+ old_state = nmi_watchdog_enabled;
+ proc_dointvec(table, write, file, buffer, length, ppos);
+ if (!!old_state == !!nmi_watchdog_enabled)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (atomic_read(&nmi_active) < 0) {
+ printk( KERN_WARNING "NMI watchdog is permanently disabled\n");
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ /* if nmi_watchdog is not set yet, then set it */
+ nmi_watchdog_default();
+
+ if (nmi_watchdog == NMI_LOCAL_APIC)
+ {
+ if (nmi_watchdog_enabled)
+ enable_lapic_nmi_watchdog();
+ else
+ disable_lapic_nmi_watchdog();
+ } else if (nmi_watchdog == NMI_IO_APIC) {
+ /* FIXME
+ * for some reason these functions don't work
+ */
+ printk("Can not enable/disable NMI on IO APIC\n");
+ return 0;
+ /*if (nmi_watchdog_enabled)
+ enable_timer_nmi_watchdog();
+ else
+ disable_timer_nmi_watchdog();
+ */
+ } else {
+ printk( KERN_WARNING
+ "NMI watchdog doesn't know what hardware to touch\n");
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
#endif

EXPORT_SYMBOL(nmi_active);
Index: linux-don/include/asm-i386/nmi.h
===================================================================
--- linux-don.orig/include/asm-i386/nmi.h
+++ linux-don/include/asm-i386/nmi.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
*/
int do_nmi_callback(struct pt_regs *regs, int cpu);

+extern int nmi_watchdog_enabled;
extern int avail_to_resrv_perfctr_nmi_bit(unsigned int);
extern int avail_to_resrv_perfctr_nmi(unsigned int);
extern int reserve_perfctr_nmi(unsigned int);
Index: linux-don/include/asm-x86_64/nmi.h
===================================================================
--- linux-don.orig/include/asm-x86_64/nmi.h
+++ linux-don/include/asm-x86_64/nmi.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ extern void die_nmi(char *str, struct pt

extern int panic_on_timeout;
extern int unknown_nmi_panic;
+extern int nmi_watchdog_enabled;

extern int check_nmi_watchdog(void);
extern int avail_to_resrv_perfctr_nmi_bit(unsigned int);
Index: linux-don/include/linux/sysctl.h
===================================================================
--- linux-don.orig/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ linux-don/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ enum
KERN_SPIN_RETRY=70, /* int: number of spinlock retries */
KERN_ACPI_VIDEO_FLAGS=71, /* int: flags for setting up video after ACPI sleep */
KERN_IA64_UNALIGNED=72, /* int: ia64 unaligned userland trap enable */
+ KERN_NMI_ENABLED=73, /* int: enable/disable nmi watchdog */
};


Index: linux-don/kernel/sysctl.c
===================================================================
--- linux-don.orig/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ linux-don/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ extern int percpu_pagelist_fraction;

#if defined(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC) && defined(CONFIG_X86)
int unknown_nmi_panic;
+int nmi_watchdog_enabled;
+extern int proc_nmi_enabled(struct ctl_table *, int , struct file *,
+ void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
#endif

/* this is needed for the proc_dointvec_minmax for [fs_]overflow UID and GID */
@@ -630,6 +633,14 @@ static ctl_table kern_table[] = {
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = &proc_dointvec,
},
+ {
+ .ctl_name = KERN_NMI_ENABLED,
+ .procname = "nmi",
+ .data = &nmi_watchdog_enabled,
+ .maxlen = sizeof (int),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = &proc_nmi_enabled,
+ },
#endif
#if defined(CONFIG_X86)
{

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