[PATCH 2/3] watchdog: update Kconfig entries

[Don Zickus]

From: Fernando Luis VÃzquez Cao <fernando@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The soft and hard lockup thresholds have changed so the corresponding Kconfig
entries need to be updated accordingly. Add a reference to  watchdog_thresh
while at it.

Signed-off-by: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 lib/Kconfig.debug |   18 +++++++++++-------
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 63696aa..1e37364 100644
--- 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
-- 
1.7.7.6

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