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From: Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: dzickus@redhat.com, uobergfe@redhat.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/9] watchdog: new definitions and variables, initialization
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 19:06:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1413565588-4144-2-git-send-email-uobergfe@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1413565588-4144-1-git-send-email-uobergfe@redhat.com>

Introduce new definitions and variables to separate the user interface
in /proc/sys/kernel from the internal run state of the lockup detectors.
The internal run state is represented by two bits in a new variable that
is named 'watchdog_enabled'. This helps simplify the code, for example:

- In order to check if any of the two lockup detectors is enabled,
  it is sufficient to check if 'watchdog_enabled' is not zero.

- In order to enable/disable one or both lockup detectors,
  it is sufficient to set/clear one or both bits in 'watchdog_enabled'.

- Concurrent updates of 'watchdog_enabled' need not be synchronized via
  a spinlock or a mutex. Updates can either be atomic or concurrency can
  be detected by using 'cmpxchg'.

Signed-off-by: Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@redhat.com>
---
 include/linux/nmi.h |  2 ++
 kernel/watchdog.c   | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/nmi.h b/include/linux/nmi.h
index 9b2022a..3885a7d 100644
--- a/include/linux/nmi.h
+++ b/include/linux/nmi.h
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ static inline bool trigger_allbutself_cpu_backtrace(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKUP_DETECTOR
 int hw_nmi_is_cpu_stuck(struct pt_regs *);
 u64 hw_nmi_get_sample_period(int watchdog_thresh);
+extern int nmi_watchdog_enabled;
+extern int soft_watchdog_enabled;
 extern int watchdog_user_enabled;
 extern int watchdog_thresh;
 extern int sysctl_softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace;
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 49e9537..f8da756 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -24,8 +24,33 @@
 #include <linux/kvm_para.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
 
-int watchdog_user_enabled = 1;
+/*
+ * The run state of the lockup detectors is controlled by the content of the
+ * 'watchdog_enabled' variable. Each lockup detector has its dedicated bit -
+ * bit 0 for the hard lockup detector and bit 1 for the soft lockup detector.
+ *
+ * 'watchdog_user_enabled', 'nmi_watchdog_enabled' and 'soft_watchdog_enabled'
+ * are variables that are only used as an 'interface' between the parameters
+ * in /proc/sys/kernel and the internal state bits in 'watchdog_enabled'. The
+ * 'watchdog_thresh' variable is handled differently because its value is not
+ * boolean, and the lockup detectors are 'suspended' while 'watchdog_thresh'
+ * is equal zero.
+ */
+#define NMI_WATCHDOG_ENABLED_BIT   0
+#define SOFT_WATCHDOG_ENABLED_BIT  1
+#define NMI_WATCHDOG_ENABLED      (1 << NMI_WATCHDOG_ENABLED_BIT)
+#define SOFT_WATCHDOG_ENABLED     (1 << SOFT_WATCHDOG_ENABLED_BIT)
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR
+static unsigned long __read_mostly watchdog_enabled = SOFT_WATCHDOG_ENABLED|NMI_WATCHDOG_ENABLED;
+#else
+static unsigned long __read_mostly watchdog_enabled = SOFT_WATCHDOG_ENABLED;
+#endif
+int __read_mostly nmi_watchdog_enabled;
+int __read_mostly soft_watchdog_enabled;
+int __read_mostly watchdog_user_enabled;
 int __read_mostly watchdog_thresh = 10;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 int __read_mostly sysctl_softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace;
 #else
-- 
1.7.11.7


  reply	other threads:[~2014-10-17 16:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-10-17 17:06 [PATCH v2 0/9] watchdog: parameters to control hard and soft lockup detector individually Ulrich Obergfell
2014-10-17 17:06 ` Ulrich Obergfell [this message]
2014-10-17 17:06 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] watchdog: introduce the proc_watchdog_update() function Ulrich Obergfell
2014-10-17 17:06 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] watchdog: move definition of 'watchdog_proc_mutex' outside of proc_dowatchdog() Ulrich Obergfell
2014-10-17 17:06 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] watchdog: introduce the proc_watchdog_common() function Ulrich Obergfell
2014-10-17 17:06 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] watchdog: introduce separate handlers for parameters in /proc/sys/kernel Ulrich Obergfell
2014-10-17 17:06 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] watchdog: implement error handling for failure to set up hardware perf events Ulrich Obergfell
2014-10-17 17:06 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] watchdog: enable the new user interface of the watchdog mechanism Ulrich Obergfell
2014-10-17 17:06 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] watchdog: clean up some function names and arguments Ulrich Obergfell
2014-10-17 17:06 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] watchdog: introduce the hardlockup_detector_disable() function Ulrich Obergfell

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