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authorJosh Hunt <johunt@akamai.com>2014-08-08 14:22:31 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-08-08 15:57:24 -0700
commit69361eef9056b0babb507798c2135ad1572f0ef7 (patch)
tree59a63cc2f670926a7b9394533bbc9d3e379fc258
parent1da85fdff55da539fbe9c270689a7bcedead1cdd (diff)
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panic: add TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP
This taint flag will be set if the system has ever entered a softlockup state. Similar to TAINT_WARN it is useful to know whether or not the system has been in a softlockup state when debugging. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: apply the taint before calling panic()] Signed-off-by: Josh Hunt <johunt@akamai.com> Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/oops-tracing.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt1
-rw-r--r--include/linux/kernel.h1
-rw-r--r--kernel/panic.c1
-rw-r--r--kernel/watchdog.c1
5 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
index e315599..beefb9f 100644
--- a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ characters, each representing a particular tainted value.
14: 'E' if an unsigned module has been loaded in a kernel supporting
module signature.
+ 15: 'L' if a soft lockup has previously occurred on the system.
+
The primary reason for the 'Tainted: ' string is to tell kernel
debuggers if this is a clean kernel or if anything unusual has
occurred. Tainting is permanent: even if an offending module is
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index c14374e..f79eb96 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -826,6 +826,7 @@ can be ORed together:
4096 - An out-of-tree module has been loaded.
8192 - An unsigned module has been loaded in a kernel supporting module
signature.
+16384 - A soft lockup has previously occurred on the system.
==============================================================
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 3dc22ab..31ae66f 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ extern enum system_states {
#define TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND 11
#define TAINT_OOT_MODULE 12
#define TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE 13
+#define TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP 14
extern const char hex_asc[];
#define hex_asc_lo(x) hex_asc[((x) & 0x0f)]
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 62e16ce..d09dc5c 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = {
{ TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, 'I', ' ' },
{ TAINT_OOT_MODULE, 'O', ' ' },
{ TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE, 'E', ' ' },
+ { TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP, 'L', ' ' },
};
/**
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 51b29e9..a8d6914 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart watchdog_timer_fn(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
smp_mb__after_atomic();
}
+ add_taint(TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
if (softlockup_panic)
panic("softlockup: hung tasks");
__this_cpu_write(soft_watchdog_warn, true);
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