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watchdog: add sys_info sysctls to dump sys info on system lockup
authorFeng Tang <feng.tang@linux.alibaba.com>
Thu, 13 Nov 2025 11:10:38 +0000 (19:10 +0800)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 20 Nov 2025 22:03:43 +0000 (14:03 -0800)
commita9af76a78760717361cccc884dc649e30db61c8b
treecb1723c0433613b6e1b15a71fa4356a4c6390643
parent8b2b9b4f6f4f7a61b7e323479ed7d9faa21d6287
watchdog: add sys_info sysctls to dump sys info on system lockup

When soft/hard lockup happens, developers may need different kinds of
system information (call-stacks, memory info, locks, etc.) to help
debugging.

Add 'softlockup_sys_info' and 'hardlockup_sys_info' sysctl knobs to take
human readable string like "tasks,mem,timers,locks,ftrace,...", and when
system lockup happens, all requested information will be printed out.
(refer kernel/sys_info.c for more details).

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251113111039.22701-4-feng.tang@linux.alibaba.com
Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@linux.alibaba.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Lance Yang <ioworker0@gmail.com>
Cc: "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
kernel/watchdog.c