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yaml
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r: 288648
b: refs/heads/master
c: 5f32908
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9919cba7ff71147803c988521cc1ceb80e7f0f6d
+refs/heads/master: 5f329089431aac08bf759fa2bcb34077a6aa1f4e

trunk/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