[PATCH 2/3] watchdog: Document watchdog_thresh sysctl

From: Li Zefan
Date: Thu May 16 2013 - 22:31:40 EST



Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index ccd4258..e8fabd6 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel:
- tainted
- threads-max
- unknown_nmi_panic
+- watchdog_thresh
- version

==============================================================
@@ -648,3 +649,16 @@ that time, kernel debugging information is displayed on console.

NMI switch that most IA32 servers have fires unknown NMI up, for
example. If a system hangs up, try pressing the NMI switch.
+
+==============================================================
+
+watchdog_thresh:
+
+This value can be used to control the frequency of hrtimer and NMI
+events and the soft and hard lockup thresholds. The default threshold
+is 10 seconds.
+
+The softlockup threshold is (2 * watchdog_thresh). Setting this
+tunable to zero will disable lockup detection altogether.
+
+==============================================================
--
1.8.0.2
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