[PATCH v2 3/3] PM: dpm_watchdog: Add sysctl interface for DPM watchdog timeouts

From: Tzung-Bi Shih

Date: Thu Jun 04 2026 - 05:19:08 EST


Introduce sysctl knobs to allow configuring DPM watchdog timeouts at
runtime.

Currently, these timeouts are fixed at compile time via
CONFIG_DPM_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT and CONFIG_DPM_WATCHDOG_WARNING_TIMEOUT.
This limits flexibility if the timeouts need to be adjusted for
different testing scenarios or hardware behaviors without rebuilding
the kernel.

Add the following sysctl files under /proc/sys/kernel/:
- dpm_watchdog_timeout_secs: The total timeout before panic. The
maximum value is capped at CONFIG_DPM_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT to prevent
unreasonably large timeouts.
- dpm_watchdog_warning_timeout_secs: The warning timeout. The maximum
value is capped at the current dpm_watchdog_timeout_secs.
Both sysctls have a minimum value of 1.

Signed-off-by: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- New to the series.

v1: Doesn't exist.

drivers/base/power/main.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 57 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/power/main.c b/drivers/base/power/main.c
index 7822c29b7c8d..c1a4b30fafb2 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/main.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/main.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
#include <linux/interrupt.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/sched/debug.h>
+#include <linux/sysctl.h>
#include <linux/async.h>
#include <linux/suspend.h>
#include <trace/events/power.h>
@@ -539,6 +540,58 @@ static bool __read_mostly dpm_watchdog_enabled =
module_param(dpm_watchdog_enabled, bool, 0644);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(dpm_watchdog_enabled, "Enable DPM watchdog");

+static unsigned int __read_mostly dpm_watchdog_timeout = CONFIG_DPM_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT;
+static unsigned int __read_mostly dpm_watchdog_warning_timeout =
+ CONFIG_DPM_WATCHDOG_WARNING_TIMEOUT;
+static const unsigned int dpm_watchdog_timeout_max = CONFIG_DPM_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT;
+
+static int proc_dodpm_watchdog_timeout_secs(const struct ctl_table *table,
+ int write, void *buffer,
+ size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ struct ctl_table ctl = *table;
+ unsigned int val = dpm_watchdog_timeout;
+ int ret;
+
+ ctl.data = &val;
+ ret = proc_douintvec_minmax(&ctl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+ if (ret || !write)
+ return ret;
+
+ if (val < dpm_watchdog_warning_timeout)
+ dpm_watchdog_warning_timeout = val;
+ dpm_watchdog_timeout = val;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct ctl_table dpm_watchdog_sysctls[] = {
+ {
+ .procname = "dpm_watchdog_timeout_secs",
+ .maxlen = sizeof(unsigned int),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = proc_dodpm_watchdog_timeout_secs,
+ .extra1 = SYSCTL_ONE,
+ .extra2 = (void *)&dpm_watchdog_timeout_max,
+ },
+ {
+ .procname = "dpm_watchdog_warning_timeout_secs",
+ .data = &dpm_watchdog_warning_timeout,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(unsigned int),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = proc_douintvec_minmax,
+ .extra1 = SYSCTL_ONE,
+ .extra2 = (void *)&dpm_watchdog_timeout,
+ },
+};
+
+static int __init dpm_watchdog_sysctl_init(void)
+{
+ register_sysctl_init("kernel", dpm_watchdog_sysctls);
+ return 0;
+}
+subsys_initcall(dpm_watchdog_sysctl_init);
+
/**
* dpm_watchdog_handler - Driver suspend / resume watchdog handler.
* @t: The timer that PM watchdog depends on.
@@ -564,9 +617,9 @@ static void dpm_watchdog_handler(struct timer_list *t)
dev_driver_string(wd->dev), dev_name(wd->dev));
}

- time_left = CONFIG_DPM_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT - CONFIG_DPM_WATCHDOG_WARNING_TIMEOUT;
+ time_left = dpm_watchdog_timeout - dpm_watchdog_warning_timeout;
dev_warn(wd->dev, "**** DPM device timeout after %u seconds; %u seconds until panic ****\n",
- CONFIG_DPM_WATCHDOG_WARNING_TIMEOUT, time_left);
+ dpm_watchdog_warning_timeout, time_left);
show_stack(wd->tsk, NULL, KERN_WARNING);

wd->fatal = true;
@@ -587,11 +640,11 @@ static void dpm_watchdog_set(struct dpm_watchdog *wd, struct device *dev)

wd->dev = dev;
wd->tsk = current;
- wd->fatal = CONFIG_DPM_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT == CONFIG_DPM_WATCHDOG_WARNING_TIMEOUT;
+ wd->fatal = dpm_watchdog_timeout == dpm_watchdog_warning_timeout;

timer_setup_on_stack(timer, dpm_watchdog_handler, 0);
/* use same timeout value for both suspend and resume */
- timer->expires = jiffies + HZ * CONFIG_DPM_WATCHDOG_WARNING_TIMEOUT;
+ timer->expires = jiffies + HZ * dpm_watchdog_warning_timeout;
add_timer(timer);
}

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2.54.0.1032.g2f8565e1d1-goog