[PATCH 1/1] watchdog: avoid extra sys_info dumps for all_bt

From: Bradley Morgan

Date: Sat Jun 20 2026 - 18:02:39 EST


The watchdog handles SYS_INFO_ALL_BT itself. When that is the only
watchdog specific bit, sys_info(0) falls back to kernel_sys_info.

Skip sys_info() for that case.

Fixes: a9af76a78760 ("watchdog: add sys_info sysctls to dump sys info on system lockup")
Signed-off-by: Bradley Morgan <include@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/watchdog.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 87dd5e0f6968..bad390a9b59e 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ static int __read_mostly watchdog_hardlockup_available;
struct cpumask watchdog_cpumask __read_mostly;
unsigned long *watchdog_cpumask_bits = cpumask_bits(&watchdog_cpumask);

+static void watchdog_sys_info(unsigned long si_mask)
+{
+ unsigned long dump_mask = si_mask & ~SYS_INFO_ALL_BT;
+
+ if (si_mask && !dump_mask)
+ return;
+
+ sys_info(dump_mask);
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR

# ifdef CONFIG_SMP
@@ -208,6 +218,7 @@ void watchdog_hardlockup_check(unsigned int cpu, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
int hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace;
unsigned int this_cpu;
+ unsigned long si_mask;
unsigned long flags;

if (per_cpu(watchdog_hardlockup_touched, cpu)) {
@@ -216,7 +227,8 @@ void watchdog_hardlockup_check(unsigned int cpu, struct pt_regs *regs)
return;
}

- hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace = (hardlockup_si_mask & SYS_INFO_ALL_BT) ?
+ si_mask = READ_ONCE(hardlockup_si_mask);
+ hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace = (si_mask & SYS_INFO_ALL_BT) ?
1 : sysctl_hardlockup_all_cpu_backtrace;
/*
* Check for a hardlockup by making sure the CPU's timer
@@ -286,7 +298,7 @@ void watchdog_hardlockup_check(unsigned int cpu, struct pt_regs *regs)
clear_bit_unlock(0, &hard_lockup_nmi_warn);
}

- sys_info(hardlockup_si_mask & ~SYS_INFO_ALL_BT);
+ watchdog_sys_info(si_mask);
if (hardlockup_panic)
nmi_panic(regs, "Hard LOCKUP");

@@ -798,6 +810,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart watchdog_timer_fn(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
struct pt_regs *regs = get_irq_regs();
int softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace;
int duration, thresh_count;
+ unsigned long si_mask;
unsigned long flags;

if (!watchdog_enabled)
@@ -809,7 +822,8 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart watchdog_timer_fn(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
if (panic_in_progress())
return HRTIMER_NORESTART;

- softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace = (softlockup_si_mask & SYS_INFO_ALL_BT) ?
+ si_mask = READ_ONCE(softlockup_si_mask);
+ softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace = (si_mask & SYS_INFO_ALL_BT) ?
1 : sysctl_softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace;

watchdog_hardlockup_kick();
@@ -900,7 +914,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart watchdog_timer_fn(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
}

add_taint(TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
- sys_info(softlockup_si_mask & ~SYS_INFO_ALL_BT);
+ watchdog_sys_info(si_mask);
thresh_count = duration / get_softlockup_thresh();

if (softlockup_panic && thresh_count >= softlockup_panic)
--
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