[PATCH v2 2/4] watchdog: avoid sys_info fallback for all_bt
From: Bradley Morgan
Date: Tue Jun 23 2026 - 11:39:35 EST
The watchdog prints all CPU backtraces itself. When the watchdog mask
contains only SYS_INFO_ALL_BT, stripping that bit leaves zero and
sys_info(0) falls back to kernel_sys_info.
Use sys_info_without_all_bt() so an explicit all_bt mask does not request
the global default.
Fixes: a9af76a78760 ("watchdog: add sys_info sysctls to dump sys info on system lockup")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Bradley Morgan <include@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes since v1:
- Use the shared sys_info_without_all_bt() helper.
- Keep the generic watchdog change separate from powerpc.
kernel/watchdog.c | 12 ++++++++----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 87dd5e0f6968..5bf24231a5d8 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ 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 +217,8 @@ 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 +288,7 @@ 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);
+ sys_info_without_all_bt(si_mask);
if (hardlockup_panic)
nmi_panic(regs, "Hard LOCKUP");
@@ -798,6 +800,7 @@ 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 +812,8 @@ 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 +904,7 @@ 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);
+ sys_info_without_all_bt(si_mask);
thresh_count = duration / get_softlockup_thresh();
if (softlockup_panic && thresh_count >= softlockup_panic)
--
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