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-rw-r--r--drivers/watchdog/softdog.c16
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c b/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c
index 100b114e3c3c..bf16ffb4d21e 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/jiffies.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
#define PFX "SoftDog: "
@@ -75,6 +76,11 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(soft_noboot,
"Softdog action, set to 1 to ignore reboots, 0 to reboot "
"(default depends on ONLY_TESTING)");
+static int soft_panic;
+module_param(soft_panic, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(soft_panic,
+ "Softdog action, set to 1 to panic, 0 to reboot (default=0)");
+
/*
* Our timer
*/
@@ -98,7 +104,10 @@ static void watchdog_fire(unsigned long data)
if (soft_noboot)
printk(KERN_CRIT PFX "Triggered - Reboot ignored.\n");
- else {
+ else if (soft_panic) {
+ printk(KERN_CRIT PFX "Initiating panic.\n");
+ panic("Software Watchdog Timer expired.");
+ } else {
printk(KERN_CRIT PFX "Initiating system reboot.\n");
emergency_restart();
printk(KERN_CRIT PFX "Reboot didn't ?????\n");
@@ -267,7 +276,8 @@ static struct notifier_block softdog_notifier = {
};
static char banner[] __initdata = KERN_INFO "Software Watchdog Timer: 0.07 "
- "initialized. soft_noboot=%d soft_margin=%d sec (nowayout= %d)\n";
+ "initialized. soft_noboot=%d soft_margin=%d sec soft_panic=%d "
+ "(nowayout= %d)\n";
static int __init watchdog_init(void)
{
@@ -298,7 +308,7 @@ static int __init watchdog_init(void)
return ret;
}
- printk(banner, soft_noboot, soft_margin, nowayout);
+ printk(banner, soft_noboot, soft_margin, soft_panic, nowayout);
return 0;
}