CONFIG_SOFTLOCKUP_DETECTOR: Detect Soft Lockups

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_SOFTLOCKUP_DETECTOR:

• prompt: Detect Soft Lockups
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL && ! CONFIG_S390
• defined in lib/Kconfig.debug
• found in Linux kernels: 4.13–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.12

Help text

Say Y here to enable the kernel to act as a watchdog to detect soft lockups.

Softlockups are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel mode for more than 20 seconds, without giving other tasks a chance to run. The current stack trace is displayed upon detection and the system will stay locked up.

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