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authorKyle McMartin <kmcmarti@redhat.com>2012-04-11 08:15:29 -0400
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2012-05-07 14:45:29 +0200
commit2a01bb3885c9145dbb7583d5aa5f5d5504f6f46f (patch)
tree1690ae9e0a0a1335eb9d1e22e84a5c43069f3f02 /lib
parentfebb72a6e4cc6c8cffcc1ea649a3fb364f1ea432 (diff)
downloadlinux-2a01bb3885c9145dbb7583d5aa5f5d5504f6f46f.tar.gz
panic: Make panic_on_oops configurable
Several distros set this by default by patching panic_on_oops.
It seems to fit with the BOOTPARAM_{HARD,SOFT}_PANIC options
though, so let's add a Kconfig entry and reduce some more
upstream delta.

Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@redhat.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120411121529.GH26688@redacted.bos.redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/Kconfig.debug20
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 6777153f18f3..91858cd8394f 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -228,6 +228,26 @@ config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE
 	default 0 if !BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
 	default 1 if BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
 
+config PANIC_ON_OOPS
+	bool "Panic on Oops" if EXPERT
+	default n
+	help
+	  Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic when it oopses. This
+	  has the same effect as setting oops=panic on the kernel command
+	  line.
+
+	  This feature is useful to ensure that the kernel does not do
+	  anything erroneous after an oops which could result in data
+	  corruption or other issues.
+
+	  Say N if unsure.
+
+config PANIC_ON_OOPS_VALUE
+	int
+	range 0 1
+	default 0 if !PANIC_ON_OOPS
+	default 1 if PANIC_ON_OOPS
+
 config DETECT_HUNG_TASK
 	bool "Detect Hung Tasks"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL