ipmi watchdog : add panic_wdt_timeout parameter
In order to allow panic actions to be processed, the ipmi watchdog
driver sets a new timeout value on panic. The 255s timeout
was designed to allow kdump and others actions on panic, as in
http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0711.3/0258.html
This is counter-intuitive for a end-user who sets watchdog timeout
value to something like 30s and who expects BMC to reset the system
within 30s of a panic.
This commit allows user to configure the timeout on panic.
Signed-off-by: Jean-Yves Faye <jean-yves.faye@c-s.fr>
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/IPMI.txt b/Documentation/IPMI.txt
index 31d1d65..c0d8788 100644
--- a/Documentation/IPMI.txt
+++ b/Documentation/IPMI.txt
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@
modprobe ipmi_watchdog timeout=<t> pretimeout=<t> action=<action type>
preaction=<preaction type> preop=<preop type> start_now=x
- nowayout=x ifnum_to_use=n
+ nowayout=x ifnum_to_use=n panic_wdt_timeout=<t>
ifnum_to_use specifies which interface the watchdog timer should use.
The default is -1, which means to pick the first one registered.
@@ -597,7 +597,9 @@
occur (if pretimeout is zero, then pretimeout will not be enabled). Note
that the pretimeout is the time before the final timeout. So if the
timeout is 50 seconds and the pretimeout is 10 seconds, then the pretimeout
-will occur in 40 second (10 seconds before the timeout).
+will occur in 40 second (10 seconds before the timeout). The panic_wdt_timeout
+is the value of timeout which is set on kernel panic, in order to let actions
+such as kdump to occur during panic.
The action may be "reset", "power_cycle", or "power_off", and
specifies what to do when the timer times out, and defaults to
@@ -634,6 +636,7 @@
ipmi_watchdog.preop=<preop type>
ipmi_watchdog.start_now=x
ipmi_watchdog.nowayout=x
+ ipmi_watchdog.panic_wdt_timeout=<t>
The options are the same as the module parameter options.