From: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
Subject: hung_task_timeout: configurable default
References: bnc#552820
Patch-mainline: not yet

 This patch allows the default value for sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs
 to be set at build time. The feature carries virtually no overhead,
 so it makes sense to keep it enabled. On heavily loaded systems, though,
 it can end up triggering stack traces when there is no bug other than
 the system being underprovisioned.

 The old default of 120 seconds is preserved.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
---
 kernel/hung_task.c |    3 ++-
 lib/Kconfig.debug  |   14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/hung_task.c
+++ b/kernel/hung_task.c
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ unsigned long __read_mostly sysctl_hung_
 /*
  * Zero means infinite timeout - no checking done:
  */
-unsigned long __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs = 120;
+unsigned long __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs =
+					CONFIG_DEFAULT_HUNG_TASK_TIMEOUT;
 
 unsigned long __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_warnings = 10;
 
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -214,6 +214,20 @@ config DETECT_HUNG_TASK
 	  enabled then all held locks will also be reported. This
 	  feature has negligible overhead.
 
+config DEFAULT_HUNG_TASK_TIMEOUT
+	int "Default timeout for hung task detection (in seconds)"
+	depends on DETECT_HUNG_TASK
+	default 120
+	help
+	  This option controls the default timeout (in seconds) used
+	  to determine when a task has become non-responsive and should
+	  be considered hung.
+
+	  It can be adjusted at runtime via the kernel.hung_task_timeout
+	  sysctl or by writing a value to /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout.
+
+	  A timeout of 0 disables the check.  The default is 120 seconds.
+
 config BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC
 	bool "Panic (Reboot) On Hung Tasks"
 	depends on DETECT_HUNG_TASK
