From: Omar Sandoval <osan...@fb.com>

This parameter has been around since commit e162b39a368f ("softlockup:
decouple hung tasks check from softlockup detection") in 2009 but was
never documented.

Signed-off-by: Omar Sandoval <osan...@fb.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt 
b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 11fc28ecdb6d..4e37bebdc3d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1341,6 +1341,16 @@
                        x86-64 are 2M (when the CPU supports "pse") and 1G
                        (when the CPU supports the "pdpe1gb" cpuinfo flag).
 
+       hung_task_panic=
+                       [KNL] Should the hung task detector generate panics.
+                       Format: <integer>
+
+                       A nonzero value instructs the kernel to panic when a
+                       hung task is detected. The default value is controlled
+                       by the CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC build-time
+                       option. The value selected by this boot parameter can
+                       be changed later by the kernel.hung_task_panic sysctl.
+
        hvc_iucv=       [S390] Number of z/VM IUCV hypervisor console (HVC)
                               terminal devices. Valid values: 0..8
        hvc_iucv_allow= [S390] Comma-separated list of z/VM user IDs.
-- 
2.17.0

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