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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-12 12:35:23 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-12 12:37:32 +0200
commit365d46dc9be9b3c833990a06f3994b1987eda578 (patch)
tree9397d1304144a288411f2118707f44ff5e862fa6 /Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
parent5dc64a3442b98eaa0e3730c35fcf00cf962a93e7 (diff)
parentfd048088306656824958e7783ffcee27e241b361 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/xen
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
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@@ -351,9 +351,10 @@ kernel. This value defaults to SHMMAX.
softlockup_thresh:
-This value can be used to lower the softlockup tolerance
-threshold. The default threshold is 10s. If a cpu is locked up
-for 10s, the kernel complains. Valid values are 1-60s.
+This value can be used to lower the softlockup tolerance threshold. The
+default threshold is 60 seconds. If a cpu is locked up for 60 seconds,
+the kernel complains. Valid values are 1-60 seconds. Setting this
+tunable to zero will disable the softlockup detection altogether.
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