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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-12 12:39:30 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-12 12:39:50 +0200
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treee2767b77e5413473a3bba302237f4669a203f183 /Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
parent74e91604b2452c15bbe72d77b37cf47ed0310d13 (diff)
parentfd048088306656824958e7783ffcee27e241b361 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/spinlocks
Done to prevent this failure of an Octopus merge: Added arch/arm/include/asm/byteorder.h in both, but differently. ERROR: Merge conflict in arch/arm/include/asm/byteorder.h Auto-merging include/asm-x86/spinlock.h ERROR: Merge conflict in include/asm-x86/spinlock.h fatal: merge program failed
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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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