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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-10 19:30:08 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-10 19:30:08 +0200
commit3dd392a407d15250a501fa109cc1f93fee95ef85 (patch)
treec1faca3fa8bd0f7c8790b3e0887229b4a5a90e8b /Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
parentb27a43c1e90582facad44de67d02bc9e9f900289 (diff)
parentd403a6484f0341bf0624d17ece46f24f741b6a92 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/pat2
Conflicts: arch/x86/mm/init_64.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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