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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-06 08:13:18 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-06 08:13:18 +0200
commit2c10c22af088ab5d94fae93ce3fe6436b2a208b4 (patch)
treedb27721001f194327ddbdcd6c983c4ec68b77c00 /Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
parentf6121f4f8708195e88cbdf8dd8d171b226b3f858 (diff)
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Merge branch 'linus' into sched/devel
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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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