Re: [PATCH] softlockup: re-increase hung tasks check from 2 minutes to 8 minutes

Ingo Molnar
2011-05-10T07:58:05Z

* Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> wrote:

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> On 05/06/2011 03:18 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
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> > * Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> wrote:
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> >> Commit e162b39a, which moved the soft lockup code around a bit,
> >> accidentally reverted commit fb822db4, which extended the soft lockup
> >> timeout from 2 minutes to 8 minutes.
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> >> This patch restores it to 8 minutes.
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> > This patch wont apply, because i already have your other patch committed. Could
> > you do it against latest -tip:
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> > http://people.redhat.com/mingo/tip.git/README
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> After Andrew commented, and I agreed, that the sysctl should just be set
> instead of adding another config option I was thinking we'd just drop
> the other patch and replace it with this one.

Well, since i already applied it please revert it in this second change and
explain that you and Andrew think the config is unnecessary and we can just up
the timeout back to 8 minutes and most everyone will be happy ...

Thanks,

Ingo