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authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2014-07-01 18:16:30 -0700
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2014-09-07 16:27:26 -0700
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rcu: Add stall-warning checks for RCU-tasks
This commit adds a ten-minute RCU-tasks stall warning. The actual time is controlled by the boot/sysfs parameter rcu_task_stall_timeout, with values less than or equal to zero disabling the stall warnings. The default value is ten minutes, which means that the tasks that have not yet responded will get their stacks dumped every ten minutes, until they pass through a voluntary context switch. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_timeout= [KNL]
Set timeout for RCU CPU stall warning messages.
+ rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout= [KNL]
+ Set timeout in jiffies for RCU task stall warning
+ messages. Disable with a value less than or equal
+ to zero.
+
rdinit= [KNL]
Format: <full_path>
Run specified binary instead of /init from the ramdisk,