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| author | Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-09-22 13:57:51 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-09-23 08:09:14 -0700 |
| commit | b4d19cc84e8e6838f4aa0b26b3afcdc8c7f71505 (patch) | |
| tree | 6686ed8811e0c157da1d1fd642653c2e4415ee4b /Documentation/sysctl | |
| parent | db203d53d474aa068984e409d807628f5841da1b (diff) | |
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Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt: fix softlockup_thresh description
- s/s/seconds/
- s/10 seconds/60 seconds/
- Mention the zero-disables-it feature.
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 276a7e637822..e1ff0d920a5c 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -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. ============================================================== |