linux-kernel - Re: [feature] automatically detect hung TASK

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Message-ID: <20071203135916.GC4245@elte.hu>
Date:	Mon, 3 Dec 2007 14:59:16 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Radoslaw Szkodzinski <lkml@...ralstorm.puszkin.org>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [feature] automatically detect hung TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE tasks


* Radoslaw Szkodzinski <lkml@...ralstorm.puszkin.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 14:29:56 +0100
> > * Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > > feedback about an impending catastrophy has been duly noted
> > > 
> > > The point was less about an impending catastrophe, but more of a 
> > > timebomb ticking until the next widely used release.
> 
> I think I know why Andi is so much against backtraces: he has some log 
> filter listening on netconsole mailing him with suspicious log 
> messages.

Andi, is that true? If yes, why didnt Andi state this concern outright, 
instead of pooh-pooh-ing the patch on various other grounds?

	Ingo

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