linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] disable softlockup detection at boottime

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Message-ID: <20080428165544.GE18210@elte.hu>
Date:	Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:55:44 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@....com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] disable softlockup detection at boottime


* Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@....com> wrote:

> This patch allows softlockup detection to be disabled by specifying a 
> boottime parameter.

good idea - but why dont you set softlockup_thresh to 0, which is the 
"off" switch already? (and that way it can be turned back on later as 
well, by the sysadmin.)

	Ingo
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