linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/0] Panic on softdog timeout

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Date:	Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:52:12 +0800
From:	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	Anithra P Janakiraman <anithra@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/0] Panic on softdog timeout

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 06:14:36PM +0530, Anithra P Janakiraman wrote:
>
>Hi.
>
>We currently have no way of determining the reason for failure when a
>softdog timeout occurs. At the minimum a snapshot of the system would
>help to determine the cause.
>The attached patch invokes panic on softdog timeout iff kdump is
>configured, if kdump is not configured it works as usual.
>

We don't do it in this way, check softlockup_panic, we have
a boot parameter, i.e. "softlockup_panic=". :)
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