linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] hung_task: Display every hung task warning

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Message-ID: <20140114163314.GE31734@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 14 Jan 2014 17:33:14 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc:	atomlin@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, oleg@...hat.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] hung_task: Display every hung task warning


* Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com> wrote:

> On 01/13/2014 12:14 PM, atomlin@...hat.com wrote:
> > From: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@...hat.com>
> > 
> > Enable hung_task_warnings to display every hung
> > task warning when set to -1.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@...hat.com>
> 
> Aaron and I talked on IRC, and after some talking these patches
> now make sense to me :)
> 
> The kernel apparently limits how many hung task warnings it
> will display at a time, when a timeout occurs.  Aaron's patch
> allows that limit to be set to "unlimited", which will cause
> the kernel to display info about all hung tasks.

The changelog needs to be updated with such kind of descriptive 
information.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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