linux-kernel - Re: Hung task detector versus NFS (TASK

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Date:	Mon, 7 Mar 2016 19:11:19 -0800
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Simon Kirby <sim@...tway.ca>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Hung task detector versus NFS (TASK_KILLABLE)

> I write this because I would actually find it useful to see the original
> backtrace, even if it is interruptible, not just the collateral damage.
> Since the "skipping" of NFS is basically incomplete anyway, how big a
> deal is this "feature"?

Random backtrace spewing is always a misfeature for 99.99+% of the users
for whom it is gibberish.

If you really need it yourself add a kprobe.

-Andi