linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] doc: Fixup definition of rcupdate.rcu_task_stall

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Message-Id: <20190415133352.GT14111@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Mon, 15 Apr 2019 06:33:52 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@...cle.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        josh@...htriplett.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com, jiangshanlai@...il.com,
        joel@...lfernandes.org, corbet@....net, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...nel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        keescook@...omium.org, srinivas.eeda@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] doc: Fixup definition of
 rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout

On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 11:11:03AM +0800, Zhenzhong Duan wrote:
> A positive value of rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout is an interval
> in seconds rather than jiffies.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@...cle.com>

Good catch, applied, thank you!

Your other patch I must leave to others.

							Thanx, Paul

> ---
>  Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt
> index 1ab70c3..13e88fc 100644
> --- a/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt
> @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ rcupdate.rcu_task_stall_timeout
>  	This boot/sysfs parameter controls the RCU-tasks stall warning
>  	interval.  A value of zero or less suppresses RCU-tasks stall
>  	warnings.  A positive value sets the stall-warning interval
> -	in jiffies.  An RCU-tasks stall warning starts with the line:
> +	in seconds.  An RCU-tasks stall warning starts with the line:
>  
>  		INFO: rcu_tasks detected stalls on tasks:
>  
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1
>