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Message-ID: <6ea3231d-d131-4431-bd72-9dbb1e4410c9@infradead.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 21:35:32 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: lirongqing <lirongqing@...du.com>, corbet@....net,
 akpm@...ux-foundation.org, lance.yang@...ux.dev, mhiramat@...nel.org,
 paulmck@...nel.org, pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com, mingo@...nel.org,
 dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, rostedt@...dmis.org, kees@...nel.org,
 arnd@...db.de, feng.tang@...ux.alibaba.com, pauld@...hat.com,
 joel.granados@...nel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] hung_task: Support to panic when the maximum number
 of hung task warnings is reached



On 9/22/25 8:37 PM, lirongqing wrote:
> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> index dc0e0c6..e7cf166 100644
> --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
> +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -1264,10 +1264,10 @@ config DEFAULT_HUNG_TASK_TIMEOUT
>  	  Keeping the default should be fine in most cases.
>  
>  config BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC
> -	bool "Panic (Reboot) On Hung Tasks"
> +	int "Panic (Reboot) On Hung Tasks"
>  	depends on DETECT_HUNG_TASK
>  	help
> -	  Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic on "hung tasks",
> +	  Say 1|2 here to enable the kernel to panic on "hung tasks",

Please make that   "1|2"    more user-friendly, e.g., "1 or 2".

>  	  which are bugs that cause the kernel to leave a task stuck
>  	  in uninterruptible "D" state.

-- 
~Randy


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