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Message-ID: <543ECF24.3040202@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 16 Oct 2014 01:46:44 +0600
From:	"Alexander E. Patrakov" <patrakov@...il.com>
To:	Anatol Pomozov <anatol.pomozov@...il.com>,
	Tom Gundersen <teg@...m.no>
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Subject: Re: [systemd-devel] [RFC v2 3/6] kthread: warn on kill signal if
 not OOM

16.10.2014 01:41, Anatol Pomozov wrote:
> True. module name should be enough. In this case to debug the issue user needs:
>   - disable failing udev rule (or blacklist module?)
>   - reboot, it will let the user get into shell
>   - modprobe the failing module
>   - use sysrq-trigger to get more information about stuck process

Nitpick: this only works only if the "stuck modprobe" bug is 100% 
reproducible. Which is not a given. So it is better to collect as much 
information about the bug when it is noticed by systemd.

-- 
Alexander E. Patrakov
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