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authorSimon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>2008-10-07 08:40:11 +1100
committerSimon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>2008-10-07 08:40:11 +1100
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treed9ca91f74d8279adbb1d3e942cc7ab145780ee29 /Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
parentcb7f6a7b716e801097b564dec3ccb58d330aef56 (diff)
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 into lvs-next-2.6
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@@ -351,9 +351,10 @@ kernel. This value defaults to SHMMAX.
softlockup_thresh:
-This value can be used to lower the softlockup tolerance
-threshold. The default threshold is 10s. If a cpu is locked up
-for 10s, the kernel complains. Valid values are 1-60s.
+This value can be used to lower the softlockup tolerance threshold. The
+default threshold is 60 seconds. If a cpu is locked up for 60 seconds,
+the kernel complains. Valid values are 1-60 seconds. Setting this
+tunable to zero will disable the softlockup detection altogether.
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