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authorAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>2008-09-22 13:57:51 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-09-23 08:09:14 -0700
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Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt: fix softlockup_thresh description
- s/s/seconds/ - s/10 seconds/60 seconds/ - Mention the zero-disables-it feature. Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
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+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -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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