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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-10-01 06:12:56 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-10-01 06:12:56 -0700
commitb262e60309e1b0eb25d300c7e739427d5316abb1 (patch)
treebf319d78c79bb5cb617ff0c8340c73aa349bba15 /Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
parent93c8b90f01f0dc73891da4e84b26524b61d29d66 (diff)
parent0523820482dcb42784572ffd2296c2f08c275a2b (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/core.c drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c net/core/dev.c
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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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