From b4d19cc84e8e6838f4aa0b26b3afcdc8c7f71505 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Morton Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:57:51 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 276a7e63782..e1ff0d920a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ 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. ==============================================================