Re: [feature] automatically detect hung TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE tasks

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Dec 03 2007 - 08:59:49 EST



* Radoslaw Szkodzinski <lkml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 14:29:56 +0100
> > * Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > > feedback about an impending catastrophy has been duly noted
> > >
> > > The point was less about an impending catastrophe, but more of a
> > > timebomb ticking until the next widely used release.
>
> I think I know why Andi is so much against backtraces: he has some log
> filter listening on netconsole mailing him with suspicious log
> messages.

Andi, is that true? If yes, why didnt Andi state this concern outright,
instead of pooh-pooh-ing the patch on various other grounds?

Ingo

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