Re: [feature] automatically detect hung TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE tasks

From: Ray Lee
Date: Mon Dec 03 2007 - 12:02:22 EST


On Dec 3, 2007 6:17 AM, Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That won't address my concerns about already "breaking" (as in
> frightening the user etc.) common error handling scenarios by default.

Andi, may I respectfully submit that you're not understanding real users here?

Real users either:
- Never look at their syslog
- Or look, and aren't terribly scared by what's in there.

Perhaps I'm wrong, and you can point to a message on lkml where
someone has posted a backtrace with fear in their voice.
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