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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-12 15:17:14 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-12 15:17:14 +0200
commit620f2efcdc5c7a2db68da41bc3df3cf9a718024e (patch)
treeb1a0411e2588953777d0b10245b12044c33cef54 /Documentation/sysctl
parent04944b793e18ece23f63c0252646b310c1845940 (diff)
parentfd048088306656824958e7783ffcee27e241b361 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/xsave
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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 276a7e637822..e1ff0d920a5c 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.
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