On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 19:59:45 +0100 Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > * Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > this patch extends the soft-lockup detector to automatically > > > detect hung TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE tasks. Such hung tasks are > > > printed the following way: > > > > That will likely trigger anytime a hard nfs/cifs mount loses its > > server for 120s. To make this work you would need a new > > TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE_EXTERNAL_EVENT or similar and mark all the > > places which depend on those. > > TASK_KILLABLE should be the right solution i think. .. and it's even a tool to show where we missed making something TASK_KILLABLE... anything that triggers from NFS and the like really ought to be TASK_KILLABLE after all. This patch will point any omissions out quite nicely without having to do any kind of destructive testing. -- If you want to reach me at my work email, use [EMAIL PROTECTED] For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
