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Date:   Sat, 14 Mar 2020 07:28:20 -0700
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] panic: Add sysctl/cmdline to dump all CPUs backtraces on
 oops event
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On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 01:59:15PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > +oops_all_cpu_backtrace:
> > +================
> > +
> > +Determines if kernel should NMI all CPUs to dump their backtraces when
> 
> I would much prefer that to be written without using NMI as a verb.

Concrete suggestion: "If this option is set, the kernel will send an NMI to
all CPUs to dump ..."