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Subject: Re: [PATCH] panic: Add sysctl/cmdline to dump all CPUs backtraces on
 oops event
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From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
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Date:   Sat, 14 Mar 2020 14:18:23 -0700
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On 3/14/20 7:28 AM, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> 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 ..."
> 

Ack.  Thanks for that.

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~Randy