Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754864AbXLCN7r (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Dec 2007 08:59:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752379AbXLCN7k (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Dec 2007 08:59:40 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:41277 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750727AbXLCN7j (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Dec 2007 08:59:39 -0500 Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 14:59:16 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Radoslaw Szkodzinski Cc: Andi Kleen , Arjan van de Ven , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Thomas Gleixner Subject: Re: [feature] automatically detect hung TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE tasks Message-ID: <20071203135916.GC4245@elte.hu> References: <20071203103815.GA2707@elte.hu> <20071203110412.GD28560@one.firstfloor.org> <20071203115900.GB8432@elte.hu> <20071203121357.GB2986@one.firstfloor.org> <20071203122833.GA20232@elte.hu> <20071203124144.GC2986@one.firstfloor.org> <20071203130003.GA26372@elte.hu> <20071203131442.GA4004@one.firstfloor.org> <20071203132955.GA31354@elte.hu> <20071203144128.16a3dd53@astralstorm.puszkin.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071203144128.16a3dd53@astralstorm.puszkin.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 899 Lines: 25 * Radoslaw Szkodzinski wrote: > On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 14:29:56 +0100 > > * Andi Kleen wrote: > > > > > > feedback about an impending catastrophy has been duly noted > > > > > > The point was less about an impending catastrophe, but more of a > > > timebomb ticking until the next widely used release. > > I think I know why Andi is so much against backtraces: he has some log > filter listening on netconsole mailing him with suspicious log > messages. Andi, is that true? If yes, why didnt Andi state this concern outright, instead of pooh-pooh-ing the patch on various other grounds? Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/