Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756278Ab1FVJjK (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Jun 2011 05:39:10 -0400 Received: from mo-p00-ob.rzone.de ([81.169.146.162]:41673 "EHLO mo-p00-ob.rzone.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752707Ab1FVJjH (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Jun 2011 05:39:07 -0400 X-RZG-AUTH: :P2EQZWCpfu+qG7CngxMFH1J+zrwiavkK6tmQaLfmwtM48/lq2M7oEuo= X-RZG-CLASS-ID: mo00 Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:39:03 +0200 From: Olaf Hering To: Mandeep Singh Baines Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Hugh Dickins , Andrew Morton , Huang Ying , Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] panic: panic=-1 for immediate reboot Message-ID: <20110622093903.GA1981@aepfle.de> References: <1308612129-12488-1-git-send-email-msb@chromium.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1308612129-12488-1-git-send-email-msb@chromium.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-12-30) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 726 Lines: 20 On Mon, Jun 20, Mandeep Singh Baines wrote: > From: Hugh Dickins > > When kernel BUG or oops occurs, ChromeOS intends to panic and immediately > reboot, with stacktrace and other messages preserved in RAM across reboot. > But the longer we delay, the more likely the user is to poweroff and lose > the info. I have no strong opinion here, but: Is delaying one second (instead of say 180 like on powerpc) such a big deal if the system is dead anyway? Olaf -- 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/