> >The idea behind this is to keep the power usage on panicÂ’d machines > >(without auto-reboot) low. Another point is in an Virtual Machine > >environment the process of the VM is using 100% of the host-cpu. This > >would stuck other programs or VMs. This patch brings the VM to stop and > >keeps the cpu usage below 1%.
For VM environments it would be better to have an interface that tells the hypervisor that your guest is dead. That's what the disabled_wait() line in panic() is good for on s390. - 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/
