> analysis. Provided that timer interrupts are not blocked, this patch > might enable them to get a crash dump in such a situation by activating > softdog.
You want the NMI based anti lockup stuff for that. If the box locks up then generally softdog will fail. The NMI based debug (CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP) is the option you want. - 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/