* Oleg Nesterov <o...@redhat.com> wrote: > Currently check_hung_task() prints a warning if it detects the problem, > but it is not convenient to watch the system logs if user-space wants to > be notified about the hang. > > Add the new trace_sched_process_hang() into check_hung_task(), this way > a user-space monitor can easily wait for the hang and potentially > resolve a problem.
I'm wondering, is the data of trace_console() in kernel/printk/printk.c not sufficient? If it's not enough then it might be better to add a higher level printk tracepoint instead - that can catch hung_task messages and (much) more. Thanks, Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/