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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics.
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:06:28
Message-Id: 4E187DAE.40200@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics. by Neil Bothwick
1 Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:03:47 -0500, Dale wrote:
3 >
4 >
5 >> This is weird as heck. A program leading a kernel panic. It's a head
6 >> scratcher.
7 >>
8 > Do you have CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC set in your kernel?
9 >
10 >
11 >
12
13 I had to search for this one.
14
15 │ Symbol: BOOTPARAM_HUNG_TASK_PANIC [=n] │
16 │ Type : boolean │
17 │ Prompt: Panic (Reboot) On Hung Tasks │
18 │ Defined at lib/Kconfig.debug:241 │
19 │ Depends on: DETECT_HUNG_TASK [=n] │
20 │ Location: │
21 │ -> Kernel hacking │
22 │ -> Detect Hung Tasks (DETECT_HUNG_TASK [=n]) │
23 │ │
24 │ │
25 │ Symbol: BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC [=n] │
26 │ Type : boolean │
27 │ Prompt: Panic (Reboot) On Hard Lockups │
28 │ Defined at lib/Kconfig.debug:185 │
29 │ Depends on: LOCKUP_DETECTOR [=n] │
30 │ Location: │
31 │ -> Kernel hacking │
32
33
34 Looks like no. Should it be enabled? How does this let some friend of
35 Firefox cause a crash like this?
36
37 Dale
38
39 :-) :-)